Jacksonville Beaches Chabad Marks 13th Year
A capacity crowd turned out at the One Ocean Resort in Atlantic Beach, FL, on Sunday, June 5th. The theme of this year’s dinner was, “Turning Judaism Outward: It’s about YOU”.
New Engagement!
Shraga Feivish Telzner (Melbourne, Australia) and Nechama Mindl (bas R’ Mendel) Raskin (Melbourne, Australia)
Firebomb Hurled at Shpoler Zaide’s Gravesite
Unidentified individuals hurled firebombs at the gravesite of a Hasidic luminary in the central Ukrainian city of Shpola. The incident in the city, located 120 miles south of the capital, Kiev, occurred on Sunday evening.
Photos: Campers Have Fun at Roller Skating Rink
Monday was a really exciting day in Gan Yisroel-NY, as all divisions traveled to ‘Rollerink’ for some amazing roller skating and arcades.
Photos: Yeshiva World News
Missing 15-Year-Old Boy with Special Needs Found
15-year-old David Horowitz, who has special needs, has gone missing from Camp Sha’arei Chemle in Roundtop, New York. The camp is part of the Satmar (Kiryas Joel) Camp network. update: The missing boy has been found.
Picture of the Day: Brave Young Girl on the Front Page
Zeesy Bruk, 5, daughter of Shluchim to Montana Rabbi Chaim Shaul and Chavie Bruk, was featured on the front page of her hometown newspaper, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, which applauded her selection as the state’s Champion Child for 2016 due to her courageous battle with GLUT-1 Deficiency, a rare genetic metabolic disorder.
Long Island Shliach Inspires in North Miami Beach
In commemoration of Shabbos Yud-Zayin Tammuz, Yeshiva Torah Ohr of North Miami Beach enjoyed a Shabbaton led by visiting campus shliach Rabbi Odom Stein from Chabad at Stony Brook University, Long Island.
Missionaries on the Prowl in the Holy Land
Amitai Schiff had PTSD. The IDF officer in an elite surveillance unit, was operating in Gaza in 2003. One day, after arming soldiers with maps, he watched them enter their armored personnel vehicles and drive off on a routine mission. As he watched them on the grainy screen, the two vehicles hit an IED [roadside bomb]. Thirteen comrades, including a dear childhood friend, were murdered.
Video: The Yiddish Ventriloquist
Ventriloquist Jonathan Geffner performs for a Chasidic boys’ day camp in Brooklyn, NY, in July, 2016.
Mikvah in Siberian City First in Over a Century
A new Mikvah opened in Omsk, Siberia last Thursday. This is the first Mikvah to function in the city in over 150 years and its construction was community-funded, with more than 1,000 local residents contributing to the success of the project.
There is a heat advisory across New York city's five boroughs, as well as the surrounding tri-state area, until Monday evening. Temperatures will reach a high of 94, with a 'real feel' of about 100.
Heatwave Continues to Grip NYC; Heavy Thunderstorms Possible
There is a heat advisory across New York city’s five boroughs, as well as the surrounding tri-state area, until Monday evening. Temperatures will reach a high of 94, with a ‘real feel’ of about 100.
Photos: Yeshiva Kayitz-Kingston at Six Flags
The bochurim of Yeshiva Kayitz-Kingston enjoyed a full-day trip to Six Flags in Massachusetts this past week.
Shluchim of the UK Gather in Bournemouth
“Excellent,” “Inspiring,” “a chance to meet and catch up” and “every year it just gets better” were some of the comments made by participating shluchim in the annual UK Kinus Hashluchim, which took place this year in the resort city of Bournemouth on the southern coast of England.
Tzaddik of Leningrad’s 70th Birthday Celebrated
One doesn’t easily forget the great joy that was felt thirty years ago when the one who was known as “The Tzaddik from Leningrad” was finally granted exit visas from Russia for himself and his family. The joy was widespread as, after many refusals from the Russian authorities, Rabbi Yitzchak Kogan and his family made Aliya and settled in Yerushalaim.
Twins! Boy and Girl!
Mendy and Chayale (nee Bares) Berkowitz (Kingston, PA)
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