The Israeli man killed in a combination stabbing and shooting attack in Samaria Sunday has been identified as a 19-year-old IDF sergeant from the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva. An IDF spokesperson said the man killed in Sunday’s attack was 19-year-old Gal Keidan, a sergeant in the Israeli army’s 334th artillery battalion.
Watch Live at 12:15pm here on CrownHeights.info for the celebration of the grand opening of Rashi’s Campus. Rashi’s Campus is the new building built in honor of Rashi Minkowicz, a young mother and Shlucha, who passed away suddenly 4 years ago.
An Iranian man and woman were arrested Saturday morning in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after they tried to enter the country with forged Israeli documents, Clarin reported. The two are suspected of involvement in terror activities and were transferred for interrogation by local security forces.
In connection with the upcoming Jem Foundation Gala, Rabbi Chaim Boruch Halberstam, founder and director of the WLCC (Worldwide Chabad Communication Center) was interviewed by the My Encounter with the Rebbe project for the first time.
One person was killed in a double shooting attack that took place in Samaria Sunday morning. The first attack occurred at the Ariel Junction, and a short time later, the attacker apparently struck again at the Gitai Avisar Junction. Three people were wounded in the attacks. One of the victims later died of his injuries.
Scammers calling cell phones in an attempt to trick you into giving them your money is nothing new, but now they are getting a bit more sophisticated. Two Frum woman have recently been the victim of these scams, and lost thousands of dollars in the process.
Pictures from the Lechaim of Shmuly Ceitlin (Toronto, ON) to Mindy Morozov (Flatbush, NY) which took place Thursday night at the Jewish Childrens Museum.
After a 12-day sea voyage, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880-1950), disembarked at the New York harbor on the 9th of Adar II of 1940, following his miraculous rescue from Nazi-occupied Warsaw.
Last week, the neighbourhood of Crown Heights hosted the annual “Encounter Crown Heights – An Immersive Shabbat” for young Jewish professionals. They also came to tour of JEM, where they got to see JEM’s work firsthand; archiving, restoring, and producing.
A man was arrested Friday just hours before shabbos, after a fast acting father caught a man who inappropriately touched his daughter. The father called Shomrim, who kept the man from leaving before the police arrived.
We present the Shalom Zochor list for the week of Shabbos Parshas Vayikra, Parshas Zachor:
Rabbi Avtzon is a veteran mechanech and the author of numerous books on the Rebbeim and their chassidim. His newest book Farbreng With Reb Binyomin Kletzker, (vol. 6 in the Early Chassidic Personalities Series), is now available in Crown Heights seforim stores and on line. He is available to farbreng in your community and can be reached at avtzonbooks@gmail.com
There will IYH be a Minyan for Kerias HaTorah in Empire Schtiebel On Shabbos at 9:00am Parshas Zochor will IYH be read at 9:20am, All are welcome. If any men are available to help with the Minyan it will be appreciated.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia has compiled a guide of Halachos and customs pertaining to this Shabbos, Parshas Vayikra, Parshas Zachor.
‘Armed,’ is a dramatic and engaging documentary film being produced by JEM on the history of the Rebbe’s tefillin campaign and its continued impact, turns to Kickstarter to crowdfund the film’s costs.
With Social Media abuzz about anti-Semitic comments made by a congresswoman, JEM has released a fascinating clip, where the Rebbe speaks of anti-semitism in his own childhood memories, and explains a truth about Jew hatred.
The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said that, overnight Thursday, IDF fighter jets, attack helicopters and other aircraft struck approximately 100 military targets belonging to the Hamas terror organization in the Gaza Strip.
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