Tips for Extreme Cold Weather Safety
The New York City Department of Emergency Management released a list of tips and safety guidelines for New Yorkers to prepare for upcoming extreme cold weather.
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Picture of the Day: Billboards Advertise Farbrengen
Two billboards, one on Rt. 59 and the other alongside Rt. 306 in Monsey, NY, announce the Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen / Melave Malka hosted by the local chapter of Heichal Menachem, under the leadership of Rabbi Dovid Oberlander.
Practical Tanya Sells Out in Less Than 24 Hours
The shelves have now been refilled after the first shipment of Rabbi Chaim Miller’s latest work, The Practical Tanya, sold out in less than 24 hours over the Kinnus Hashluchim weekend. The book has generated considerable excitement both in Chabad and beyond, being the first new English translation of the Tanya in decades.
Here’s My Story: Chain Reactions
Rabbi Yossi Groner, together with his wife Mariashi, have been the Rebbe’s emissaries in Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1980. He is the son of Rabbi Leibel Groner, who served as the Rebbe’s secretary for over 40 years. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in May of 2013.
Christina Hacker, 92, visited the home of Rabbi Shmuel and Chasia Feldman in Canberra, Australia, after recently discovering her Jewish roots. Here, she enjoys the company of two of the Chabad couple's five children.
92-Year-Old Nazi Fighter to Celebrate Her 1st Chanukah
Christina Hacker, a 92-year-old native of Austria who has made her home in Australia for decades now, recently celebrated a number of “firsts” as an identified Jew.
Beis Rivkah Marks 14 Kislev with Mock Chuppah
In honor of Yud Daled Kislev, the day of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s wedding, Beis Rivkah elementary students were greeted with a mock Chuppah when they arrived to school this morning, along with stickers that said “this is the day that connects me with you…”
Photo: Avrumi Freeman
Picture of the Day: Ess N’ Bench Returns
Once a prominent staple of Crown Heights takeout, Ess N’ Bench has returned to Kingston Avenue after a 25 year hiatus – at the other end of the block from the storefront it once occupied, which was torn down for the building of the Jewish Children’s Museum. Workers were spotted today putting up the legendary eatery’s retro sign above its new home.
Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s Anniversary Celebrated at Home
A fabrengen for women and girls was held last night at the home of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin, in honor of their 88th wedding anniversary.
New York City Braces for Blast of Arctic Air
A blast of freezing arctic air from the Midwest is expected to hit New York City by Wednesday evening, sending temperatures plunging to near zero.
Video: This Is Bnos Chomesh
With mere hours left to a fundraising campaign to help Bnos Chomesh Academy raise $300,000 for its new building, the beloved institution has released this video featuring testimony from its students, parents, faculty members and admirers.
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Yossi and Gitty (nee Friedman) Eber (Crown Heights)
In Music Video, Cape Town Says ‘I Can Be’
A new music video from Chabad of the West Coast in Cape Town, South Africa, set to Yakov Shwekey‘s “I Can Be”, directed by Rabbi Oshy and Zeesy Deren, highlights the tenth anniversary of the Sinai Academy Jewish International School.
Video: A Special Day for Chassidim
Today, 14 Kislev, marks the anniversary of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s wedding. The Rebbe later said of this occasion that “It’s the day that bound me to the Chassidim and the Chassidim to me.”
Denver Unites to Combat Anti-Semitism
It was the weekend before Thanksgiving when the Isabella Bird Community School in Stapleton, Denver, became the target of vandalism. Swastikas and anti-semitic slurs were spray-painted on doors of the school building and in the playground.
Rabbi Moshe Havlin
13 Arrested for Harassment of Kiryat Gat Rabbi
Police arrested 13 Haredi men during a protest in front of the home of Rabbi Moshe Havlin, the chief rabbi of Kiryat Gat, on Monday. The demonstrators were protesting against the recently negotiated agreement between Chabad yeshivas and the IDF, which rabbi Havlin signed.
Israeli Premier Visits Chabad School in Azerbaijan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on a state visit to Azerbaijan, visited the Chabad Ohr Avner Education Center for Jewish children in Baku together with his wife.
13-Year-Old Boy Hit By Car Wakes Up from Coma
13-year-old Shneur Zalman Boaron, who was critically injured after being hit by an SUV while crossing Kingston Ave. on his way to school last Tuesday, has opened his eyes for the first time since the accident.
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