Israel Responds to Rocket Fire, Flattens Buildings
With over 300 Rocket falling on southern Israel since Saturday morning, Israel retaliated with more than 120 strikes on military and Hamas targets.
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Rocket Attacks From Gaza Begin Again, Over 300 Rockets Fired, One Dead
A 60 year old man was declared dead after being critically wounded at approxamitely 2:30 following a rocket attack which hit a building in the Ashkelon area. Over 300 rockets have been fired at Israel since Saturday morning. Rockets have fallen in Hof Ashkelon, Ofakim, Kiryat Gat, and Sderot.
JEM: Hasipur Sheli is Here
After reviewing the galley proof and giving the go-ahead to print, the first copy of My Encounter’s Hasipur Sheli book arrived at JEM’s office today.
Kinus L’Chizuk V’Hisorerus, A Shluchim’s Farbrengen
An online “Kinus L’Chizuk V’Hisorerus” was held for shluchim on erev Chof Ches Nissan, featuring words of chizuk as well as a call to action. The program was created and hosted by Chazak, the shluchim education branch of Merkos 302.
#PauseForPoway, a Campaign of Good Deeds
A Moment of Silence Campaign was launched using the Charidy crowdfunding platform, that leads not to a worldly bank account, but to a bank account of doing mitzvos.
Outstanding Mechanchim to Chair Kinus
Rabbi Shmuel Turk, assistant principal at the United Lubavitcher Yeshiva, Ocean Parkway branch will chair the Kinus committee and Rabbi Yehoshua Lustig, principal of the middle grades at Oholei Torah (Oholei Menachem) will co-chair the 18th Kinus HaMechanchim to be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Danbury, CT on 5-6 Tammuz, July 8th and 9th.
This Weeks Shalom Zochor List
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Acharei Mos:
Weekly Story: How A Chossid Saved The Rebbe Maharash From Being Arrested
Rabbi Avtzon, a veteran mechanech and the author of numerous books on the Rebbeim and their chassidim presents this weeks story. He is available to farbreng in your community and can be contacted at avtzonbooks@gmail.com.
Shloshim for Harry Aaron Mendelsohn OBM
The community is invited to the Shloshim for Harry Aaron Mendelsohn obm. The Shloshim will be held at the Beis Levy Yitzchak Shul 556 Crown St. on Sunday May 5th from 6pm-8pm.
The NYPD's 71st Precinct
Crown Heights’s 71st Precinct Had Highest Number of Hate Crimes in 2018
Three precincts with large Hasidic populations, all in Brooklyn, reported the most anti-Jewish hate crimes in 2018. The 71st Precinct, which encompasses part of Crown Heights, reported nine anti-Jewish hate crimes, the most of any precinct. Precincts including Williamsburg and Borough Park each had seven.
Another Succesful Tahalucha, Lubavitch Youth Organization Says Thank You
Hundreds of Anash and bochurim walked on Shvi’i shel Pesach to over 200 synagogues in the New York City area, including Borough Park, Flatbush, Brighton Beach, Sea Gate, Bensonhurst, Sheepshead Bay, Canarsie, Mill Basin,Howard Beach, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Heights and Manhattan.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a weekly photo of the Rebbe.
BDE: Mrs. Wendy Teller, 87,OBM
With great sadness we inform of the passing of Mrs. Wendy Teller OBM, a member of Anash in London. She passed away at the age of 87.
Yeshivah – Beth Rivkah of Melbourne Takes A Trip Down Memory Lane
Beth Rivkah Ladies College in Melbourne, Australia was privileged to welcome a group of old collegians to ‘Alumni Day’ where they awed students with stories of old.
BDE: Mrs. Sarah Glick, 92, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs Sarah Glick OBM, a Halocaust survivor and member of the Melbourne Jewish community. She passed away on Sunday the 23rd of Nissan, 5779.
Shabbos at the Besht: Netzach – Overcoming Obstacles
This Shabbos at the Besht: Rabbi Leib Aber was on shlichus in Sydney Australia for 30 years. He taught in the schools there and gave regular shiurim to men. He has a passion for chassidus. Now that their children are B”H grown and living near New York, he and his wife have settled in Crown Heights to continue their shlichus here. He will speak on the topic of Netzach – Overcoming Obstacles.
JEM: 28th of Nissan – Do Everything You Can
Tomorrow is the 28th of Nissan, the day that in 1991 the Rebbe spoke sharply about Moshiach, exhorting chassidim and all Jews to do everything in their power to bring Moshiach. Watch as the Rebbe relays the message.
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