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Nochum and Tzivi Schapiro (Crown Heights)
Video: Heroic Action Saves Life on Tappan Zee Bridge
A paramedic is being hailed as a hero for coming to the aid of a 26-year-old Orthodox-Jewish woman on a respirator who was just minutes away from death after a construction crane collapsed across the Tappan Zee Bridge north of New York City, shutting down traffic in both directions.
Video: Why the Double Standard?
The other day a man in Germany tried to murder people with an axe. It was almost exactly like many recent attacks in Israel. So why was it reported so differently?
Info to Be Menachem Avel Lezell Family
Rabbi Shmuel Lezell, along with his siblings and mother, is sitting Shiva after the passing of his father, R’ Chanoch Lezell, OBM, at his home at 1365 Carroll Street [corner Kingston Ave.] Apt. #1C until Sunday morning. Shacharis – 7:30, Mincha […]
Here’s My Story: A Pebble in the Lake
In 1969, Mr. Gordon Zacks was the chairman of United Jewish Appeal’s Young Leadership Cabinet and served on the George Bush Presidential Library Board of Trustees. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in August of 2007.
Op-Ed: My take on Pokemon Go
Rabbi Danny Yaffe, who serves as youth rabbi in the Great Synagogue of Sydney, shares his thoughts on the latest craze among smartphone-wielding youth – a game called Pokemon Go.
New Shluchim to Long Island
Rabbi Eli Laufer and his wife Musia (nee Marlow) will be moving on Shlichus to Dix Hills, NY, where they will be enhancing the outreach activities of The Chai Center, under the leadership of Rabbi Yakov Saacks.
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Chaim and Rivky (nee Borenstein) Shabtai (Crown Heights)
Two Decades of Jewish Inspiration (and Good Eats) at Ohio State
Students at Ohio State University have become accustomed to seeing a rabbi push a hot-dog cart around campus; in fact, they look forward to it.
Rebbe’s Sharp Words to Crown Heights Landlords
A Sicha delivered by the Rebbe exactly 31 years ago, on the 15th of Tammuz, 5745 (1985), was transcribed and translated to English for the first time. In it, the Rebbe has some sharp words for landlords who ‘extort’ large sums of money for rent from their fellow Chasidim.
Chabad.org Wins 3 First-Place Awards
The American Jewish Press Association has announced the winners in its annual Simon Rockower Awards Competition for Excellence in Jewish Journalism for work published in 2015. Chabad.org has earned three top awards, including first place to the organization as a whole for a myriad of platforms and media.
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Eitan and Miriam (nee Raven) Binstock (Kingston, PA)
Eruv Vandalized for Third Time; Park Slope Affected
Acts of vandalism against a controversial eruv for the third time in the three weeks since it was erected have escalated hard feelings among observant Jews in Crown Heights and its surrounding neighborhoods.
Video: How Do We Get Rid of All Our Worries?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Balak. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How do we get rid of all our worries?
New NYC Subway Car Design Unveiled
New subway cars with wider doors, Wi-Fi and phone charging stations are coming to New York City, though questions remain about how the state plans to help pay for them.
Gan Yisroel-NY Campers Treated to Hypnotist Show
After a long day of sports, learning classes and other exiting activities Monday, the campers of Gan Yisroel-NY gathered in the shul for their most exciting night activity of the summer yet: a hypnotist show.
Chabad in Russia Welcomes ‘Pokemon Go’ Players
As the ‘Pokemon Go’ phenomenon grows, some institutions connected to European Jewry’s darkest hour – such as concentration camps and Holocaust museums – have taken precautions against it, citing the need to respect the memory of the dead. But in Russia, one Jewish institution with a troubled past is taking the opposite approach.
