From Days Gone By: Gan Yisroel-Montreal, 1975
The bunk of counselor Aron Wolf (today a Chabad rabbi and Sofer in Chicago) poses for a group portrait at Camp Gan Yisroel-Montreal in the summer of 1975. Can you identify any of the campers?
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Picture of the Day: ‘Spiritual GoPro Cameras’ 4 Israel
At a pro-Israel demonstration in Amsterdam’s Dam Square on Friday, local Shliach Rabbi Mendy Evers helped Jewish attendees put on Tefilin as part of the worldwide ‘Tefilin 4 Israel’ campaign. A photo of this was posted to a Dutch media website with the caption “Jewish youngsters wearing some primitive GoPro cameras on their foreheads.”
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe at Kos Shel Brocha in the mid 1980s.
Picture of the Day: Planning the 5775 Kinus
Preparations are already well underway for the International Kinus Hashluchim, 5775. Last week, the Vaad HaKinus met at the Jewish Children’s Museum to iron out some details.
From Days Gone By: Gan Yisroel-Parksville, 1983
The bunk of counselor Mendy Herson (today director of Chabad of Basking Ridge, NJ) poses for a group portrait at Camp Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY, summer of 1983. Can you identify any of the campers?
Photo: Shturem.net
Picture of the Day: First Tefilin in 89 Years
During a recent conference for European rabbis, Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar greeted a 102-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor, who informed him that he had not put on Tefilin since his Bar Mitzvah in 1926! The chief rabbi immediately helped the man put on Tefilin and say a prayer, which the man did with tears in his eyes.
Picture of the Day: Tefilin for Israel
The campers of Mechane Mamosh (AKA Lubavitcher Yeshiva Day Camp) went Friday to do Mivtza Tefilin with fellow Jews for the sake of the security of Eretz Yisroel.
Picture of the Day: Reaching Out to Every Last Jew
Chabad of RARA (Rural and Regional Australia) volunteer rabbis pose with Director Rabbi Saul Spigler before a big week of travels, during which they will reach out to isolated Jews scattered throughout the smallest continent.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe
The Rebbe sits next to the Rebbe Rayatz at the 1942 Lubavitcher Yeshiva fundraising dinner. When the Frierdiker Rebbe stand up to say a Sicha (a very difficult task due to injuries he sustained in Soviet prison), the Rebbe stands alongside him and assists him.
From Days Gone By: A New Town Grows
50 years ago today, Yud Beis Tammuz, 1964, the cornerstone was laid for a new building in Kfar Chabad, called Beis Shazar.
Picture of the Day: Twins’ Moshiach-Themed Hats
Twins Mottel and Zalman Kozliner (8) dressed up today for ‘hat day’ in Oholei Torah Day Camp. One’s hat represents the song ‘the little bird is calling,’ describing the yearning of the Jewish people to be free and back in Jerusalem. The second depicts a wolf dwelling with a lamb, as described in the Posuk regarding the times of Moshiach.
From Days Gone By: Benny’s First Concert
In this photo from the late ’90s, a younger Benny Friedman puts on his very first concert while a Yeshiva student in Postville, Iowa. On the right-hand side, holding a wire, is Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, may he speedily be freed from imprisonment.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe clapping at a Farbrengen in the mid 1980s.
From Days Gone By: Lubavitch Girls in the USSR
A group of Lubavitch girls living under the Stalin regime in the Soviet Union pose for a photograph, circa late 1930s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Picture of the Day: Chitas on Governor’s Island
On Sunday, hundreds of Crown Heights residents spent their day off work on Governor’s Island, a recently-opened recreation area on the East River. One of our readers captured this photo of a Chabad family learning Chitas together on one of the island’s benches.
Picture of the Day: A Pre-Game Mitzvah
The Shluchim in Curitiba, Brazil put on Tefilin with Jewish men in front of the FIFA World Cup’s “Arena da Baixada,” located a short block’s distance from the Chabad House. Rabbi Fitche Dubrawsky, Rabbi Mendel Labkowski and his son Nochum invite soccer fans from Australia to stop for a few minutes and do a Mitzvah before entering the stadium to watch the match.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe delivering a Sicha in the mid 1980s.
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