Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, who arrived in Moscow yesterday for a two-day state visit to Russia, was given a tour this morning of the Jewish Museum of Tolerance, which houses the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe’s library of Seforim that was confiscated by the Soviet Union.
Over 100 people joined the third Russian Shabbaton of the Pacific Northwest at the Alderbrook Resort in Union, WA.
This week the Friendship Circle girl volunteers joined together for an evening of fun and inspiration.
In celebration of Hakhel, fathers and sons of Oholei Torah Mesivta gathered together this past Motzei Shabbos for a special Melave Malka.
Bais Chaya Mushka of Los Angeles celebrated Rosh Chodesh Adar Sheini in fantastic style with back-to-back Mother/Daughter and Hakhel gatherings.
1000 individual portraits of high school students holding up a portion of what – combined – made up an amazing portrait of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. This amazing feat, coordinated by photographer Chaim Perl, was this years group photo for the high school convention and we take a behind the scenes look of how it was created.
The YAD – Boys of the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn, which includes boys ages 9 and up and their buddies from local Yeshivas, gathered at the Jewish Children’s Museum for a very special dancing and open mic night in celebration of Rosh Chodesh Adar II.
This time last year, Mendel and Avremi Shapiro of Flagstaff, AZ participated in the very first MyShliach regional boys’ shabbaton, hosted by shluchim Rabbi Shea and Dina Harlig of nearby Las Vegas. Also in attendance were Mendel and Shmulie Winner, shluchim to Tucson, AZ, whose parents are longtime friends of the Shapiros.
Shifra and Yaakov Astolin, a young Crown Heights couple with a degree in optometry and an entrepreneurial dream, opened their boutique glasses store in the neighborhood one year ago, with the goal of creating “a different sort of glasses shop than what is typical in this neighborhood.”
On Motzoei Shabbos Parshas Vayakhel, United Lubaitcher Yeshiva of Crown Heights hosted an evening of recognition and appreciation for their Rebbis, Morahs, staff and their spouses.
The Jewish community of the greater Los Angeles area turned out in droves Monday night to honor and pay tribute to the life and legacy of Rabbi Joshua B. Gordon, of blessed memory, to mark the Shloshim since his passing.
“If only the walls can speak,” following the successful conclusion of their years High School Convention, a convention attendee wrote of her experiences spending a complete weekend in Crown Heights in the company of 1,200 girls from 32 Chabad schools from around the world.
For the second time in under two weeks, a magnificent new Mikvah was dedicated in Moscow, Russia. While the first new Mikvah is located on the campus of Machon Chomesh, a seminary for young Jewish woman, the second Mikvah was dedicated and the recently-rebuilt ‘Zhukovka Synagogue’ in the wealthier suburbs of the city.
Rafi Martienko, age 21, knew he was Jewish, but had never cared much one way or another. Having lived all his life in Kiev, Ukraine, he watched avidly as the EuroMaidan protests brought the corrupt government of Viktor Yanukovych to its knees and the subsequent chaos due to the (still ongoing) Donetsk region revolt. But his take on all this was as another patriotic Ukrainian — Jews and Judaism had no meaning to him.
Thousands of students from 32 schools around the world are in Crown Heights and have joined together for the annual High School Convention, taking place in the spirit of Hakhel in Crown Heights.
Last Friday, Over 2,000 teens from around the world united in Crown Heights for a weekend of inspiration at the largest and most impressive CTeen International Shabbaton to date. Here is a thank you massage they want to share with the resident of Crown Heights.
Over 200 people joined together for an evening of inspiration and achdus at the 3rd annual JNet Volunteer Appreciation Dinner, celebrating 8,000 Chavrusas.
