Baby Girl!
Chaim and Nechama (nee Estrin) Hershkowitz (Crown Heights)
Twin Boys!
Mendy and Chaya Mushka (nee Moscowitz) Hecht (Prospect Heights, NY)
Ukrainian Jews Flee War Zones
Anna Kroll sighs with relief. She’s grateful for the opportunity to care for her month-old daughter in the comfort and quiet of the Chabad-run old age home in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, where she has found refuge. The Lugansk native watched her hometown erupt in violence over the past few months. Recently, as the situation grew more dangerous, she escaped with her extended family and newborn to Eastern Ukraine’s largest Jewish community, where she was welcomed with open arms.
Baby Boy!
Shloimy and Mirele (nee Kugel) Greenwald (Crown Heights)
Video: Making the World G-d’s Home
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Masei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one make this world into G-d’s home?
Yaldei Barbecue in Prospect Park Draws Hundreds
Yaldei Shluchei HaRebbe hosted its first summertime fundraiser this past week at the Prospect Park Picnic House. The event, a men’s barbecue, honored Rabbi Yisroel Wilhelm, Shliach to the university of Colorado, Yaldei board member and the father of a child with special needs.
A Determined Resolve as Israel Buries Its Fallen Soldiers
As funerals for soldiers killed in battle over the weekend were held throughout Israel, the Israel Defense Forces announced that seven more ground troops and officers had died on Monday. As family, friends and fellow soldiers gathered to mourn the fallen, there was a determined resolve that was palpable everywhere.
Video: The Week in Review at YSP
The fourth week of camp was filled with excitement, learning, fun and inspiration at Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ.
Story: Another Year, Another Miracle
Yoel Brill, former director of the Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society (RCCS) and founder of A Hope to Heal, related the following story he experienced last night while visiting the Rebbe’s Ohel in anticipation of tonight’s RCCS barbecue in Flatbush
Mumbai Chabad House Restored; Nears Completion
On Rosh Chodesh Elul, August 26, 2014, a grand dedication ceremony will be held for the newly-restored Nariman House, the Chabad Center in Mumbai, India that was destroyed during a four-day terrorist siege which claimed the lives of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg, HYD, and four other Jews.
Cheder at the Ohel to Open ‘Mechina’ Class
Cheder at the Ohel has announced that a ‘Mechina’ class will be opening this fall for boys ages 13-14. The location for this class will be near the Ohel, with transportation provided to and from Crown Heights.
Op-Ed: Loose Lips Sink Ships
A mutual acquaintance of mine who was once employed at the Pentagon cafeteria, overheard very high ranking military men conversing over lunch and mockingly refer to the active troops as “fodder”. They were high and mighty luxury-office-suite- commanders and the little poor men who were under their command were merely their fodder.
Info to Be Menachem Avel Kuperman Family
The Kuperman family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, Reb Chaim Aaron, OBM, at 591 Lefferts Ave. [Between Kingston and Albany Aves.]. Shachris: 7:30 & 8:30. Mincha: 7:30 & 7:45. Maariv: Bizmana. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar […]
Summer Program Brings Students Closer to Judaism
In a leafy neighborhood in Montreal, Canada, 10 Jewish young adults just completed a two-week shot in the arm of Judaism that included guest lectures, daily prayers, one-on-one Talmud study and a weekend trip to New York.
Photos: Montreal Campers Enjoy Theme Park
Campers and counselors at Camp Gan Israel-Montreal enjoyed an exciting and fun trip to La Ronde, a Quebec amusement park, where they spent the day riding roller coasters and enjoying other rides and games.
From Days Gone By: Gan Yisroel-Montreal, 1975
The bunk of counselor Aron Wolf (today a Chabad rabbi and Sofer in Chicago) poses for a group portrait at Camp Gan Yisroel-Montreal in the summer of 1975. Can you identify any of the campers?
Survey: Jews Most Popular Religious Group in U.S.
Jews are the most warmly regarded religious group in America, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.
