At a wedding hall in Jerusalem earlier this month, 50 girls—many of them dressed in white tulle—celebrated the milestone of becoming a bat mitzvah. Their shared joy, however, was underscored by shared feelings of grief as each one of them had a tragic life event that brought them together: the loss of a parent at a young age.
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In 1914, Jewish Afghani brothers Rahamim and David Shamash returned from Jerusalem to Afghanistan along the well-trodden routes of the Silk Road with two new Torah scrolls, written for the Jewish communities of Afghanistan. A century later, after falling into disuse and disrepair, one of the Torah scrolls has found a new home, when two scions of the Shamash family—Hannah Zion and her brother, Ronald Abram—refurbished and rededicated it last month at Chabad-Lubavitch of Hong Kong.
A medical crisis can throw an entire family into a tailspin, with devastating ramifications for both the patient and the entire family. That’s where Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights steps in.
In a letter addressed to brokers and prospective home buyers, East Flatbush Rov Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Holtzman begs everyone to help keep the price of homes affordable for young families looking to purchase in their community.
When Rabbi Moshiach Chudaitov and his family immigrated from the Soviet Union they received some unexpected attention from the Rebbe, together with a very special blessing. (Early 1970s)
Berke Wolf (Kherson, Ukraine) to Rivkah Lubin (Parsippany, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 7:30pm-9:30pm at 1349 President Street (Basement)
Last week, C-Teen Chapters of Chabads worldwide joined forces with The Mikvah to give teens from around the world a unique opportunity to connect with the richness of our timeless Jewish tradition.
Sruly and Leah Brook will be moving to Wakefield, MA with their daughter Dusia, to to establish a warm and welcoming space for the Jews of Wakefield and the surrounding towns.
Sholom Posner (Rancho Mirage, CA) to Sara’le Bergstein (Oak Park, IL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:30pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva New Hall
After four long months without their father, six young children from Crown Heights along with their mother arrived in Eretz Yisroel and were reunited as a family. Henoch Junik has been serving with his unit in the IDF since the war began four months ago.
A waiter working for a Crown Heights based catering company was busted on camera stealing an expensive coat this past Friday, and was arrested on Monday.
It’s not what you expect to find at Stop&Shop or a Winn-Dixie. But sooner or later you’re bound to come upon one of these self-service Tefillin stands at retail outlets, shopping malls, stadiums, restaurants and JCCs. The stand offers instructional literature, yarmulkas and a set of tefillin to be used on site and replaced for the next user.
A Jewish woman driving in Crown Heights was spat at and assaulted by a man unhappy with the way traffic was moving.
Filled with moving personal stories, engaging performances, and inspirational takeaways, the CTeen closing ceremony event crystallized the uplifting CTeen Shabbaton weekend for the thousands of teens, empowering them to return to their hometowns as leaders and ambassadors of light.
The shooting happened near Franklin Avenue and Lincoln Place in Crown Heights around 4:15pm Monday, according to the NYPD. A 37-year-old man was fatally shot in the head and rushed to Kings County Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
On Thursday morning Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, who was planning a community solidarity mission to Israel the following Sunday, received a call from the Israeli Army Chaplain at the Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva with a request to find, purchase, and bring 90 sweatsuits for the wounded soldiers that need Rehabilitation & Plastic Surgery.
The governing board of Morris Township, NJ took the courage and the initiative to issue a proclamation against Anti-Semitism which was read and discussed at their Board Meeting, February 21 of this year.
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