Mr. Raphael Nouril, a classical artist, currently lives in London, England. He has produced many paintings depicting religious and political figures, as well as all aspects of Jewish family life. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in August of 2007.
Rabbi Berry Farkash, Chabad’s emissary to Issaquah, WA, recited a prayer Tuesday morning as he inaugurated El Al’s first Dreamliner 787 on its way to Tel Aviv from Washington State’s Boeing Field.
The sudden death of the bride Shani Levi-Berdichevsky, just before celebrating her last of sheva brachos, stunned her acquaintances who mourn the great loss. She was electrocuted in her own home R”L.
Vandals desecrated an ancient Jewish cemetery in Svaliava, Ukraine. The vandals uprooted and destroyed twenty gravestones, including the gravestone of the town’s former rabbi, Rabbi Shalom Goldenberg.
Nosson and Nechama Dina (nee Levine) Shusterman (Crown Heights)
Levy and Sara (nee Steinmitz) Kapeluschnik (Crown Heights)
Sholom Vogel (Wilmington, DE) and Chanale Gurevitch (Crown Heights)
Hendel (ben Yossi) Futerfas (Crown Heights) and Sari Paltiel (Melbourne, Australia)
A Lubavitcher has initiated a federal lawsuit against Eshel Hachnosas Orchim and its owner R’ Menachem Mendel Hendel over what he claims is a for-profit hotel being illegally operated out of building in Crown Heights. DNAinfo has profiled the lawsuit in an article describing bother parties as “Mishechistim”, and that the social services organization was meant to provide shelter for the needy, but instead charges Manhattan prices for its rooms.
Heshie and Malka (nee Grosh) Goldfein (Crown Heights)
Shimmy and Devorah (nee Chaiton) Korolitzky (Crown Heights)
The Chabad Shliach to Canberra, Australia’s Capital Territory, has spoken out against the rise of hate crimes after a playground near his synagogue was vandalized with swastika graffiti.
Yeshivas Kayitz Kingston, a summer overnight camp geared for 8th grade and Mesivta-age bochurim run under the auspices of Educational Institute Oholei Torah, has made a great positive impact this summer, both on the campers, as well as the broader Chabad summer programs for anash talmidim.
There’s trouble in the air. Agent 18 spotted a delivery man carrying boxes of “Moldstein’s chocolate” into a grocery store that sells “Goldstein’s chocolate!” He immediately gets a funny feeling that the Yetzer Harah is up to no good! Agent 18 calls his boss, Agent 613, who then orders the Shpy and Feivel to get to the bottom of it all.
Michael Caras of Carasmatic Design created this short video explaining the Alter Rebbe’s analogy of the King in the field during the month of Elul.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shoftim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is closer to G-d, Our thoughts or our actions?
ZABS Place offers everything from clothing and toys to home goods and greeting cards. What makes this boutique thrift store in North Carolina different is that it employs workers with special needs.
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