“A hallmark of the Rebbe’s approach to the world was an almost stubborn optimism in the face of tragedy—a refusal to live in fear or to see our world as anything but inherently good,” writes Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson in his new book, “A Time to Heal: The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Response to Loss and Tragedy.”
Noach and Alti (nee Pevzner) Majesky (Accra, Ghana)
A 21 year-old Israeli bride-to-be who lost her father and brother in a terror attack last week says she and her future husband “will not be crushed” and that their wedding is back on, only this time the “entire nation of Israel is invited.”
In light of the current terror situation gripping the world, Bais Rivkah Girls’ School of Crown Heights made the decision to be proactive about its students’ and faculty’s safety, and implemented new security measures that have already been put into effect.
The heart of Downtown Boston was buzzing with excitement this past Sunday, as close to 1,000 members of Boston’s diverse Jewish community converged at the historic John Hancock Hall for a night of unity and song.
What started as an imaginative idea in August of 2013 has been transformed into a magnificent, record breaking masterpiece – the World’s Most Valuable Dreidel as certified by Guinness World Record on Nov 13, 2015. The Dreidel is valued at an astounding $14,000.
Yosef Nachman Perman (Santiago, Chile) and Chaya Mushka Soussan (France)
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Moshe Mordechai ben Levi Yitzchok Boymelgreen OBM a survivor of the holocaust and patriarch to a family of baalei chesed. He was 91 years old.
Kiryat Arba resident Meir Pavlovsky, 31, was sitting quietly next to the Hazon David synagogue in his hometown. He was studying Torah when a terrorist appeared out of nowhere and brutally stabbed him in the stomach.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Palestinian Red Crescent Society of acting against ‘human and civilized norms’ for failing to stop and treat members of the Litman family who were the target of a terror attack in the South Hebron Hills on Friday.
Michal and Levie, a young couple living in Safed, Israel, were on the brink of despair. With absolutely no money to support themselves and their young children, the strain was taking an emotional toll that they feared would tear their family apart.
Students members of Chabad at the University of Missouri campus launched an initiative this week to rein in tensions at the campus, after a series of racially charged incidents led to a student backlash and the resignation of the school’s chancellor and president, The Algemeiner has learned.
It was a surprise birthday party unlike any other at Bais Chaya Mushka in Los Angeles. All of the students lined up early in the yard, donned festive party hats, and waited excitedly for their beloved Director, Rabbi Danny Yiftach, to arrive.
Family and friends had to physically support an inconsolable young bride-to-be at the funeral of her father and brother,which was attended by hundreds of people in Jerusalem on Saturday night. They were slain by terrorists while traveling Friday to attend a pre-wedding celebration with her future husband.
BR Teen Club, an after-school program for Bais Rivkah’s 6-8 graders that provides nourishing food, homework support, and stimulating recreational clubs and workshops, has begun its fourth year with much enthusiasm.
A pair of masked burglars broke into a shared office space in Crown Heights and stole over $20,000 worth of electronics.
In the wake of the deadly ISIS terrorist attacks in Paris, The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews’ President Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein today said his organization is expanding emergency security aid to French-Jewish communal institutions. The Fellowship at the same time said it will help any French Jew who wishes to immigrate to Israel.
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