Holocaust Survivors with Tattooed Arms Gather at Chabad

Last week hundreds of people gathered at Congregation Beth Sholom Chabad of Mineola to hear Auschwitz survivors give first-person accounts of their experiences during the Holocaust.

The event, “When the Numbers Count,” looked specifically at what the concentration camp tattoos have come to mean to survivors. It was organized by Chabad of Mineola and hosted by Rabbi Anchelle Perl.

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Tribute to Rebbetzin Zlata Geisinsky

Zlata Geisinsky, the late co-director of Chabad of Bethesda and Chevy Chase, Md., counseled women throughout the Jewish community.
By Dovid Zaklikowski for Chabad.org

Shockwaves of grief steamrolled through the greater Washington, D.C., Jewish community with the news of the passing of Zlata Geisinsky, a 49-year-old Chabad-Lubavitch emissary seen by many as a close, personal confidant. Known as a selfless educator, community activist and devoted mother, Geisinsky was co-director of Chabad of Bethesda and Chevy Chase, Md.

Records Could Melt as Triple-Digit Temperatures are set to hit

The New York Daily News

Get ready for the worst day of the heat wave.

After Monday’s high of 99 degrees, temperatures are expected to hit triple digits Tuesday, putting people and power systems at risk.

Chabad Hebrew School Celebrates End-of-Year with Beginning

Tomer Szuchman, 10, and Gilad Cohen, 11, and Shaked Szuchman, 12, all of Highland Mills, proudly show their medallions, reflecting their level of accomplishments in the Aleph Champ Hebrew Reading Program. They are pictured with Chana Burston, director of Chabad of Orange County

GOSHEN, NY — On a recent Sunday morning, Chabad Hebrew School students and their families celebrated with an end-of-year brunch and award ceremony.

Video – Rescue at Entebbe


13 Tammuz, 5736 · July 11, 1976
From time to time, G-d grants us the opportunity to observe in this physical world how quality prevails over quantity, how the soul prevails over the body, and how the soul of the world rules over the veil of physical reality.

Russian President Tours Jewish Region

By Joshua Runyan for Chabad.org
Federation of Jewish Communities chairman Alexander Boroda, left, and Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar accompany Jewish Autonomous Region Gov. Alexander Vinnikov and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to the Freud Jewish Community Center in Birobidjan. It was the first visit of a Russian chief executive to the Far Eastern region. (Photo: Presidential Press and Information Office)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made history last week when he became the first sitting president to visit the Jewish Autonomous Region in Russia’s Far East and its capital city of Birobidjan.

New On-Line Library Opened by International Moshiach Campaign

For years, the International Moshiach Campaign has issued materials to help shluchim fulfill the Rebbe’s call to publicize the Geula Shelaima. Now all that material has been collected in a new library. The on-line library is being sponsored by Rabbi Yoseph Y. Zaltzman, a member of the Moshiach Compaign Vaad.

Run-Off Elections Being Held

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Run-off elections are being held today for the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council “Vaad”. Residents will receive two votes, to be cast between Shea Hecht, Fishel Brownstein, and Yossi Hackner; as ruled by Dayan, Rabbi Avrohom B Rosenberg.

Volunteer Appreciation Party Highlights Friendship Circle’s Impact

MANCHESTER — 30 female volunteers attended an appreciation Party this Monday night given to recognise their participation and dedication to the Friendship Circle. The Friendship Circle is an exciting initiative that pairs teenage volunteers with children and adults with special needs. The chief executive of Langdon community, Robert Mutch recognises that, “enabling young people with learning disabilities to make friends and develop social networks is a challenge.”

Yeshiva Program Helps Jewish College Kids Gain Torah-Study Skills

By Amihai Tzippor for Lubavitch.com

MORRISTOWN — In many ways Michael Friedman is no different than a lot of other college students who take a short break before in late spring, after college classes end and before the start of a summer job. This year, instead of going home or on vacation, Friedman decided he’d do something different: study in yeshiva.