Video: The Week in Review at YSP
The sixth week of camp was filled with excitement, learning, fun and inspiration at Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ.
Daily Archives: August 4, 2014
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Swiss Chocolate, iPads and Visits for Wounded Soldiers
The Chabad Terror Victims Project continues all of its work in Israel unabated. They are at the front lines, in the hospitals, in the bomb shelters, and in the homes of the families sitting shiva for their sons lost in battle in Gaza.
Russian President Honors Chief Rabbi
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin presented the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar, with a special medal for his “contribution to the homeland.”
Photos: CGI-NY Staff Put on Riveting Historical Play
The staff of Camp Gan Israel-New York put on a riveting play for the campers and remaining staff. The play was based on the true story of Mar Zutra II, a leader of the Jewish people in the 5th Century Persian Empire, who led a successful revolt and established a Jewish Kingdom that lasted for seven years.
Video: Taxonomy of the Sheitel
The style, length, texture, color and quality of a sheitel — and above all, what the wig says about the woman wearing it — are a lot more nuanced than they appear to outsiders. In an effort to demystify the sheitel, what follows is a list (a taxonomy, if you will) of the various wigs American Orthodox women wear, and what each head covering signifies about the woman’s family and community affiliations.
Long Island Shluchim Gather for Regional Kinus
In honor of 20 years since Gimmel Tammuz, the Chabad Shluchim of New York’s Long Island hosted their annual regional Kinus at the Ohel, on Sunday, 7 Av.
Arab Terrorist Kills Israeli with Tractor
An attacker rammed the front end of a massive construction excavator into an Israeli bus on Monday, overturning the vehicle and killing a pedestrian before he was shot and killed by a police officer, authorities said.
Rabbi Shneur Kesselman, Shliach to Malmo, Sweden, was attacked on Motzei Shabbos by men in a passing vehicle. The attackers threw objects and yelled anti-Semitic epithets at him. The incident occurred two days after the city’s main synagogue was vandalized.
Chabad Shliach Attacked in Sweden
Rabbi Shneur Kesselman, Shliach to Malmo, Sweden, was attacked on Motzei Shabbos by men in a passing vehicle. The attackers threw objects and yelled anti-Semitic epithets at him. The incident occurred two days after the city’s main synagogue was vandalized.
Roving Rabbis Print Tanya in Trinidad
Young rabbinical students Naftali Spielman and Michoel Mishulovin have been spending their summer vacation hopping from one Caribbean island to another, bringing the light of Judaism to the few isolated Jews in the region. The following story was told by them about their visit to the island of Trinidad.
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