CHYE Launches Revamped Site
Crown Heights Young Entrepreneurs (CHYE) has announced the launch of its newly revamped website, CHYE.info.
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The aftermath of Hurricane Odile in Cabo, Mexico. Inset: Rabbi Benny Hershcovich.
Mexico Shluchim Out of Contact After Hurricane Hits
Hurricane Odile has wrecked havoc on the glittery beach destination of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Chabad Shluchim Rabbi Benny and Sonia Hershcovich, who have been serving the community diligently throughout the ordeal, are out of communication and need serious assistance.
Update: Shluchim contacted; need urgent assistance.
Belgian Synagogue Hit By Arson Attack
A woman and two children were treated for smoke inhalation at a local hospital on Tuesday following an early morning fire that broke out on the fourth floor of a synagogue in Anderlecht, located in southern Brussels, Belgium. The synagogue is led by Rabbi Menachem Hadad, Chief Rabbi of Brussels and a Chabad emissary.
Video: Rush Hashanah Traffic
Produced by JETS Creative Wing, this video aims to encourage Jewish men and women to join in for services this Rosh Hashanah at their local Chabad House.
Monsey Bus Driver Arrested for Abandoning Cheder Chabad Kids
A school bus driver in the East Ramapo School District was arrested for allegedly dropping off young students of the Cheder Chabad of Monsey on a busy road almost a mile away from their bus stop.
Video: Bella Bracha Gift Vending Machine
“Everyone loves Bella Bracha,” said the creators of the popular Jewish children’s DVD, “so we set up a Bella Bracha gift vending machine on Kingston Avenue for our little fans.”
Baby Girl!
Dovid Leib and Sara (nee Grossman) Halon (Crown Heights)
1,000+ Montreal Women at ‘Mega Challah Bake’
It was the hottest event in town with tickets completely sold out and community members trying to frantically secure a place last minute, and what an event it was! Mega Challah Bake 2014 was a tremendous, inspiring, life changing experience. One thousand women from all walks of Jewish life from every community in Montreal packed into one room, all there to do the Mitzvah of baking Challah, and hundreds more watching live from their homes.
Couple Creates Chabad Presence in Montclair
Rabbi Yaacov Leaf and his wife Ita, along with their two children, are hoping to establish a Chabad presence in Montclair, NJ, to serve the needs of the local and surrounding Jewish community.
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Israel: ISIS May Attack Jews Around the World
Israeli security officials on Monday issued a severe terror alert for citizens warning of potential “attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets around the world, especially in Western Europe, by global jihad elements (including ISIS), specifically by fighters returning home from Syria and Iraq.”
Top Left: 'Friends' actor Elliot Gould. Top Right: Star Trek actor William Shatner. Bottom: Artist's rendition of the new campus.
Celebrities Support Eco-Friendly Chabad Campus
In the month of September, children across the country begin the new school year, excitedly meeting new teachers and classmates. The children at Maimonides Jewish Day School and The Gan–Portland Jewish Preschool in Portland, Ore., however, returned to something quite different: a new school.
Released Time Instructors Instructed
For most Americans, Labor Day is an annually anticipated day of fun and barbecuing. For many Brooklynites however, it is just one of those dreaded days when the city is gridlocked, leaving those in it grounded until all the chaos is over. But for one group, this year’s Labor Day had a pleasant surprise in store: a surprise that would prove to be both entertaining and empowering for the unique task which lies ahead of them this year.
New Engagement!
Shmuely Goldman (South Africa) and Frumi Goldman (Crown Heights)
L’chaim tonight, Monday, at Chovevi Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy. [between Albany and Troy Aves.]
Bottom Right: Rabbi Levi and Bracha Mimoun with their students.
A Welcome Addition to Jewish Student Life in Paris
When Michael S. of Strasbourg, France, was considering pursuing his graduate studies at the HEC business school outside of Paris (called HEC Paris), he had some hard choices to make.
Vaad Expands Tishrei Programming to Female Guests
Following its success introducing responsible Tishrei programming for male Tishrei guests, the recently-formed Vaad Hachnosas Orchim will be doing the same this Tishrei for girls.
The author, Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky (c) dancing with his son Mendel at his Bar Mitzvah with his great grandfather Rabbi Mordechai Altein.
Shliach Publishes Personal Diaries of Tishrei ’92
Just in time for the upcoming month of Tishrei, a magnificent album and diary has just been released, it is entitled Yemai Bracha. It includes the personal diaries of Chabad Historian Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky, Shliach in Monroe, NJ, of Tishrei 5752.
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