Photos: YSP Goes Ice Skating
This past Thursday, the talmidim of Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ, spent the evening at the Skylands Ice World, where they had a lot of fun ice skating and enjoyed delicious donuts and drinks.
Daily Archives: July 17, 2017
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Carrying forward the legacy of Reb Shmuel Moshe Hakohen Benjamin A”H
File photo: Prime Minister Viktor Orban (far left) with Rabbi Slomo Koves (third from right).
Hungarian PM Vows to Protect Jewish Rituals
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vowed to protect religious freedoms in his country during a talk with local Chabad rabbis at the opening of a large kosher slaughterhouse.
File photo: New Haven Yeshiva celebrates completion of Shas by a student, April, 2016.
New Haven Yeshiva Acquires Former Church
Bursting at the seams, the Chabad Yeshiva in New Haven, Connecticut, will move into a new campus this September, formerly home to a Catholic Church, which it recently purchased for $1.5 million.
Raging Fires in Tzfas Leave Families Homeless
Families were left homeless on Sunday in Tzfat, Israel, as raging brush fires fueled by sweltering midsummer temperatures and high winds swept through a neighborhood on the northern edge of the historic spiritual center in Israel’s Galilee. Residents were also treated for smoke inhalation during the day.
96-Year-Old Has Bar Mitzvah Day Before Passing
Max Gergel, who graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the University of South Carolina in 1942, founded and ran the successful Columbia Organic Chemical Company. A Nobel Prize-winning biochemist once said in a speech that he was encouraged by Gergel, describing him as “an unusually nice man.”
Councilman David Greenfield with Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and Finance Committee Chair Julissa Ferreras.
Greenfield Quits City Council to Lead Charity
David Greenfield, a long term city council member who has been a vocal advocate for the Jewish community, is leaving public office to take over the reins at the Met Council, a major Jewish charitable organization.
Ninety Years Later: A Different Kind of Guest
Ninety years after the Previous Rebbe’s Chag HaGeula, the village of Lubavitch welcomed a different kind of guest. The Governor General of Smolensk Region, accompanied by Rudnia’s District Director and other government members, came for an official visit to the village last week.
Op-Ed: Is Tznius One’s Private Business?
As we continue through the summer months, when dressing modestly becomes a greater challenge, we present an op-ed by renowned author and educator Rabbi Moshe Wiener, who relates the Rebbe’s message as to whether dressing immodestly is a private matter, or something that negatively affects others.
Daniel Spangler of Pray, center, wearing tefillin, poses for a photo with rabbinical students Leibel Kaplan, left, and JJ Polter.
Young Rabbinical Students Visit Montana Jews
Who knows when someone might need a spiritual lift? Rabbinical students Leibel Kaplan, 19, and JJ Polter, 20, found themselves in a check-out line at the Great Falls Walmart the other day when a man in line with them spoke up.
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