On Sunday, October 13, nearly 450 people joined The Stuart I. Raskas Friendship Circle of Illinois for their fifth annual Walk4Friendship. Teen volunteers, children with special needs, their families, and the community at large enjoyed an afternoon of solidarity to promote inclusion and to raise funds and awareness for children with special needs.
A police officer takes a quick break from his patrol to attend to his spiritual needs outside Oholei Torah on Eastern Parkway.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, trusted secretary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, granted an interview to the Chabad community in California, revealing many details about his work in the Mazkirus for the first time ever.
Old timers in Chabad and the larger frum community remember all too well the 1991 Crown Heights riots and a New York City that suffered from high crime, unsafe streets and an unresponsive mayor’s office. To them, the transformation of New York under Giuliani and Bloomberg, from an ungovernable Gotham to becoming the safest large city in the country, is truly remarkable.
Rabbi Elazar Green is just like a college student. He’s up all hours of the night.
This winter, the long hours of Motzei Shabbos will no longer be a drag for young women with special needs. For the first time ever, the Teens & Twenties division of the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn will be hosting weekly Zumba classes geared specifically for these young woman.
Bushfires are currently raging across New South Wales in southeastern Australia, creating a devastating impact on thousands of people and continuing to threaten many homes.
Joyous singing and dancing, followed by Divrei Torah, took place at Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France as the students and faculty welcomed a group of Talmidei HaShluchim, Yeshiva graduates who will spend the year studying with and assisting the junior students.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Sholom Dovber Raskin, OBM, of London, UK.
In honor of the upcoming annual Kinus Hashluchim, Israeli singing sensation Gad Elbaz has joined forces with noted filmmaker Danny Finkelman in a moving clip that depicts the Jewish soul’s longing for its Creator.
