Baby Girl!
Asher and Rivkah (nee Mounessa) Berkovich (Crown Heights)
Here’s My Story: Operation Lifeline
Rabbi David Hill served as vice chair of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry and ran Operation Lifeline, which sent American Jews behind the Iron Curtain to teach Torah and distribute religious articles. Rabbi Hill also headed the National Council of Young Israel from 1961-1965. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home in Queens in December of 2010.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Aidel Caplan, 93, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Aidel Caplan OBM, a long time resident of Montreal, Canada who was known for distributing food to the needy. She was 93 years old.
Video: What Motivates a Beth Rivkah Teacher?
What word comes to mind when you think of a Bais Rivka teacher? Ahead of a major fundraising campaign starting tomorrow a video was produced showing what makes them so special.
New Engagement!
Chovevei Torah Seeks End to Tuition Crisis
In years past, people from all over the world would donate for scholarships at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva Mesivta and Zal. Lubavitch now proudly has thousands of more institutions that need funding, but Chovevei Torah doesn’t want today’s bochurim to be left out.
NYC Board of Health Repeals MBP Regulation
New York City’s Board of Health repealed a controversial rule requiring parents sign a consent form before a Mohel could practice metzitzah b’peh.
Kehot Digitally Remasters the Machzor
Sixty three years following the Machzor’s first release, Merkos Publications has successfully recreated the Machzor in its entirety, digitally remastering it, one page at a time.
Please Say Tehillim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapital Tehillim for Chaya Shoshana bas Itl Laya, who needs our prayers for a speedy and complete recovery.
HaMesivta Gets Off to Sweet New Start with Visit to Brooklyn Rooftop Beehive
In preparation for Rosh Hashana and the start of a sweet new year, the talmidim of HaMesivta enjoyed learning all about honeybees and the honey making process – using all of their five senses.
Israeli Killed in Nigeria Robbery Attempt
The close-knit Jewish community in Abuja, Nigeria, is reeling from the devastating news that Nir Rosmarin, an Israeli-born businessman who was active in the community, died of a head wound while trying to flee a robbery.
Editorial: A Better World for Our Children?
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky on the Iran Deal: Rabbi Elazar said: One who becomes compassionate to the cruel will ultimately become cruel to the compassionate. (Midrash Tanhuma, Parshat Mezora, 1)
DOH to Spray Pesticides Near Crown Heights
The Department of Health has issued a warning to residents in parts of Brooklyn, Staten Island and Manhattan to stay indoors Wednesday night between 8:30pm and 6:00am while they will be spraying pesticides to reduce the number of mosquitoes and minimize the risk of West Nile Virus.
Picture of the Day: Nichum Aveilim at Gutnick Home
Rabbi Leibel Groner, secretary of the Rebbe, Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov, Chairman of Aguch, Rabbi Y.Y. Schwei of the Crown Heights Beis Din and Rabbi Michoel Lerner, Rosh Kollel, are Menachem Avel Rabbi Meir Gutnick in his Montgomery Street home after the passing of his mother, Devorah, OBM.
New Engagement!
Shuie Goldstein (Poway, CA) and Devorah Leah Bresinger (Montreal, Canada)
Seattle Cheder Aims to Make Educational History
Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder aims to make educational history by raising $100,000 in 24 hours, with each donation matched by Paula Begoun, The MMSC Vaad and the Lev Yosef Foundation.
New Engagement!
Menachem Mendel Ramniceanu (Crown Heights) and Shterna Sara Kalmenson (Aubervilliers, France)
