Florida Teens Pack, Distribute 2,000 Boxes of Matzah
Teens from all over South Florida came together to pack shmura matzos to distribute to Jewish residents, nursing homes, hospitals, schools and businesses.
100 European Teens Celebrate Bar and Bat Mitzvah
100 Jewish teens from around Europe returned home from a coming-of-age trip to Israel in honor of their Bar and Bas Mitzvahs.
Seven Sassoon Children Laid to Rest in Jerusalem
The seven Jewish siblings who died in a devastating house fire in Flatbush were laid to rest in Jerusalem on Monday at an emotional ceremony attended by several thousand mourners.
Beis Rivka Students. Illustration Photo.
Beis Rivka Conducts Fire Drill in Under 3 Minutes
Following a fire last week in their high school, Beis Rivka conducted a fire drill in their larger Lefferts Avenue elementary school. 1,400 students ranging in age from 2-years-old to 14-years-old quickly filed out of the building once the alarms sounded. It took staff and students under 3 minutes to successfully evacuate the entire building.
NYPD Holds Annual Pre-Passover Community Briefing
New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, along with his chiefs, lieutenants and other officials, hosted leaders and activists of Brooklyn’s several Jewish communities for the annual pre-Passover security briefing last week.
Photos by JDN
Photos: 1000’s at the Levaya of the Sassoon Children
Seven brothers and sisters perished in a terrible fire on Friday night and thousands of community members turned out to attend the Levaya in Boro Park.
Protesters March Against ‘Gett’ Refusal
Several dozen protesters marched down the Crown Heights Jewish community’s main thoroughfare this afternoon chanting slogans and holding signs in protest of men who refuse to unconditionally give their wives a ‘Gett’ (divorce document without which a woman cannot remarry according to Jewish law).
Fellow Students Remember Uri as Shiva Concludes
The sudden passing of Uri Gurary, OBM, a bochur from Antwerp, Belgium, who was studying this year in Oholei Torah Zal, brought about a void among his fellow students. The bochurim in the Beis Medrash therefore undertook many hachlotos and leaning sessions as a comfort and L’ilui Nishmas their dear friend and chaver.
Chabad Heads to the Polls with Tefilin Campaign
Today, as the nation of Israel heads to the polls to elect a new Prime Minister and Knesset, Chabad Chassidim have panned out across the country on a campaign of their own – to help Jews put on Tefilin and pray for the security of Eretz Yisroel.
Montrealers Enjoy Friendship Circle Hockey Tournament
The seventh annual Montreal Friendship Circle Hockey Tournament took place on March 7th at the Bill Durnan Arena, and a crowd of more than 500 were treated to a thrilling hockey game.
MA and CT Teens Tour Israel
Experiential, inspiring, welcoming and home are all words that describe the ‘Israel Experience – 2015’ of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy of Longmeadow, MA. Twenty students in 7th and 8th grades recently toured Israel on a packed 10-day trip. They were joined by 18 students from Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy of Orange, CT, with their chaperones.
GWU Alumni Join Chabad for ‘Night of Memories’
Over 60 alumni joined Rabbi Yudi and Rivky Steiner for a ‘night of memories’ in support of Chabad of George Washington University, which is located in Washington, D.C.
Fire Breaks Out at Beis Rivka-Crown St.
A fire broke out this morning at Beis Rivka girls’ school on Crown Street. Thankfully, there were no injuries reported.
Photos by Bentzi Sasson
India Trek Leads to Other-Worldly Shabbos
A group of 40 students from Brazil along with guests from Israel, Australia and England enjoyed a 12-day journey through India and Nepal.
119 Pre-1a Students Receive 1st Siddur
119 students in 5 separate classes celebrated receiving their first Siddur along with their parents and grandparents in a series of event over the past few weeks.
Hundreds Join FC for Evening of Inclusion
Over 200 people came together for an evening of awareness and inclusion for individuals with special needs at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights this past Sunday. The event, organized by the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn, featured speakers who implored the crowd to look at everyone in our community as equal, even if we perceive them as being “different.”
Russian-Speakers Uplifted at Connecticut Shabbaton
For the 6th consecutive year, Chamah International and Lubavitch Youth Organization organized the National Russian Shabbaton for over 1,000 participants from the Russian American Jewish community in Stamford, Connecticut, at the newly renovated luxurious Crowne Plaza Stamford on February 20th-22nd.
by Marina Lagunova
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