New NYC Subway Car Design Unveiled
New subway cars with wider doors, Wi-Fi and phone charging stations are coming to New York City, though questions remain about how the state plans to help pay for them.
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Gan Yisroel-NY Campers Treated to Hypnotist Show
After a long day of sports, learning classes and other exiting activities Monday, the campers of Gan Yisroel-NY gathered in the shul for their most exciting night activity of the summer yet: a hypnotist show.
Daniel Gurevich holding a bottle of wine he won for catching a Pokemon at the Grand Choral Synagogue of St. Petersburg, July 2016. Photo courtesy of Jewish News Petersburg.
Chabad in Russia Welcomes ‘Pokemon Go’ Players
As the ‘Pokemon Go’ phenomenon grows, some institutions connected to European Jewry’s darkest hour – such as concentration camps and Holocaust museums – have taken precautions against it, citing the need to respect the memory of the dead. But in Russia, one Jewish institution with a troubled past is taking the opposite approach.
Picture of the Day: Tefilin in the Traffic Jam
A massive construction crane collapsed onto the Tappen Zee Bridge today, sealing off one of the main links between New York City and the Catskill Mountains upstate. One of our readers spotted a Lubavitcher trying to make the best of a bad situation, by offering those stuck in traffic the chance to put on Tefilin and say a prayer.
CSSY founder Rabbi Shimshon Stock receives dollars and blessings from the Rebbe.
CSSY Launches 24-Hour Campaign for $200,000
On Rosh Hashana 5738 (1977) at a farbrengen, the Rebbe spoke about the mitzvah of Ma’os Chittim, pointing out that the needs of the poor during Tishrei are even greater than during Nissan. He suggested that a fund be established supplying Shabbos and Yom Tov necessities to the needy. Hours later, CSSY – The Organization to Bring Joy on Shabbos and Yom Tov – was born.
Video: Week One at Machane Heights
Machane Heights Day Camp completed its first exciting, fun and meaningful week of the summer, the highlights of which were captured in this video.
Photos: First Week at YKK a Smashing Success
Yeshivas Kayitz-Kingston completed its first week of the summer, with the campers enjoying sports, swimming, delicious food, amazing trips, inspiring Shabbos, meaningful Farbrengens and much more.
Singer, Musician Perform Niggun Yud Beis Tammuz
Musician Leibale Lipsker and singer Simche Friedman present a stirring rendition of the Yud Beis Tammuz Niggun, composed by the chosid R’ Aron Charitonov 90 years ago upon the release of the Previous Rebbe from Soviet prison.
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Oholei Torah Announces 174 ‘Talmidim HaShluchim’
Oholei Torah has released the list of 174 bochurim who will go on ‘Shlichus’ to 43 locations around the globe.
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Shmuli and Mushky Tuvel (Kew Gardens, NY)
Going Kosher Doubles Sales at Basketball Arena
Summer represents an accounting of sorts for academic institutions, and at the University of Maryland, the numbers are up in one particular field.
Left to right: Church administrator Roger Legare, Chabad director Rabbi Levi Itkin, developer Samuel Gewurz and mosque administrator Mourad Bendjennet.
Jews, Christians, Muslims Share Roof on Montreal Island
Christians, Muslims and Jews are praying literally under the same roof on Nuns’ Island in Montreal, where a Chabad synagogue, a church and a mosque occupy the same building, a former mall. And they are not just neighbors – the three groups are working together on common humanitarian concerns; their first joint project is helping Syrian refugees.
Tonight: First Yahrtzeit of R’ Kuti Rapp, OBM
Today, Yud Beis Tammuz, marks the first Yahrtzeit of Reb Yekutiel Rapp, OBM, who was killed in a tragic car accident while crossing a Crown Heights street.
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Yankel Samuels (Crown Heights) and Sheina Liberow (Porto Allegre, Brazil)
Paris Anash Gather to Mark Yud Beis Tammuz
Amid an aura of fear gripping France in the aftermath of a deadly terrorist attack last week, members of the Lubavitch community of Paris defiantly gathered together to celebrate the anniversary of the liberation of the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe from Soviet prison.
Arrest and Liberation of the Rebbe Rayatz in the News
Today marks the anniversary of the freeing of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, the Rebbe Rayatz, from Soviet prison. In honor of the occasion, we present a series of articles from the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA) after the 1927 arrest and later release of the Rebbe, courtesy of Lubavitch Archives.
Jewish Woman Injured in Nice Terror Attack Dies
A Jewish woman who was seriously injured by the truck-ramming terror attack in Nice, France, last Thursday has died.
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