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Members of the group of 21 college students who took part last summer in the Jewish Youth Adventure (JYA) trip to Alaska.

Jewish Backpackers Explore Their Heritage in Alaskan Wilds

The air was filled with the excited talk of exploration and the unknown as we prepared to board our flight to Alaska. The group of 21 college students gathered at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport had a distinct mission: to embrace and explore their Jewish heritage and to satisfy a thirst for greater knowledge. Some of these young men had attended the same Jewish school as I had growing up, but said their Judaism lacked inspiration

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New Engagement!

Mendy Minkowitz (North Hollywood, CA) to Nechama Schapiro (Spring Valley, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Simcha Minsky (Crown Heights) to Surry Gurkov (Oceanside, NY) L’Chaim: Monday, Dec. 22nd, 8:00pm at Bison and Bourbon 191 7th Street, Brooklyn
New Engagement!

Mendel Baumgarten (Buenos Aires, Argentina) to Gitty Lishner (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!

Menachem Nelson (Tzfas, EY) to Rivky Popack (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at The JCM
Baby Girl!

Meir and Dini (nee Marmulszteyn) Gewirtz from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Mendel Raitport (Brooklyn, NY) to Devora Haskelevich (Philadelphia, PA) L’Chaim: Thursday, Dec. 11th, 8:00pm at the JCM 2nd Floor

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New Engagement!

Chaim Bass (Postville, IA) to Menucha Botnick (Ottawa, Canada) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Beis Avrohom Aaron 1349 President Street (Upstairs)
New Engagement!

Eli Cagen (Houston, TX) Shayna Zalmanov (Munster, IN) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at 1394 President Street
New Engagement!

Binyomin Winterfeld (Montreal, Canada) to Rivka Levertov (Aubervilliers, France) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Yechiel Vogel (Crown Heights) to Shterni Gershowitz (Tenafly, NJ) L’Chaim: Wednesday, Dec. 10th, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
New Engagement!

Mendel Weiss (Antwerp, Belgium) to Chana Cohen (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Dec. 9th, 8:00pm at the JCM
New Engagement!

Meir Touaty (Paris, France) to Hanna Canarutto (Rome, Italy)
New Engagement!

Dovi Levy (Long Beach, CA) to Rikki Magalnick (Palos Verdes, CA)
New Engagement!

Yisroel Yehuda Sirota (Coral Springs, FL) to Batsheva Konikov (Fort Lee, NJ) L’Chaim: Tonight, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
Baby Girl!

Katz and Katz (nee Chaya) Dov from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Yisroel Benjaminson (Glenview, IL) to Liba Wilansky (Portland, MN)
New Engagement!

Eliyahu Rosenbluh (Monsey, NY) to Yocheved Deutch (Samara, Russia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street

Lubavitch HS girls Embark on Recording Stories of the Rebbe

Students in Lubavitch High Schools have undertaken a new initiative – to document and share women’s stories of The Rebbe. Titled “Our Story,” this grassroots project is being done in conjunction with JEM’s “My Encounter” and over the past six weeks dozens of story’s – mostly from grandmothers, mothers and relatives – have been already been recorded.

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Weekly Story: This Is Who I Am

As Yud Aleph Nissan is this week, I decided to share with you an email which I received from Eli Duban, one of my former students, who is in his mid twenties and lives in Issaquah, Washington, on the west coast. He is a licensed life insurance agent, however, as we will see that no matter what our parnassa (livelihood) might be, in essence we all are chassidim eager to do the Rebbe’s bidding, and the reason we live out there is to spread the light of Torah and Mitzvos.

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Shabbos at the Besht: Cleaning for Pesach

This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yosef Barber, Rosh Machon Smicha – Beis Medrash Chovevei Torah, will lead a discussion on the topic of Cleaning for Pesach – Where, How & What; 5 basic rules developed from the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch to help navigate the delicate balance between halachik requirements and customary chumros when cleaning for Pesach, including a discussion on medicines and cosmetics.

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