8:30pm: Learning For Raizel Tonight Featuring Rabbi YY Jacobson
Join tonight in an inaugural weekly class in memory of Mrs Raizel Zucker OBM. The class will be held on Zoom, featuring famed Rabbi and lecturer Rabbi YY Jacobson.
A Hebrew School Becomes A Community
In 2011, Rabbi Naftali and Sari Rotensteich, directors of the Chabad Center for Jewish Discovery and Chabad of Gramercy Park, recruited a young couple, Rabbi Mendy and Gillie Shanowitz, with one mandate: New York Hebrew. It would become the Hebrew School that spawned a community.
Excerpt: An Interview with Mr. Nochum Gordon
A verdict by the Honorable Harriet L. Thompson confirmed exclusive rights to control and manage the synagogue at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, New York, to its rightful owners. In her decision, Judge Thompson cited the testimony of attorney Mr. Nochum Gordon. Watch an excerpt from that interview.
A Wife. A Mother. A True Aishes Chayil.
Please help the family of Mrs Raizel Zucker OBM, who passed away following a lengthy illness. Help her family through the financial hardships by donating to the Zucker Family Fund.
JEM: The Second Children’s Torah Scroll
Last week, JEM released a fascinating new video highlighting the history of the Children’s Torah Scroll campaign. Now, in connection with the new video, a brand new gallery has been published for the first time – with over 450 photos.
Open Door, Open Hearts $75,000 For Machon L’Yahadus
Most of us are still home, aren’t we? So are the young women of Machon L’Yahadus. These young women from all over the world and at all points on their Jewish journey call Machon L’Yahadus home. Please join Machon L’Yahadus opening your hearts and donating generously to the # OpenDoorOpenHearts Campaign
Raizel Zucker, My Niece
Rabbi Yisroel Eidelman, a Rabbi in Deerfield Beach, Florida, speaks about his niece, Mrs Raizel Zucker OBM, who passed away following a lengthy illness. A fund has been established to help her family.
Mayanot Launches Online Learning Program
The Jerusalem-based Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies is getting set to launch a unique online summer learning program. This will enable men and women from all over the world to expand their Torah-learning skill set from the comfort of their homes.
The heavy increase in online video demand and traffic comes just as Chabad.org Video rolled out a modern, fresh interface designed to help viewers more easily explore its content. A new video app for Apple and Android devices has also been released, as has a kids’ video app.
Amid Online Upsurge, Most Popular Jewish Video Site Expands Its Presence
When her children’s school was closed in Peoria, Ill., in light of the coronavirus pandemic, Jenny Kravetz, like so many parents around the world, was plunged headfirst into the new world of online education. Thankfully, Chabad.org was there to fill in he gaps.
Chabad Lifeline—a Montreal-based center that provides services to people in recovery from addictions of every kind— has moved much of its operations online during the coronavirus pandemic, open up a new avenue to help. (Photo: Chabad Lifeline)
Montreal Addicts and Alcoholics Get Online Help During Pandemic
Chabad centers around the world—particularly those that primarily serve the most vulnerable populations—have had to adapt to serve their communities during the coronavirus pandemic, and Chabad Lifeline, which is located on the grounds of Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, has been an exemplar of such proactive flexibility.
Connecticut Cancels Sleepover Camps, Camp Chomeish Affected
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed an executive order prohibiting resident camps (sleep away camps) for this summer. The order signed last night effectively closes Camp Chomeish, the one Lubavitch overnight camp that had announced its plans to open.
Fighting For His Life, A Rabbi Inspires Music and Mitzvot
Yudi contracted Coronavirus on March 22. After a week bedridden at home, when he could barely talk, he was hospitalized. His condition continued to deteriorate. After his lungs collapsed, he was placed on an ECMO machine to provide respiratory support. Now, people are doing Mitzvahs and praying for him.
Chabad of Elon University Vandalized In Possible Hate Crime
A large menorah was knocked down in front of the Chabad center at Elon University in North Carolina last week. Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime.
Miracle of Miracles, Rabbi Levi Goldstein Sings From Hospital Bed
Rabbi Levi Goldstein has seen miracles, and Boruch Hashem, is now off a ventilator and singing again. He thanked hashem for his personal miracle through a lively song of thanks.
Mikvah in Difficult times: Stories of Today and Yesteryear to Inspire the Soul
Mikvah in Difficult times: Stories of Today and Yesteryear to Inspire the Soul will air this Wednesday, 8:00pm at mikvah.org/live.
The Rebbe’s Message from 1950, Gone Undelivered
Distinguished Crown Heights Rabbi, Gedale Korf, a’h, was taken by Covid-19 on 5 Nissan, 5780. Before he left this world he related that he feels guilty because of a message that The Rebbe had personally entrusted in him in a surprise 1950 Yechidus.
Obituary: Mrs. Thelma Levy, 95, Behind-the-Scenes Force in Kosher Supervision
Mrs. Thelma Levy, a feisty and spirited woman known for her wit and her steadfast commitment to her religion and connection with the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—as well as the stalwart force behind her husband, Rabbi Berel Levy, who grew OK Kosher Supervision into an internationally leader in the kosher industry, passed away on March 18. She was 95 years old.
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