Russia’s Chief Rabbi Lights Candle at French Embassy
Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar lit a candle at the Embassy of France in Moscow and read a commemorative prayer for the victims of serial terror attacks in Paris.
Anti-Semitic Stickers Put Up Around Florida Campus
Two antisemitic stickers and a note calling for the boycott of all Israeli products were found at the University of Central Florida’s main campus on Sunday, the university’s Chabad rabbi revealed in a statement.
A Time to Heal: The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Response to Loss and Tragedy
“A hallmark of the Rebbe’s approach to the world was an almost stubborn optimism in the face of tragedy—a refusal to live in fear or to see our world as anything but inherently good,” writes Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson in his new book, “A Time to Heal: The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Response to Loss and Tragedy.”
Baby Girl!
Noach and Alti (nee Pevzner) Majesky (Accra, Ghana)
Orphaned Bride Invites All of Israel to Wedding
A 21 year-old Israeli bride-to-be who lost her father and brother in a terror attack last week says she and her future husband “will not be crushed” and that their wedding is back on, only this time the “entire nation of Israel is invited.”
Bais Rivkah Institutes New Security Measures
In light of the current terror situation gripping the world, Bais Rivkah Girls’ School of Crown Heights made the decision to be proactive about its students’ and faculty’s safety, and implemented new security measures that have already been put into effect.
Avraham Fried Rocks Boston at Mega Hakhel Event
The heart of Downtown Boston was buzzing with excitement this past Sunday, as close to 1,000 members of Boston’s diverse Jewish community converged at the historic John Hancock Hall for a night of unity and song.
$14,000 Dreidel Makes Guinness World Record
What started as an imaginative idea in August of 2013 has been transformed into a magnificent, record breaking masterpiece – the World’s Most Valuable Dreidel as certified by Guinness World Record on Nov 13, 2015. The Dreidel is valued at an astounding $14,000.
New Engagement!
Yosef Nachman Perman (Santiago, Chile) and Chaya Mushka Soussan (France)
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Mordechai Boymelgreen, 91, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Moshe Mordechai ben Levi Yitzchok Boymelgreen OBM a survivor of the holocaust and patriarch to a family of baalei chesed. He was 91 years old.
He Had a 10% Chance to Live, Now He’s Planning His Wedding
Kiryat Arba resident Meir Pavlovsky, 31, was sitting quietly next to the Hazon David synagogue in his hometown. He was studying Torah when a terrorist appeared out of nowhere and brutally stabbed him in the stomach.
Red Crescent Ambulance Ignored Israeli Terror Victims
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Palestinian Red Crescent Society of acting against ‘human and civilized norms’ for failing to stop and treat members of the Litman family who were the target of a terror attack in the South Hebron Hills on Friday.
Innovative Israeli Model Guides Families Out of Poverty
Michal and Levie, a young couple living in Safed, Israel, were on the brink of despair. With absolutely no money to support themselves and their young children, the strain was taking an emotional toll that they feared would tear their family apart.
The University of Missouri.
Amid Soaring Racial Tensions, Students in Missouri Launch Good Deeds Initiative
Students members of Chabad at the University of Missouri campus launched an initiative this week to rein in tensions at the campus, after a series of racially charged incidents led to a student backlash and the resignation of the school’s chancellor and president, The Algemeiner has learned.
Bais Chaya Mushka in L.A. Shows Gratitude to Director
It was a surprise birthday party unlike any other at Bais Chaya Mushka in Los Angeles. All of the students lined up early in the yard, donned festive party hats, and waited excitedly for their beloved Director, Rabbi Danny Yiftach, to arrive.
Hundreds Mourn Father and Son Murdered on Way to ‘Aufruf’
Family and friends had to physically support an inconsolable young bride-to-be at the funeral of her father and brother,which was attended by hundreds of people in Jerusalem on Saturday night. They were slain by terrorists while traveling Friday to attend a pre-wedding celebration with her future husband.
Bais Rivkah Teen Club Begins 4th Year with a Bang
BR Teen Club, an after-school program for Bais Rivkah’s 6-8 graders that provides nourishing food, homework support, and stimulating recreational clubs and workshops, has begun its fourth year with much enthusiasm.
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