Photos: Gan Israel Parksville Campers head to Camp
Seven buses lined Eastern Parkway this morning with hundreds of excited campers eagerly awaiting to board the buses which will be taking them up to the Camp Gan Israel in Parksville, New York.
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Tank to Promote ‘Tefillin Selfies’ in Memory of Gedalia
A mitzvah tank dedicated to the memory of Gedalya Greenzayd, OBM has embarked on a journey across the east coast. Gedalia, originally from Ukraine, was tragically killed when he was run over by a DOS truck on Kingston Ave. this past winter.
Photos: Campers Head to Gan Israel Montreal
Hundreds of campers, attending Gan Israel Montreal this summer, gathered on President Street late Monday night and packed on to a number of buses, ahead of their long trip to Montreal where they will be spending an exciting summer.
Photo courtesy of Lubavitch Archives.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Eliezer Zirkind, 83, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Eliezer Tzvi Zev ben Mordechai Shachne Zirkind OBM, who was known as the Sofer of the Rebbe as well as of Beis Chayenu, 770. He was 83 years old.
Rabbi Gershon Sandler (right) is starting a Chabad-affiliated overnight camp in the Poconos.
Chabad Overnight Camp Welcomes the Non-Observant
Growing up, Gershon Sandler was not interested in attending Jewish overnight camps. “I was very turned off by Judaism,” he said, recalling how he’d encountered people at his Conservative synagogue’s Hebrew school in northern New Jersey who preached about things they weren’t doing themselves.
The Jewish Exponent
Picture of the Day: A Higher Duty
U.S. Army Colonel Chaplain Jacob Goldstein helps a fellow soldier put on Tefilin for the first time in his life during a military exercise at the Ft. Hunter-Liggett Army Base in Central California.
London Community Welcomes ‘Unity Sefer Torah’
To commemorate 20 years since Gimmel Tammuz, as well as the conclusion of the Shiva for head Shliach to the UK Rabbi Nachman Sudak, OBM, the Chabad community of London and Shluchim from the surrounding areas gathered in Stamford Hill for a grand Siyum and Hachnosas Sefer Torah on Sunday, June 22.
JNet Launches Learning Campaign for Gimel Tamuz
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, this year marking the twentieth anniversary of the Rebbe’s histalkus, Anash and all Jews worldwide are invited to participate in a special learning campaign by JNet, with a chance to win great prizes.
L’chaim: Kamman-Teldon
Pictures from the L’chaim of Yossi Kamman (Crown Heights) and Chanie Teldon (Commack, NY), which took place Sunday night at Chovevei Torah in Crown Heights.
Lamplighters: Getting It Right the First Time Around
Ignite it and they will come. What began as small sparks of hope and determination in four young couples and a lone educator around a Crown Heights dining room table in November 2009, was celebrated on Sunday night, June 15th, by two hundred people around thirty elegantly adorned candle-lit tables in one of the newest venues in Brooklyn.
New Engagement!
Avremel (ben Dayan LY) Raskin (London, UK) and Mushky Gordon (Melbourne, Australia)
Lechaim tonight, Monday at 554 Montgomery St.
[between New York and Brooklyn Avenues]
Algemeiner editor-in-chief Dovid Efune addresses event attendees.
Journalists Awarded for Honest Reporting on Israel
The Algemeiner, founded by Gershon Jacobson in 1972 and currently headed by Dovid Efune, honored two well-known journalists at its third annual Summer Benefit last week in New York City.
Video: Car Bursts into Flames on East New York Ave.
A black Mercedes burst into flames on East New York Ave. near the corner of Brooklyn Ave. in Crown Heights this past weekend. A bystander captured dramatic footage of the incident, which he shared with CrownHeights.info.
Alabama Teens Honored for Volunteer Work
About 100 people joined The Friendship Circle of Alabama for its 2nd Annual Dinner honoring its teen volunteers at the Beit Ariel Chabad Center in Birmingham.
Parents of Kidnapped Students Heartened by ‘Book of Mitzvos’
The parents of three yeshivah students kidnapped by terrorists in Israel said they were “deeply heartened” when they were presented with books containing more than 3,000 pledges of acts of kindness and prayer that have been received on a special web page created by Chabad.org.
Thousands Turn Out for an Hour with the Rebbe
Marking 20 years since Gimmel Tammuz, some 3,000 people filled up Eastern Parkway in front of 770 for an hour of videos of the Rebbe saying Sichos on the topics of Moshiach and Ahavas Yisroel.
Gan Israel Parksville Staff Pre-summer Meeting
Counselors, learning teachers and general staff members, who will be working at Camp Gan Israel in Parksville, NY, met Sunday afternoon for a pre-summer meeting and orientation ahead of the upcoming summer season.
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