From Days Gone By: Gan Israel-Napa Valley, 1976
A counselor davens with his bunk at Camp Gan Israel of Napa Valley, California, in the summer of 1976. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
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Hamas Fires New Barrage of Rockets at Israel
Three loud explosions were heard over Tel Aviv on Tuesday night shortly before 11 p.m. as a salvo of rockets was launched from the Gaza Strip.
Video: Black Is the New Orange
The Jerusalem Post recently ran a feature article on Montreal Shliach Rabbi Zushe Silberstein and his work with the Jewish inmates of Quebec’s prisons, both before and after their release. This video, titled ‘Black Is the New Orange,’ accompanies the article.
Left: David Menachem Gordon. Right: Volunteers searching Tuesday for the missing soldier.
Boruch Dayan Ho’emes: IDF ‘Lone Soldier’ Found Dead
The body of 21-year-old David Menachem Gordon, an American ‘lone soldier’ in the IDF who was reported missing after failing to appear at his posts since Sunday, has been found. An IDF spokesperson said the soldier’s lifeless body was found in central Israel, with his weapon lying at his side.
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Almost Two Dozen Shot in NYC Over Weekend
Two people were killed and 21 injured in more than a dozen separate shootings in New York City over the weekend. The gun violence, scattered around four New York boroughs, is part of a recent increase in shooting incidents in the city, despite a sharp decline in crime over the past two decades.
New Edition of Historic Mafteach Published
Shortly after its first printing two years ago, the Sefer Hamaftechos L’Sichos Kodesh – which was compiled by Rabbi Michoel Seligson, had sold out. Due to popular demand, it is now available once again.
Picture of the Day: Camp Emunah Group Portrait
The oldest and largest Lubavitch overnight camp for girls – Camp Emunah-B’nos Yaakov Yehudah – posed for a group portrait as it completes its 62nd summer season.
New Engagement!
Mendy Baitch (Crown Heights) and Nechama Dina Varnai (Beitar, Israel)
L’chaim tonight, Tuesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Video: Why We Are Faced with Challenges
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Re’eh. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Why are we faced with challenges?
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Op-Ed: Should Israel Defend Itself?
As a close observer of, and someone who is concerned with, the recent Israel-Hamas war, and with the knowledge that such a war is as much about winning the world’s support and sympathy as it is defensive and offensive, I find Israel’s PR strategy disheartening and insufficient.
by Meir Yedidya
Press Conference Decries Hate and Crimes against Community
Politicians and residents gathered on the street corner where a 24-year-old Jewish man was attacked last week in a suspected hate crime, in order to decry the violence. Following the press conference they went to the Raksin home to deliver bouquets of flowers.
The new campus—right off Florida’s Turnpike—will make the commute that much simpler for families aiming to provide their child a customized Jewish and secular education.
Special-Education Gets a Boost in South Florida
It all began in 2007 when Rabbi Yossi and Baila Gansburg purchased a former school for children with special needs to house their Chabad center, Chabad Lubavitch of Coconut Creek and West Pompano Beach in South Florida. Now, seven years and 70 students later, they are poised to open a state-of-the art, 33,000-square-foot facility.
Mourners accompany the casket of Reb Yosef Raskin, HYD, at his funeral in Crown Heights.
Clues Emerge in Case of Rabbi Murdered in Miami
New clues have emerged in the case of Rabbi Yosef Raksin, HYD, of Crown Heights, who was fatally shot on Shabbos morning, August 9th, while visiting family in North Miami Beach.
Over 800 Attend 10th Annual Jewish Summer Fest
More than 800 people participated in the 10th Annual Jewish Summer Fest at the Jersey Shore on Sunday, August 17th. The Event was sponsored by Chabad at the Shore.
Bungalow Fire Claims Life of 3-Year-Old Boy
Aron Follman, a three-year-old boy from Borough Park, passed away Sunday night in a bungalow fire at Camp Mareh Yechezkel in Liberty, New York.
Photo: Yaakov Rosenthal - 718-221-0483.
Picture of the Day: Devorah’s Newest Wedding Service
Devorah Benjamin, director of Keren Simchas Chosson V’kallah, videotapes the Chuppah of young couple whose wedding she attended last night.
Shluchim Urge Continuation of Fight Against Terrorism
During the 35th annual Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim Conference in the central Israeli city of Kfar Saba this weekend, the Shluchim released a statement in which they urged Israeli leaders to disregard world opinion and not to stop its war against the terrorists even for one minute, until it completely removes any threat to the residents of the Holy Land.
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