On Sunday, 24 Adar II, Yeshiva Torah Ohr of North Miami Beach held a Hachnasas Sefer Torah. The Torah was one of six Torahs that Leonardo Farkas of Chile donated this year’s Kinus Hashluchim, in which a new Torah was sent to six continents.
Over one hundred people braved the rain and cold weather to pay their last respects to Mrs. Riva Minkowitz, OBM, of Crown Heights, who passed away yesterday at the age of 92.
After months of anticipation and preparation, the third annual Jewish heritage ‘Olympics’ quiz for students of Chabad schools across the former Soviet Union has reached its third and final stage.
1,500 students in Beis Rivkah-Campus Chomesh gathered together for a Hakhel event for all grades in the school’s elementary division, a first-of-its-kind event for the school. The gathering marked the Rebbezin’s birthday, and the anniversary of laying the cornerstone for the Campus Chomesh building.
Over 1,200 people gathered Sunday morning in Wingate Auditorium to watch contestants display the knowledge they have accumulated over months of intensive studying and test-taking.
Mikvah Yisroel at the Ohel has been undergoing renovations which have been recently completed and was opened to the public for the first time this past Motzai Shabbos.
The inhabitants of Lugansk, a city in war-stricken Eastern Ukraine, continue to live in danger and under the threat of violence and hazards. The entire region has not yet recovered from the devastating destruction and the collapse of the economy. Many of the region’s population have dispersed across Ukraine and become refugees, yet thousands have no choice and remain in their homes despite the difficulties.
On Monday, March 28th, Cheder Menachem of Los Angeles held it’s 14th Annual Trustees Banquet at Neman Hall in West Hollywood. The event featured a lavish gourmet dinner catered by MGM Caterers and an exciting program for 150 trustee donors.
Crown Heights is geared up and ready to greet a group of young scholars who have mastered the 613 Mitzvos and will be competing for gold, silver, and bronze medals in the International 613 Mitzvos Chidon Competition.
Chabad of Orange County, NY, led by Shluchim Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, held a family-fun Indian-themed Purim party for the local Jewish community at the American Legion Banquet Hall in Monroe.
The Algemeiner unveiled its 3rd annual ‘Jewish 100′ list of the top people “positively influencing Jewish life” on Monday night, at a star-studded gala in Manhattan, presided over by publisher Simon Jacobson and editor-in-chief Dovid Efune. Honorees in attendance included Britain’s Secretary of State for Justice Michael Gove, News Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch and famed philosopher and humanitarian Bernard-Henri Lévy.
Hundreds of Crown Heights women gathered in the hall of Lubavitcher Yeshiva to hear words of wisdom on the subject of Taharas Hamishpacha from renowned therapist Dr. Lisa Twerski. The event was organized by Mikvah.org.
A few days before Purim, hundreds of guests gathered in the newly renovated gymnasium for a premier viewing and dedication, which coincided with the Annual Gala Dinner of Oholei Torah.
Children with special needs and their families really did have a joyous Purim this year. The Friendship Circle of Brooklyn hosted its annual Purim Party on Thursday morning, with over 120 children, siblings and parents in attendance.
Turning the main synagogue of Sumy, Ukraine, into a circus was not an easy task. A tent had to be devised to hang throughout the ceiling without a nail knocked in the wall. The Purim props began to slowly fill the Shul and the Shluchim Rabbi Yechiel and Rochi Levitansky with their dedicated staff came up with exciting ideas to decorate it.
Over one hundred people from New York City’s French-Speaking Jewish community gathered to celebrate Purim at the Carlton hotel in Manhattan, with non-stop Megillah readings and a grand ‘feast of Esther’ enjoyed by all.
This year, Kharkov, Ukraine, is celebrating a quarter of a century since the rebuilding and revival of Judaism in the city. Purim in Kharkov has taken place in the circus for nearly 25 years, ever since the first shluchim arrived in 1990. But this year, the Circus on Ice was a first.
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