Sparks of Judaism Fly in Remote Southern Oregon
Back in April, Faigy Zwiebel organized a Jewish book event for kids at a Barnes & Noble store near Ashland, Oregon, and waited and waited for families to come. But nobody showed up.
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Video: How to Catch an Anti-Semite
How to catch an anti-Semite? Who would have thought this would be a question we would need to ask in modern-day America? Yet, in this fascinating and highly entertaining talk by Rabbi David Nesenoff, given at JLI’s National Jewish Retreat, we learn that Anti-Semitism does still exist, even in unlikely places.
Mesivta Student Completes Entire Shas
The Chief Sephardic Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, recently visited the Chabad Yeshiva Ketana in Kiryat Gat, Israel, to congratulate student Yosef Yitzchak Hanunu on completing the entire Shas.
Photos: Visiting Day at YSP
On Sunday, the Talmidim of Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ, were visited by family and friends from around the country.
Man Accused of Assaulting Women Arrested
Police say they’ve arrested the man who allegedly followed home and tried to force himself on four women within several hours during one night earlier this month in Crown Heights.
Video: Why Is It Important to Meditate?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Devarim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Why is it important to meditate?
Jews Leave War-Torn City for Summer Getaway
The Jewish community of Mariupol, a city on the forefront of the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine, went on a much-needed break last week to a family camp in the forest-and-lakes area of Svyatogorsk in the Donetsk region.
Photos: Gan Yisroel’s BMD Enjoys Trip to Six Flags
Gan Yisroel-New York’s Bar Mitzvah Division (BMD) enjoyed a grand trip to Six Flags New England, located in Massachusetts, as a conclusion to BOG War.
College Student with Special Needs Breaks the Mold
Meet Randy Kersh. A 22-year old student at the University of North Florida, Randy dreams of becoming a Reform rabbi. He was prom king at his high school in Cooper City, and he’s the co-president of his campus Chabad student group, the Jewish Ospreys. Randy also has Down syndrome.
Picture of the Day: Mixed Signals
A confused driver sent us this photo he captured while approaching the intersection of the Eastern Parkway service lane and Kingston Ave.
60 Headstones Toppled; Police Say No Hate Crime
Some 60 headstones were toppled in a Jewish cemetery in Hartford, CT, but local police say they do not believe a hate crime was committed.
Protesters Call for Boycott of ‘Gentrifying’ Bar
Dozens of people gathered outside of a new Crown Heights sandwich shop and bar called Summerhill, located on Nostrand Avenue, to protest the “gentrification” of Crown Heights and the bar, whose owner they labeled “racist” and “colonialist.”
Photos: Visiting Day at Yeshivas Kayitz Kingston
This past Sunday, many parents came to enjoy Visiting Day with their sons in Yeshivas Kayitz Kingston, an affiliate of Oholei Torah.
Jewish Republic Gets First Ever Kosher Mikvah
For the first time in history, a kosher Mikvah is being built in the city of Birobidzhan, Stalin’s designated Jewish Autonomous Republic in Russia’s Far East.
New Engagement!
Shmuli Shubov (Crown Heights) and Dini Shaw (Worcester, MA)
New Engagement!
Tzemach Dovid Feller (S. Paul, Minnesota) and Chaya Mushka Winner (Crown Heights)
Israeli Minister of Culture Visits the Ohel
The Israeli Minister of Culture, Mrs. Miri Regev, along with Knesset Member Mr. Yaakov Peri, began their visit to the United States by paying a visit to the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens.
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