Texas Tribe Gets their Shabbat On at Shabbaton
More than 150 college students from across the Lone Star State united with their Texas tribe in College Station, Texas for the 10th Annual Intercollegiate Texas Shabbaton.
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New Engagement!
Mendel Gordon (Marine Park, NY) and Ruchama Tokayer (Israel)
New Engagement!
Laivy Super (Melbourne Australia) and Nechama Hecht (San Francisco, CA)
Rabbi Yehuda Refson, Chabad emissary to the city of Leeds, England, will lead a four-part course titled “Soul Talk,” to begin on March 19.
‘Soul Talk’ Online Course Reveals the Spiritual Reality Behind All Existence
Look around the world and observe a dizzying array of elements, movement, color and creativity. What’s behind it all? Is there purpose in the seemingly endless struggle for survival and the human quest to live better? Is the soul for real?
New Engagement!
Mendy Naparstek (Myrtle Beach, SC) and Henny Lefkowitz (Monsey, NY)
Live at 6pm: Historic Event in Hebron
Join the 770 participants of JLI Land & Spirit: Israel Experience for a farewell event at Mearat Hamachpela in an event which will feature a Parade with Kristallnacht Torah rescued from the ashes of the Holocaust, Musical Entertainment, Fireworks, a Lightshow and an address by the local Shluchim.
Op-Ed: Crown Heights: We Need to Talk
People are talking smack about you, this might come as a shock, so I wanted to just touch base. I’m only doing this because I care about you. I wasn’t going to say anything, but it’s what people out of town are thinking, I thought you should know.
Y.K.K. Announces New Mashpia in 8th Grade Division
Yeshivas Kayitz Kingston, Oholei Torah’s summer Yeshivah for 8th grade and Mesivta bochurim, has announced Rabbi Yehudah Leib Aronson as the new Mashpia in the 8th grade division this coming summer.
Retreat Moments: Jewish Comedy with Avi Liberman
Comedian Avi Liberman entertained the crowd at the last National Jewish Retreat with his unique style of Jewish comedy.
Purim at Friendship Circle of Brooklyn
There was never a quiet moment on Purim at the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn! Rabbi Berel and Chani Majesky worked round the clock to ensure a fantastic, amazing, and happy Purim for all the FC families. Families of children with […]
Day 4 of JLI’s Land & Spirit Tour of Israel
120 shluchim and shluchos along with 770 Chabad House community members arrived in Israel on Monday to participate in JLI’s Land and Spirit Israel Experience. The group, traveling from across the US, Canada, Australia, as well as from Central and South America, is the largest group to visit Israel this year.
The tefillin stand in the center of the Machane Yehuda open-air market in Jerusalem is one of the smallest yet busiest Chabad centers in the world. (Photo: Aviad Tevel/Chabad.org)
In Bustling Jerusalem Market, One of the Smallest and Busiest Chabad Centers in the World
It’s still early Friday morning, but Agripas Street is already wide awake. Those staying in town for Shabbat are rushing to the historic Machane Yehuda market (also known as the shuk) to buy food, challah, wine and other staples for the day of rest. And those leaving the city are rushing to the central bus station nearby to get to places all over Israel before the buses stop running an hour before sunset.
Baby Girl!
Zalmy and Naomi (nee Levin) Morris (New Haven, CT)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Fraida Andrusier, 69, OBM
With sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Fraida Andrusier OBM a longtime resident of Crown Heights. She was 69 years old. The Levaya will take place today, Monday.
New Engagement!
Shloime Schwei (Luton, England) and Devorah Leah (bas Sholom) Avtzon (Crown Heights)
ULY Holds Annual Chinese Auction Event
Hundreds of women turned out Sunday evening for the auction and evening of entertainment benefiting Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St. Following the Chinese auction viewing, which was complimented by delicious hot food from a number of popular local restaurants. Winners List Added!
Friends Appeal for Support of Bahia Blanca
Sarah Freedman, a Shlucha in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, whose husband Rabbi Moshe Freedman passed away at the age of 57, continues to serve their remote community and friends are reaching out for assistance on her behalf.
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