Rabbi David Hill served as vice chair of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry and ran Operation Lifeline, which sent American Jews behind the Iron Curtain to teach Torah and distribute religious articles. Rabbi Hill also headed the National Council of Young Israel from 1961-1965. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in Queens in December of 2010.
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In years past, people from all over the world would donate for scholarships at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva Mesivta and Zal. Lubavitch now proudly has thousands of more institutions that need funding, but Chovevei Torah doesn’t want today’s bochurim to be left out.
In preparation for Rosh Hashana and the start of a sweet new year, the talmidim of HaMesivta enjoyed learning all about honeybees and the honey making process – using all of their five senses.
The close-knit Jewish community in Abuja, Nigeria, is reeling from the devastating news that Nir Rosmarin, an Israeli-born businessman who was active in the community, died of a head wound while trying to flee a robbery.
Rabbi Leibel Groner, secretary of the Rebbe, Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov, Chairman of Aguch, Rabbi Y.Y. Schwei of the Crown Heights Beis Din and Rabbi Michoel Lerner, Rosh Kollel, are Menachem Avel Rabbi Meir Gutnick in his Montgomery Street home after the passing of his mother, Devorah, OBM.
Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder aims to make educational history by raising $100,000 in 24 hours, with each donation matched by Paula Begoun, The MMSC Vaad and the Lev Yosef Foundation.
A Parkland College student who lives in Champaign, Illinois, has been charged with a Class 4 felony for allegedly damaging a religious symbol at a campus Jewish gathering place.
The students and staff of JETS Yeshiva of Los Angeles, CA, created this humorous video in anticipation of Rosh Hashanah.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Nitzavim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the best way to be there for another human being?
Rabbi Yossi and Suri Marozov are Chabad Shluchim in Ulyanovsk, Russia. Since their city does not have a Mikvah, any Jewish woman who wishes to immerse in one must travel for four hours each way – often in the frozen Siberian winter.
“This Friendship Circle lives on miracles,” says Chanie Canterman, who has directed the program in central Jerusalem since 2008.
The traditional Selichos featuring Chazzan Rabbi Yossi Lebovics and the Lebovics Boys Choir took place Motzoei Shabbos in Hallandale Beach, FL, at Chabad of South Broward Headquarters.
Italian hat manufacturer Borsalino opened a state-of-the-art branch in Flatbush, where their wide variety of Chasidic, Litvish and Lubavitch hats are on display. A few Crown Heights residents went to have a look, accompanied by photographer Itzik Roitman.
Over 200 people gathered last week at Adath Israel Synagogue in St. Paul to pay tribute to a beloved rabbi and legendary humanitarian. They were a diverse assemblage from every sector of the Jewish community and they were there to honor the legacy of Rabbi Gershon Giter, who passed away in August at the age of 61 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Dozens of Chasidim and local Jews traveled to the Alter Rebbe’s gravesite in Hadiach, Ukraine, to recite Selichos at midnight Motzei Shabbos. The Selichos prayers were led by R’ Bentzion Raskin of Crown Heights.
For over fifty years, R’ Meir Roness, OBM, dedicated himself to illuminating the lives of others. Beginning as a bochur many decades ago, and continuing to do so under Tzach-Lubavitch Youth Organization until his last days, thousands were introduced by him to the inner teachings of the Torah – Chassidus.
An elderly Dutch Jewish couple said they were subjected to anti-Semitic abuse by robbers who broke into their Amsterdam home.
