Pesach Seder in an Arab Village
No one is ever really lost to Judaism. That’s the message of an astonishing Pesach seder that was held this year in the heart of an Arab village whose “planning” began 17 years ago.
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Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale
Here’s My Story: A Channel for Blessings
Rabbi Zev Litenatsky is an accomplished educator who served as a principal of several schools in Los Angeles between 1960 and 2007. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Los Angeles in September of 2011.
A Peek Into Small-Town Jewish Life in Munster
“Where every Jew is family!” is exactly the kind of slogan one would expect to find in Munster, a bedroom community 30 miles southeast of downtown Chicago, just across the Indiana border. With a population of about 23,000, less than 10 percent of which is Jewish, Munster offers what residents call the best of both worlds: a lower cost of living and the slower pace of small-town life with convenient proximity to the Windy City and its wide array of offerings.
From Days Gone By: Lag Ba’omer, 1976
Courtesy of Lubavitch Archives, we present this photo of teachers and their students parading down Kingston Ave. on Lag Ba’omer, 1976. Can you identify anyone in the photo? which stores in the background are still around today?
Survival of a Nation: 50 Years from Six-Day War
In less than two weeks, JLI affiliates around the world will launch Survival of a Nation, a new six-week course that investigates the momentous—indeed historic—implications of the events that led up to the Six Day War, the war itself, and its aftermath.
Bais Rivkah Board Claims Authority Challenged
Breaking their silence for the first time since teachers in the primary division of Bais Rivkah in Crown Heights have gone on strike, the school’s board claims their legal authority was challenged, and have therefore stopped their activities.
Video: Who Said Jewish School Can’t Be Fun?
The South Florida Jewish Academy, founded by Shluchim Rabbi Yossi and Baila Gansburg, teamed up with filmmaker Meir Kalmenson to give a perspective student a tour of the state-of-the-art institution.
Shelters Spur Debate Among Crown Heights Jews
With plans for two new homeless shelters in Crown Heights, Jewish residents struggle to balance the injunction to care for the poor with fear of increased crime, reports the Jewish Week.
Water Main Break Causes Traffic to and from JFK
A water main break is causing “significant’ traffic issues entering and leaving John F. Kennedy Airport Wednesday morning.
Tonight at 8:00pm: Roundtables for Raising Kids with Special Needs
As your friends worry about their children’s teachers, after school clubs and social activities, parents of children with special needs have worries that extend way beyond these concerns. Constantly changing insurance policies, planning for the future, bills piling up for specialized toys and therapies; the list is endless.
Car Crashes into Pennsylvania Chabad House
A car crashed into Chabad Lubavitch of Lehigh Valley in Allentown, PA, yesterday evening, slightly damaging the building.
Video: Bar Mitzvah in Auschwitz
Arutz Sheva reporters captured video of a Jewish teen putting on Tefilin for the first time in his life during the annual March of the Living in Auschwitz, spurring an impromptu Bar Mitzvah celebration.
Montreal Anash Gather to ‘Do All They Can’
Members of the Lubavitch community in Montreal gathered together last night on 28 Nissan, 26 years after the Rebbe gave over to his Chassidim the task of “doing all you can to bring Moshiach.”
Baby Girl!
Mendel and Chaya Goldberg (Playa Del Carmen, Mexico)
Le Pen: Ban All Ritual Slaughter in France
Marine Le Pen, the National Socialist candidate in the French presidential elections, said she would ban halal slaughter of animals if she is elected, along with any other method of ritual slaughter without stunning.
Graffiti at the Kingston Ave. subway station: "The world would be much better off if all of the Jews were lampshades."
Anti-Semitism Top Reported Crime on Subway
Transit officials say anti-Semitic graffiti incidents are the top subway bias crime investigated so far this year by the New York Police Department.
Baby Boy!
Ben and Shevy (nee Hirsch) Anati (Inverrary, FL)
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