Rabbi Borenstein’s Class’ Year End BBQ
In what has become an annual tradition for Rabbi Borenstein’s seventh grade class, they all got together in the backyard of his Balfore Place home for a Siyum and a barbeque.
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Rio Jewish Community Prepares for 2016 Olympics
As Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the summer 2016 Olympics, the city’s local Jewish community is busy with its own preparations.
Siberian City Gets First Kosher Restaurant
Chief Rabbi Zalman Zaklas announced the opening of the very first kosher restaurant in Novosibirsk, Russia. The new eatery, named “Jerusalem Cafe’” offers a well rounded menu of kosher dishes and is centrally located in the Bait Menachem Community Center.
Baby Boy!
Maychee and Shaindy (nee Cadaner) Sherr (Crown Heights)
Murder of Israeli Teens to Be Commemorated with Times Square Billboard
For the second year in a row, the Friends of the Young Israel of the West Side has sponsored a billboard in Times Square to commemorate the deaths of Eyal, Gilad, and Naftali, the three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped and murdered en route home from school in June 2014.
Audio: Old Leningrad Niggun with a Modern Twist
After a year of work, Israeli Chabad singer Alisaf Chefetz has released an upbeat, modern and lively recording of the old Lubavitcher Niggun from Leningrad. The Niggun is currently very popular among Israel’s Orthodox-Jewish community, especially at weddings.
Dinner Supports Jewish Education for Florida Public School Children
300 parents and guest filled the Bal Harbour ballroom for the CHAP (Community Hebrew After-School Program) Annual Dinner this past Monday. Participants were mesmerized as children ages 5-12 opened up the evening in song and dance, setting the mood for an evening to remember.
Baby Girl!
Meir and Kayla (nee Coleman) Zaetz (Crown Heights)
Sydney Parents and Children Unite to Receive Torah
On Wednesday morning, 2 Sivan (May 20), close to 750 parents, grandparents, and children gathered to learn together for 40 minutes at Kesser Torah College in Sydney. The project, called Generation Sinai, is aimed at connecting the generations in unity in preparation for receiving the Torah on Shavuot.
139 Chidon Hamitzvos Finalists on Their Way
139 Finalists are flying in from all over the world for the Boys’ International Chidon Hamitzvos tournament in Crown Heights.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: R’ Yisroel Shaul, 59, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of R’ Yisroel Shaul OBM, a resident of Los Angeles, California. He was 59 years old.
Here’s My Story: ‘Special Delivery’
Mrs. Sara Rivka Sasonkin has been teaching in Chabad schools in Israel for the past 43 years. She was interviewed in JEM’s My Encounter studio in New York in November of 2014.
2 Women Stabbed, 6 Suffer Chemical Burns in Violent Brawl
A violent showdown late Wedensday night between two groups of women stemming from a dispute on Facebook left two women stabbed and six others with chemical burns on their faces.
Police find Air Guns in a 749 Dorm Room
A 911 call regarding gunshots on Sterling Place led officers guided by an NYPD helicopter into the Kvutzeh dormitory on Eastern Parkway where a number of weapons were confiscated from dorm resident.
Tweens get a crash course on scribal art in Atlanta, Georgia.
What’s Inside That Pretty Mezuzah Case?
It’s not all that unusual to discover that rolled inside that decorative mezuzah case you purchased in Israel or at your local Jewish gift shop, is not the scribe’s handiwork on parchment, but a piece of printed paper.
Video: James Cordon Takes Over L.A. Kosher Butcher
In a segment titled ‘Take a Break,’ James Cordon, the host of The Late Late Show, took over several workers’ shifts at the Western Kosher butcher shop in Los Angeles. His jobs included manning the checkout counter, butchering meat and driving the forklift.
Several “Code Red” sirens were sounded in Southern Israel, Wednesday night. They went off in the cities of Netivot, Ashkelon and the Sdot Negev and Hof Ashkelon regional councils on Wednesday night at around 11:00pm.
3 Rockets Fired from Gaza into Southern Israel
Several “Code Red” sirens were sounded in Southern Israel, Wednesday night. They went off in the cities of Netivot, Ashkelon and the Sdot Negev and Hof Ashkelon regional councils on Wednesday night at around 11:00pm.
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