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Avremel and Brachie (nee Wayden) Zirkind (Montreal, Canada)
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NY Health Officials Warn of Mosquito Risk
Public health officials in New York State are reminding residents of the dangers posed by mosquitoes after West Nile Virus was found in two counties.
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Shmuli and Chanie (nee Lasker) Turk (Crown Heights)
From Days Gone By: Beis Rivkah Students, Mid ‘80s
A group of Beis Rivkah students gather on the staircase for a photo in the mid 1980s. Can you identify those in the photo, and what year it was taken?
Bill Bans Smoke Detectors with Replaceable Batteries
New York lawmakers have passed a bill that would require new smoke detectors contain 10-year non-removable batteries.
Picture of the Day: Yellow ‘Arks’ Arrive in Australia
Chabad of Johannesburg, South Africa, brought the ‘Change Our World For Good’ campaign to Australia, at an event last week in Melbourne. The campaign encourages people to place their change in charity boxes in the shape of a yellow ark and donate it to a good cause of their choice.
Video: Paintball Shooter Targets Orthodox Jews
Police on Monday were looking for a man who targeted the Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn with a paintball gun, in what is suspected to be a hate crime.
Friend of Chabad Jerry Weintraub Passes Away at 77
Jerry Weintraub, the iconic entertainment promoter and philanthropist who for more than thirty years volunteered his time and professional expertise as producer of Chabad of California’s annual telethon, passed away July 6 in Santa Barbara. He was 77.
A Day in the Life of a ‘770-Bochur’
In this second installment in a series of articles on the unique lives of Chabad-Lubavitch yeshivah students, Chabad.org writer Mindy Rubinstein examines the daily life Lubavitcher Bochurim who have already graduated from their respective Yeshivahs. A series featuring the lives of female students is in the works as well.
Group Files Lawsuit to Force End to Kapparos
An animal-rights group has filed a lawsuit against New York City and several Jewish institutions, including the central Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim and the NCFJE, in a bid to force them to crack down on the practice of Kapparos by Orthodox Jews on Erev Yom Kippur.
Video: Living a Divinely Inspired Life
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Pinchas. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one live a divinely inspired life?
Oholei Torah Announces 158 Talmidim Hashluchim
158 Oholei Torah Zal Talmidim will be heading out to 29 different Yeshivos around the world where they will serve as Talmidim Hashluchim.
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Yosef Rivkin (Tampa, FL) and Mooky Solomon (Sydney, Australia)
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Eli and Tanya Kogan (Staten Island)
Gear Worth Thousands Returned Thanks to Shomrim
About three weeks ago, on June 18, Shomrim received a call about suspicious activity taking place on Maple Street near Kingston Ave. Two callers, both homeowners in the vicinity, informed Shomrim that a man was riffling through two suitcases in a furtive manner, and seemed to be searching for valuables.
Historic Visit to First CGI Campgrounds in Ellenville, NY
Nestled on a small road near rural Ellenville, NY, lies a few acres of land. At a glance, this parcel of land hardly seems unique, but to Gan Yisroel – NY, it most certainly is. This is the site of the very first Camp Gan Yisroel, founded in 5716 (1956). These are the grounds that the Rebbe himself took time off his busy schedule to visit, days before camp began.
