Princeton is one America’s most selective universities. Its alumni figure prominently among captains of industry, political leaders, and notable names in film, literature, and the arts. Chabad of Princeton is no different.
A prominent Chabad-run Moscow synagogue, itself a target of 21st-century anti-Semitic hate and destruction, has donated a Torah scroll to the yeshivah in Tel Aviv that was launched and led by terror victim Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger. The 47-year-old father of 12 was fatally shot on March 17 at a junction near the Ariel settlement, heroically attempting to save others after being severely wounded.
A touching photo has surfaced on social media showing a young boy helping an Israeli soldier don tefillin. The photo shows what appears to be a teffillin booth in the background, as the boy with long peyot and sirtuk helps a soldier put on tefillin. If you have any details on this photo, drop a comment to the editor.
A Jewish woman was wounded in a stabbing attack in Sweden Tuesday, leaving her in critical condition. The incident took place in the city of Helsingborg roughly 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) northwest of Malmo, where the woman resides, Tuesday morning.
Hackers used a WhatsApp vulnerability to remotely installed a surveillance program on cellular phones, WhatsApp admitted Tuesday morning. Following the incident, WhatsApp issued a security update for its 1.5 billion users.
Yecheskel and Chaya (nee Yaffee) Stein (Southfield, MI)
On Monday, the New York State Senate passed Resolution J997 which honors the Anniversary of the Birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The resolution was introduced by New York State Senator Zellnor Y. Myrie.
First responders on Tuesday, May 7th took part in a program at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) where they learned how to de-escalate situations. The program was provided by The Friendship Circle of Wisconsin.
The NYC Health Department announced Monday that it has closed Yeshiva of Central Queens for failing to comply with an Order of the Health Commissioner in response to the current measles outbreak.
The L’Chaim of Yossi Ossowiecki from Brazil, to Menucha (bas R’ Chaim) Goldberg of Toronto, Canada took place Sunday night at F.R.E.E.
A car hit a light pole on Eastern Parkway late Monday night, wrapping its front end around it, and sending the driver to the hospital.
Hundreds of passengers pass through the Chabad Air counter at JFK Airport daily, many with inspirational stories about Chabad and the Rebbe. Today we present you the fifth in a series of those stories.
Just weeks after the horrific anti-Semitic shooting attack at Chabad of Poway that took the life of a congregant and injured three others, the synagogue’s rabbi, himself injured in the shooting, visited the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, where more than a million Jews and others were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
Rabbi Heschel Greenberg, a Shliach in Buffalo, NY, will be starting a daily WhatsApp broadcast that will contain a, one-to-two minutes, “SOUL BYTE,” for people to start off their day with a boost of Jewish wisdom.
Rabbi Abba Brenenson, from Kfar Chabad, who was featured in last week’s My Story from JEM, is sitting Shiva for his mother, Mrs Aidel Brenenson until Friday at his sister’s home on Long Island at 745 Verona Dr, Melville, NY 11747.
“Habeit Na,” an acapella song by Netanel Menat and the Malchus Choir describes the yearning of the Jewish people, who look up at the Father in heaven, asking, praying and begging, “הבט נא, רחם נא, על עמך מהרה”
Rabbi Nochem Kaplan praises the new book Dear Rebbe as revealing many lesser known details about the Rebbe’s activities to reach Jews from all segments of society.
