Philanthropist Extraordinaire Mr. David Chase, OBM, who has supported Chabad institutions and chairman of the board of the Rabbinical College of America and Machne Israel Development Fund, passed away today at the age of 86.
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At a Chanukah party in the White House earlier this year, Chasidic singing star Lipa Schmeltzer promised president Barrack Obama to send him and the first lady each a gold and silver yarmulke. Recently, he returned to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. to fulfill his promise.
In a stunning video that includes sweeping footage of the Old City of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas, Israeli superstar Gad Elbaz is the voice of the Jewish people, expressing a longing for the day when Jerusalem will no longer be divided but will be a single united city.
German Foreign Minister, Dr. Frank Walter Steinmeier has met let night (Tuesday) with Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, Rabbi of the Jewish community in Berlin and the Shliach to the city. The meeting took place on the margins of an event to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of relations between the state of Israel and Germany.
Dr. Harold Serebro is a medical practitioner, entrepreneur and author of several books. He served as a trustee of President Mandela’s Empowerment Award Program. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August of 2014.
TRAGEDY: A 5-year-old boy has passed away after falling from a balcony on Wallabout Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The recently-opened Lubavitch Kollel in London, UK, published a bilingual Halacha journal, written by the yungerleit covering topics learned during the winter.
Watch this brilliant clip to learn what real faith is all about. It’s not blind belief and acceptance of information or values. Rabbi Dr. J. Immanuel Schochet illuminates the fundamental connection between faith and knowledge. True faith that is rooted in knowledge is exhibited in a person who synthesizes information and allows the logical consequences of this reality to have an affect on the way he or she lives.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Tzvi Schechter, OBM, a devout Chosid and former longtime member of the Crown Heights community who owned and operated a fabric store on Kingston Ave. He was 98 years old.
A Chasidic school in Montreal that is allegedly operating without a Permit from the Quebec Education Ministry was raided today by the local version of Child Protective Services, accompanied by heavily-armed police. It is yet unclear whether any students have been taken into protective custody.
A developer has filed for permits to convert a single-story garage on President Street between New York and Nostrand Avenues into a six-story apartment building and synagogue.
A group of 32 talmidim of the Oholei Torah Mesivta pose for a group photo as they embark on a 7 day trip to the Ukraine. They will be visiting the oholim of the Rebbeim, and areas which were fundamental and historical in our rich Chabad history. Accompanying them are members of the hanhola and shluchim to the Mesivta.
The Deren and Berman families are sitting Shiva after the passing of Mrs. Rivky Berman, OBM, at the Deren home – 121 Little Hill Drive, Stamford, CT 06905 from 8:00pm tonight (Tuesday) until Monday morning. Tuesday: Mincha/Maariv 8:00pm. Wednesday – […]
A new agreement reached between Chabad leaders and the Israeli government will allow Chabad Yeshiva students to delay induction into the IDF until their return from spending a year to study in 770, also known as ‘Kvutzeh.’ A few prominent Chabad Rabbonim decried this agreement, saying it’s better for the students not to travel to the U.S. at all, in which case they can delay their IDF service until the age of 26 like the rest of the Chareidi Tzibur, rather than being drafted at a much younger age immediately upon their return from Kvutzeh.
Fishel and Shainy (nee Gurary) Oster (Crown Heights)
General Mills, the manufacturer of Gold Medal flour which bears the OU Hechsher, has issued a voluntary recall of a number of flour products due to possible E. coli O121 contamination, which has been linked to some 38 illnesses across 20 states.
Shimon Caplan (Crown Heights) and Mushka Schneider (Surfside, FL/Crown Heights)
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