Picture of the Day: Miami Beach, FL
Reb Yisroel Shemtov, while on a visit to Miami Beach, greets his old friend, the Mashpia Rabbi Yosef Abrahams, in the study hall of the Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami.
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New Engagement!
Yankel (JJ) (ben Shea) Hecht (Crown Heights) and Hadassah Halperin (Toronto, Canada)
Alternate Side Rules Suspended Wednesday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Wednesday, March 1, for a Catholic holiday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
Students Surprise Teacher with Birthday Present
In honor of his birthday, the students of beloved Magid Shiur in Oholei Torah Rabbi Rabbi Avrohom Gerlitzky chipped in and bought him a unique present: A trip to Eretz Yisroel.
Judges Chosen for MyLife Essay Contest
Sunday night was a sleepless one for the MyLife: Essay Contest team. The Meaningful Life Center office was a buzzing hive of activity as the 11:59 PM essay submission deadline came and went. Essays began pouring in last week and continued to arrive in the MLC inbox right up until the deadline.
Video: Leaving Our Comfort Zone
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Terumah. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Why is it important to go out of our comfort zone?
NYC Councilman David G. Greenfield congratulated Governor Andrew Cuomo, after Cuomo's proposal this week to spend $25 million to provide security for non-public schools throughout the state. Cuomo's measure echoes Greenfield's own historic law, passed with overwhelming support in 2016, that provides free security guards for nearly every non-public school in New York City including yeshivas and Catholic schools.
$25 Million Security Grant for NY Religious Schools
NYC Councilman David G. Greenfield congratulated Governor Andrew Cuomo, after Cuomo’s proposal this week to spend $25 million to provide security for non-public schools throughout the state. Cuomo’s measure echoes Greenfield’s own historic law, passed with overwhelming support in 2016, that provides free security guards for nearly every non-public school in New York City including yeshivas and Catholic schools.
Israel’s official Holocaust memorial has asked Amazon to stop selling literature on its site that denies the genocide of 6 million Jews during World War II and otherwise promotes anti-Semitism.
Israel to Amazon: Stop Selling Holocaust-Denying Books
Israel’s official Holocaust memorial has asked Amazon to stop selling literature on its site that denies the genocide of 6 million Jews during World War II and otherwise promotes anti-Semitism.
Lubavitcher Lawyer Fights for Return of Nazi-Looted Art
Velvel Freedman, a Lubavitcher attorney who is fighting a legal battle for the return of a Camille Pissarro masterpiece stolen by the Nazis to its rightful Jewish heir, gave a presentation on the case at Harvard Law School last Monday.
Shluchim with Special Needs Children Recharge
Shluchim to the Southeastern region of the US raising children with special needs gathered for three days of relaxation and education in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Labor Day Killer Gets 24 Years in Prison
A 28-year-old Crown Heights man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting 55-year-old Michael Sampson during the J’Ouvert celebration that was held in advance of the 2014 West Indian Day Parade in Crown Heights.
New Engagement!
Mendy Rubenstein (Crown Heights) and Chanchy Kinn (Manchester, UK)
Baby Boy!
Avigdor and Devory Zeitlin (Crown Heights)
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Again: Bomb Threats to Jewish Centers in 11 States
Once again, multiple Jewish centers and schools were evacuated on Monday morning after receiving bomb threats.
Music Video: Ki B’simcha Seitzei’u
In celebration of Purim 2017 and the joyous month of Adar, singer Dudi Knopfler presents this foot-happy, fast-paced dance song composed by contemporary hitmaker Boruch Sholom Blesofsky.
Swastikas Keyed into Cars in Miami Beach
Police are investigating after swastikas were found keyed into multiple cars in Miami Beach’s Orthodox-Jewish neighborhood. Rabbi Mendy Levi, a Chabad Shliach who lives next to one of the home’s where a car was vandalized, told Channel 7 News that this and other recent anti-Semitic acts around the country worry him.
Picture of the Day: Tanya on the Bus
Last Sunday, the girls In the Pioneer Division of Kinus Tzeiri Hashluchos were treated to a trip to Dave & Busters Arcade. On the way, a chaperone captured a photo that made her very proud: the girls – on their own initiative – had an impromptu Tanya study circle.
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