Former Chief Rabbi Visits Melbourne Campus
The Yeshiva Centre of Melbourne, Australia bade a warm welcome Friday morning to the Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Shlomo Amar.
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The author in front of an Israeli prison.
Op-Ed: Breaking Down the Enemy
Presently, Israel is in the throes of yet another unimaginable heinous terrorist crime. Specifically, the cold-blooded kidnapping of three innocent high school students, one of whom also holds American citizenship.
by Fishel Jacobs
New Shluchim to Virginia
Rabbi Matisyahu and Chana Rivkah Friedman, along with their young daughter, will be moving to Richmond, Virginia to join the activities of Rabbi Yossel and Mrs. Nechomi Kranz, directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Virginia.
Picture of the Day: Gan Yisroel Bound
A van filled with excited children made its way from Boston, Massachusetts to Camp Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY, where the children will spend their summer.
Video: Cyclists Prepare for Cross-Country Trip
News 12 interviewed Crown Heights residents who will be participating in the Annual Bike 4 Friendship cross-country bicycle trip, which kicks off in San Diego on July 6.
Photos: Day 1 at Camp Gan Yisroel
Several buses filled with eager campers pulled up to familiar campgrounds in New York’s Catskill Mountains. With anticipation and excitement in the air, the campers were introduced to their counselors and bunkmates, and settled down for what promises to be the summer of a lifetime.
Lubavitcher Seriously Injured in Kiryat Malachi Fire
A fire broke out in a residential building on Aryeh Tzimuki Street in Kiryat Malachi, Israel today (Tuesday). A resident who is a member of the local Chabad community, a male in his 40s, was seriously injured.
Picture of the Day: A Shliach’s Birthday Gift
In honor of Rabbi Avrohom Baruch Itkin‘s 30th birthday, his wife wanted to give him a true Shliach’s birthday gift – having 30 men come to the Tuesday morning Minyan and put on Tefillin. In true Lubavitch style, especially when you have a Shlucha working on things, over forty men arrived at Chabad-Lubavitch of Greene County in Kingston, NY this morning to put on Tefilin – one of them for the first time in his life!
FBI agents remove evidence related to the case.
Crown Heights Rabbi Pleads Guilty in Forced ‘Get’ Case
Rabbi Sholom Shuchat, a Crown Heights father of two young children, has pleaded guilty in Federal court to taking part in a scheme to kidnap an Orthodox Jewish man and force him to give his wife a Get. He faces a maximum of 20 Years in prison.
Rabbi Benny Zippel with Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox on his left, and to his right, Maj. Gen. Jefferson S. Burton, the Adjutant General of Utah.
Utah Rabbi Awarded for Work With At-Risk Kids
Rabbi Benny Zippel opened his email a few months ago to find that he had been selected to receive an award from the Utah National Guard. So on June 11, he and his wife, Sharonne—co-directors of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah—joined seven other honorees and supporters at a black-tie event at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City. There, they were recognized as part of the 53rd Annual Bronze Minuteman Awards.
Cheder at the Ohel ‘Lives with the Rebbe’
The students of Cheder at the Ohel’s second grade recently went on a special trip to 770 in Crown Heights, where they were privileged to go inside the Rebbe’s personal study.
Sydney Does Good Deeds to #BringBackOurBoys
This past Sunday, over 250 members of the Sydney Jewish community gathered at Australia’s iconic Bondi Beach to show their support for the parents of the three kidnapped boys in Israel.
Rabbi Col. Jacob Goldstein (left) speaks with an architect at a zoning hearing in 2008.
Borough President Ousts Jewish Chairman of CB-9
Rabbi Col. Jacob Goldstein has served as Chairman of Brooklyn’s Community Board 9, which roughly correlates with the southern portion of Crown Heights and the neighborhood of Lefferts Gardens, for over three decades. His position there has long been seen as a way to placate the Crown Heights Jewish community, which has always been underrepresented on the board relative to their overall population in the district.
Tank to Promote ‘Tefillin Selfies’ in Memory of Gedalia
A mitzvah tank dedicated to the memory of Gedalya Greenzayd, OBM has embarked on a journey across the east coast. Gedalia, originally from Ukraine, was tragically killed when he was run over by a DOS truck on Kingston Ave. this past winter.
Rabbi Gershon Sandler (right) is starting a Chabad-affiliated overnight camp in the Poconos.
Chabad Overnight Camp Welcomes the Non-Observant
Growing up, Gershon Sandler was not interested in attending Jewish overnight camps. “I was very turned off by Judaism,” he said, recalling how he’d encountered people at his Conservative synagogue’s Hebrew school in northern New Jersey who preached about things they weren’t doing themselves.
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Picture of the Day: A Higher Duty
U.S. Army Colonel Chaplain Jacob Goldstein helps a fellow soldier put on Tefilin for the first time in his life during a military exercise at the Ft. Hunter-Liggett Army Base in Central California.
JNet Launches Learning Campaign for Gimel Tamuz
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, this year marking the twentieth anniversary of the Rebbe’s histalkus, Anash and all Jews worldwide are invited to participate in a special learning campaign by JNet, with a chance to win great prizes.
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