UK Chabad House to Host ‘Shylock’ for Shavuos

Illustration photo: ‘Shylock’ in Shakespeare’s ‘the Merchant of Venice.’

After a pro-Palestinian boycott caused them to lose a large portion of their funding, an Israeli theater company – which is scheduled to perform Shakespeare’s ‘the Merchant of Venice’ in London – appealed to a nearby Chabad House to help by hosting the religious cast members for Yom Tov.

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Letter: 770’s Honest Cleaning Crew

by Miri Yevsa

This Shabbos a close Satmar friend of my husband and I was in Crown Heights for a visit and went to 770 for Kabolas Shabbos. While in the bathroom, he realized he had left his wallet in his pocket and immediately shook it out of his pants, hiding it behind a bottle of bleach.

Weekly Living Torah Video: L’chatchila Ariber

In honor of the 2nd of Iyar, the birthday of Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch (the Rebbe Maharash), we present this video of his signature niggun – the L’chatchila Ariber – being sung at a children’s rally in 770 in 1983.

New York City Top Cop Likely to Run for Mayor

NY Post

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly

Top state and city Republicans, backed by some of Manhattan’s wealthiest financiers, began last week preparing the legal paperwork, strategy documents and a fund-raising network that will enable Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to run for mayor, The Post has learned.

Letter: Pesach as a Lone Soldier

by Anonymous

File Photo: Farbrengen for lone soldiers at Mordy Botnick’s ‘the Rebbe’s Infantry.’

I’m a soldier, AKA I.D. # 7756395. While that’s my identity on base, this letter is to convey my appreciation of and gratitude to the people who remind me of my true identity. My story is not unique to me; it involves many of my comrades as well. Most of all it is about those who care for us. Moreover, the events that I write about are not in the past but ongoing, each week.