Hundreds Attend Emotional Levaya for Young Bochur
Hundreds gathered in front of 770 to partake in the Levaya of HaBochur Avrohom Chaim Feldman OBM, the young 13-year-old who suddenly passed away.
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Brooklyn Heights Jewish Academy Keeps Growing Up
For many young Jewish families in Brooklyn Heights—a neighborhood directly across the East River from Lower Manhattan—Kiddie Korner is the “go to” preschool in the area. The Chabad-run school is so popular that for some time now, there has been a waiting list to get in.
IDF Soldier Shot While Guarding Kever Yosef
An IDF soldier was shot and moderately wounded while guarding a large group of Orthodox Jews who arrived on a caravan of 16 buses to visit Joseph’s Tomb in the northern West Bank city of Shchem (Nablus) early Thursday morning.
Video: Carpool Karaoke with Shlomo Simcha
Join Radio host, MC and music maven Yossi Zweig as he drives around with superstar Shlomo Simcha, who just released his new album “Ani Kan,” the first in almost 9 years. Find out how Shlomo got his first big break, some home remedies he uses to keep his voice in shape, and of course some singing.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Avrohom Chaim Feldman, 13, OBM
With great shock, sadness and pain we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Habochur Hatomim Avrohom Chaim Feldman, OBM, a young student in Oholei Torah. He was 13 years old.
Here’s My Story: The Blessing of Being in a Squeeze
Rabbi Nachum Zevin serves as the Chief Rabbi of Kiryat Eliyahu near Haifa. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in June of 2014.
Laws and Customs: Elul
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the month of Elul (up to but not including the period of Selichos) for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Baby Girl!
Yitzy and Rochie (nee Carciente) Blachman (Crown Heights)
Tranquil Study at Beitar Illit Yeshivas Kayitz
For the 8th year in a row, a successful Yeshivas Kayitz was held in Beitar Illit, Israel, under the dedicated leadership of Rabbi Azriel Zelig Wolpo.
Kosher Comes to the Amazonian Rainforest
What’s a Chabad rabbi to do if he wants to help Jews in the in the Amazon Rainforest keep kosher? Rabbi Arieh Raichman, Chabad representative to Manaus, Brazil, has been chewing on this conundrum for some time now.
Picture of the Day: Northbrook, IL
Children from Chabad of Northbrook’s Gan Israel Day Camp brought a poster and personally decorated cards to the local police station, thanking the officers for their work to protect all members of the community.
New Engagement!
Mendel Hecht (Kingston, NY) and Bassie Sacks (Lomita, CA)
Lubavitch of New Hampshire Provides an Oasis
Each summer, thousands seek respite from their busy lives and head to the White Mountains of New Hampshire for some well-deserved R&R. They come for the mountain climbing, cave crawling, hiking the Flume Gorge, driving up Mt. Washington and to see some breath-taking views.
600 at Jewish Summer Fest on Atlantic City Beach
More than 600 people packed the Ventnor, NJ, Beach for the 11th Annual Jewish Summer Fest at the Jersey Shore. The Event was organized by Chabad at the Shore.
51 Pregnant Women in NYC Have Zika
The number of New Yorkers with the Zika virus has increased to 505 — 51 of them pregnant women — as city officials are urging New Yorkers, particularly pregnant women and their partners, to refrain from traveling to Zika-ridden countries for the next year.
Photos: First Day of School at LYA
Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (LYA), located in Longmeadow, MA, opened its doors yesterday, August 30, for the 2016-17 school year and is proud to welcome its student body for its 71st year of offering excellence in Judaic and secular education to families of the greater Springfield area.
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