Sheldon Silver Arrested on Corruption Charges
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who has been one of the most powerful men in Albany for more than two decades, was arrested Thursday.
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KSCVK and Devorah Benjamin will be hosting their annual auction on Sunday, May 25th. Will you be coming in person?
If you are unable to join in person, don’t forget to purchase your tickets online at kscvk.org.
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Carrying forward the legacy of Reb Shmuel Moshe Hakohen Benjamin A”H
Torah to Commemorate Rashi’s 1st Yahrtzeit
It is hard to believe that nearly a year has passed since Rashi Minkowitz, shlucha, mother, daughter and wife has passed away. The shock and horror of her premature passing left a deep imprint on us all. We can each remember exactly where we stood, when we heard the tragic news. At that time, there was an international outpouring of grief; a sincere desire to do something, indeed anything, in her memory.
Camp L’maan Achai Hosts Shabbaton in Miami
Camp L’man Achai recently organized a meaningful shabbaton in Miami, Florida. The Shabbaton, which was held on Shabbos Parshas Va’era, gave campers from all around Florida the opportunity to truly enjoy an authentic and heartwarming Shabbos experience together with their friends and staff from summer camp.
Shliach Opens State Senate with Prayer Invocation
Yesterday, Rabbi Zalman Heber, Shliach in Tacoma, Washington, was honored to open the Washington State Senate floor with a prayer invocation.
Bnei Aliya Uplifted by Ski Getaway Shabbaton
It was another perfect Shabbos and ski getaway for the vibrant young Bnei Aliya. It was set in beautiful home upstate NY, surrounded by nature, delicious Shabbos meals, no cell phones and an amazing group of guys. It was the perfect setting to reconnect and experience Shabbos.
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Refoel and Chaya Mushka (nee Sufrin) Harkham (Sydney, Australia)
Here’s My Story: How Important Is It to You?
Mr. Bentzion Rader was a practicing chartered accountant in London, England for almost forty years. He enjoyed a personal relationship with the Rebbe from 1966, and was interviewed for JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in his home three times between 2007 and 2010.
Video: How Can We Bring the Redemption Closer?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Bo. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we bring the redemption closer?
Richard Rogers, 16, is wanted in connection with seven Crown Heights robberies.
Teen Wanted for String of Armed Robberies in Crown Heights
Police have identified and are searching for a 16-year-old suspect in a string of robberies – some of them at gunpoint – in Crown Heights.
Anti-Rezoning Activists’ Flyers Have Anti-Semitic Undertones
The Movement to Protect the People (MTOPP), an organization opposed to any and all efforts to rezone areas in Crown Heights for further development, has recently distributed flyers rallying members of the African-American community to disrupt an upcoming Community Board-9 meeting at which the rezoning proposal will be voted on.
Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff with kids from the unique camp last year.
Deaf, But Not Excluded
A Jewish overnight summer camp may be an experience most Jewish kids have come to expect, but it was with the opening last summer of a program created for deaf Jewish children–the only such program in the world–that they too, will have the same benefit. Now two Israeli deaf children will also get to join, promising to make summer 2015 the experience of a lifetime for them.
L’chaim: Drizin – David
Pictures from the L’chaim of Moshe Drizin (Crown Heights) and Racheli David (Staten Island, NY), which took place Sunday night at Oihel Nosson in Crown Heights.
Video: ‘Ashreinu’ over Israeli Airwaves
This past Motzei Shabbos, Chabad singer Nemuel Harouche was hosted on the “Live Motzei Shabbos” radio program on the Kol Chai station in Israel, where he sang a lively rendition of the classic Lubavitcher Niggun “Ashreinu.”
Civil-War Era Jewish Cemetery in Nevada Restored
In 1864, The Eureka Hebrew Society purchased a plot of ground on Cedar Hill, in Virginia City, Nevada, for a cemetery. The cemetery served Virginia City’s Jewish community for years, but has since fallen into serious disrepair, decades of overgrowth concealing tombstones.
Palestinian Terrorist Stabs 12 on Tel Aviv Bus
A Palestinian terrorist stabbed twelve passengers on a Tel Aviv bus this morning, Wednesday. The 23-year-old man from the West Bank city of Tulkarem was later shot in the leg by police after he got off the bus. He is under arrest and is being questioned.
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Mendy and Chaya (nee Latowicz) Lubin (Ventura beach, CA)
Impromptu Chavrusas Celebrate Milestone
It happened on Shabbas Yud Shevat, 2008, in the main Shul of 770 Eastern Parkway. Rabbi Yosef Katzman was talking with a friend and noticed a new face in the crowd. Rabbi Katzman introduced himself and Gershon Felberbaum from Monsey replied with a warm handshake. After a few brief words, Rabbi Katzman asked Gershon if he wanted to learn Chassidus together.
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