United Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s mothers are hard at work preparing for Purim. The Yeshiva sells Shalach Manos for a Yeshiva fundraiser. All the baskets are available to purchase to the community, plus they are packing corporate accounts – So, there is plenty of work to be done.
AUSTIN, Texas [AP] — A low-flying small plane crashed into an office building that houses the Internal Revenue Service in Austin, Texas on Thursday, and at least one person was missing, witnesses and officials said.
PRETORIA, South Africa [CHI] — Tuesday, the 2nd ofAdar in Pretoria, South Africa, was the Chanukas HaBayis of the newly refurbished dormitory of the Lubavitch Yeshiva, together with the groundbreaking for the Mikva which will be attached to the dormitory.
Given the range of duties undertaken by the typical wife of a Chabad emissary — from teaching Hebrew school to hosting communal holiday meals — leaving her community behind for even a few days is a difficult task. But for two emissaries who joined 4,000 of their sisters here for a convention last week, leaving their homes in the sunny Caribbean was particularly challenging.
When the Jan. 12 earthquake shattered Haiti, Rochi Zarchi of Puerto Rico and Michal Pelman of the Dominican Republic —along with their husbands Shimon and Mendel — immediately sprung into action to assist with the disaster relief effort. Day after day, Zarchi and Pelman prepared kosher food bundles and supply packages to ship to victims and rescue workers in Haiti.
“We’re not on site, especially because every island is its own island. [Haiti] is not a bridge away or a boat ride away,” Zarchi said. “But we did coordinate many different forms of support and food for everyone, as well as kosher provisions for the Jewish relief and Israel division. Seeing what’s been going on there, it’s unbelievable what a disaster can do.”
A murderer who was executed in Florida Tuesday evening for the 1984 murder of a 26-year-old wildlife officer was buried in the Chesed Shel Emes cemetery in Liberty New York Wednesday night.
Utilizing the latest state of the art technology, The Algemeiner Journal has launched a new e-paper – a dynamic, online digital version of its popular weekly English newspaper. The E-Paper is being offered as a free subscription to all, and can be received either via e-mail or accessed at the algemeiner.com site, where an archive of past issues will also be available. Links will be posted on the growing Algemeiner Facebook page, which also features content from the paper, news, updates and latest developments.
The Released Time Program of Greater NY under the Directorship of the NCFJE has hosted it’s Annual February Winter Camp in both Queens and Brooklyn with more than 100 Released time kids in attendance.
Hundreds of men and woman gathered in Beis Rivkah Campus Chomesh to mark the Shloishim of Reb Yossel Tevel OBM.
After spending over a year behind the camera producing commercials for organizations, companies and many Chabad Houses, Mendy has taken his most famous seat to help Shluchim garner attention for their upcoming Purim events. And he’s got it! Shluchim have been getting an unprecedented response after sending out this unique edition of The Mendy Report. “It’s by far the most effective [JabMedia] promo to date.” Rabbi Moshe D. Bryski, a longtime JabMedia client responded.
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