Chabad School Graduate Honored by Mayor
Tatiana Chaya Nekrasova, a graduate of Chabad’s Jewish day school in Khabarovsk, Russia, received a medal from the city mayor last week as part of the year’s “Outstanding Graduates” ceremony.
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Preparations for Shabbos Gimmel Tammuz at the Ohel
Tens of thousands of people from around the world and all walks of life will converge on the Ohel over the weekend, marking Gimmel Tammuz the day of the passing of the Rebbe. Feverish preparations are underway to accommodate the masses.
Desecrated by Nazis, Abandoned Yeshivah Is Reborn
For almost 150 years, the hum of Torah study was constant in the three-story complex that housed the rabbi’s home and yeshivah in Mád, a village in northeastern Hungary in the heart of the Tokaj wine-making region.
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Rule Change Allows Women-Only Swimming Hours to Continue
The Parks Department will keep the controversial women-only swim hours that cater mostly to Orthodox Jewish women at the Metropolitan Recreation Center’s indoor public pool following a revision of gender discrimination policy by the city Human Rights Commission, they announced Wednesday.
Video Captures Brazen Tire Slashing Spree
Surveillance video has emerged in connection with a tire slashing spree, which is being investigated as a possible hate. In the video the suspect is seen brazenly stabbing at the tires of multiple cars, even as people walk by.
Video: No Need to Wait Until I Am Grown
At the CTeen kinus last week, a music video was released in an effort to boost the Chayus of the tzeiri hashluchim and help them stay strong despite the things the challenges they face on Shlichus.
Soldier in Raid on Entebbe Shares Story at Chabad
One of the Israeli special forces who descended upon an airport in Entebbe, Uganda, to rescue more than 100 hostages 40 years ago visited Vacaville, California, where he shared his story at Chabad of Solano County.
Baby Girl!
Abba and Raizel (nee Glick) Rubin (Saratoga Springs, NY)
Campus Kinus Concludes with Focus on Unity
Nearly 400 Shluchim and Shluchos who serve on college and university campuses around the globe – along with their more than 600 children – particpated in the Chabad on Campus Kinus International Conference 5776 in Stamford, Connecticut.
Crown Heights Boy Saved by Helmet
The cracked helmet in the above photo – sent to us by the parent of a child who was wearing it when he fell of his bicycle – is a stark reminder of the potential dangers of biking, and how the simple act of wearing a helmet can save one from possible serious injury.
Video: How One Should Deal with Challenges
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Korach. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How should one deal with challenges?
Heat Wave Hits New York City Area
Temperatures will hit 92 degrees in New York City today, Wednesday, but will feel much higher.
New Engagement!
Zevi Brummel (Crown Heights/New Haven, CT) Chaya Mushka Kozlovsky (Miami, FL)
Video: My Mission from the Rebbe to the Far East
Join Rabbi Marvin Tokayer in his fascinating journey from a college student challenging Chabad philosophy, to the first and only (at the time) Rabbi of the entire Far East, sent by the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Learn that changing the world for the better happens one step at a time.
Parenting Advice in Post-Gimmel Tammuz World
“How we can parent our own children in this post Gimmel Tammuz world?” is the topic of the Women’s Circle annual summer farbrengen, which will be presented by legendary Shlucha Mrs. Shula Kazan on Thursday evening.
New Engagement!
Mendy (ben R’ Meir, OBM) Roness (Crown Heights) and Rivkah Jaffe (S. Paul, MN)
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