Here’s My Story: A Special Visit
The past president of Chai Riders, a Jewish Motorcycle Club, David Himber lives in Sea Gate, Brooklyn. He was interviewed in the My Encounter Studio in May of 2014.
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The Rebbe during a visit to Camp Gan Yisroel in upstate New York.
The Rebbe’s Call for Summertime Tznius: Shorts = Short Mindedness
“Prior to the summer, the Rebbe would – almost annually – discuss the topic of Tznius,” says Crown Heights Mashpia Rabbi Michoel Seligson. At his suggestion, CrownHeights.info presents a weekly feature for the summer months: a short thought of the Rebbe on tznius, as compiled by Rabbi Seligson.
Mayor De Blasio Fighting Bad Ol’ Days Perception
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is having a really bad summer. He has been unable to shake a media-driven perception that the Big Apple’s crime-and-homelessness-filled days are returning.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Tosher Rebbe, OBM
Rabbi Meshulem Feish Lowy, the Tosher Rebbe, known for his magnetic personality and an ever present aura of holiness, died today at the age of 95.
Laws and Customs: Elul
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the month of Elul (up to but not including the period of Selichos) for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Corner of Empire and Rogers
Two 10-Year-Olds Mug Grandmother in Crown Heights
Two 10-year-olds robbed a 67-year-old woman on a Crown Heights street corner on Monday afternoon, police said. The senior was at Empire Boulevard and Rogers Avenue at 2 p.m. when five tykes approached her, the youngest aged 4, according to the Daily News.
Video: How Can We Naturally Follow G-d?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Re’eh. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we naturally follow G-d?
Special Minyan for Woman Who Lost Arm in Alligator Attack
Members of a Chabad congregation in Orlando, Fl., held a special prayer quorum, or minyan, on Sunday to support a Jewish woman who lost her arm after she was attacked by an alligator in a nearby river last Saturday, the U.K.’s Jewish Chronicle reported.
Jeffries Indicates Leaning Against ‘Flawed’ Iran Deal
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn) on Tuesday indicated he’s leaning towards voting against the Iran nuclear deal.
Aislinn Wendrow, 22, examines some of her paintings at Soul Center Mini, the precursor to a new Friendship Circle of Michigan program where young adults with special needs can share their creative skills with the community.
Young Artists with Special Needs Showcase Talent
Their space may be limited for now, but their creativity knows no bounds. While construction is underway for the 18,000-square-foot Farber Soul Center, a group of talented artists with special needs are using a nearby temporary space to showcase their skills in a preview of what’s to come.
Photo: Shturem.net
Picture of the Day: CGI-Kfar Chabad Group Portrait
The 250 campers and several dozen staff-members of the older division of Camp Gan Yisroel in Kfar Chabad, Israel, posed for a group portrait near the village’s main Shul. The sign above them reads: “Camp is an anvil upon which Chassidim are formed.”
Gothenburg police near the Chabad House. Photo: Shturem.net.
Sweden: Fake IED Placed Near Chabad House
This morning, a suspicious object resembling an IED (a remotely-detonated improvised explosive device) was placed in the pathway leading up to the Chabad House in Gothenburg, Sweden, which is directed by Rabbi Alexander Namdar.
Esquire Feature on Men’s Fashion Includes Shliach
Rabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk, Chabad emissary in Bozeman, Montana, was featured in the latest issue of Esquire Magazine, where he gave his own personal take on men’s fashion.
CGI-West Makes the Most of New Campgrounds
The boys’ division of Camp Gan Yisroel-West is in full swing in northern California. With campers having flown in from across the country, the camp is utilizing every bit of its beautiful new grounds.
Victoria Supreme Court Judge Lectures at Chabad
According to Halacha, all disputes between two Jews which cannot be settled amicably without adjudication from an outside party must be decided by a Beth Din and not by a court of law, unless leave is given to go to court by a Beth Din. For an Orthodox Jew, therefore, the choice between going to court and going to a Beit Din would be moot.
Kehot and SIE Release Revamped Shulchan Aruch in English
Sichos in English has announced the release of a new Sefer – a state-of-the-art Shluchan Aruch of the Alter Rebbe with side-by-side English translation.
Picture of the Day: Rabbonim Visit Kfar Chabad Esrogim Orchard
A delegation of prominent Rabbonim from the Jerusalem-based Eida Charedis visited Kfar Chabad today to inspect its renowned esrogim orchard, which bears their kosher certification. This year, the orchard was declared ‘Hefker’ (ownerless) in accordance with the laws of Shmittah.
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