New Engagement!
Ariel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) and Cherry Pinson (Nice, France)
Here’s My Story: The Power to Walk
Aron Tzvi Sternberg is the Administrator for Talmud Torah Adas Yereim in Monsey, New York. He was interviewed in the My Encounter Studios in September of 2013.
New Engagement!
Avrom Kugel (Crown Heights) and Hadassah (bas Yossi) Lipskar (Miami, FL)
Jews of Ivanovo, Russia, Celebrate a Place of Their Own
Earlier this week, the Jewish community of Ivanovo, Russia, now on the rebound after years of stagnant activity, celebrated the opening of a new synagogue and Jewish community center.
New Engagement!
Yecheskel (ben Berel) Lazar (Moscow, Russia) and Mussie Goldshmid (Jerusalem, Israel)
Op-Ed: It’s Time to Break the Silence
It is with a heavy heart that I am putting pen to paper once again, prompted by another death that should never have happened.
Car Stolen in Crown Heights, Recovered in Bed-Stuy
Cooperation between Williamsburg Shomrim and the NYPD led to the recovery of a vehicle in Bedford-Stuyvesant that was stolen in Crown Heights, along with the arrest of four people who were in the car.
Info to be Menachem Avel Mrs. Sara Kohan
Mrs. Sara Kohan is sitting Shiva after the passing of her dear father Eliyahu Yosef ben Bentzion Kohan OBM who passed away today, at 534 Crown Street [between Albany and Kingston Aves.] beginning tonight until Tuesday. Visiting hours from 11am […]
800 Celebrate NCFJE’s 75th Diamond Jubilee
Close to 800 friends, supporters, admirers and well-wishers attended the National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education’s 75th Diamond Jubilee Awards Dinner at the elegant ballroom of Pier 60, in Chelsea Piers in Manhattan.
Guests From Around the World Heading to Grieving Couple’s Wedding
It would have been understandable if Sarah Techiya Litman and Ariel Biegel of Israel decided to have a private, low-key wedding. After all, their original wedding date, Nov. 17, had to be postponed after Sarah’s father and 18-year-old brother, Yaakov and Netanel Litman, were killed by terrorists just days before the wedding while en route to a pre-wedding celebration.
9-Year-Old Soccer Player Keeps Real Goal in Mind
Yudi Weinbaum is passionate about many things—chief among them, Judaism, with soccer trailing behind as a close second.
Video: Candid Encounter with the Rebbe
Newly released video of the Rebbe exiting the MIkvah on Union Street in the winter of 1987 shows a candid encounter between a group of people who were waiting outside. Upon exiting the Rebbe is seen giving out coins for charity.
Unseen Assailants Rob and Brutally Beat Man in Crown Heights
A 35-year-old man is recovering from serious injuries after muggers nearly killed him in Crown Heights on Friday night.
‘Hitler Was Right’: Bochur Attacked in Boca Raton
The Jewish community in Boca Raton, FL, is on edge as police say they are investigating a possible hate crime: a 19-year-old Lubavitcher bochur was randomly attacked by an assailant who shouted that Jews belong in concentration camps and that “Hitler was right.”
New Engagement!
Mendy Krasnjansky (Honolulu, HI) and Mushka New (Boca Raton, FL)
Baby Boy!
Shmuli and Chavie (nee Posner) Lieberman (Hempstead, NY)
IDF Soldier Seriously Wounded in Stabbing Attack
A Palestinian stabbed and critically wounded an Israeli soldier on Wednesday and was shot dead by troops, the army and a hospital official said, a day after a visit by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to explore how to end eight weeks of violence.
