Once they approach Bat and Bar Mitzvah milestone, tweens typically drop out of Hebrew School. This fact is supported by the findings of a 2008 study commissioned by the Avi Chai Foundation: “enrollment drops precipitously… more students are enrolled in the lower grades than the higher ones.”
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The sudden passing of Uri Gurary, OBM, a bochur from Antwerp, Belgium, who was studying this year in Oholei Torah Zal, brought about a void among his fellow students. The bochurim in the Beis Medrash therefore undertook many hachlotos and leaning sessions as a comfort and L’ilui Nishmas their dear friend and chaver.
Today, as the nation of Israel heads to the polls to elect a new Prime Minister and Knesset, Chabad Chassidim have panned out across the country on a campaign of their own – to help Jews put on Tefilin and pray for the security of Eretz Yisroel.
A Purim miracle. That’s how a Yad L’Achim rescue team described last week’s dramatic evacuation of Ahuva (name changed to protect identity), a Jewish woman, and her three children from a hostile Arab village near Beit Lechem.
Police are investigating after a woman stabbed a man in front of Yeshiva College in Melbourne, Australia, in what they believe to be a domestic assault. Dozens of schoolchildren who were waiting to be picked up are believed to have witnessed the incident.
Follie and Elky (nee Levin) Dubov (Manchester, UK)
The seventh annual Montreal Friendship Circle Hockey Tournament took place on March 7th at the Bill Durnan Arena, and a crowd of more than 500 were treated to a thrilling hockey game.
Experiential, inspiring, welcoming and home are all words that describe the ‘Israel Experience – 2015’ of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy of Longmeadow, MA. Twenty students in 7th and 8th grades recently toured Israel on a packed 10-day trip. They were joined by 18 students from Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy of Orange, CT, with their chaperones.
Shalom Ber and Chanie (nee Grossbam) Cohen (Stony Brook, NY)
Yisroel (ben Ari) Simpson (Crown Heights) and Shevi Katz (Far Rockaway, NY)
It’s a birthday celebration that Rabbi Avrohom Grossbaum of Indianapolis is unlikely to forget anytime soon.
Shaul Zelig Bronstein of Monsey beams as he poses for a photo with the grand prize he won at a raffle this past Motzei Shabbos for all the boys who attended a majority of Avos U’Banim sessions throughout the winter at Congregation Tzemach Tzedek.
Shmuel and Chana (nee Chayempour) Aber (Great Neck, NY)
Eli Laufer (Crown Heights) and Musia Marlow (N. Miami Beach, FL)
At a recent event, the Educational Institute Oholei Torah honored their local 77th Precinct for the ongoing assistance and friendship. Community Affairs officer Tania Salters accepted the award and a US Congressional Citation signed by Congresswoman Yvette Clarke. Mr. Charles Jackson, District Representative for Congresswoman Clarke, came specially to make the presentation.
Today, the 25th of Adar, is the birthday of Rebbetzin Chaya (Moussia) Mushka Schneerson, OBM, wife of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, OBM.
Family and friends of Nadiv Kehaty, OBM, gathered this morning in Montefiore Cemetery in Queens for the Hakamas HaMatzeiva (erecting of the headstone) for the beloved father of four, who died tragically and suddenly last week.
