Rabbi Pinchas Weberman is the rabbi of the Ohev Shalom Congregation of Miami Beach, which he founded in 1960. He was interviewed for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project twice in his home, once in 2010 and the other 2011.
Dovid Greenwald (Flatbush, NY) and Shevi (bas Chaim) Druin (N. Miami Beach, FL)
Most people go to Jamaica to relax, but Rabbi Yaakov Raskin and his wife Mushkee aren’t there to take it easy. As the first-ever permanent Chabad emissaries to the island nation famous for rum, reggae, and runners, they have been hard at work since last fall, serving the Jews who live and vacation there.
Mendy Drihem (Montreal, Canada) and Mushka Kaplan (Los Angeles, CA)
French lawmakers passed a law requiring “religious neutrality” in all educational institutions for children under the age of 6.
A series of marijuana-inspired art classes set to take place at a Jewish center in Aspen were canceled a day after they were announced, the Aspen Daily News reported on Friday.
Bat Mitzvah Club Internationals (BMC), the international club for Jewish girls preparing for their Bat Mitzvah, is excited to announce the launch of its new website www.batmitzvahclub.com.
After more than a year of controversy, Brooklyn Community Board 9 voted Tuesday to again recommend the city study zoning changes in parts of Crown Heights.
The graduating students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch in Brunoy, France posed for a group portrait outside the Yeshiva’s campus in the outskirts of Paris today.
Simcha Weizel (Los Angeles/Valley Village) and Sefa Bloch (Los Angeles/Valley Village)
For Camp Gan Yisroel West in California, its second season on their new premises sees more activities and growing enrollment in a summer programs for girls and boys.
Hundreds of children have taken two qualifying tests to gain entry into the grand international Chidon Shabbaton. Coordinators in each school have marked the tests that will determine who is eligible to join. The 252 finalists, who have scored highest in their grades, will compete in the Chidon championships, taking place on May 31.
“The sky fell down”—that’s how Rabbi Chaim Lazaroff of Chabad Uptown in Houston describes what happened overnight when an intense rainstorm left much of the Houston metropolitan area submerged. Three people are believed to have died, nearly 1,000 cars have been stranded on freeways and in other areas, and people are continuing to leave the city, if they can.
Noach Evers (Amersfoort, Holland) and Devorah Leah Lubin (Los Angeles/London)
Jewish members of the U.S. Military put on Tefilin and say a prayer with the assistance of several Lubavitch Chassidim, circa early 1970s. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Gliding down the Seine under a soft drizzle, the lone flame of the traditional Havdalah candle seemed to illuminate not just the boat, but the entire “City of Light.” Havdalah is the ceremony marking the end of Shabbat, and for the 500 young Jewish participants who traveled together to Paris, Berlin and the grounds of Auschwitz in Poland as part of Chabad-Lubavitch in Russia’s “Eurostars” program, the burning torch’s symbolism was apt.
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