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Bais Rivka Shabbaton Is Above and Beyond
This weekend, Bais Rivkah High School had the most amazing shabbaton ever! Five hundred girls united together, singing, dancing, and breaking through boundaries.
Yagdil Torah Celebrates 11 Years
A full crowd of men and women gathered this past Motzaei Shabbos at the Razag Ballroom in Crown Heights for the fifth annual Melava Malka of Yagdil Torah.
Court: ‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ Fit for Jail
A German court ruled today, Wednesday, that a 96-year-old German known as the “bookkeeper of Auschwitz” was fit to go to prison, rejecting his plea for the sentence to be suspended.
Rail Link to Newark Airport Goes Before Public
The public was to get its first detailed look at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s $1.7 billion plan to extend PATH train service to Newark Liberty International Airport, a project that has engendered debate inside the agency over whether it should be shelved in favor of other initiatives.
Report: White House to Prepare Embassy Move
US President Donald Trump may formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital early next week and direct his staff to prepare for moving the embassy to Jerusalem, Channel 2 News reported Wednesday night.
Chabad Launches ‘Cyber Seniors’ in Lake Success
“This is incredible!” “Now I can see my grandkids.” “Shopping will be so much easier for me now.” “Please don’t leave, can you teach more?” These were just some of the comments the senior citizens made during Lake Success Chabad’s new Cyber Seniors program.
Jewish Campus Organizations Team Up for Security
Chabad on Campus has joined forces with Hillel International, the Jewish Federation, and the AEPi fraternity – all groups serving Jewish college students – to coordinate on security for Jewish students and faculty members in light of rising Anti-Semitism on Campus.
Strike Closes Ben Gurion International Airport
Traveling to Israel this weekend? A strike at Ben Gurion International airport means you may not make it.
Memorials Erected to Jewish Victims of Stalingrad
About 70 Volgograd Jews, from school children to Holocaust survivors, took part in a memorial trip organized by city’s Jewish community to two villages, whose Jewish residents were murdered in 1942. Volgograd is a city in southwest Russia, where the Battle of Stalingrad took place in 1942-1943, which changed the course of the war.
Russian Official Claims Czar Was Murdered by Jews
The Federation of Jewish Communities, Russia’s largest Jewish group, protested a local bishop’s claim, repeated by a justice ministry official, that the country’s last czar was murdered by Jews for ritual purposes.
Video: Medical Utopias of the Future
What does Judaism have to say about the elimination of disease, the reversing of aging, and prospects for human immortality? This JLI workshop examines recent medical breakthroughs in genetic engineering, stem cell research, and nanotechnology in the context of classical Jewish sources.
Nine Years After Mumbai: Remembering, Rebuilding
Nine years ago this week, terrorists stormed the Nariman Chabad House in Mumbai. Members of the Islamic terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba held Chabad representatives Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg and four of their guests hostage, before brutally murdering them. Two-year-old Moshe Holtzberg was saved by his nanny. The 2008 terrorist attacks left 166 people in Mumbai dead in a four-day coordinated attack.
Crown Heights Landlord to Face Prison Time
A Brooklyn judge promised jail time to Daniel Melamed, a real estate developer who pleaded guilty on Monday to fraud and grand larceny charges connected to unlawful eviction of his Crown Heights tenants.
Video: IDF Soldiers’ Home Away From Home
Rabbi Danny Cohen of Chabad in Chevron opens up about his personal journey and what inspires him in Chevron today.
New Engagement!
Baruch (ben R’ Dovid) Feldman (Crown Heights) and Faige (bas R’ Yankie) Fellig (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Nachman and Seema (nee Hayward) Savin (Beit Shemesh, Israel)
