When Jody and Steve Stein’s son Aaron approached the end of eighth grade at his local Jewish day school, they began to research Jewish high schools. Living in Chandler, Ariz., they were within driving distance of two Jewish elementary schools, but no mainstream Jewish high school that caters to students wishing to remain on course to enter college four years later.
On Rosh Chodesh Shvat, the day the Moshe Rabeinu explained the Torah in 70 languages, a course on Chupah and Kiddushin took place in the Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami.
Rabbi Levi Matusof, Chabad Shliach in Paris, dismissed a call by the leader of Marseilles’s Jewish community for Jews in the city to stop wearing yarmulkes to avoid being the victim of anti-Semitic attacks.
Last night, a mugger accosted two Crown Heights women – in two separate incidents – in a bid to steal their phones. His first attempt was not successful, but his second was.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of veteran and devout Chosid, Reb Refoel “Folleh” Wilschansky, OBM, of Crown Heights. He was 91 years old.
Calev (Eric) Taylor, 39, and Malkah Esther (Michelle) Glass, 32, remember when Rabbi Uri Gelman showed up at the front door toting a blow torch, giant tongs, a large metal pot and industrial-strength gloves. He boiled their kitchenware, ironed their counters and advised them on how to make sure everything was just as it should be. He was there to make their kitchen kosher.
Shaya and Chaya (nee Blachman) Gorkin (Crown Heights)
Yossi and Chaya Henya Blachman (Crown Heights)
Levi and Hadassah (nee Dukes) Burrows (Rechovot, Israel)
EnerJew, the FJC’s Jewish youth movement across the Former Soviet Union, announced the opening of a new branch in the city of Briansk, Russia.
Jewish music group Zusha has released a new single, ‘Mashiach,’ which is quickly gaining popularity on YouTube and social media. ‘Mashiach’ tells the story of transformation, turning a dark world to one filled with song, happiness, peace and light.
Of four fatal crashes that have occurred in the neighborhood since new penalties for drivers went into effect in 2014, none have resulted in new “Vision Zero” charges meant to increase penalties for killing pedestrians and cyclists, an analysis by DNAinfo New York found. Among those who avoided criminal charges was the driver who ran over and killed Rabbi Kuti Rapp, OBM.
An Hispanic synagogue custodian has a message for its congregants: put away your phones; have a little respect.
When Starbucks on South Ashland’s busy Siskiyou street—just off Southern Oregon University’s campus—chose not to renew its lease last April, students, faculty and local residents were left with one less dig for hanging out and getting a late night caffeine boost.
Jacqui and Yitzchak Rosen and their children recently took a holiday in a resort near Melbourne, Australia. The night before the family was due to drive home, Yitzchak Rosen – an alumnus of Chabad’s Yeshivah Centre – went to take the rubbish out of their apartment rental and never came back. Yitzchak was found hours later, unconscious, having suffered severe head injuries and hypothermia. He was airlifted to the Alfred hospital, where surgeons worked furiously to try to save his life. Unfortunately, this was not to be.
The mora d’asra of Kfar Chabad, Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi Shlita, spoke to the community at a recent elections aseifa in which he addressed maintaining a modest standard of living. He spoke in strong terms about housing renovations and that one should not built more than a total of two stories, part of maintaining a modest lifestyle.
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