Yitzchok Moully was in the middle of what had been a normal day at work when, he said, he “received an email . . . a heavy email”—one that provokes reaction, that makes your stomach drop and clouds your head. “I said to myself, I can’t just hit delete. I need to print out the email. And burn it.”
A 16-year-old Jewish girl has allegedly been told by a shopkeeper in Stamford Hill in North East London to “be patient, Jews come last.”
This week, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he encourages the recipient to adhere to the true and tested path of Torah and mitzvos – without having to investigate the worthiness of doing so. Making changes in life is not easy – but we are up to the task, just as our father Avraham, in our parsha, was able to break away from his environment and accustomed way of living in order to attain the “Promised Land.” The letter, written originally in English, is from the archives of the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Avrohom Eliyohu Wudowsky will lead a discussion on the Halachos of using a Mikvah on Shabbos.
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present a pair of photos of the Rebbe organizing the Panim he received after a Yechidus Klolis, circa 1990.
The Jewish community of the Muslim-majority nation of Azerbaijan enjoyed a visit from special guests at the end of last week: chief rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar and FJC president Lev Leviev spent the shabbat with the community, prior to that visiting the capital city’s Or Avner Jewish school and kindergarten.
Chabad of Oakland, CA, has announced it’s buying a building, but moving day won’t cause too much hassle: The new place is right next door to the one Chabad is currently leasing.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Bluma Tzfasman, OBM, a longtime member of the community in Kfar Chabad, Israel. She was 90 years old.
A Legoland amusement park is set to open just north of New York City in 2020, joining existing Legolands in California, Florida, the United Kingdom, Germany, Malaysia, Denmark, Dubai and Japan.
Israel is willing to resort to military action to ensure Iran never acquires nuclear weapons, the intelligence minister said on Thursday in Japan where he is seeking backing for U.S. President Donald Trump’s tougher line on Tehran.
On a recent segment of the Fox 5 TV channel, the anchors discussed at length a problem that is often taboo – the opioid crisis affecting New York’s Orthodox-Jewish community.
A Brooklyn judge has voided the controversial hiring of a Crown Heights community board district manager after he ruled the 2016 decision was illegal.
Since 1982, Rabbi Elchonon Lisbon has served as the spiritual leader of Chabad House of Park Heights, Baltimore. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in June of 2016.
A beautiful neo gothic home has gone up for sale in Kenilworth, Illinois, for $2.2 Million, and it’s making waves on social media due to its similarity to a certain Crown Heights landmark.
New York State has added electronic cigarettes to its indoor smoking ban, making it illegal to use the devices in workplaces, including bars and restaurants.
The conclusion of the 37th cycle of the daily study of Rambam was celebrated in Buenos Aires, Monday, the 5th of Tishrei – 25th of September.
Would you let a stranger in your house to drop off a package? Amazon hopes so. The online retailer said Wednesday that it will launch a service next month called Amazon Key that would allow delivery people to walk into your home and drop off a box when you’re not there.
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