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.
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)
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.
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.
Shuie Goldstein (Poway, CA) and Devorah Leah Bresinger (Montreal, Canada)
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.
Menachem Mendel Ramniceanu (Crown Heights) and Shterna Sara Kalmenson (Aubervilliers, France)
A Parkland College student who lives in Champaign, Illinois, has been charged with a Class 4 felony for allegedly damaging a religious symbol at a campus Jewish gathering place.
The students and staff of JETS Yeshiva of Los Angeles, CA, created this humorous video in anticipation of Rosh Hashanah.
Hundreds of guests began pouring into Crown Heights ahead of the upcoming high holidays, and with this year being a ‘Shnas Hakhel,’ thousands more than usual are expected. Many of the guests made their first stop at 770, creating the familiar scene of piling up luggage.
Eli Goorevitch (Laguna Beach, CA) and Faygie Lew (Peachtree City, GA)
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Nitzavim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the best way to be there for another human being?
Rabbi Yossi and Suri Marozov are Chabad Shluchim in Ulyanovsk, Russia. Since their city does not have a Mikvah, any Jewish woman who wishes to immerse in one must travel for four hours each way – often in the frozen Siberian winter.
“This Friendship Circle lives on miracles,” says Chanie Canterman, who has directed the program in central Jerusalem since 2008.
The traditional Selichos featuring Chazzan Rabbi Yossi Lebovics and the Lebovics Boys Choir took place Motzoei Shabbos in Hallandale Beach, FL, at Chabad of South Broward Headquarters.
Italian hat manufacturer Borsalino opened a state-of-the-art branch in Flatbush, where their wide variety of Chasidic, Litvish and Lubavitch hats are on display. A few Crown Heights residents went to have a look, accompanied by photographer Itzik Roitman.
Over 200 people gathered last week at Adath Israel Synagogue in St. Paul to pay tribute to a beloved rabbi and legendary humanitarian. They were a diverse assemblage from every sector of the Jewish community and they were there to honor the legacy of Rabbi Gershon Giter, who passed away in August at the age of 61 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
