It’s not every day that you see a group of men soaring high above the Seattle skyline in a Cessna aircraft donning the Jewish prayer boxes known as tefillin, chanting traditional Chasidic melodies while anxiously prepping for their very first skydiving jump together.
A Hasidic newspaper reportedly has apologized after editing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and one other female adviser out of the iconic photo showing President Obama and his security team watching the raid on Usama bin Laden’s compound last weekend.
A torch lighting ceremony in honor of Israel’s independence has ignited a heated argument among Anash in Eretz Hakodesh, since members of Anash (R’ Sh. R. and his young grandson M.) are among those chosen to light a torch. Rabbi R. has accepted and felt proud to represent Chabad and the Rebbe’s Shluchim at the ceremony; However, many Lubavitchers feel this very same ceremony is in direct opposition to the Rebbe’s stance on the 5th of Iyar and all the celebrations in conjunction with that day.
Crown Heights resident Chaim Tovshteyn was among the 10 of nearly 700 employees who participated in the NYX 500, NYSE Euronext’s first-ever global physical activity challenge, ring The Opening Bell.
In 1962, Dr. Yaacov Hanoka was a physics student at Pennsylvania State University. After a group of rabbinic students visited his campus for Shabbos, he was intrigued to learn more about Judaism. His Hillel rabbi arranged a private audience for him with the Rebbe.
Woman and girls all turned out to support United Lubavitcher Yeshivas Auction, and enjoyed a beautiful evening with food, inspiration and entertainment.
A gleaming new building that will serve as the flagship resource center for Chabad-Lubavitch of Be’er Sheva wowed spectators at its unveiling.
A reader sent us in this photo of a Chussid in Boro Park checking out a poster in the window of Shloimy’s Judaica Store, announcing the Lag Baomer Great Parade.
At a ceremony marking 63 years to the independence of Israel, Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg, father of Rivky Holtzberg HYD who was murdered in Mumbai, India along with her husband Gabi and three other Jews in their Chabad House was on hand to light the tenth torch.
The Friendship Circle of MetroWest in Livingston, N.J., received a gift of $500,000, effectively guaranteeing the organization’s stability and growth, announced directors Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Zalman and Toba Grossbaum.
Congressman Eric Cantor tells of the importance of going about living our lives righteously and living up to the 613 Mitzvos, at a breakfast fundraiser for the National Jewish Values Institute.
“Is the internet good or bad or good and bad?” that will be the topic will be discussed with noted educator Rabbi Binyomin Ginsberg. The event will be taking place tonight, Sunday in the Oholei Torah Ballroom and is open to all parents in the community.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is still thinking of running for president – and says President Barack Obama’s successful operation to target and kill Osama bin Laden hasn’t dissuaded him from potentially mounting a campaign.
As in past years, there will be a special float featured during the Lag B’omer parade for the 3 year old boys who will be celebrating their ‘upshernish’ on that day. Parade organizers are offering parents a chance to give their son the experience of a lifetime, starring on a special float along with their fathers.
Two terrifying rail security breaches occurred within hours of each other in the city yesterday — including one at the World Trade Center, where a man slipped into the PATH tunnel and walked all the way to Jersey before saying he had left a bomb in the tunnel.
With sadness we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing, of Mrs. Shterna Sara Raskin-Klein, daughter of Rabbi Dovid Raskin at age 56.
She is survived by her children Chani Farron, Mendy Klein and Estee Klein, her father Rabbi Dovid Raskin brother Rabbi Yitzchak Raskin and sisters Dvonia Rubin and Rivkah Raskin all from Crown Heights.
Two weeks ago, Levi Stein and his wife, Leah, made a huge decision. But before they could tell their extended family or friends, the Steins had to write a letter. They sought the blessing of the late Menachem Schneerson […].
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