JEM Restores Film of Historic 1980 Farbrengen
After much work, JEM has announced the release of the fully restored video of the Farbrengen of Erev Rosh Hashanah, 5741 (1980).
Video: What is the Soul?… in 2 Minutes
What is the soul? Consider your reflection in the mirror. The current image of yourself is different than your fifteen-year-old self. Which one is the REAL you? You also feel and think very differently at the moment than you did when you were fifteen or five, and will likewise feel and think differently when you are eighty or ninety. So the human being is perpetually changing—physically, emotionally, intellectually—which begs the question, “Where is the real you?” Rabbi Pinchas Taylor gives a clear and logical way of explaining the soul.
Picture of the Day: North Miami Beach, FL
Yeshiva Torah Ohr of North Miami Beach, under the leadership of Rabbi Emmanuel Storfer, continued learning Torah Thursday morning, despite the frantic preparations for the looming Hurricane Irma all around them. Later that afternoon, the Yeshiva departed for a Shabbaton to a more central and less Hurricane prone area of Florida.
Video Playlist: The Birthday of Chassidus
Chai Elul marks the birthday of the two “Great Luminaries” of the Chassidic Movement: the Baal Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe. Courtesy of JEM, we present a beautiful playlist of videos connected to this day.
Shabbos at the Besht: A New Mindset for a New Year
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Levy Djian, Shliach in Manhattan, will lead a discussion on the topic: A New Mindset for a New Year.
Chabad on Campus Prepares for ‘Hurricane Shabbat’
As it becomes more likely that Hurricane Irma will make landfall in Florida and other southeastern states over Shabbos, the Chabad on Campus centers in those areas are mobilizing their resources to meet the needs of Jewish students on their campuses.
Moscow Students Commemorate Founding of Tomchei Tmimim
On the very same parcel of land where the first Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim was founded, sat hundreds of Tomchei Tmimim students who arrived from Moscow learning and davening, along with Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berl Lazar, Yeshiva staff and administrators * A sight to behold once in 120 years.
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Mendel and Mushky (nee Bernstein) Glazman (Crown Heights)
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Yechiel and Chana Devorah (nee Perl) Goldberg (Crown Heights)
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Levi and Chanie (nee Spielman) Vogel (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Moishe and Sara Chanowitz, co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of St. Maarten/St.Martin, and their five children stayed safe in the mikvah area of their Chabad House while 185 mph winds brought on by Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc on the Caribbean island.
Shluchim on S. Martin: ‘The Mikvah Saved Us’
When Hurricane Irma bashed the island of St. Martin around 4 a.m. on Wednesday, Rabbi Moishe and Sara Chanowitz, co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of S. Maarten/S. Martin, and their five children, were hunkering down in their partially built Chabad center, located on the Dutch side of the dual-nationality […]
Here’s My Story: The Rebbe Asked for a Favor
Mrs. Rhoda Friedland, a mother of three who grew up in Crown Heights, and currently lives in Monsey, New York, recalls the arrival of Chabad Chassidim in the 1940’s. She was interviewed at her home by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in August of 2015.
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Levi and Nechama (nee Cohen) Pewsner (Beitar, Israel)
Mitzvah Tanks Roll Through Russian Heartland
This summer saw the sixth annual expedition of FJC’s rabbinical student enthusiasts on mobile synagogues, or “Mitzvah-mobiles” as they are called, across Russia. This year Jewish trailers visited over 30 cities in the heart of Russia, among them Tula, Lipetsk, Kursk, Orel, Briansk, Smolensk and many more.
Teens Create Positive Graffiti to Counter Hate
The CTeen club at Chabad of the East Valley, Arizona, kicked off a new year of events by sending a meaningful message to the Jewish community.
$200k Fundraiser Puts Tri-Valley Chabad into New Digs
Chabad of the Tri-Valley just had an ambitious 30 hours. The 12-year-old center went on a roaring tear of a fundraiser to make — and overshoot — a target of $200,000 in less than three days, in order to finalize the purchase of a new building in Pleasanton. “I’m really just overwhelmed, humbled and excited,” said Rabbi Raleigh Resnick.
London Marks 120 Years of Tomchei Temimim
Dozens flocked to Yeshiva Gedola Lubavitch of London on Tuesday evening to join in a program of learning and inspiration, in honor of the 120th anniversary since the founding of Tomchei Temimim in the town of Lubavitch.
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