A Police vehicle was t-boned at the intersection of President St and Troy Ave Wednesday evening. The police vehicle involved allegedly crossed President St on a red light, and was hit by a vehicle coming up Troy Ave. Miraculously, no major injuries were reported in the incident.
Mr. Dror Levinger is JEM’s cameraman in Israel, in charge of videoing and recording the My Encounter interviews. Although regularly behind the scenes recording others’ stories, his own is remarkable in its own right, one which highlights the impact of JEM’s holy work. He was recently interviewed by Kfar Chabad Magazine, who published his story.
Are you confused about Passover? It may not be a coincidence, as feeling lost at the Passover Seder is a tradition. JLI’s Inspiration Weekly tells you why.
Although not a first, a historical moment quietly passed when a Unites States Army Chaplain printed a Tanya in Bagram Afghanistan.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Thursday-Sunday, April 18th-21st, 2019 for Passover (1st and 2nd Days). All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
TIME Magazine on Wednesday voted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu one of its “100 most influential people of 2019.” Netanyahu was chosen for the list’s subsection on “leaders” that also included Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Brett Kavanaugh, Robert Mueller, and international figures such as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
A Yud Aleph Nissan farbrengen was held in Yerre, France located on the outskirts of Paris. The farbrengen was hosted by the Chabad of Yerre Rav Attal, with guests Rav Mendi Azimov and Rav Yaccov Zerbib.
Mivtzoim of Yud Aleph Nissan is usually a bit more exciting, especially when going around in a mobile home “Mitzvah Tank.” But what would be if you had the choice of using a real war tank? Some bochurim in Montreal came across military tanks while on mivtzoim, and just had to compare.
The L’chaim of Menachem Mendel Horowitz and Esther Schonbuch, both of Crown Heights took place Monday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown St.
Today is Yud Aleph Nissan, the Rebbe’ 117th birthday. The Rebbe would farbreng yearly in honour of his birthday, and for chassidim all over the world, it is a day of celebration and one on which to strengthen one’s connection to the Rebbe. JEMCentral presents an exclusive Yud Aleph Nissan collection.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Shterna Sara Kalmanson OBM, daughter of the Mashpia Rabbi Heshel Ceitlin who spent her life on Shlichus in Cincinnati. She passed away on the Rebbe’s birthday, Yud Aleph Nissan 5779. She was 69 years old.
In what can only be described as unprecedented, over five hundred doctors representing numerous Jewish communities across North America have signed a letter confirming the need for all children and healthy adults to get immunized, according to the CDC schedule.
Every year, in the days and weeks leading up to Pesach, the Rebbe would encourage all Jews to give money to “Maos Chitim,” (“wheat money”), the fund established to provide money to needy families so they could celebrate Pesach appropriately. Watch a story of the Rebbe on providing for the needy.
Celebrations marking the Rebbe’s birthday were opened in the city of Tel Aviv-Jaffa Monday, which symbolizes, perhaps more than anything, the revolution that the Rebbe initiated for this event occurred in a place where there is no more Tel Aviv than could be: on the 12th floor of the Tel Aviv municipality, near the office of Mayor Ron Huldai.
The leader of the gang which attacked Argentina’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich, was arrested Tuesday night by the local police.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that cutting military and economic aid to Israel as a way to signal opposition to Israeli policies should be “on the table.”
Deputy Inspector Francis Giordano, the boss of the NYPD’s 71st Precinct that covers Crown Heights, made a pre-Pesach visit to the true heart of Crown Heights, 770. He was accompanied by community affairs officers including Detective Vincent Martinos.
