Twin Boys!
Mark and Yaffa Sebag (Five Towns, NY)
Moscow Synagogue Celebrates New Torah
With much pomp and joy, a newly completed Sefer Torah was introduced to the Chabad synagogue in the “Chmobniki” neighborhood of Moscow.
Kinus Hashluchos: Prayers at the Ohel
With Chof Beis Shvat – the day of the Rebbetzins Yohrtzeit – falling out on Monday, participants of the Kinus Hashluchos gathered at the Rebbe’s Ohel and the graveside of the Rebbetzin in Queens, praying for their families, communities and fellow Shluchos.
Hawaii Shliach Wins Bayis Raffle
The drawing of the 2nd Annual Likras Shabbos Bayis Raffle was held Monday evening in New York. Over the past two months, thousands of tickets were bought in support of the extraordinary work of Machon Or Hachassidus.
Baby Girl!
Levi and Faigy (nee Gluckowsky) Tzfasman (Brooklyn, NY)
Baby Boy!
Benny and Miriam (nee Brum) Silberstein (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Fitche and Feige Benshimon (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Moshe and Chaya (nee Bialestock) Gitlin (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Meir and Chaviva New (Crown Heights)
In Iowa, Rabbi Serves Up Great Food and Greater Wisdom
Rabbi Yossi Jacobson will join his neighbors throughout Iowa and head out for caucus night tonight, when as every four years they will be the first in the nation to vote in the always-contentious presidential primaries.
Video: Hasidic Jews Watch ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
In this latest video by Jew in the City, See what happens when actual Hasidic Jews watch scenes from “Fiddler on the Roof” for the first time. The cast includes Abe Karpen – an actor who starred alongside Natalie Portman in “New York, I Love You” – as well as Yeshaya Karp, Avremi Toron and L.A. Rosenzweig.
Op-Ed: Don’t Be a Loser or Deserter; Be an Activist
Rabbi Shmuel Kopel, who suffered through many years of abuse as a child in Crown Heights, has a message for Meyer Seewald, founder and director of JCW.
Video: The Power of a Chasidic Tale
Everybody loves a good story. Chassidim have always had the custom to tell stories of Tzadikkim. In this lecture, Rabbi Abba Perelmuter of Long Beach, CA, eloquently describes the power of stories, why chassidim love telling stories of tzaddikim, and why people love listening to them.
10 Years of Girls’ Chinuch Celebrated in Monsey
Monsey Anash and guests celebrated at a Tu B’Shvat Gala Dinner 10 years of chinuch at Monsey Beis Chaya Mushka Girls High School (MBCM). Despite the outside snow, close to 300 guests came to honor the school’s founding teachers and hanhala, who have guided MBCM for 10 years.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Rabbi Moshe Wiener
Rabbi Moshe Wiener is sitting Shiva after the passing of his father, R’ Zev Volf, OBM, at 581 Crown St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.] until Shabbos. Shachris – 7:30am. Mincha – 4:45pm. Maariv – bizmano. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion V’yerushalaim.
Photo Gallery: Day 4 of the Kinus Hashluchos
On Sunday, the fourth and final day of the International Kinus Hashluchos, in the hours leading up to the grand banquet, the Shluchos had breakfast together, and attended a rabbonim session and general session.
Photo Gallery: Day 3 of the Kinus Hashluchos
On Motzei Shabbos, the third day of the International Kinus Hashluchos, the Shluchos visited the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s home on President Street, enjoyed a lavish Melave Malka and posed for the group portrait. Photos by Michal Weiss
