New Engagement!
Velvil Rosler (Toronto, Canada) and Mushka (bas Shloime) Naparstek (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Mendy Bass (Postville, IA) and Debora Epelbaum (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Baby Boy!
Uri and Rochel Leah (nee Brownstein) Perlman (Kingston, PA)

Here’s My Story: From Flames to Riches
Rabbi Shloma Majeski is the principal of Machon Chana, a Chabad school in Brooklyn for college-age women who are new to the study of Torah. He was interviewed in the My Encounter Studio in August of 2015.

South African Teens’ Arrival in New York Makes History
For young Jewish teens in South Africa, history was made today as the first members of CTeen-Cape Town landed at NYC’s JFK airport, completing the maiden voyage to the international CTeen Shabbaton.

Kvutzeh Students without Internet Filter Threatened with Deportation
Students in Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim-770 have been notified recently by the Yeshiva’s administration that they must turn in their smartphones for kosher ‘filters’ to be installed.

Boy’s Bar Mitzvah Footage with the Rebbe Goes Online
Rabbi Shalom Lubin is the Chabad Shliach to Parsippany, New Jersey. For years, he has had a video of his Bar Mitzvah by the Rebbe. Recently, recognizing the preciousness of such a clip, he generously shared the video with JEM.

Student Charged with Felony over Menorah Damage
A University of Illinois softball player accused of vandalizing a Chabad House menorah on campus was charged Tuesday with a felony.

NYPD Makes Crime Stats More Accessible Online
New York City police have made public a tool that maps a week’s worth of crime throughout the five boroughs.

A Joyous Purim Katan at Cheder at the Ohel
Cheder at the Ohel teacher Rabbi Chaim Lipszyc brought his father, Rabbi Yizchok Meir Lipzsyc, Shliach to Crimea, to Farbreng with the boys of the Cheder in honor of Purim Koton.

Israeli Killed by IDF Gunfire Aimed at Terrorist
Eliav Gellman, a 30-year-old Israeli father of two, died of his wounds on Wednesday afternoon following an attempted terrorist stabbing attack at the Gush Etzion Junction in the West Bank.

Video: My Meeting With the Nazi Hunter
Rashi Wine Company founder Yossi Zuker describes an encounter he had with legendary Nazi hunter Simon Weisenthal, and his emotional response when he asked him to put on Tefilin.

Inclusion for Jews With Disabilities in Focus at the White House
Representatives of the Ruderman Chabad Inclusion Initiative (RCII) were among guests at the White House on Thursday morning for a briefing and discussion on the accessibility for and inclusion of people with disabilities in the Jewish community.

Camp Emunah Announces Head Staff
Camp Camp Emunah B’nos Yaakov Yehudah has announced the names of the capable and experienced young women who will be leading the popular girls’ camp this upcoming summer.
New Engagement!
Ashi (ben Velvel) Farkash (Crown Heights) and Etty Kiel (Jerusalem, Israel)