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Photos: Children Enjoy Lag BaOmer Rally at 770
Students from all the local schools joined together in front of 770 Eastern Parkway, the Lubavitch world headquarters, for a rally in honor of Lag BaOmer.
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A First Look at Israel’s New Governing Coalition
With agreements in hand, most already signed, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new coalition government is on its way. Following is a look of what the new government will look like.
A nearby surveillance camera caught this image of the suspect moments before the crime.
Man Robbed at Gunpoint in Front of His Home
On Tuesday night, a Jewish man was robbed at gunpoint mere steps away from his home in Crown Heights.
Live Video: Tzivos Hashem Lag Ba’omer Rally
Join the Tzivos Hashem Lag Ba’omer rally, which is currently taking place in front of 770, from anywhere in the world!
Delivery Worker Injured in Collision with Police Car
A delivery worker for a local food establishment was injured Wednesday evening after being struck by an unmarked NYPD police car. He was thrown from his electric bike after witnesses said that he weaved out from between moving cars.
Home of Rabbi Zalman Schneerson in Paris.
Here’s My Story: A Jew Is Never Stuck
Mrs. Miryam Swerdlov has taught history in Jewish schools for more than 30 years. She directs a camp for American teenagers in Israel and conducts tours of Israel and the Former Soviet Union with a focus on Jewish history. She was interviewed in the My Encounter studio in New York in December of 2014.
Photos: Simcha and Chayus at the Empire Bonfire!
A Lag Ba’omer bonfire and celebration took place for the 31st year running on Empire Boulevard, in the backyard of the Horowitz family home. Together, the Horowitz family and Rabbi Nachman Twerskei held their annual ‘Hadlokoh’ of a Bonfire in honor of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, with an Upshernish taking place as well.
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Chaim Dovid and Rivky (nee Wachtel) Jenkelowitz (Crown Heights)
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Photos: Hundreds at Lag BaOmer Bonfire
Hundreds of Crown Heights residents of all ages turned out tonight, Wednesday, for the Lag Ba’omer bonfire on Kingston Avenue, in front of the George Wingate High School.
Video: The Ultimate Chassidic Food Taste Test
Filmmaker Meir Kalmanson gathered six brave taste testers to try out Chassidic food for their first time.
Next Task in Nepal: Retrieving the Remains of Jews for Burial
With the body of 22-year-old hiker Or Asraf in the airport en route to Israel, Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz, co-director of Chabad of Nepal, says the grisly work of searching for Jewish remains continues in the wake of the April 25 earthquake that crippled the South Asian nation.
World’s First Lag Ba’omer Celebration a Success
Lag Ba’omer at the Sydney Yeshiva Centre – Chabad NSW HQ this year was a wonderful experience. Live Music accompanied by the voice of Cantor Yehoshua Niasoff filled the air as the first logs of the bonfire began to catch fire. People came from all around Sydney to participate in this family-themed event, this year’s first Lag Ba’omer celebration in the world.
Music Video: Celebrate
This new song from Jewish music star duo 8th Day, titled ‘Celebrate,’ will have you on your feet dancing and singing joyously along. It was released just in time for Lag Ba’omer, when the custom to refrain from listening to music during Sefirah is put on hold.
Campers and staff pose for a group photo during a trip in summer 2013. Archive Photo.
Morristown Day Camp to Reopen This Summer
After a hiatus last summer, when it closed for the first time in 40 years due to insurmountable budget constraints, Camp Gan Israel (Gan Izzy) of Morristown, NJ, is set to reopen this summer under new leadership.
Picture of the Day: ‘He Merited to See the Lubavitcher Rebbe’
A photo of a unique headstone has been making its rounds on social media. The Matzeiva, belonging to a man named Ezra Mualem who passed away back in 2009 at the age of 79, reads: “he merited to see the Lubavitcher Rebbe.”
Tens of thousands of Israeli children from all walks of Jewish life—and from the entire range of Torah observance—look forward to taking part in Lag BaOmer parades like this one in Beitar Ilit.
Getting Ready for Lag Ba’omer in Every Israeli City and Town
There is a special hum that begins to vibrate throughout the Land of Israel in the days preceding Lag BaOmer. In each big city and small village, in every neighborhood and street, boys can be seen toting wood to gather into piles for the bonfires they will be lighting, while girls get their outfits ready for the big parade.
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