In honor of Beis Iyar, the day of the Rebbe Maharash’s birthday, we present a chapter detailing an ‘unknown chapter’ in the his life where he fought for Jewish education and protecting young Jewish men from being drafted into the army.
Yisroel and Rishi (nee Kaminetzky) Cohen (Crown Heights)
Heightened security precautions are in place at Jewish institutions in Nashville after a bullet was fired Monday morning at a synagogue in the Tennessee capital.
Sruly and Mushky (nee Frankel) Karasik (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Moshe Dickstein, a Chabad Chassid from Beersheva, was promoted to Major in the IDF this week.
Several dozen graduates of Kfar Chabad’s Beit Sefer L’Mlachah (Vocational School) gathered to mark the 59th anniversary of the horrific terror attack perpetrated against it, in which five students and their teacher were murdered in their classroom.
A Brooklyn-based charity specializes in live kidney donations. And the vast majority of the transplants are utra-Orthodox donors giving to a Jewish stranger.
Avrohom Butman (Westchester, NY) and Sara (bas Yossi – President St) Simpson (Crown Heights)
It has become a rite of passage for IDF soldiers: relieved of their army service, thousands trek the Himalayan mountain ranges and find relief from the stresses of their military service.
The Levaya for Myless (Moshe) Rappaport, a well-known figure in the Crown Heights Jewish community who passed away Friday night, will take place today – passing in front of 770 at 11:00am.
With sadness we inform you of the sudden passing of Reb Sholom Dov Ber (Bernie) Neumark, OBM, a supporter of many Chabad causes, at the age of 75.
New Jersey’s Atlantic City is known worldwide as a haven for gamblers, with millions of tourists flocking each year to its casinos. And yet, in the heart of a city that is seemingly as far away from Jewish values as possible, you will find a thriving Chabad House, headed by Rabbi Shmuel David Rappaport and his wife Tova.
Rabbi Leibel Groner, a secretary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, is Menchem Avel the family of Rabbi Shmuel Wosner, a Torah giant who passed away earlier this month in Bnei Brak.
Aish, a Jewish outreach organization, recently profiled Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz, Shliach to Alpharetta, GA, in an article on its website. Despite his wife Rashi’s sudden death, says Aish, he is determined to live with meaning and joy.
Marking 30 days since the tragic fire in their Flatbush home that claimed their lives, the Matzeivos for the 7 Sassoon children were erected today on Har Hamenuchos in Jerusalem, Israel.
‘KosherSwitch’ is a controversial and revolutionary new technology that purports to allow Orthodox Jews to turn light switches on and off on Shabbos without violating Jewish law.
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