Mesivta Holds Melava Malka Marking 60 Years
This past Motzei Shabbos Oholei Torah Mesivta held a Melaveh Malka marking the schools 60th birthday.
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New Engagement!
Simcha Raskin (Crown Heights) and Rivky Dubrawsky (Vancouver, Canada)
New Engagement!
Yossi Vorovich (Richmond Hill, Ontario) and Chaya Mushka Nemni (London, England)
Video: Antisemitism on Campus
“Antisemitism on Campus” is a talk given by Rabbi Dov Greenberg as part of a fast-paced JLI session called “Ten Talks” featuring 10 short powertalks from 10 inspiring speakers, showcasing important ideas that change attitudes, lives, and, ultimately, the world.
Nathan Wediger with his wife Nechama posing for a picture during a visit to Beis Rivka in 2006.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mr. Nosson Werdiger, 93, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mr. Nathan (Nosson) Werdiger OBM, an Australian businessman and philanthropist who supported many organizations and institutions in Australia and around the world. He was 93 years old.
Reb Yitzchok Abitan, OBM. Photo: Shturem.net.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Reb Yitzchok Abitan, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the sudden and untimely passing of Reb Yitzchok Abitan, OBM, of Nachlat Har Chabad, Israel, a devoted husband and father of five who went to sleep after the Shabbos meal Friday night and did not wake up the next morning, r”l.
3 Israelis Soldiers Stabbed in 2 Terror Incidents
Earlier today, an Israeli Arab stabbed and moderately wounded an IDF soldier near the central bus station in Jerusalem, before he was overpowered by security guards and police. A few hours later, Israeli soldiers shot dead two Palestinians who had stabbed two soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint.
Baby Girl!
Zalman and Chaya Seema (nee Goldstein) Friedman (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Rochel Leah (nee Gudelsky) Wilansky (Montreal, Canada)
Weekly Story: The Rebbe Does a Favor in Return
The KGB interrogator just smiled and said, “We have ways of arranging accidents on the road and the American officials will find you dead from a car accident and everyone will think that you were driving too fast on unfamiliar roads, or something like that, and that sometimes accidents happen.”
by Rabbi Sholom Avtzon
Weekly Living Torah Video: Spiritual Hunger
This week’s Living Torah video is of a sicha delivered to the boys and girls at a children’s rally. It’s amazing to witness the passion with which the Rebbe speaks to the children; while some would think of an address to young kids as an afterthought, the Rebbe clearly attached great importance to such events.
Shmuely Tebbitt, left, with Bryon Riesch, whose charitable foundation provided Shmuley with a new wheelchair, thanks to the initiative of Shmuley's classmates at Hillel Academy.
Classmates’ Initiative Wins New Wheelchair for Wisconsin Boy
For 14-year-old Shmuely (Silas) Tebbitt, recess wasn’t always his favorite activity. While his classmates headed outside or to the gym, Shmuely had to hang back.
Shabbos at the Besht: Golus Mitzrayim, Chinuch, and our world
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Nochum Kaplan, Director of the Merkos Office of Education, will lead a discussion on the topic – Golus Mitzrayim, Chinuch, and our world.
New Engagement!
Yossi Miller (Chicago, IL) and Batya Hazan (Rome, Italy)
New Engagement!
Peretz (ben Yehoshua) Chein (Crown Heights) and Chanie Katz (Johannesburg, South Africa)
The victim of an assault in the lobby of the L’Oreal Building in Manhattan.
Security Guards, Bystanders Ignore Brutal Assault on Hassidic Jew in Manhattan
A Hassidic Jew who was assaulted in the lobby of a New York City office building on Monday said security guards and witnesses in the vicinity did nothing to stop the attack, The Algemeiner has learned.
Can You Host a Shlucha?
With the Kinus Hashluchos just one month away, the Kinus office has begun receiving numerous calls from shluchos who very much anticipate attending the Kinus, especially this year, being that it is a Hakhel year, but do not have anywhere to stay.
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