by Tzemach Feller – chabad.org Walking into the kitchen of Friendship Bakery, you’ll find many things common to such enterprises: sacks of flour and sugar, stainless-steel commercial ovens, cartons of eggs and plenty of countertops. But you’ll also find items […]
This Wednesday evening, hundreds of children and their parents will join together in front of 770 for a viewing of the Rebbe’s Lag B’omer parade. On Eastern Parkway, at the exact spot where the actual parade took place, schoolchildren from all over Crown Heights will join together to listen, answer questions, and win awesome prizes. A special raffle will be made on a coin minted for the 1990 Lag B’omer parade.
Watch as Operation Survival discusses educating children with Shimon Waronker, Ed.D for the prevention 101 series.
With his nine remaining fingers wrapped in blue bandages, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein has become a national icon in the wake of the terrorist attack in the Chabad House he founded. When the rabbi learned that the surgeon who treated him, the son of Holocaust survivors, had never put on tefillin, he offered to rectify the situation.
Saadia Hershkop of Roots of Hebron, and Mendel Schmukler of Chabad of Hebron, took a moment to get a photo with Rabbi Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin while he was on a visit to Chevron.
Shloime (ben Yitzchak) Yarmush (Montreal, Quebec) , to Chana Leah Moskovits (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, at Beth Rivkah 310 Crown St
The Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, “The Rayatz”, HaRav Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, spent almost three months in Lakewood at the home of a supporter by the name of Mr. Charles Paston. In fact the Rebbe spent pesach there during that stay, and held farbrengen’s there as well.
Al Sharpton acknowledged his role in stoking division in an appeal to Reform Jews for a united front in facing down anti-Semitism, racism and other forms of bias. He recounted how the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s widow reprimanded him for his “cheap” rhetoric.
Derrick Nelson, a serial car break in offender, is back on the streets of Crown Heights after a lengthy absence. Nelson possibly holds the record for perpetrating the most car break-ins in the Crown Heights area. He has been arrested numerous times, and after being released, does it again every time.
Three people are in custody after they stole a car in Crown Heights Monday afternoon, and led the police on a foot chase. The thieves were busted red handed with the help of Shomrim.
At seven o’clock, every Monday and Thursday evening, the cell phones of over 3,000 Jewish teens around the United States and Canada buzz as they receive a text message with a Jewish question and a multiple-choice answer. JText, as the program is called, engages teens using the medium most comfortable to them, offering an opportunity to learn more about Judaism with a tap on their phones.
Today, at the 50th Walk for Israel in Toronto Canada, Rabbi Yirmi Cohen helped hundreds of Jews put on tefillin, some for the 1st time. The photo is of M.P. Michael Levitt, one of the only Jews in the Govt. of Canada.
As lag BeOmer nears, preparations are underway in Meron for massive crowds. The Chabad-Lubavitch representatives of Meron, Israel, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok and Chana Ruth Halperin, are in the thick of it.
Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim, a division of The Shluchim Office, is gearing up for their annual online Lag B’Omer parade. Families of Shluchim worldwide have signed up to create virtual floats that they will show during the parade. The floats are all on the theme of “Our Rabbeim.” They are being baked, drawn, built, and through any other creative medium.
Tzemach Shemtov (Toledo, OH) and Dvorah Arnauve (Paris, France) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday at Beis Levi Yitzchok
In a first of its kind collaboration, Magen David Adom along with Chevra Hatzolah and Hatzolah organizations from around the world are holding an international conference in Israel
Among the honorees at the Annual Oholei Torah Dinner, were Sruli and Toby Richler, who were awarded the Young Visionary Award.
