As a follow-up to my (controversial?) op-ed last week, and my comment there (#15), a truly amazing thing happened to me this past Shabbos that sent shivers through me. (It must be that either I am very far from Kedusha and Hashem wants me back, and/or readers of this article will have hischazkus from this.)
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Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics released information pertaining to the population at the end of 2011, breaking down figures per city or yishuv. The census figures reveal that the population of Kfar Chabad, the largest Lubavitch community after Crown Heights, has reached 5,105, up 100 from a year earlier.
Rabbi David Nesenoff‘s on-camera interview with Helen Thomas more than two years ago has had ramifications beyond the furor over the longtime White House correspondent’s anti-Semitic and anti-Israel comments.
Camp got off to a smashing start in Lyon, France, where Jewish children from all over the city are given the wonderful dual experience of learning about their faith and having a blast.
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Crown heights Shomrim volunteer Gadi Hershkop was interviewed by Binah Magazine about what it takes to defend an entire Jewish community from harm:
As the shul filled with campers and counselors, there was an ominous hush in the air; the campers had been told someone had taken material from the arts and crafts…
There is something that bothers me about going in and out of 770. Namely, when you go up or down the steps to the main doors of 770, many a time you are entering an area with heavy second-hand smoke going straight into your face.
A police cruiser was left disabled after being involved in a crash on Lefferts Avenue, Emergency Service Officers sought to reopen the road for traffic and did not want to wait for a department tow truck.
This Year’s Kinus Hamechanchim will feature outstanding presentations from professionals such as Dr. Joseph Cantara and Dr. Shloimie Zimmerman, and from veteran Mechanchim such as Rabbi Yoseph Minkowitz and Rabbi Yonason Rietti. Now the Vaad Hakinus is happy to announce that an evening Hisvaadus will be led by Rabbi Mendy Schapiro, mashpia in Yeshivas Ohr Elchonon in Los Angeles.
The Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Yoel, Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, visited Chabad of Fort Worth, TX and its Mikvah, which is named Divrei Yoel after the Satmar Rebbe’s great-uncle and former Rebbe, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, OBM.
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A new three-minute video shows the ins-and-outs of Shabbos candle lighting. Produced by Chabad.org’s video site Jewish.TV, the newest installation of the DIY (Do-it-Yourself) series teaches beginners how to light Shabbos candles.
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Shliach to the nation’s capital, is quite used to meeting with government diplomats and foreign dignitaries. Today was no different, as a special visitor from Brooklyn visited his Chabad House in Washington, D.C.
Pictures from the L’chaim of Yossi Stern (London, UK) and Chaya Hershkop (Crown Heights), which took place in the Shul of 935 Eastern Parkway.
This heartwarming story about a Chabad Shlucha doing outreach on Campus was printed in the latest edition of the Mishpacha Magazine:
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Pinchas Cunin of Crown Heights at the age of 72.
Meet another member of South Florida’s many-sided faith community. This week we’re talking with Rabbi Meir Kessler, co-director with wife Fruma of the Jewish Recovery Center, Boca Raton.
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