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3-Year-Old Frum Boy Dies After Choking on Sand
A 3-year-old boy died on Sunday after apparently choking on sand while playing in a sandbox at a daycare center in the southern Israeli city of Kiryat Gat.
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Video: ‘I’m Not a Litvak Anymore’
Jerome explains why he is no longer a Litvak.
Students Reach Out to Yazidi Victims of ISIS
It was by the silence that Rabbi Yossi Deren, director of the Sunday Hebrew School at Chabad of Greenwich, Connecticut, knew his students were ready to reach out to a victim of ISIS’s genocide against the Yazidi people. “It wasn’t what they said. It was their silence and their intense concentration as they heard the story,” he said.
Parade Fair Moves to New Location
The children’s fair following the Eastern Parkway parade, always a highlight of the Great Parade, will move this year to Troy Ave. and Maple St., parade organizers have announced. The new location will provide additional room for the many rides, performers and food vendors that will feature at this year’s fair.
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Roovy and Shevy (nee Leeds) Shapiro (Hallandale, FL)
High-Schoolers to Swastika Scrawlers: Thank You!
After swastikas were drawn on the entrance to Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, Fla., Jewish students were prompted to hold a program fostering awareness and education, complete with visuals, guest speakers and the assistance of the local Chabad.
Trump Proclaims May Jewish American Heritage Month
President Donald Trump declared May 2017 Jewish American Heritage Month in a proclamation. The statement specifically mentioned his Jewish daughter, Ivanka, and her husband Jared Kushner.
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Mendy and Chanie (nee Kohn) Cohen (Springfield, MA)
Israeli Journalists Fired for ‘Fake News’ on Charedim
Two employees of an Israeli television channel have been fired after posting a staged video to Facebook that supposedly showed Charedi residents of Bnei Brak attacking a news reporter carrying an Israeli flag.
Only 28 Historic Lag Ba’omer Coins Remain
28 of the original coins minted for Lag B’omer 1990 still remain, parade organizers recently announced. Minted exclusively for the Lag B’omer Parade at the Rebbe’s request, these silver coins feature a Lag B’omer bonfire on one side and a picture of 770 on the other.
End of Strike on the Horizon for Bais Rivkah
A possible end to the teachers’ strike in Bais Rivkah seems to be in sight, this according to sources within the administration, board and teachers group. The strike has left students of 18 classes without a proper school schedule since before Pesach.
‘Entebbe Doesn’t Compare to Tefilin Campaign’
Member of the IDF elite units Mr. Rami Sherman, best known for his heroic role in the 1976 Entebbe operation, was in Brussels, Belgium, for a speaking engagement. While there, Mr. Sherman also had meetings with The European Coalition for Israel, hosted at the EU Jewish Building, a Chabad-run cornerstone for Jewish activity at the EU Headquarters in Brussels.
Semicha Bochurim Visit Addiction Center
According to a recent study titled “Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap,” approximately one in every 10 Americans over the age of 12 – roughly equal to the entire population of Texas – are addicted to alcohol and drugs. That number rises when one includes process addictions such as gambling, eating, gaming, internet, and inappropriate behavior.
200 Shluchim of Paris Gather
The roughly 200 Shluchim who work to spread Judaism in and around Paris, France, gathered over the past weekend for the annual regional Kinus, with the participation of a special guest – Merkos Vice-Chairman Rabbi Moshe kotlarsky.
Striking Teachers to Parents: It Hurts Us Just As Much
The teachers of Bais Rivkah who are currently on strike due to months of owed pay have a message for the parents of their students: “this is just as painful for us as it is for you.”
Picture of the Day: Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, the vice chairman of Merkos, spent this past shabbos in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, after partaking in a Hachnasat Sefer Torah donated by Mr. Leonardo Farkas.
Video: Is It OK to Be a Fanatic?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Acharei-Kedoshim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: is it OK to be a fanatic?
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