Videos: The Rebbe and 17 Tammuz
In honor of the 17th of Tammuz, JEM has assembled a collection of clips featuring the Rebbe observing the fast and discussing the meaning of the day.
CGI-Parksville Marks 60th Year with Grand Banquet
On the 16th of Tammuz, 5716 (1956), the Rebbe visited the grounds of the fledgling Camp Gan Yisroel, which had been founded that year in upstate New York. Touring the installations, the Rebbe showed great interest in every aspect of the camp.
Weekly Living Torah Video: A Rebellious High Schooler and the Rebbe
In 1976, a young high schooler in Crown Heights felt the need to push back against the expectations and strictures of life as a Lubavitcher girl. The Rebbe’s sensitivity and approach to her predicament remain as topical and incisive now as ever – truly a guide to the perplexed. Today, Mrs. Mariashi Groner is the Co-director of Lubavitch of North Carolina and the Director of Charlotte Jewish Day School.
Baby Girl!
Eli and Brachie (nee Clapman) Friedman (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Yisroel Noach and Slava (nee Edelman) Blank (Crown Heights)
NYC Marks First Month on Record Without Fire Fatality
New York City fire officials say June was the first month in 150 years that there wasn’t a fire-related death in the city.
NYPD Begins Crackdown on Electric Scooters
The NYPD has begun a crackdown on electric bikes and the restaurants that use them, saying the use of such bikes are de facto illegal since they cannot be registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Baby Boy!
Binyamin and Sara (nee Putter) Boubili (Crown Heights)
Shabbos at the Besht: Summer – Opportunity or Challenge?
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Kasriel Kastel will lead a discussion on the topic – Summer: Opportunity or Challenge?
‘Britain’s Schindler’ Dies at 106
Nicholas Winton, a Briton who said nothing for a half-century about his role in organizing the escape of 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II, died on Wednesday in Maidenhead, England. He was 106.
Israel Edelson conducts a chamber orchestra at the 2013 Colel Chabad dinner
Soul Strings Beckon, A Conductor Follows
When Israel Edelson, a rising conductor under the tutelage of legendary maestro Leonard Bernstein, arrived in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights, some 30 years ago, he was searching for a something. He found it in Chasidic melodies, known as niggunim, that were sung around the Shabbat table at the home of Rabbi Yoel Kahan.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe saying L’chaim with the elder Chassidim sitting behind him at a Farbrengen in the early 1970s.
Letter & Spirit: Establishing a Kollel in Ireland
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe to the chief rabbi of Ireland in 1981, in which he addresses the specific communal matter of establishing a kollel. The letter was written in English through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Between visits with Jewish shopkeepers and others, rabbinic students Mendel Wolowik, left, and Mendel Tubul took time for prayer (and a photo) in the synagogue that serves the ancient Jewish community of Larissa.
In Economically Battered Greece, Rabbinic Students Offer Comfort to Jewish Community
As Greece faces closed banks, looming bankruptcy and possible expulsion from the Eurozone, Chabad has dispatched a pair of “Roving Rabbis” to bring hope, comfort and support to Jewish communities large and small.
Brooklyn DA: Investigation into Crash is Ongoing
A horrific crash claimed the life of Rabbi Yekutiel Rapp OBM earlier this week and stunned the community. The graphic description of the crash left many wondering why the driver was not charged with a crime.
Photos: Camp Fun Between the Raindrops
Over the past week at Gan Yisroel-Parksville, between the raindrops, campers have been enjoying all that has been prepared for them by their devoted staff.
Video: Mamesh Boys Choir Performs ‘Ach L’elokim’
After a year of honing their vocal skills, in a live performance that occurred Monday, Yud Beis Tammuz, the Mamesh Music Boys Choir of Crown Heights sang the Chabad Niggun ‘Ach L’elokim,’ as their beaming parents, relatives and friends looked on.
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