Police removed two members of Movement to Protect the People – a controversial local activist group – from a community board meeting this past Wednesday night and issued them summonses for disorderly conduct, after the latest in a long line of heated protests over zoning rules in the neighborhood.
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A Pikesville neighborhood in Baltimore County, MD, is up in arms over a proposed Chabad synagogue that would be built on a three-acre property.
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the passing of 5-year-old Adele Biton, HYD, who was critically injured two years ago in a vehicular accident that occurred as a result of a rock-throwing attack by Palestinians in the West Bank.
Jerusalem, the “city united together” according to King David’s Psalms, is truly replete with daily and hourly acts and displays of kindness, brotherhood, and unity. Certainly very high up on this list was the Friendship Circle of Central Jerusalem’s annual “Day of Enrichment and Empowerment” for its 89 dedicated volunteers this past Sunday.
Efi Manshari (Melbourne, Australia) and Sima Piperno (Los Angeles, CA)
On the evening of Chof Beis Shvat, over 120 Lubavitch women gathered at Beth Rivkah in Montreal to remember Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. Everyone was seated in designated seating in order to facilitate getting to know new people.
With the fast approaching deadline to submit a party list for the upcoming Knesset elections, and a record high voter base needed to be elected. Pressure has been mounting on two small right wing parties to join forces.
An overflow crowd of approximately 200 people gathered on Feb. 1 to honor the memory of Shaina Charitonow, who passed away two years ago at the age of 55. The memorial event for the second yahrtzeit took place at the Bais Haknesset Hagadol-Lubavitch synagogue in Buffalo, N.Y., where Mrs. Charitonow served as rebbetzin, and where her husband, Rabbi Shmaryahu Charitonow, is rabbi and director.
Yoel Gewurz (Ramat Aviv, Israel) and Mushka Gold (Crown Heights)
The newly appointed Chief of Staff of the IDF, Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, paid a visit to the Western Wall yesterday to offer prayers of thanksgiving for the miracles and successes in the recent Cast Lead operation in Gaza. He replaces Lt.-Gen. (res.) Benny Gantz.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, the Rebbe’s Mazkir and chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, was honored as Sandek this past Thursday, 23 Shvat, at the Bris of Yakov (“Kovy”) Burston, the newborn son of Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, Shluchim to Orange County, New York.
A Shloshim gathering will be held tonight, Monday, marking thirty days to the passing of Mrs. Tova Gittel Weiss OBM. The event will be for women only and the family invites the community to attend.
In this latest episode of the new interview series Between Two Jews, produced by theCoolJew.com, comedian Moshe Karvitsky interviews one of the Twins from France (Part 2).
Over 3,000 Chabad Shluchos and their guests gathered last night in the Hiltion Hotel in Manhattan for a Gala Banquet marking the culmination of the 5-day International Conference of Shluchos.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Tuesday, February 17, to facilitate snow removal. Alternate Side Parking will also be suspended on Wednesday, February 18, for a Christian holiday, and Thursday, February 19, for Asian Lunar New Year. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect throughout the City.
Writing for the Jewish Press, columnist Mordechai Bulua, a member of Monsey’s Orthodox Jewish Community, describes his experience encouraging non-observant Jews to put on Tefilin, after being challenged to do so by a Lubavitcher friend this past summer as part of the ALS ‘Tefillin challenge.’
Students of Darchai Menachem who excelled in their studies were rewarded with a full day trip up to Shawnee Mountain, a ski resort in the mountains of Pennsylvania, where the students took skiing lessons and spent a day on the ski slopes.
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