Photos: CGI-Montreal Campers Enjoy ‘Bivouac’
The dining room roared with excitement during an early lunch, as Gan Yisroel-Montreal campers were given the great news, ‘Bivouac’!
Op-Ed: Chabad is Not a Humanitarian Organization
“The other day I heard someone say Chabad was ‘a humanitarian Jewish organization.’ I cringed” writes Baila Olidort, the Director of Communications at Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters. “Today we speak of social good and humanitarian causes as if they are millennial values. We are uneasy talking about things that aren’t politically correct, like G-d, chosenness, intermarriage, or the rituals and practices that identify us as Jews.”
Video: Meet the All-Female Hasidic Rock Band
Great Big Story, a video news network, interviewed the Crown Heights-based band called Perl to hear about their performances and how they’re empowering women not just in their community, but in their religion to overcome misperceptions of oppression.
Paris Community Bids Farewell to One of Their Own
This morning, a funeral was held in Paris for Rabbi Shmuel Vlansi, OBM, a longtime member of the Chabad community of Paris, who made Aliyah about fifteen years ago, and passed away suddenly from cardiac arrest during a visit to his hometown in France. He was 70 years old.
The Rebbe’s Villa in the Italian Countryside
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, personal secretary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, OBM, recently attended the wedding of his grandson in Italy. While there, he reminisced about the first time he traveled to Italy at the behest of the Rebbe back in 1956.
Lubavitcher Makes History in IDF Combat Unit
Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot featured a profile of a Lubavitcher Chossid who made history in the Israeli Defense Forces. “Meet Segen (Lieutenant) Dr. Shmulik Soklik who is making history,” read the newspaper’s headline this morning.
CSSY founder Rabbi Shimshon Stock receives dollars and blessings from the Rebbe.
CSSY Raffle Winners Announced
Chevras Simchas Shabbos V’Yom Tov (CSSY) has announced the ten lucky winners of its grand raffle for cash prizes totalling over $60,000.
Photos: Gan Yisroel-NY Grand Trip to Six Flags
The campers and staff of Gan Yisroel-NY boarded luxurious coach buses for a comfortable ride to Six Flags-New England.
Baby Boy!
Nochum and Tzivi Schapiro (Crown Heights)
Video: Heroic Action Saves Life on Tappan Zee Bridge
A paramedic is being hailed as a hero for coming to the aid of a 26-year-old Orthodox-Jewish woman on a respirator who was just minutes away from death after a construction crane collapsed across the Tappan Zee Bridge north of New York City, shutting down traffic in both directions.
Video: Why the Double Standard?
The other day a man in Germany tried to murder people with an axe. It was almost exactly like many recent attacks in Israel. So why was it reported so differently?
Info to Be Menachem Avel Lezell Family
Rabbi Shmuel Lezell, along with his siblings and mother, is sitting Shiva after the passing of his father, R’ Chanoch Lezell, OBM, at his home at 1365 Carroll Street [corner Kingston Ave.] Apt. #1C until Sunday morning. Shacharis – 7:30, Mincha […]
Here’s My Story: A Pebble in the Lake
In 1969, Mr. Gordon Zacks was the chairman of United Jewish Appeal’s Young Leadership Cabinet and served on the George Bush Presidential Library Board of Trustees. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in August of 2007.
Op-Ed: My take on Pokemon Go
Rabbi Danny Yaffe, who serves as youth rabbi in the Great Synagogue of Sydney, shares his thoughts on the latest craze among smartphone-wielding youth – a game called Pokemon Go.
New Shluchim to Long Island
Rabbi Eli Laufer and his wife Musia (nee Marlow) will be moving on Shlichus to Dix Hills, NY, where they will be enhancing the outreach activities of The Chai Center, under the leadership of Rabbi Yakov Saacks.
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