Recently the world’s Jewish news outlets reported on the “adoption” of an Orthodox boy by Argentina’s president, ostensibly to prevent him from becoming a werewolf. Interestingly, Rabbi Mendel Kaplan dedicated two classes to this topic in his weekly class that airs on Jewish.tv.
In honor of the fast of Asara B’Teves, commemorating the day Jerusalem was placed under siege before the ultimate destruction of the temple, we present a video of the Rebbe getting an Aliya and reading the Haftorah on this day in 5748 (1988).
Sholom Domnitz (Manchester, England) and Shaina Krafchik (Leeds, England)
Mrs. Leah Arkush has been a Shlucha in Birmingham, England, since 1974. She was interviewed in JEM’s My Encounter studio in Brooklyn, New York, in April of 2014.
One of the participants of an annual trip of the Chabad Brazilian Organization ‘Espaco K’ (‘space’ in Portuguese) put on Tefillin in front of the Taj Mahal in the City of Agra, India. The place is considered as one of the wonders of the world, and attracts millions of tourist each year.
It’s January 1st, and that means registration has begun for the coming summer in Camp Emunah. In honor of the occasion, the girls’ camp released this humorous video, promoting the message that it’s never too early to register.
When a family discovered that an envelope full of cash went missing, they asked their building’s management to review surveillance footage of the building. They were shocked to discover that an African-American woman had broken into their apartment a day earlier.
Menachem and Devorah Rosenzweig (Cedarhurst, NY)
On Shabbos Chanukah, the young members of the ‘EnerJew’ youth movement from the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod enjoyed a special Seminar out in the woods surrounded by nature, fresh air, tranquility and endless snow.
A Jewish community in west Cobb County, Georgia, gathered earlier this month to celebrate inscribing the first letters of a Sefer Torah, which will be finished during the next year by a Sofer in Israel.
Many prominent Rabbonim, Shluchim and politicians gathered in Israel to celebrate with philanthropist Lev Leviev on the wedding of his daughter, Eilat, and her Chosson, Gidon Jacobson, Tuesday night.
At the first ever Chanukah event for the deaf community in New York, the excitement was silent but palpable.
A number of visits to Israel, particularly Jerusalem, have sparked Rabbi Avrohom Stolik‘s interest in archaeology.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Maggid Shiur in Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws of Asara B’Teves for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations and parking meter regulations will be suspended on New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1.
Police are searching for a group of four men who ordered a cab on Uber, then carjacked the driver at gunpoint. The incident occurred Monday, at around 12:45 in the afternoon, on Schenectady Avenue in Crown Heights.
The only words that can adequately describe Chanukah in ‘Simcha’ Monica, CA, this year are “a sensational success.”
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