With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of R’ Yossi Piamenta, OBM, a well-known and talented musician who merited to bring joy to hundreds of thousands of Jews with his music. He was 64 years old. Update: Levaya times added. Passing by 770.
Eli and Batsheva (nee Perlow) Kaminetzky (Taos, New Mexico)
CGI-West – Camp Gan Israel on the West Coast – went on a grand trip to the magnificent Yosemite National Park. In addition to enjoying the spellbinding views and refreshing hikes, the campers made a point to put Tefilin on any willing Jew they encountered – and there were quite a few.
After failing in an attempt to have Jewish-American singer Matisyahu banned from a Spanish music festival, the BDS bigots had yet another trick to unveil as he ascended to the stage on Saturday night.
Camper Mordy Shapiro poses for a photo with all the keepsakes he received from Camp Gan Israel-NY’s BMD (Beis Medrash Division). Before they departed home, every camper received: A yarlmulka, sweater, tzitzis bendel, mug, backpack, tefilin mirror, perek mem aleph card, flag and towel – all emblazoned with BMD’s logo.
The newest Chabad best seller, “The Secret of Chabad, inside the world’s most successful movement” was a sell out at it’s debut at the National Jewish Retreat in Washington, DC last week. Community members and Shluchim stood in line to grab the new book that readers and reviewers are raving about.
Another successful summer at Lubavitch Day Camp of Monsey has come to an end. Watch the highlights of the 7-week program in this 5-minute video compilation.
The month of Elul is a time for repentance and introspection before the coming of Rosh Hashanah. Like Reb Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev, the renowned “defender of the Jewish people,” the Rebbe stands up to those who would misuse the month of mercy to chastise and rebuke their brethren.
Behind the walls of the guarded nano technology industry, a group of great minds meet five times a week in a breakout room in Albany, New York. They discuss, debate, and spar with each other as they parse a dense-looking text. No, it is not code for the latest nano invention. In this 6 by 8 foot room, the group of nano engineers are poring over pages of the Talmud.
A new young couple has joined the ranks of Shluchim in Hungary. Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok and Chaya Mushka (nee Oberlander) Feldman arrived today, Friday, in Budapest.
A Montreal resident is in a medically induced coma in a local hospital after being subjected to a vicious unprovoked beating Thursday night outside an Outremont Bank.
A Jewish man was attacked and verbally assaulted by a group of Black men on Eastern Parkway. The group, who were riding bicycles, ran over the man’s leg and shouted “heil hitler” at him.
The menorah outside the Chabad Jewish Center at the University of Illinois has been vandalized for the second time this year, Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel said Wednesday.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe during a Farbrengen in the mid-1980s.
Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Jacobson is sitting Shiva after the passing of his mother, Leah, OBM, at 580 Crown St. Apt. #511 until Wednesday morning. Shacharis: 7:30am (8:30 on Sunday). Mincha: 7:00pm (1:30 on Friday). Maariv: 8:20pm. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar […]
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, in honor of Chodesh Elul, we present a letter from the Rebbe to a person who feels insecure and full of doubt. 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.
Partnering with a local Safeway grocery store, Maryland Shliach Rabbi Levi Raskin is hosting a unique event which is aimed at raising awareness about the store’s increasing kosher options.
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