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Zalman and Ruchama (nee Adelist) Glassner (Melbourne, Australia)
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Video: Zisha Schmeltzer Tells His Story with the Rebbe
Skverer Chosid Reb Zisha Schmeltzer, older brother of singer Lipa Schmeltzer, tells the story he experienced with the Lubavitcher Rebbe when he traveled to the collapsing USSR to aid Jewish people living there.
Mobile Parking App Now Active Across NYC
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that ParkNYC, a new and convenient way to pay for on-street parking in New York City, is now available to drivers in all five boroughs with this week’s activation of the program in Queens.
Photos: The Summer of a Lifetime at YKK
Yeshivas Kayitz Kingston, an affiliate of Educational Institute Oholei Torah, has grown to be one of the most sought after overnight Yeshiva Summer programs, even though it is relatively one of the newest Chabad camps established.
Two IDF Soldiers Rammed by Car Near Chevron
Two IDF soldiers were injured when a Palestinian driver rammed into a group of IDF soldiers Tuesday on Route 60 near the village of Bet Anoun south of Hebron. They were treated on the spot and evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Video: Week 3 at Gan Yisroel-New York
Camp videographer Motty Reizes captured the third week of excitement, inspiration and fun at Camp Gan Yisroel-New York, featuring visiting day, fireworks and a roller skating trip.
Colorado Man Arrested Over ‘Nuke Israel’ Vandalism
Police have arrested a man who they say vandalized a Colorado Springs Chabad synagogue with the message “”Fight terror, Nuke Israel” last month.
Video: Inspiration to Continue to Grow
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Matos-Massei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we be inspired to continue to grow?
Photos: YSP Goes Ice Skating
This past Thursday, the talmidim of Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ, spent the evening at the Skylands Ice World, where they had a lot of fun ice skating and enjoyed delicious donuts and drinks.
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Yaakov and Leah (nee Lichy) Lefton (Coral Springs, FL)
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Shmaryohu and Huvy (nee Levitansky) Hackner (Crown Heights)
Hungarian PM Vows to Protect Jewish Rituals
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vowed to protect religious freedoms in his country during a talk with local Chabad rabbis at the opening of a large kosher slaughterhouse.
New Haven Yeshiva Acquires Former Church
Bursting at the seams, the Chabad Yeshiva in New Haven, Connecticut, will move into a new campus this September, formerly home to a Catholic Church, which it recently purchased for $1.5 million.
Raging Fires in Tzfas Leave Families Homeless
Families were left homeless on Sunday in Tzfat, Israel, as raging brush fires fueled by sweltering midsummer temperatures and high winds swept through a neighborhood on the northern edge of the historic spiritual center in Israel’s Galilee. Residents were also treated for smoke inhalation during the day.
96-Year-Old Has Bar Mitzvah Day Before Passing
Max Gergel, who graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the University of South Carolina in 1942, founded and ran the successful Columbia Organic Chemical Company. A Nobel Prize-winning biochemist once said in a speech that he was encouraged by Gergel, describing him as “an unusually nice man.”
Greenfield Quits City Council to Lead Charity
David Greenfield, a long term city council member who has been a vocal advocate for the Jewish community, is leaving public office to take over the reins at the Met Council, a major Jewish charitable organization.
Ninety Years Later: A Different Kind of Guest
Ninety years after the Previous Rebbe’s Chag HaGeula, the village of Lubavitch welcomed a different kind of guest. The Governor General of Smolensk Region, accompanied by Rudnia’s District Director and other government members, came for an official visit to the village last week.
