Friendship Circle Volunteers Treated to Night Out
This week the Friendship Circle girl volunteers joined together for an evening of fun and inspiration.
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Video: Man Steals Pushka from Bagles N’ Greens
A man brazenly steals a charity box from the counter of Bagels N’ Greens in Flatbush.
Tonight: Mikvah.org Presents Evening with Renowned Therapist
The Mikvah Organization/Mikvah.org will be presenting a complimentary evening out, featuring the inspiring Lisa Twersky, LCSW, renowned therapist, author and lecturer, beginning at 7:45pm tonight at United Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St.
Fathers and Sons Unite for Melave Malka
In celebration of Hakhel, fathers and sons of Oholei Torah Mesivta gathered together this past Motzei Shabbos for a special Melave Malka.
JEM Appeals to Its Many Viewers for Support
After growing up in what he describes as a “New York Reform Jewish household,” Norman Frankel did not have extensive contact with Torah for most of his adult life. However, after attending High Holiday services at aChabad center near his home several years ago, he reintroduced many Jewish practices into daily living and is now embarking on an ambitious project to study the entire Talmud.
Baby Boy!
Shalom and Rochel Leah (nee Cohen) Lipszyc (Crown Heights)
Video: Montana’s Champion Child
Meet Zeesy, Montana’s Children’s Miracle Network Champion Child for 2016.
Picture of the Day: Black Hats and Black Belts
European rabbis learn self-defense at a rabbinical conference hosted at the Chabad Center of Berlin earlier this month.
Behind the Scenes of Torah Treasure’s New Video
It’s been a few months since Torah Treasure released a DVD. However producer Chaim Hershkowitz is hard at work developing a new video aimed at Chabad children of all ages.
Mothers and Daughters Unite to Celebrate Hakhel
Bais Chaya Mushka of Los Angeles celebrated Rosh Chodesh Adar Sheini in fantastic style with back-to-back Mother/Daughter and Hakhel gatherings.
Prosecutors: Stabbing Not a Hate Crime
The Brooklyn D.A.’s Office has dropped hate crime charges against Keny Rochelin, the 26-year-old man arrested for the stabbing of Leiby Brickman in Crown Heights one month ago and another two people in Prospect Park last week, saying the suspect is likely suffering from mental illness and didn’t stab Brikman because he is Jewish.
Chasidic Man Rescues Asian Woman from Jumping Off Brooklyn Bridge
A Chasidic man from Williamsburg is being hailed a hero after rescuing a 52-year-old Asian woman who attempted to jump off from the Brooklyn Bridge Monday morning, witnesses said.
250+ Kidney Donors Gather in Borough Park
Close to 3,000 people turned out at Ateres Chaya on Motzei Shabbos for a dinner honoring over twenty dozen Orthodox Jewish men and women who donated kidneys through Renewal, a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting people suffering from various forms of kidney disease.
Photo: Pascal Dumont / Outremont Hassid
Montreal Borough Outlaws Purim Tradition
Chasidic Jews in the Montreal borough of Outremont are left wondering whether they will be able to celebrate Purim as usual this year, after the borough began to enforce an ordinance banning a cherished Purim tradition.
Music Video: Benny Sings ‘Libi’
Be inspired by this powerful ballad, originally performed by Shuki Sadon and composed, produced, and arranged by Udi Damari, truly reflects the resilience and hope we have as a united people during these difficult times. The Blue Melody orchestra and Benny Friedman came together to bring you this emotional and stirring rendition of “Libi.”
Community Marks 10-Year Study of Shulchan Aruch
It took 10 years, but a small but dedicated group in Kingston, N.Y., recently completed the study of the entire Kitzur Shulchan Aruch, the popular abridgement of the “Code of Jewish Law” authored by Rabbi Shlomo Ganzfried, the 19th-century rabbi of Ungvar, Hungary (now Uzhgorod, Ukraine).
New Engagement!
Yisroel Boruch Lebenholc (Melbourne, Australia) and Brocho Aron (Melbourne, Australia)
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