As summer of 5779 is coming quickly coming to a close camp Emunah girls got together to take a camp photo with Rebetzin Hecht at their helm. Camp Emunah Founded by the late Rabbi Yaakov Yehudah Hecht and YBME”C his wife Rebetzin Chave Hecht with the Bracha from the Rebbe. Camp Emunah in its 67th summer continues to be the leader in camping in the world of Lubavitch.
Caps fly, students leave in a bustle of good wishes and stuffed laundry bags, and their rabbi and rebbetzin wave goodbye. It’s been a good semester for Jewish Aggies, the 250 students who call Texas A&M University home for the scholastic year. And now it’s time to reflect, and prepare for the special needs of the coming year.
State Senator, Zellnor Myrie, visited Crown Heights Wednesday evening, speaking with local activists and leaders. Myrie represents New York States 20th District, which covers a large section of Brooklyn, including Crown Heights.
In honor of Rabbi JJ Hecht’s yartzeit on the 15th of Menachem Av, the National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE) has digitized their historic photo archive to be viewed by the public.
In preparation for this weekends expected traffic congestion heading upstate, Catskills Hatzalah has released an important message warning those planning on travelling of the expected delays. Catskills Hatzalah has also prepared alternatives, should anyone be stranded en route.
The first Farbrengen and Siyum across the globe held in honor of the 15th of Menachem Av 5779, took place tonight at the Chabad Shteible, 41 Flood street, Bondi, NSW, Australia.
A recent spat of phone scams have hit the Jewish community, with a large number targeting Brooklyn. Shomrim organizations from across NYC have came together to warn people against these scams.
An annual retreat was held in the mountains of France for Chabad families looking to learn Torah in a beautiful atmosphere. The retreat has hosted thousands over the last 50 years. photos by Morde’hai Lubecki
Operation Survival: Watch as Operation Survival discusses cyber bullying, and what can be done about it with Dr. Rona Novick, PhD. Mrs Novick is the Dean of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University and holds the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values.
Another package thief was caught on camera breaking into a building and stealing packages in Crown Heights. The packages had been left in plain sight, and the thief took them as easy picking.
Art studios and trendy eateries vie for space among authentic Polish bakeries and converted warehouses in Greenpoint. Brooklyn’s northernmost neighborhood, with sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline just across the East River, is gentrifying. High-rises are going up along its waterfront, and now the eclectic neighborhood has got its own Greenpoint Chabad House—Jewish Center.
A Crown Heights Shul was broken into early Monday morning, leaving the shul in shambles, and items worth thousands of dollars stolen. The break in is under investigation.
While on a call for a suspicious package, a bag found by an alert Shomrim volunteer in a Crown Heights alleyway turned up more than what was expected. The police were called, and a paintball gun was confiscated along with an assortment of tools.
Panama’s Shluchim, Yakov and Hana Poliwoda, have taken on what parents and educators are touting as the future of education, vocational Yeshivos. The shluchim are pioneering a new vocational Yeshiva in Panama, in a Chassidush enviroment.
An ambitious project spanning a number of years, involving dozens of knowledgeable translators and editors throughout Russia, has finally succeded in spreading Yiddishkeit and Chassidus to Russia’s knowledge-thirsty Jews.
A new journal on Chof Av has recently been published. The journal was authored by Shlomo Mordechai Hamburger, a lawyer and a board member of Chabad on Campus International, and published by the Jewish Enrichment Press (JEP).
Photo Gallery: Tisha B’av in Paris, France. Photos by Morde’hai Lubecki
