On Monday, Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, vice chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, visited the city of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, where he met with local shliach Rabbi Pinchas Zaklas and visited the new Jewish center that is currently under construction.
Is time travel possible? Its been a part of science fiction for centuries, but could it really occur? The nature of time is a fascinating topic that has been discussed since the days of the Greek philosophers. In the modern era, with a new look at the universe, the possibility of time travel is quickly moving from a science-fiction topic to something within the realm of possibility.
Rabbi Sholom Blank is a Chabad Shliach in Miami, Florida, known for his expertise in the Jewish laws surrounding the building of an Eruv. He was interviewed in the My Encounter studios in November of 2016.
On Sunday, June 11th, Chabad @ The Beaches commemorated 14 years of commitment to Jewish life in the Ponte Vedra and Jacksonville Beaches communities with its annual Gala Dinner and Celebration. Actor and Comedian Mendy Pellin entertained the crowd.
Zalmy Smetana (Montreal, Canada) and Shifra Hernanandez (New York)
Camps from across South Florida joined together for an annual camp unity day event on Thursday, Yud Bais Tammuz, which was held in Xtreme Action Park.
On Sunday, the talmidim of Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ, enjoyed their third trip: white water rafting.
A Jewish teen accompanying Rabbi Moshe Rapoport from Mequon, WI, on the CTeen Heritage Quest trip to Israel helps a fellow Jew put on Tefilin on the streets of Jerusalem.
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), which controls wine and liquor distribution in Canada’s largest province, released a memo to all its affiliates that all wines labeled Product of Israel are not to be sold until further notice.
With great sadness and shock we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of a young Bochur from Monsey, Yehuda Rubin, OBM, the son of well-known Jewish music producer Yossi Rubin.
A food distributor accused of sending cheddar cheese falsely labeled as kosher to Jewish summer camps was fined $25,000 by a court in Ontario.
With the Sukkos holiday still several months away, those involved in the procurement of “Yanover” esrogim are already predicting an especially slim market for the many Jews who seek out this unique species of Italian esrogim.
On Sunday, as parents, siblings and friends arrived for visiting day, Camp Emunah marked 60 years since the Rebbe’s first visit to the camp, located in Greenfield Park, NY.
Over 550 Shluchim from across the globe gathered at the opulent Grand Prospect Hall in Park Slope for JLI’s annual Adult Education Conference and Expo. Participants enjoyed a day of professional training, idea-sharing, best practices, and brainstorming new ways of expanding all forms of Mivtzah Torah in their hometown communities for the upcoming academic year.
With the conclusion of the Mezuza Bank Project, during which thousands of mezuzas were put up in Jewish homes across Russia, this week a new initiative was announced by Chief Rabbi of Russia Berl Lazar: a Tefilin Bank.
An unidentified man was caught on camera carving dozens of swastikas into a sidewalk in Flatbush, just steps from several major Jewish institutions on Ocean Parkway, including the East Midwood Jewish Center, the Ocean Parkway Jewish Center and the Chabad Lubavitch of Kensington.
One of the tragedies that is commemorated on the fast of 17 Tammuz is the breaking of the luchos by Moshe. In this short video, My Judaism makes one of the most fundamental lessons chassidus teaches about the luchos clear for people from all walks of life.
