For over 50 years, Velvel Pasternak has produced, arranged, conducted and published Jewish music of all types. He was a pioneer in recording some of the first records of Nigunim for Lubavitch, the Nichoach series, as well as for Bobov, Modzitz, and Ger. In this video, Velvel shares his own story and history with writing and conducting Jewish and Chassidic music.
Yisroel and Gittle (nee Szmerling) Kohn (Melbourne, Australia)
Benny Katz (Flatbush/Crown Heights) and Chayaleh Shpigelman (Montreal, Canada)
Mrs. Raizel Schusterman, of Peabody, MA, was looking for something more exciting than the run-of-the-mill model Seders she had been doing for years with her Hebrew school students. During a conversation with a friend, she came up with the answer: Chocolate.
For the first time in its history, Ukraine has a Jewish Prime Minister. Volodymyr Groysman was elected this morning by the Rada, Ukraine’s Parliament, after former Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk stepped down amid corruption allegations relating to a secret bank account in Panama.
The New York City Fire Department hosted a pre-Passover meeting with leaders and activists representing Jewish communities all over the city. The meeting was presided over by FDNY Chief James E. Leonard.
On Sunday, March 20, hundreds of parents, alumni, faculty members and friends of Oholei Torah gathered to salute the flagship Chabad educational institute at its annual gala dinner.
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
Beis Chana, the girls’ high school division of Lubavitch Educational Center of Miami, spent Tuesday giving thanks in the aftermath of the great miracle that they experienced with the safe return of two students who had gone missing during a Shabbos afternoon walk in Orlando, during the school’s annual Shabbaton.
Rabbi Koppel Bacher has been an influential leader of the South African Jewish community for over 50 years. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Brooklyn in October of 2010.
At a Bris in Crown Heights, veteran Sofer Rabbi Moshe Klein, ever on the lookout for a Jew who can be brought closer to Judaism, learned that three of the waiters serving at the event were Jewish, and convinced all three of them to put on Tefilin with him.
FreedoMan, the CKids-Tzivos Hashem Lego Superhero, is back! Children at model seders from the Hague in the Netherlands to London, UK, and across North America, are heatedly competing in the Freedom Challenge, under the able directorship of FreedoMan.
In preparation for the upcoming Yom Tov of Pesach, a new center of the “Yad leYad” organization in Moscow opened its doors in a small yet impressive Chanukas HaBayis ceremony. The center includes a spacious “supermarket” with furniture, and thousands of second-hand items of clothing and shoes for the benefit of large families and the needy.
Yesterday, a man went on a thieving spree in Crown Heights, attempting to steal from a Kingston Avenue store and stealing multiple packages from people’s doorsteps. Shomrim volunteers cornered the man into his apartment, but he still managed to evade arrest.
From the Safer Haminhagim: Every day from Rosh Chodesh Nissan until the twelfth of the month, one reads the passage that describes the offering brought on that day by a particular Nasi, or tribal prince, for the dedication of the altar of the Mishkan. Yehi Ratzon in the Extended Article.
Mordechai Shapiro, a former Miami Boys Choir standout soloist and current up-and-coming singing sensation, released a music video from his brand new debut album, featuring the hit song and title track “Kol Haderech.”
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Feldman, OBM, of Philadelphia, PA. He was 69 years old.
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