Rabbi Elie Estrin is slated to make history this week. The Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi, who co-directs the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center at the University of Washington in Seattle with his wife, Chaya, is set to become the first bearded chaplain in the U.S. Air Force.
A large crowd from the Miami Jewish community gathered at the JLC in Miami Beach on Sunday evening for an emotionally charged evening to raise awareness for child abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community and learn what Jewish Community Watch (JCW) is doing to combat it.
Over 270 students attended a Shabbaton and Pegisha hosted by the Chabad Center of Palermo-El Lazo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, directed by Rabbi Shlomo and Rebbetzin Rachel Levy.
Mrs. Edis Fuss is sitting Shiva after the passing of her father, Mr. Shimon Boruch Wechter, at 1636 President St. [between Schenectady and Utica Aves.] until Friday morning. At the family’s request, please refrain from visiting after 10:00pm. Hamokom Yenachem […]
Mayer Carlebach (Ocean, NJ) and Sara Leah (bas R’ Zev) Feldman (Crown Heights)
L’chaim Sunday night at Bnos Menachem
739 East New York Ave. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Crown Heights District Leader Jesse Hamilton trounced his challenger Rubain Dorancy in Tuesday’s vote for the Democratic Party nomination to fill the vacated State Senate seat of newly-elected Borough President Eric Adams.
Young rabbinical students Mendel Schmukler and Sholom Ber Charitonow have been spending their summer vacation traveling through the U.S. state of Texas, bringing the light of Judaism to the few isolated Jews in the state’s rural areas. The following two stories were told by them, both of which occurred while visiting the city of Houston.
Moshe and Zeesy (nee Klein) Grossbaum (Paramus, NJ)
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Ki Tavo. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: When is one’s joy complete?
With his parents in attendance, Joel Witriol, who back in 2006 became the NYPD’s first Hasidic officer, beamed with pride as he was promoted to sergeant during a Friday ceremony.
Yisroel Jacobs (Holland/London) and Nechama Berger (London)
Two young Lubavitcher boys play together in Brooklyn in the late 1930s. Can you identify them? And can you identify the Brooklyn landmark behind them?
The Toldos Aharon Rebbe, Rabbi Dovid Kahan, visited the Chabad Kollel of Buenos Aires, Argentina while on a visit to the country.
This past Sunday, Mrs. Rosa Melamed passed away in Israel at the age of 93. She was the daughter of Reb Yerachmiel Kugel, OBM, who was the Shochet of Kostroma, and she was the last living witness of the Chag Hageulah of Yud Beis Tammuz.
It’s been 30 years since Rabbi Yossi and Dassie New first arrived in Atlanta from New York. At the time, the rabbi noted that it was “an up-and-coming city” with about 30,000 Jews.
Eli Chaim and Chava Leah (nee Sufrin) Rosha (London, UK)
Except for a simple banner hanging loosely over the entrance, nothing stands out about the modest brownstone on Eastern Parkway. But inside, the converted early-20th century home, is a bevy of activity.
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