On Sept. 3, 1964, shortly after announcing his intention to run for a U.S. Senate seat from New York, Robert. F. Kennedy resigned as Attorney General of the United States. Later that month, Kennedy headed to 770 Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., to meet with the Rebbe.
Some 20,000 participants just concluded the JLI spring course, “What is?” Studying at 400 different locations around the globe, for six weeks, students delved into deep, esoteric concepts in Chassidus.
In his letter of condolence to a bereaved, the Rebbe speaks of the proper state of mind despite the pain, the eternity of the soul and its release from the restraints. Interestingly – the Rebbe calls attention to and comments on the date, Gimmel Tammuz – on which the correspondent wrote her letter. The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
Anyone who works with teens knows how difficult it is to capture their attention. But at the 10th Annual CTeen Shabbaton Banquet earlier this year, 2,500 teens sat enthralled by this moving address.
I grew up in 1950s Brooklyn in a very American home – that is, we knew we were Jews, but we led an American lifestyle. For me, this translated into sports participation. Indeed, I became so good at baseball, America’s favorite pastime that, while in college, I was scouted by the Boston Red Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Mendi and Feigy (nee Ende) Kulski (Crown Heights)
Dovid Lew (Peachtree City, GA) and Malka (bas Dovid) Kugel (Crown Heights)
This weekly fast moving — yet inspiring — 1-minute video on the weekly Parsha is created by Yitzchok Schmuckler, a Bochur from Montreal. This week’s video for Parshas Shlach is titled: Striving for the Same Goal.
In a letter sent out to parents and faculty, Oholei Torahs Board of Directors accused a Chabad ‘community news’ website of “blackmail and extortion without even the slightest regard for integrity, truth and fairness” in the wake of comments that they posted maligning the Moisad and its functions.
This past Sunday, the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn hosted their annual “Art of Friendship” Gallery, featuring original artwork created the members of the organization. After many months of working on these creations, hundreds of people from the community and beyond came to view the beautiful gallery.
Yossi Fastow (Crown Heights) and Menucha Filler (Montreal, Canada)
JLI presents a unique two-minute video series titled Positivity Bias – A Counterview on Counterculture: The Rebbe and the hippies.
Marking 70 years to its founding, 350 students and staff of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Brunoy, France, posed for a group photo.
A brand new Sefer Torah was dedicated in memory of Rabbi Mendel Deutch HYD to the local Chabad Shul in Zhitomir.
Earlier this week Educational Institute Oholei Torah celebrated their Gala Dinner with a crowd of over 600 people. The Dinners theme was the dedication of Yeshivas Kayitz Kingston, one of Oholei Torah’s newest initiatives, an overnight summer camp in Kingston New York, catering 8th grade and Mesivta bochurim. Second photo gallery.
Earlier this week Educational Institute Oholei Torah celebrated their Gala Dinner with a crowd of over 600 people. The Dinners theme was the dedication of Yeshivas Kayitz Kingston, one of Oholei Torah’s newest initiatives, an overnight summer camp in Kingston New York, catering 8th grade and Mesivta bochurim.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Tanya Leah Friedman OBM of Cleveland, Ohio. She was an active member of the Cleveland Chabad community, she was 77 years old.
