The following story is circulating on social media, and shows how the Rebbe will find a way to answer. This powerful story highlights the fact that there is no such a thing as a coincidence, and miracles do happen in our time.
Zalman and Shani (nee Ehrentreu) Schapiro (Lauderhill, FL)
Operation Survival: Watch as Operation Survival discusses cyber bullying, and what can be done about it with Dr. Rona Novick, PhD. Mrs Novick is the Dean of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University and holds the Raine and Stanley Silverstein Chair in Professional Ethics and Values.
Another package thief was caught on camera breaking into a building and stealing packages in Crown Heights. The packages had been left in plain sight, and the thief took them as easy picking.
Simche Friedman has released a new music video titled “Lo Lefached,” with a crew of free runners and a suspended bridge.
As car thefts and break ins have soared in Crown heights, we spotted this message someone put in the window of their car. Although we didn’t confirm it with the owner, we believe that it was an ingenious way to notify any potential car thieves, that this car is empty, and perhaps deter them from feeling the need to look closer.
by Yaakov Ort – chabad.org – The first crystal-clear memory I have of the trip up to Woodstock is when we hit 85 miles per hour on the open road in my friend’s 1968 Buick Wildcat. After sleeping in the mud, taking some bad drugs, being too far away from the stage to enjoy the music and witnessing some very frightening human breakdowns, I found a ride back to the city after a day-and-a-half feeling down, dirty and depressed. This is the story of how I made it from Woodstock to a Chabad Chossid.
With Shlichus becoming increasingly hard to find, a Lubavitcher attempts to address the troubling issue that many young couples find themselves in, waiting and waiting without a parnassa. He offers an alternative perspective on the matter, and a potential solution.
A stewardess of Israel’s El Al airline died Tuesday, following a months-long battle with measles. The 43-year-old stewardess was infected with the measles virus during a flight from New York to Israel five months ago.
Art studios and trendy eateries vie for space among authentic Polish bakeries and converted warehouses in Greenpoint. Brooklyn’s northernmost neighborhood, with sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline just across the East River, is gentrifying. High-rises are going up along its waterfront, and now the eclectic neighborhood has got its own Greenpoint Chabad House—Jewish Center.
The central business district of Sydney was put on lockdown, Tuesday afternoon Sydney time, after a man allegedly stabbed pedestrians there. The alleged stabber was reported to have stabbed two people before being stopped and arrested. The motive behind the stabbing is still unknown.
A Crown Heights Shul was broken into early Monday morning, leaving the shul in shambles, and items worth thousands of dollars stolen. The break in is under investigation.
Everyone loves a challenge, but how well do you think you will do on a music challenge? Here is Jewish Music Challenge #2, where you try to guess the song, sung by someone without a clue. To help you out, the original singers of the songs then step in, to erase any confusion.
While on a call for a suspicious package, a bag found by an alert Shomrim volunteer in a Crown Heights alleyway turned up more than what was expected. The police were called, and a paintball gun was confiscated along with an assortment of tools.
Panama’s Shluchim, Yakov and Hana Poliwoda, have taken on what parents and educators are touting as the future of education, vocational Yeshivos. The shluchim are pioneering a new vocational Yeshiva in Panama, in a Chassidush enviroment.
In a statement released by the governors office, Governor Andrew Cuomo directed the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to investigate the recent attacks on Hasidic Jews in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.
“SheYavo,” a newly released music video by Avi Ilson brings Moshiach to the forefront, with a crew of Lubavitchers and a old Volkswagen.
