Aleph Academy, the only Jewish preschool in the Sierra-Nevada region, is the first private early childhood program in Nevada to become an implementation site for the national TACSEI (Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Development) Program.
This year, close to 6,000 people joined together in order to walk and raise not only crucial funds for next year’s programs at Friendship Circle, but also to raise awareness for children with special needs.
In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter of the Rebbe in which he describes the betrayal which Jewish socialists in Ukraine suffered on the part of their non-Jewish compatriots in the aftermath of the Russian civil war. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
The Katzenelenbogen family, together with its matriarch – the venerated Lubavitch heroine Mumeh Sarah, poses for a group portrait while still trapped behind the Iron Curtain.
As the war raged on in Gaza this summer, many Jews from around the world asked themselves “what can I do to help my brothers and sisters in the Land of Israel?” There was an outpouring of love and support from many, with demonstrations, food drives for the IDF, donations and more.
To put it mildly, kosher tailgates are not common outside of Tennessee Vols games in Knoxville, Tenn., since every home game for at least a decade has taken place on Saturday, the Jewish day of rest.
Rabbi Berel Lazar, chief rabbi of Russia, conducted a tour of the Jewish communities in the country’s far east, including Birobidjan, the autonomous Jewish region designated to be a ‘socialist Jewish homeland’ by Stalin.
Police are searching for two men who are suspected of brutally beating a 45-year-old man inside the Utica Ave. subway station in Crown Heights.
Earlier this week, friends and family of the producers and children who lent their talents to the new “Mitzvah Boulevard #3 – Shabbos” DVD, were treated to a special screening of the new video at Lubavitcher Yeshiva.
Toronto police are investigating whether an incident in which dog feces were smeared on the Bathurst Street entrance of the Beth Joseph Chabad is a hate-motivated crime.
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