Artist Creates Miniature Replica of the Rebbe’s Room
Israeli miniaturist Nava Steinmetz has crafted a miniature model of the Rebbe’s office in 770. The model was built at a scale of 1:15, measuring 55 cm x 38.5 cm x 30.5 cm.
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Hatzalah’s Oldest Ambulance to be Replaced
The oldest ambulance in Crown Heights Hatzalah’s fleet is about to be replaced. Delivery of the new ambulance was made yesterday and it was parked briefly in front of 770.
Photo: VIN News
Yeshiva Student Killed in Monsey Car Accident
One yeshiva student who was standing on the edge of a busy Suffern road in Monsey is dead and another is in the hospital after being struck in a chain reaction crash involving a car and a minivan.
Baby Boy!
Chaim and Batsheva (nee Scott) Feldman (Hollywood, FL)
Rabbi Moshe Havlin
Neturei Karta Attack Chabad Rabbi; Wife Hospitalized
Vandals attacked the home of the Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Gat, Rabbi Moshe Havlin, Wednesday night, resulting in the hospitalization of Rabbi Havlin’s wife.
Here’s My Story: No Need for Miracles
Lisette (Leah) Sayeg is a shadchan and community social worker who lives in Sao Paolo, Brazil. She was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in her home in June of 2010.
First & Only Food Truck on Vanderbilt Campus Is Kosher
Some students brought mini-fridges or overstuffed armchairs to campus this fall. Zach Freeling drove his 1971 Airstream to Vanderbilt. And parked it right at the center of the Tennessee campus.
Photo: Lubavitch Archives. Enlarged photo in the extended article.
From Days Gone By: Class in Newly-Purchased 770
In honor of the new school year, we present a photo of one of the original classes of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in New York, shortly after the building of 770 was purchased in the early 1940s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
How 1970s Chassidic Hackers Created a Worldwide Broadcast Network
This is the story of how a handful of young Chassidim set out to build a global communications network in the era before Periscope, Skype, VoIP, or even satellite or Cable TV. Their actions would sow the seeds for dozens of future Chabad-led forays into digital communications.
Op-Ed: Once Again, a Final Goodbye
Her name was Faygee. She was 20 years old and she had a smile that could light up a room. Faygee was one of my wife Aviva’s students and she was full of life, full of love, and full of hope. She always knew what to say to make everyone around her feel good, how to give them chizuk so that they could carry on even when they faced trials and tribulations. But we lost her Monday night to an accidental heroin overdose.
Councilwoman: The Only Way to ‘Cancel’ J’Ouvert Is Martial Law
Faced with calls to severely restrict or even outlaw the predawn J’Ouvert celebrations that take place across Central Brooklyn every year on Labor Day in the wake of two fatal shootings during this year’s festivities, Crown Heights Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo said that critics are proposing the impossible.
New Torah Dedicated at Miami Bar Mitzvah
This past Sunday marked the Bar Mitvah of Moshe Yitzchock Kaploun, the son of noted community Askan Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun and his wife Dr. Lea Kaploun of North Miami Beach, FL.
Spiritual Awakening in Muslim Republic of Tatarstan
A special, pre-Rosh Hashana conference was held this week in Kazan, the capital of the Muslim Autonomous Republic of Tatarstan in Russia.
Sikh Landlord Gives Chabad House in Need Free Rent
As Chabad of Saskatoon, Canada, under the leadership of Rabbi Raphael Kats, is forced to move out of its current location, landlord Bob Dhillon, a Sikh, stepped in to provide them with free rent until it can find a new home.
Picture of the Day: Nazareth, Israel
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu chose to open the school year in the city of Nazareth in honor of his friend Mayor Mr. Ronen Plot (who until recently served as CEO of the Knesset). The Prime Minister began his visit in the presence of Chief Rabbi of Nazareth illit, Chabad emissary Rabbi Yeshayahu Hertzel shelita, in the school Yudfat.
New Engagement!
Mutty (ben Avremi) Simpson (Crown Heights) and Faigy (ben Zussy) Sorkin (Crown Heights)
New Chabad Student Center Opens at UK
Nearly 100 people stood on the front lawn of the brick bungalow on Columbia Avenue in Lexington, Kentucky, on Monday evening as Rabbi Avrohom Litvin and Rabbi Shlomo Litvin cut a ceremonial blue ribbon stretched across the front porch of the Chabad Jewish Student Center at the University of Kentucky.
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