In this 21st installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how agents of the NKVD (secret police) would infiltrate the synagogues disguised as pious Jews, and try to gather incriminating information on their unsuspecting fellows.
A Crown Heights artist that goes by the name of Estee has uploaded a speed clip of herself painting an underwater mural.
If the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement was a guest invited to your wedding, where would it sit? Too religious for your friends. Too freewheeling for the kosher side of the family. Too big for the small-town Federation sorts. You’d gnaw through your manicure before finding it a seat where it would fit with the others.
Despite a tumultuous fourth quarter of 2011, Skechers Footwear, based in Manhattan Beach, CA is still doing its part to support the local community. After reporting a loss of nearly $60 million in the last three months of 2011, Skechers recently donated $409,000 to six local school districts, as well as the Friendship Circle, based in Redondo Beach.
As the winter comes to a close in Miami-Dade County in Florida, the highly successful Avos Ubonim Motzei Shabbos program in North Miami Beach has ended for the year.
Crown Heights [CHI] — A fire broke out on the top floor of a high-rise apartment building early Thursday, right across the street from Bnos Menachem girls’ school. The fire has left an 89-year-old woman in critical condition.
Andrew Breitbart, a Los Angeles born Jew who became one of the faces of new media in America, died early Thursday morning according to a report on his website, Biggovernment.com.
Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim, director of Chabad of Hewlett, welcomed each person into the organization’s new home at 1160 Broadway in Hewlett on Sunday morning, offering drinks and food to everyone.
Mayanot brought its unique brand of energy to Danbury Connecticut this past February. Alumni from across the United States joined together to celebrate Shabbat, take part in shiurim, farbreng and relive that special Mayanot spirit! Executive Director Rabbi Shemtov was joined by Rabbi Gestetner, Dean; Rabbi Wichnin, Rosh Yeshiva; and Rabbi Meir Levinger, the head of the Women’s Program, to virtually transport Jerusalem and the Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies to the United States for Shabbos.
A state association has again voted down a request by a Jewish Orthodox school in Houston to move the start of its scheduled boys’ basketball playoff game this weekend so the team wouldn’t violate its Sabbath. [Update: Team will play on Friday afternoon].
Oholei Torah elementary school held a Siyum Harmabam marking the 30th annual Siyum since the daily Rambam study was instituted by the Rebbe. One of the seventh grade students, Sholom Dov Ber Miezlish, made the Siyum and the crowd heard from principal Rabbi Hershel Lustig and an entertaining story from Reb Yitzy Erps.
I am a Crown Heights girl born and bred. A few years ago I moved with my family to upstate to New York. Each time I come back to Crown Heights, I am sadden and shocked to see how our girls and women are moving away from Torah and Yiddishkeit (in their actions and in the way they are dressing). I have wondered why we are losing so many of our girls from the Torah way.
