Rabbi Simcha Zirkind, OBM, was a beloved Shliach of the Rebbe to Tunisia and later to Montreal, Canada. In honor of his second Yahrtzeit on Tuesday, 24 Tammuz, we present the story of his early life and the beginning of his career as a Shliach of the Rebbe in Tunisia, an Arab country in North Africa, and how he had to flee after being suspected of spying for Israel.
Mrs. Paula Burg initially came into contact with Chabad in the 1970s. She made Aliyah in 2005 and now lives with her family in Beit Shemesh, Israel, where she was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in 2016.
On Tuesday, the Talmidim of Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ, were treated to a double trip: first to a roller-skating rink and then to a water park.
JLI presents its unique one-minute video featuring a powerful and relevant message from the weekly Parsha. This week’s video for Parshas Matos-Massei is titled: Setbacks as Springboards.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Miriam Hyams, OBM, of London, UK, a dear wife, mother and grandmother, beloved teacher, and veteran member of the Chabad community in Stamford Hill. She was 70 years old.
Kosher hot dogs are finally coming to Wrigley Field, home of the 2016 World Series champion Chicago Cubs.
A total solar eclipse will streak across the United States on Monday, Aug. 21. In its 70-mile-wide path, people will see the sun disappear behind the moon, turning daylight into darkness, with trails of light streaming through the sky around the silhouette of the moon.
Police are investigating two fires which appear to have been deliberately set outside of a Jewish school in Edmonton, Canada, where a Chabad day camp is being run.
Temperatures in the Tri-State area are set to soar above 90 degrees Wednesday. A heat advisory is in effect through 6 p.m. Thursday. 90-degree weather will feel more like mid to upper 90s both Wednesday and Thursday.
A second case of a rare tick-borne virus called Powassan Virus has been confirmed in Upstate New York. A 75-year-old man died last month after being confirmed as the first case of the virus in the state, though medical professionals say the disease has not been proven to be the cause of death.
Judaism teaches “Who is considered rich? The one who is happy with what he has.” In other words, richness is much more about mindset than money. How do we develop this mindset?
A Jewish woman claims that she, her husband and three children were kicked off a JetBlue flight from Fort Lauderdale to New York on July 2 without any explanation.
A thief was caught on surveillance video stealing a package off the stairs of a Crown Heights home, located on Carroll Street near Schenectady Avenue, after it was left there by the U.S. Postal Service.
Some 300 Jews in their 20s and 30s gathered recently on the scenic Bower Rooftop of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, mingling on the sundrenched deck in the hours before Shabbat. They enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and good company, with many taking part in mitzvahs like wrapping tefillin and lighting Shabbat candles.
A special groundbreaking ceremony took place in Sylvania Township, Ohio, last Sunday: construction is now officially underway for the new Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Toledo, led by Rabbi Yossi Shemtov.
Mordechai Gutnick (Los Angeles, CA) and Sara Gila Brooks (Edgware, England) .
Moshe and Jana (nee Grunblatt) Cohen (Crown Heights)
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