
Over 70 Dead in France Terror Attack
A truck plowed through crowds of Bastille Day revelers Thursday night in the southern French town of Nice, killing at least 75 people and wounding 50 others.
A truck plowed through crowds of Bastille Day revelers Thursday night in the southern French town of Nice, killing at least 75 people and wounding 50 others.
The Israeli Ambassador to Russia, Mr. Zvi Heifetz, returned to his childhood city of Tomsk, where he was welcomed by the local Jewish community, led by Chief Rabbi and Chabad Shliach Rabbi Levi Kaminetzky, with a lavish reception dinner.
A coalition of families, teachers, and leaders uniting Jewish communities and organizations across Brooklyn announced today the founding of Parents for Educational and Religious Liberty in Schools, or PEARLS, a non-profit organization created to educate New Yorkers about the extraordinary importance of the yeshiva school system, and to protect the right of parents to choose a religious education for their children.
Reb Yisroel Freidman, Rosh Yeshiva of Beis Medrash Oholei Torah, is greeted by staff and campers as he arrives at Yeshiva Kayitz-Kingston for the summer season.
At an impressive, well-attended ceremony, the Chabad House of Zhukovka, a posh suburb of Moscow, opened its doors to a new, modern, top-notch mikvah, which combines the best in terms of Halacha as well as beauty.
Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump will name Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate on Friday, Roll Call news site reported, a choice that would help the New York businessman appeal to conservatives and could boost his chances in a competitive state.
Gun-toting thieves robbed a laundromat, restaurant and smoke shop in Crown Heights this week in a series of commercial robberies that police believe are linked.
Over 150 men and women gathered in Monsey to mark Gimmel Tammuz with guest speaker Rabbi Isser Zalmen Weisberg at Khal Tzemach Tzedek Lubavitch.
“The reaction to our new DVD The Rebbe’s Nigunim has been unbelievable,” says creator Chaim Hershkowitz in an open letter to the community.
Rabbi Rafael Zamir was an educator for many years and resides in Tel Aviv, Israel. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in August of 2010.
Menachem Mendel and Goldie (nee Hershkop) Borenstein (Crown Heights)
A new Torah scroll was welcomed with music, dancing and joy at the Chabad Peltz Center for Jewish Life in Mequon, Wisconsin.
Chabad of Poway, California, a suburb of S. Diego, marked its 30th anniversary with a gala dinner and auction which drew several hundred guests, including congressman Scott Peters (D).
The campers and staff of Gan Israel-Montreal have concluded an amazing, action-packed first week of Camp, the highlights of which are captured in this video.
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington is requesting that smartphone users refrain from “catching Pokemon” when they are inside the museum.