Yosef Lautenberg was injured in the battle for Jerusalem during the War of Independence in 1948. He was among the founders of the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization, and the founder of Beit Halochem – a rehabilitation facility for wounded soldiers. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Tel Aviv in August of 2009.
500 Shluchim participating in the European Kinus Hashluchim packed into a 747 jumbo jet for a return flight to Russia, the 5 hour long trip turned into one big Farbregnen.
Avremel and Mushky (nee Gordon) Raskin (London, UK)
Seeing a weekly picture of the Rebbe that was released this week sparked a childhood memory for Rabbi Sholom Ciment, Shliach in Boyton Beach, Florida.
Today, at the tzion of Reb Levi Yitzchok in Almaty, Kazakhstan the Sefer Torah being written for the merit of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin was completed. Some 6,500 participated in its writing.
Joining Shuey from Mitzvah Boulevard, kids have fun lip syncing to Avraham Frieds new song Bring the House Down.
Campers in the Crown Heights days camps enjoyed a fun day at a water ride fair on Crown Street. Massive water slides, sprinklers and a moon-bounce had children screaming with delight.
In honor of Chof Av, the Yahrzeit of the Rebbe’s father Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, selected excerpts of a major new research project on the Rebbe’s early years were made public.
Rabbi Yoel Kaplan plays a Chasidic niggun on the violin in the courtyard of Chabad’s Rebbes in the picturesque town of Lubavitch, Russia. Rabbi Kaplan, Chabad representative to the Balkan States, seen with his colleagues on the horse and buggy, are participating in the conference of Chabad-Lubavitch representatives from Europe and the FSU, now in session in Russia.
Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, a well known figure in the world of Jewish outreach and the founder of Hineni passed away today at the age of 80 after suffering a serious illness.
In honor of his upcoming upshernish, the proud parents of Shaya Shlomo share the story of his miraculous journey over the past three years.
The Jewish Academy of Suffolk County is creating an exciting and innovative new chapter in education for the local Jewish Community, under the guidance of renowned Crown Heights educator Shimon Waronker, which was featured in Newsday today.
The over 500 Shluchim from all over Europe taking part in the regional Kinus currently taking place in Russia and other former USSR countries were held up at the border between the countries of Russia and Belarus by border police.
Writing for Front Page Magazine, journalist Daniel Greenfield slammed the NY Daily News for its ‘wildly dishonest’ reporting on the 25th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots.
New York City’s health department has launched a new, interactive mosquito information website as part of its three-year, $21 million effort to keep the Zika virus from spreading.
The home of a Jewish family in Crown Heights was burglarized over Shabbos, the thief made off with electronics and silverware.
