Thousands of members of the Jewish community of Moscow came to over 100 Purim events at Chabad institutions all over the Russian capital city, operating under the dedicated leadership of Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar.
The much-hyped blizzard of the winter of 2017 didn’t pan out, having passed through New York City dropping a mere 2-4 inch dusting of snow, with a trail of freezing rain in its aftermath.
Campers and friends of Camp Emunah B’nos Yaakov Yehudah had the time of their lives at the camp’s Ice Skate Reunion on Monday.
Shalom Goodman (Chicago, IL) and Chana Lebovic (Crown Heights)
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos praised Orthodox Jewish schools as a model for publicly funded education.
A recent trip by 40 North Shore Jewish teens and 15 adult chaperones to rebuild homes in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans continues to inspire, Rabbi Shmaya Friedman of Chabad of the North Shore on Burrill Street told the Salem News.
U.S. airlines have already canceled about 5,300 flights Monday and Tuesday as a late-winter storm is expected to dump enough snow to disrupt travel in the Northeast.
Shlomie and Chana Hershkop (Philadelphia, PA)
Yossi and Mushky Bendet (Bloomington, MN)
A Mikvah Renaissance is underway, as Jewish women all over the world discover and take ownership of an ancient ritual.
A brand new Sefer Torah, commissioned by the Pape Family, was completed on Shushan Purim, in the memory of their grand-parents and in the merit of a complete and speedy recovery for their dear mother.
Inspired by the 75 year anniversary of Bais Rivkah, the high school students got thinking: how did their school receive its name? Who was Rebbetzin Rivkah? Why did the Frierdiker Rebbe deem it so important to name his ground-breaking school for women after his grandmother?
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Tuesday, March 14, and Wednesday, March 15, for snow operations. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Rabbi Yitzchok and Mrs. Tzipporah Sufrin arranged for the Enfield, UK Jewish community to celebrate Purim in a unique, ground-breaking and spectacular way, making Purim come alive in a meaningful and real manner: The Megillah reading, along with the festive Purim meal and mishloach monos, took place within the world famous British Museum.
Israel, a country that hardly plays baseball at all, just went undefeated in the first round of the World Baseball Classic.
The Northeast is bracing for winter’s last hurrah — a blizzard expected to sweep the New York region starting Monday with possibly the season’s biggest snowstorm dumping up to 18 inches on New York City.
“There is always that one guy who takes it too far! Haman’s name is read and BAM! This guy brings out all the horns and whistles to blot out his name and our ear drums,” says filmmaker Meir Kalmenson, who teamed up with Levyticus to create this humorous Purim video.
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