Baby Girl!
Yechiel and Dina (nee Lozenik) Schmerling (Middletown, NY)
Ukraine ‘Stars’ Travel to Israel and Europe
The ‘Stars’ youth program, which unites young people worldwide for Jewish heritage studies, gained momentum this summer in Ukraine, with two international trips – one to Israel and one to Europe – for program participants in July.
Video: Man Tries to Scale Trump Tower in Manhattan
A man attempted to scale the side of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan with what looked like suction cups and a climbing harness, drawing hundreds of onlookers and prompting a significant police response.
Picture of the Day: Lehavim, Israel
This morning, when Israeli National Soccer Team player Maor Buzaglo arrived at the Chabad Center of Lehavim, led by Rabbi Yossi Bistritzky, to drop off his young twin boys for day camp, he rolled up his sleeve, put on Tefillin, and said ‘Shema Yisrael’ with great emotion.
CGI-NY Campers Learn the Art of Winemaking
In lieu of swimming due to the Nine Days, the campers of Gan Yisroel-NY were surprised yet again with another exciting activity: winemaking.
Gan Israel Campers Take in Beauty of the Alps
The campers and staff of Camp Gan Israel of Paris went on a trip to a resort in the French Alps, where they enjoyed the beautiful natural scenery, breathed in the fresh air, went on hikes and played sports and bowling.
Chabad Leaders Broker Deal with IDF over Draft
According to a deal hammered out between the leaders of Chabad in Israel and the IDF, 15% of Chabad students will be exempt from army service; and the other 85% will be drafted at the age of 26 after returning from a year of ‘Kvutzeh’ in Crown Heights.
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.
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.
Baby Boy!
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.
