Tonight is Yud Shvat; on this day 65 years ago the Frierdiker Rebbe passed away, and exactly one year later the Rebbe assumed leadership of the Lubavitch movement. We present for out readers a collection of videos and learning material, specially produced and compiled for this auspicious day.
Chabad of Mineola has released a pre-game 2015 Kosher Super Bowl Halftime Show. Hosted by Rabbi Anchelle Perl, the Kosher Halftime Show offers humor and meaningful upbeat insights into Sports Spirituality & Spaghetti!
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon, the 5th of Shevat, 5775, a crowd of nearly two-hundred men, women, children and over a Minyan of Shluchim from Pinellas County, Pasco County, Hillsborough County, Venice, and Gainesville, Florida gathered at Chabad of Clearwater to dedicate the four-thousand square foot Tabacinic Chabad Center and launch the ‘CommUnity Torah.’
The students from Cheder at the Ohel come to school every day from all over Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn and Connecticut. Due to the severe snowstorm Monday evening, regular classes were canceled on Tuesday. However, that doesn’t meet that they had to miss a day of learning.
Yosef and Mushka (nee Ciment) Kramer (Crown Heights)
Texas Governor Rick Perry spoke with members of the Jewish community at Chabad of Iowa’s Maccabee Kosher Deli in Des Moines on Monday, one of the last stops on his latest swing through the home of the nation’s first presidential caucus in his likely bid for the White House in 2016.
Charles Roth served as the executive director of the National Jewish Post for 29 years and also worked as a broadcaster for ABC News. He was interviewed for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in August of 2009.
Shalom Yaakov and Sara (nee Hirsch) Horowitz (Coral Springs, FL)
A would-be-burglar was apprehended thanks to the resident whose apartment he tried breaking into and Shomrim for following the suspect.
Senior Rabbis from across Australia travelled today to the Nation’s Capital to meet with Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Peretz Mochkin (Montreal, Canada) and Rivky Blecher (Melbourne, Australia)
Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in a memorial event for international Holocaust Remembrance Day, the day that Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviet army 70 years ago.
