Video Playlist: Prepare for Rosh Hashana
As we get ready to usher in the New Year, JEM presents a playlist of beautiful videos to help prepare for the Yomim Noraim.
Hurricane Maria Now Cat. 5; Jose to Pound New York
The wicked 2017 hurricane season began delivering more punishing blows Tuesday as Hurricane Maria raked across the Caribbean with “potentially catastrophic” winds of 160 mph. To the north, Hurricane Jose churned on a path to brush the Northeast coast with raging surf and potentially damaging gusts.
‘Banned’ Bar Mitzvah Boy Gets Proper Celebration
Dozens of Israelis, upon hearing about the sad story of a 13-year-old boy whose teacher told his classmates not to attend his bar mitzvah party, showed up to another one thrown for him at the Western Wall by the Chabad Youth Movement.
Video: How Can We Live a Balanced Life?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Ha’azinu. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we live a balanced life? Plus: Bonus video for Rosh Hashana in the extended article.
Food Crawl to Give a Taste of Crown Heights
JMenu, Toys For Hospitalized Children and the NCFJE have teamed up to bring an exciting event to Crown Heights foodies — a kosher ‘food crawl’ to 25 local eateries, each serving a taste of their signature dish or beverage for participants to sample along the route. Attendees will enjoy a variety of food and drink, local vibes, and a great day out with family and friends!
Laws and Customs: Rosh Hashana and Aseres Y’mei Teshuvah
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of Eruv Tavshilin, Rosh Hashanah and the Ten Days of Teshuva, Blowing the Shofar, and Tzom Gedalia, for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Video: 3 Reasons Why It’s the ‘Head’ of the Year
“Head of the Year” seems like an awkward and cumbersome name for ‘New Year’s Day’ doesn’t it? Rosh Hashanah literally means “head of the year” and the Jewish New Year carries this name for good reasons; reasons can actually make a difference to your life! This video from My Judaism will make it very clear in two minutes flat!
Hate Message Scrawled on Park Bench
A hate-filled message was scrawled on a bench opposite the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights.
Picture of the Day: Shul’s Fate Hangs in the Balance
Worshippers gather on Motzei Shabbos to recite Selichos at Anshei Lubawitz of Borough Park. On October 19th, Judge Martin M. Solomon will decide the fate of this historic synagogue.
Video: Top 10 Jewish Moments of 5777!
As 5777 comes to a close, JLI counts down the Top 10 biggest Jewish moments of the year.
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Tirtza (nee Phillips) Ross (Crown Heights)
Farbengen Ships in a Box
When you think of a farbrengen, you may picture a venerable mashpia, perhaps with a long white beard, expounding on the intricate teachings of our Rebbeim as they pertain to daily life. What you don’t expect is a head table with young boys or girls, talking, encouraging, and inspiring an uplifted crowd.
Photos: Selichos Night in Moscow
Over 100 Jews gathered on Motzei Shabbos in the Marina Roscha synagogue in Moscow, Russia, for the recitation of Selichos. Following an inspiring Farbrengen and joyous dancing and singing, Selichos were recited, led by Chazzan Zalman Shimon Deren.
Miami Students Learn from Rabbi Akiva to Help Others
With many students’ homes still without power, internet and many under boil water restrictions after Hurricane Irma, one would think they’d be inclined to focus on their own problems. Certainly one would give them a pass for doing so and not worrying about others. But that’s not how the Lubavtich Educational Center in Miami works, or how it educates its students.
New Engagement!
Shmuly Zucker (Seagate, NY/Los Angeles, CA) and Sahar Levi (Los Angeles, CA)
Photos: Selichos in ‘the Rebbe’s Shul’ in Paris
Hundreds gathered at midnight Motzei Shabbos to recite Selichos at the 17 Rue des Rosiers Synagogue in the Pletzel, Paris’ Jewish Quarter, where the Rebbe prayed during his residence in the city.
The Chabad Lubavitch community has taken a historic step forward in combating child abuse. A prestigious group of seven international Lubavitch Rabbinical leaders have signed a proclamation addressing abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community, and ruling that abuse can be reported to straight to government authorities without rabbinical approval.
7 Chabad Rabbis Rule Abusers May Be Reported
The Chabad Lubavitch community has taken a historic step forward in combating child abuse. A prestigious group of seven international Lubavitch Rabbinical leaders have signed a proclamation addressing abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community, and ruling that abuse can be reported to straight to government authorities without rabbinical approval.
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