Booze and large bags will be banned from the J’Ouvert parade this year, screened through a dozen NYPD checkpoints to be set up along the route, officials and police said.
The catastrophic numbers of drug users, deaths and overdoses only pale in comparison to the nightmare of a 90% relapse rate. This plague has not passed over the Jewish people. Does Judaism have anything to offer in the recovery of those battling addictions? Rabbi David Nessenoff believes that it does.
Innovation, education and community—combine these ingredients and something delicious can materialize. Add to the mix students with special needs, a handful of volunteers and a top pastry chef, and the end results wind up in the form of dairy-free pastries, cakes, cookies and challah. That’s what happened with the opening of Friendship Bakery in Wisconsin.
Levi Tenenbaum (Irvine, CA) and Miri Karasik (Crown Heights)
Camp videographer Motty Reizes captured the fifth week of excitement, inspiration and fun at Camp Gan Yisroel-New York.
For the first time in the history of the country, a sitting Israeli prime minister paid a diplomatic visit to the Hungarian capital of Budapest. While there, he was gifted with a copy of the Hungarian Talmud, which was recently published after a decade of work by Hungary’s chief Chabad emissary, Rabbi Boruch Oberlander.
About two weeks ago, representatives from the New York City Department of Transportation met with Community Board 9 to present a proposal for the restructuring Eastern Parkway, whereby right turns from the parkways’ central lanes onto side streets will be severely restricted.
An Israeli man was stabbed this morning by a Palestinian terrorist at a supermarket in the central Israeli city of Yavne.
The girls at Cheder Chabad Sydney wanted to do something special to commemorate Tisha B’av. It is well known that Moshiach was born on the 9th of Av, and that when Moshiach comes, the day will will not be a fast day but a yomtov. Therefore, the shluchos at the Cheder found it befitting to put on a Moshiach exhibition on Tisha B’av itself.
Tonight (Wednesday) at midnight is the deadline to sign up for Challah Bake International’s Tu B’Av Shidduch Bake, which will take place on Friday, when women all over the world will unite baking Challah at home and praying on behalf of all those who need a Shidduch.
Menachem and Chavie (nee Freund) Sandman (Crown Heights)
Thousands of Jews gathered last night – the eve of Tisha B’av – at the Western Wall, the only remnant of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem after it was destroyed by the Romans almost 2,000 years ago.
Today, as we mourn the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash, let us join together to strengthen the very fabric of our community. In this interview, Miriam Yerushalmi addresses the critical issues faced by today’s Jewish family and discuss solutions for living a healthy, more connected Jewish life.
Take a 360 degree tour of the second Beis Hamikdosh, exactly as it stood in all its glory in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, courtesy of simulation created on the Google Maps platform.
The Gemara tells us that two of the main reasons the batei mikdash were destroyed were senseless hatred and not enough rebuking. How does that make sense? They seem to be opposites; and if not enough rebuking caused the beis hamikdash to be destroyed, does that mean we should start rebuking more to help it be rebuilt?
JEM presents a special playlist of videos connected to Tisha B’Av. As we mourn the the destruction of the Batei Mikdash, we pray for this day to be transformed into a joyous one with the arrival of Moshiach speedily.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Tisha B’Av is titled: A Tale of Wail.
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