Shine Bright was the theme of this year’s Friendship Circles volunteer appreciation event. 200 girls and their proud mothers came together at the JCM on Monday night to salute the work and dedication of the volunteers this year.
When Reb Berel Wiess, a successful businessman, asked the Rebbe for a blessing to have both wealth and Torah knowledge, the Rebbe told him that this particular blessing requires a special vessel which Reb Berel was yet to acquire.
An Israeli policeman shot dead a Palestinian driver in East Jerusalem on Wednesday after he rammed into two policewomen, injuring them.
When Ari Hutchison learned that his graduation from the University of Houston Law Center would be on a Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, the Torah-observant student wondered how he would tell his father.
Chaim and Sheina (nee Mergui) Dray (Paris, France)
Shavuot presented some problems last year for Rabbi Alexander and Esther Piekarski, co-directors of Beth Yona-Chabad Jewish Community of La Paz, Mexico.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Bamidbar. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the unique power of the Jewish people?
Rabbi Sholom Shuchat of Crown Heights, who serves as a Dayan on the Beth Din of the Agudas Harabonim of the USA and Canada, delivered a comprehensive Shiur on the topic of taking a hot shower on Yomtov.
The Forward yesterday Profiled Shlucha to Columbia University Keren Blum, detailing her journey from an agnostic and rebellious teenager to co-director of a Chabad Center in one of New York City’s most prestigious universities.
A drive-by shooting on the corner of Empire Blvd. and Albany Ave. shortly after Shabbos ended, which shook area residents, was captured on surveillance video.
New ATM cards are on their way to several hundred Apple Bank customers whose cards were deactivated after fraudulent activity was discovered by the bank.
On Monday, May 18, the Monroe post office held a ceremony to mark the naming of the post office for Gregg Wenzel, a Monroe native who died while working for the CIA. After the tragic events on September 11, 2001, Wenzel decided to serve his country and became a member of the CIA in the first post-9/11 recruitment class. At the age of 33, Wenzel lost his life while serving in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on July 9, 2003.
Kingston Ave. merchants Eber’s Liquer & Wine and Gombo’s Bakery teamed up Sunday to offer the Crown Heights community a pre-Shavuos wine and cheesecake tasting.
Roey Amir, who fought in Israel’s Operation Protective Edge against Hamas, wrote to the NY Post about his visit 10-day visit to New York City with other wounded Israeli veterans, organized by Belev Echad, a project of the Chabad Israel Center.
Avraham Lallouz (Montreal, Canada) and Zahava Dahan (Montreal, Canada)
Rabbi Yitzi Horowitz, a California Shliach who is battling ALS, proudly displays a velvet heart that was sewn for him by his daughter, Chavie.
Josh and Avigail (nee Manshari) Wonder (Melbourne, Australia)
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