Baby Boy!
Zalmen and Shoshana (nee Cohen) Lesches (Montreal, Canada)
New Engagement!
Sholom Dovber Efune (Brighton, UK) and Devora Ebriani (Los Angeles, CA)
Ottawa Shabbaton Rejuvenates Mesivta Bochurim
This past weekend, a select group of Bochurim in Shiur Gimmel of Mesivta Lubavitch-Toronto was rewarded with a Shabbaton to the city of Ottawa, where they were hosted by the Teitelbaum family.
Florida Rabbi Chases Down Burglar on Scooter
Rabbi Avorohom Ezagui, the Lubavitcher Rabbi of a Palm Beach, Florida synagogue, spotted a man acting suspiciously and holding what appeared to be a bag filled with stolen valuables in the Shul’s parking lot.
New Engagement!
Menachem Mendel Abraham (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Chanie Schreiber (West Hartford, CT)
L’chaim will be Thursday night at F.R.E.E.
1383 President St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Aves.]
Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum: Chaplain, Major, Rabbi
Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum describes the path that has led him to his role as director of the Jewish Uniformed Service Association of Maryland as sheer “divine providence.”
‘Day of Judaism’ Marks Chief Rabbi’s 50th Birthday
Thousands of Jewish residents of Moscow gathered in the Marina Roscha neighborhood for a ‘Day of Judaism,’ marking the 50th birthday of Russia’s chief rabbi Berel Lazar.
Picture of the Day: Bar Mitzvah at a Wedding
While filming a wedding in Miami, CJ Studious employee Mendel Mish learned that one of his fellow photographers, Jared, was Jewish and had never put on Tefilin in his life. Mendel helped him wrap up right then and there, making the event a double Simcha – a wedding and a Bar Mitzvah.
Camp Closes Two Weeks Before Summer
Less than two weeks before it was set to begin, Camp Gan Israel of Morristown, NJ, one the largest Chabad day camps in North America, sent out a notice to all its staff and campers that they will not be opening this summer due to insurmountable budget constraints.
From Days Gone By: Peres Learns B’Chavrusa
Outgoing Israeli President and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres is seen in this photo studying Gemara with a Chavrusa during a visit to the Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Lod in 1984. Yesterday morning, MK Reuven Rivlin (Likkud) was elected by the Knesset to replace Peres as Israel’s head of state.
Baby Girl!
Motty and Chanel (nee Deitsch) Lipskier (Crown Heights)
Chidon, Tanya Ba’al Peh Awards and Auction in a Day
Grades 5-6 of Oholei Torah had a triple event day – which included a Chidon Pirkei Avos, Tanya Ba’al Peh awards and a Chinese Auction.
New Engagement!
Zalmy Margolin (Norfolk, VA) and Brocha Kramer (Crown Heights)
Info to be Menachem Avel Kalman Rothman
Mr. Kalman Rothman is sitting Shiva after the passing of his dear mother Mrs. Nora Rothman of Cleveland, Ohio. He will be sitting Shiva at his home, 1545 Carroll St. [between Troy and Schenectady Avenues]. Zmanim for Tefilos are: Shachris […]
Picture of the Day: Tefilin on the Run
Lubavitcher Bochur Mendy Wilansky helps a Jewish marathoner put on Tefilin as he runs alongside him at the Comrades Marathon in Durban, South Africa.
Video: City Bus Catches Fire on Utica Ave.
An MTA bus caught fire this afternoon near the intersection of Utica Ave. and East New York Ave. in Crown Heights. The blaze broke out in the rear of the bus, and had to be put out by firefighters who rushed to the scene.
