Baby Girl!
Sholem and Mirul (nee Baumgarten) Edelman (Pontault Combault, France)

4th Crown Heights Man Arrested over Stark Murder
Nearly three years after the horrifying murder of Menachem Stark, a fourth man has been charged in the case: 35-year-old Irvine Henry of Montgomery Street in Crown Heights.

Pig’s Head, Fake Blood Thrown into Uman Kever
A group of Ukrainian ultra-nationalists stormed into the gravesite of Rabbi Nachman of Uman before dawn on Wednesday, tear gassed the Jews who were praying there, splashed fake blood on the walls and dumped a pig’s head on the floor.

Video: Chanukah Mannequin Challenge
In anticipation of Chanukah, the Chabad Hebrew School students of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, a suburb of Paris, joined together to do a Chanukah Mannequin Challenge along with their parents and local Shliach Rabbi Hershy Drukman.

Young Shluchim Farbreng at West Coast Winter Camp
The West Coast Tzeirei Hashluchim Winter Camp, in partnership with Merkos 302’s MyShliach, has gotten off to a great start! With over 100 boys flocking from throughout the western United States to the lush and spacious Glendale, California campgrounds, the sounds of davening, learning, and singing can be heard once again.

Laws and Customs: Chanukah
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Chanukah for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.

Video: Keeping the Problems at Bay
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayeishev. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can you guarantee to stay away from problems?
Baby Boy!
Dov and Mussie (nee Lerman) Levertov (Phoenix, AZ)

Video: Making Latkes with Chef Leibish Lokshin
Enjoy watching this adorable Chanukah Cooking Special with Chef Leibish Lokshin and Chazan Chaim Feivish! They are about to make lokshin for Chanukah, when their guests remind them to make Latkes, not lokshin!

Alter Rebbe’s Deposition Translated to English
We present a special (online only) edition of Principles Magazine, bearing an English translation by Rabbi Levi Liberow of the Alter Rebbe’s deposition, which was discovered after languishing for centuries in the Russian government’s archives.

Hundreds Mark Yud Tes Kislev at Chicago’s F.R.E.E.
Over 300 people participated in Chicago’s annual Yud Tes Kislev farbrengen, which was held on Monday Night at The Bellows Center-F.R.E.E. of Chicago.

Paris Community Marks Yud Tes Kislev
Thousands of members of the Jewish community of Paris, France, gathered together Monday night for a Farbrengen in honor of Yud Tes Kislev, led by Rabbi Mendel Azimov.

Australian Senator Visits Chabad’s ‘Our Big Kitchen’
Australian Senator Arthur Sinodinos addressed volunteers at Chabad’s Our Big Kitchen in Sydney’s Bondi neighborhood. “Helping other people is what brings a community together,” he said.

ULY-Crown St. Marks Yud Tes Kislev
The Talmidim of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva celebrated Yud Tes Kislev, the Chag Hageula of the Alter Rebbe and Chassidus, each grade on their own level.

Hundreds Join Grand Farbrengen in Moscow
Hundreds came to join in the main Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen that was held in the center of Moscow under the auspices of the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berl Lazar.

Yud Tes Kislev Gallery from Days Gone By
In honor of Yud Tes Kislev, JEM shared a fascinating collection of historical pictures with us, highlighting the Farbrengens on this day in Kfar Chabad, Israel.