In Hanoi, Young Rabbis Find Surprising Connections
Forty Jewish people from around the world sat around a table not too long ago in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, celebrating Shabbat together.
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Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale
Campers Get Firsthand Glimpse of Parchment-Making
Last Thursday, Gan Menachem Day Camp of Crown Heights went to visit the workshop of veteran Sofer Rabbi Y.Y. Altein to see how Mezuzos and Tefillin are made.
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Sima and Yosef Mendlowitz (Crown Heights)
Video: How to Be the Greatest Optimist
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Devarim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one be the greatest optimist?
Philip Bialowitz, 90, Took Part in Death Camp Revolt That Freed Hundreds
Philip Bialowitz, who helped lead a revolt that freed hundreds of Jews from the extermination camp in Sobibor, Poland, during World War II—and who later shared his story of defiance and survival with thousands as a speaker and writer in the decades that followed—passed away on Aug. 7 in Florida. He was 90 years old.
‘Tzitzis Challenge’ Sweeps Across CGI Summer Camps
The “Tzitzis Man Challenge,” a riff off the popular “Dancing Man Challenge,” is sweeping across Gan Israel camps across North America, in which the boys proudly wear their Tzitzis while performing a unique dance and then challenge the boys of another camp to follow.
Picture of the Day: Crown Heights
The Campers and staff of Bais Rivkah Day Camp pose for a group photo in the school’s playground.
Kids from War-Torn Regions Welcomed at Rostov Camp
An inspiring example of Jewish unity was demonstrated at the FJC’s Gan-Israel camp in the Russian city of Rostov this summer. Together with the local Jewish community, the camp welcomed tens of Jewish children from war-torn Donetsk and Lugansk regions of eastern Ukraine, and in some cases, even their relatives.
L.A. Chabad Center Honors Police and Firefighters
Last weekend, Chabad of Pacific Palisades, California, honored local police and firefighters with a community barbecue that drew guests from well beyond the Jewish community itself.
Groundbreaking CTeen Camp Arrives in Brazil
It’s been a busy summer for CTeen Headquarters, with three camps around the world running simultaneously; CTeen Xtreme, Heritage Quest, and new this year, a winter camp in Brazil for CTeen’s Latin American delegations. The camp, which was hosted in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and run by Rabbi Chai Kohan, director of Merkos Spanish division, served as part of CTeen’s initiative to bring the energy and Chayus of the world renowned organized to a larger, world wide audience.
CGI-NY Campers Enjoy Water Rides
Monday was a very exciting day in Gan Yisroel-NY: a special activity was arranged for the nine days – water bounce rides.
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Yaakov and Rochel Boyd (North Miami Beach, FL)
Cheder Chabad Girls of LI Completes First Year with Celebration
It has been an amazing first year for Cheder Chabad Girls of Long Island. The first Pre-1A class celebrated the completion of their first year with a lovely performance.
Kosher Turmeric Spice Recalled Due to Lead
A New Jersey based company which distributes spices as kosher and under various brand names has expanded a recall of ‘Ground Turmeric’ after FDA sampling discovered elevated levels of lead.
$2.4 Million Building Planned for Jacksonville Campus
In 2006 Rabbi Shmuli Novack and his wife, Chana Novack, founded what they hoped would become a cultural and religious center for Jacksonville’s Southside Jewish community and a “home away from home” for Jewish students at the University of North Florida and other area colleges.
The second permanent exhibit at the Alaska Jewish Museum, titled “Jewish Movers and Shakers in Early Anchorage,” displays the lives of six families who lived in Anchorage in the early 1900s and jump-started the Jewish community there.
With a Jewish Mayor and Thriving Community, Anchorage Explores Its Roots
Summer means a few things in Alaska: the earth peaks out beneath the snow, the days become extremely long, and cruise ship after cruise ship arrives with tourists from around the world for seasonal, historical and nature-related trips.
Photo: Lubavitch Archives.
From Days Gone By: Fort Bragg, Summer of ’68
A group of Bochurim on Merkos Shlichus visit Fort Bragg, a U.S. Army base in North Carolina, in the summer of 1968. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
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