First Ever CGI Girls Overnight Camp In Wisconsin Has Tremendous Impact
At CKids Gan Israel of Wisconsin, an immersive overnight experience of authentic Yiddishkeit has left the campers transformed.
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Rabbi Pinchas Weberman during an interview with JEM’s “My Encounter with the Rebbe” project in 2010. (Credit: JEM)
Obituary: Rabbi Pinchas Weberman, 92, Architect of Orthodox Judaism in South Florida
With his long payos (sidelocks) tucked under his baseball cap and his woolen tzitzit billowing out behind him, Rabbi Pinchas Weberman and his ATV were a fixture on the Miami Beach shore. Every Friday, he’d spend hours inspecting the eruv he built around the island, where he had built Jewish life for more than 60 years.
New Magazine Caters To Hebrew Speaking Communities in the Diaspora
A popular Israeli Chabad magazine has been adapted and brought abroad by the Hebrew Desk at Merkos 302 for Hebrew-speaking communities outside of Israel.
Weekly Story: Battling For Proper Jewish Education
Last week I mentioned that one of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s contributions to Jewish education in America is that Limudei Kodesh (religious studies) is in the morning followed by secular studies in the afternoon. I noted that the New York Board of Education wanted to implement a decision that would have mandated that the day begins with secular education. This is the story.
Chabad Bochur Tragically Killed In Israel While Returning From Mivtza Tefillin
A tragic death in the Chabad community of Israel is being reported after a serious crash led to the passing of Hatomim Sholom Dov Ber Lipsh OBM as he was returning from doing Mivtza Tefillin Friday.
Kinus Mechanchos Chabad 5782: The Lighter Side of Teaching
Watch this comedy clip featured at the Kinus Mechanchos Chabad 5782 / 2022.
New Beis Hamikdosh Website Opened to the Public
In honor of the nine days we are excited to share a new Beis Hamikdash website that has been opened for the public – created by Hatomim Mendel Lewis of Crown Heights.
Whatsapp Group Learns Rebbe Rashab’s Chassidus
Do you feel like you should be learning more Chasidus but are not up to it? Maybe you do not have the time, or maybe you don’t have the tools. Whatever the reason is, an opportunity is available.
Tales of War Captivate Regional Kinus
The Kinus Hashluchim of the New England and New York region, took place this past week at Chabad of Briarcliff-Ossining, New York, with Shluchim sharing Chizuk and advice. The Kinus culminated with a keynote address by Rabbi Yosef Wolf, Shliach to Kherson, Ukraine, who inspired the Shluchim with personal stories from the war.
Ukrainian Orphans Get Treated to CKids Summer Experience
In its inaugural summer, CKids Gan Israel overnight camp in Denmark opened its doors to a group of orphans from Ukraine to join the fun.
Chabad Father Gives Kidney To Another Jew in California
Daniel, a Chabad husband and father living in Tarzana California went to a kidney donation awareness event in 2019, and became the latest person to donate a kidney through the Renewal organization, and saved a life.
Call of the Hour: What Chinuch Needs Most Today – The Keynote Address Kinus Mechanchos 5782
The keynote address of The Kinus Mechanchos 5782 was given by Harav Yosef Shusterman, Rav of Anash in Los Angeles, and Shliach in Beverly Hills, CA, titled “Call of the Hour: What Chinuch Needs Most Today”.
YKP Head Staff Member Completes the Entire Shas
Bochurim at Oholei Torah’s Yeshivas Kayitz gathered at their new campus in Lakewood, Pennsylvania, to partake in the grand Siyum Hashas completed by the 8th grade learning director Mendel Bluming.
Picture of the Day
We know Chabad puts on Tefillin with Jews in every imaginable place, but this one is just dripping with history. Thanks to @jewish.giant and @israelnotthecountry we can see Mivtzoim even in Egypt backdropped by the desert and famous pyramids.
BDE: Mrs. Sharon Rudd, 72, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Sharon Rudd OBM, a much loved member of the Lubavitch community of Miami and lead administrative secretary at the Lubavitch Educational Center. She passed away on Thursday, the 29th of Tammuz, 5782.
Tribute Rabbi Pinchus Weberman of Miami – Baki b’Shas, Fighter for Torah Principles, Rebbe’s Chasid
Author and Historian Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, gives a tribute to Rabbi Pinchus Weberman, a Rov and Chossid whose broad knowledge of Torah and activism gained him love and respect by all.
Here’s My Story: Why Were You Crying
Rabbi Chaim Menachem Teichtel was an educator who also authored several books for children on Torah topics. He was interviewed in his home in Jerusalem in February of 2007.
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