Last week marked the conclusion of an amazing and successful summer for Camp Gan Israel in Lake Worth, Florida. 100 campers enjoyed the inaugural year in the camps brand new grounds in the Florida Everglades.
Jews from all walks of life gathered in the Beis Menachem Shul of Tannersville, New York for an evening of Chassidus and Nigleh in honor of The Rebbe’s father Reb Levi Yitzchok.
On Friday, the Federal Appeals Court ruled on a motion challenging the New York City regulation on metzitzah b’peh and informed consent. The court ruled that the regulation “…targets a religious practice for special burdens” and therefore violated the First Amendment guarantee of a person’s right to free exercise of religion.
A 29-year-old woman was killed in a horrific crash on Eastern Parkway early Sunday morning. Witnesses said that a sports car was driving in excess of 80 miles-per-hour when it struck a sedan, killing the teenaged passenger and leaving car parts strew across an entire city block. Update: Both drivers arrested.
Last week, over one thousand Jews from all walks of life gathered for five days of learning and inspiration at JLI’s National Jewish Retreat in Chicago. Our Jewish brothers and sisters in Eretz Yisroel were on the minds and hearts […]
Moshe Zalman and Chani (nee Geisinsky) Kaminetzky (Crown Heights)
Holocaust survivor Sam Zelikson, 85, recently put on tefillin for the first time on an unlikely day, Tisha B’Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar.
As the summer draws to a close, bochurim attending the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ bid farewell at the grand banquet to their newly-found friends and dedicated counselors and teachers. The next morning they packed their luggage and boarded the buses which would take them back home.
Thanks to Chabad of Ashkelon, some 150 children with their parents finally had a summer vacation.
A police officer stands alongside Eastern Parkway with a radar gun, nabbing motorists who exceed the newly-mandated 25 miles per hour speed limit, and slapping them with a hefty fine.
On Thursday Night, over 75 bochurim from Melbourne (Yeshiva Gedolah & Mesivta) gathered in the Yeshiva Gedolah to commemorate the Rebbe’s father’s 70th Yahrtzeit.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Shlomo simons will lead a discussion on the topic – The wishlist within: A discussion about shidduchim in honor of 15 Menachem Av.
Mr. Evsey Neymotin recalls his father’s efforts in assisting Rabbi Levi Yitzchak and Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, the Rebbe’s parents, when they arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan, as well as the Rebbe’s expressions of gratitude when the Neymotins arrived in the United States many decades later.
Did you ever see a Jew run in to a store and head straight to the front of the line saying: “Excuse me; you’ll all have to wait while I take care of my business? You see I’m Jewish, you know it’s that ‘Chosen’ thing. Membership after all has its privileges.” Have you ever heard of a Jew paying less for something because of his special “Jew Discount”? (This, of course, should not be confused with our knack for bargaining). The answer is obviously no.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe from the Lag Ba’omer parade of 1983.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Eikev. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we train our thought, speech and action to be pure and eternal?
A Jewish boy was attacked on President Street by a group of 4 black teenagers, the assault bore striking similarities to last night’s incident. A Jewish man was assaulted on Nostrand Avenue by 4 or 5 black men, one of them sprayed the victim with mace.
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