From his career as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer to managing director of one of the fastest growing companies on the BRW list in just over ten years, Mount Scopus College alumnus Adam Schwab has quite a story to share. A very large lunchtime attendance came to hear that story on Tuesday, June16, at Chabad of Melbourne’s Central Business District (CBD).
After a Shabbos filled with Farbrengens continued into Motzai Shabbos as thousands more made their way to pray at the Ohel.
Yehuda and Esther (nee Schulman) Shomer (Crown Heights)
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Reb Menachem Mendel HaLevi Schechter OBM a longtime Crown Heights resident who passed away on Shabbos Gimmel Tammuz in the morning. He was 64 years old.
Last week, Jerusalem hosted the annual convention of the professional staff of EnerJew – the Jewish Youth Movement of the Former Soviet Union. Thirty two leading experts participated in the event, which will have a critical effect on the future of Russian Jewry.
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, JEM has produced a special video titled ‘being a part of the story’.
Just after 1:00pm on Friday, the day before Gimmel Tammuz, the Pan Kloli which was signed by many Chassidim, was read at the Ohel by Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov.
Several dozen people gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the ‘Bar Mitzvah’ of Chabad of Beijing, China’s capital city, which was founded by Rabbi Shimon and Dini Freundlich 13 years ago.
Some awaited it, some dreaded it, but after many months of speculation, the controversial Kingston Ave. bike lane is finally taking shape. Last night, clear markings were put in place by the NYC Dept. of Transportation indicating that a portion of one of Crown Heights’ busiest thoroughfares is now reserved for bicyclists.
Growth and building for the future were two prevalent themes expressed by the honorees at Generations of Goodness, Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy’s (LYA) Scholarship Dinner held on June 2, 2015 in Longmeadow, MA. Close to 200 community members attended the gala event at Bnai Torah during which LYA honored Ron Eckman and Oscar Plotkin for their generosity to the school.
Two young Israeli men who were hiking in Judea and Samaria were ambushed by a Palestinian terrorist, who shot them and fled. One victim died of his wounds, while his friend remains hospitalized in moderate condition.
Spanning 8 locations around the world, MyShliach, a division of Merkos 302, has united Yaldei Hashluchim online for their very own regional Farbrengen in preparation for Gimmel Tammuz.
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a set of photos from several photographers of the Rebbe’s Farbrengens in the 1980s.
As the sun set Thursday night lines to get into the Ohel began lengthening as thousands of men, women and children began making their way to the Ohel to mark Gimmel Tammuz.
Over 1000 Anash and Bochurim packed into Beis Rivkah’s Rosa Hall in Campus Chomesh for a Farbrengen in honor of Gimmel Tammuz.
Dozens of people gathered in the Chabad Jewish Community Center in Medford, NJ, this past Sunday to celebrate the completion of a brand new Sefer Torah. It was the first time in history that a Torah had been completed in Medford, a suburb of Philadelphia that has never had a large Jewish presence.
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