Baby Girl!
Nossi and Nelly Slater (Brooklyn, NY)
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BDE: Rabbi Yaackov Boruch Gansburg, 87, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Yaackov Boruch Gansburg OBM, a member of Anash of Crown Heights, scion of a large family.
Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery in the Catskills holds Hakomos Matzeivos
This past Tuesday, Parshas Sh’mos, marked rare, emotional events, highlighting the kedusha of Klal Yisroel. Chesed Shel Emes unveiled 130 Matzeivos on the kvarim of niftarim who had no one in the world to care for their burial except for the dedicated volunteers of Chesed Shel Emes
Video of the Day
A recently discovered tunnel that travels from Lebanon into Israel was destroyed by the IDF. An official video released by the IDF shows the moment they pull the trigger, and blow the tunnel up.
Help JNet Help Thousands of Jews
When Meryl Abrams of Kauai, of Hawaii, needed someone to help her son Kala’e prepare for his bar mitzvah, she reached out to JNet. Now, JNet needs you to help them.
Picture of the Day
Shluchim Mendy and Brocha Lent of Nottingham England, hosted an impromptu farbrengen for Chabad on Campus Shluchim of the UK and EU.
IDF Uncovers Another Hezbollah Attack Tunnel
A number of days ago, IDF troops exposed an additional cross-border attack tunnel that was dug from the Shiite village of Ayta ash Shab and crossed into Israeli territory. A short while ago, the tunnel was neutralized by an explosion.
Municipality in Germany Contributes To Local Jewish Revival
Historical Synagogue in Bad Homburg Germany is being revitalized by Shliach Rabbi Shalom and Mina Rabinovitz. The synagogue, destroyed on Kristallnacht, now is the center of Judaism in Bad Homburg.
BDE: HaBochur HaTomim Yehoshua Hecht, 44, OBM
With profound sadness and deep pain we inform of the very untimely passing of HaBochur HaTomim, Yehoshua (ben HaRav Eliyahu) Hecht of Brooklyn, NY.
New Engagement!
Shua Wolf (Longmeadow, MA) and Chani Nemanov (Crown Heights)
Israeli Strike on Syria Targeted High Level Hezbullah Delegation
The targets of the Israeli air strikes were several Hezbollah leaders, according to a report by Newsweek. The airstrike was conducted minutes after the leaders boarded a plane bound for Iran, according to the report.
New Engagement!
Mendy (ben Yanky) Reichman (Crown Heights) and Yocheved (bas Motti OBM) Scheinfeld (Crown Heights)
Israel and Syria Skirmish over the Skies of Damascus
Syrian air defense systems intercepted missiles near Damascus following an attack, Syrian media reported. The echo of explosions was heard throughout the Syrian capital.
Video of the Day
“Never leave home without your weapons,” a motto Nosson Shusterman lives by. Nosson, a bus driver for local schools and a Crown heights Shomrim volunteer, was captured on camera putting Tefillin on a visitor to Crown Heights outside Gombos Bakery.
10 Great New Features From Chabad.org
Chabad.org is constantly trying to plumb the depths of technological innovation. That’s why this year chabad.org released a bevy of new features, apps and other ways to use technology to further teach and share Judaism.
Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Tops Wiesenthal Center List of 2018’s Worst Antisemitic Outrages
2018 will be remembered as the year when the word “antisemitism” became a constant feature of the global news cycle, with reports of outrages against Jewish communities around the world, many of them violent, on a near-daily basis.
