Hundreds Attend Chabad Seder in Thailand
More than 400 people sang their way through the Haggadah on the first night of Passover at the Seder held at the Chabad House of Bangkok, Thailand.
Members of the national soccer team of Israel walk in the Raul Wallenberg Memorial Park in the garden of the Dohany Street Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary.
Jews and Sports: The Call to Ban Israel
The Israel National soccer team could be facing a possible World Cup ban, including other soccer sanctions, unless it alleviates travel restrictions and increases field access for Palestinian players and coaches.
by Yossi Goldstein
Photo: VIN News / Flash 90.
Photos and Video: Birchas Kohanim at the Western Wall
Over 60,000 people gathered on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem this morning for an awe inspiring Birchas Kohanim, chanted by thousands of Kohanim with their hands raised under the cover of Talesim.
Photo: Meir Alfasi.
Chabad Delivers 200,000 Matzos to IDF Soldiers
Chabad in Israel teamed up with the Friends of the IDF organization to distribute over 200,000 handmade Shmura Matzos to Israeli soldiers around the country.
At the Brink of War, Kharkov Welcomes New Torah
Despite the political instability sweeping through the city and the rest of Eastern Ukraine, the Jewish community of Kharkov joined together to celebrate the completion of a new Sefer Torah on the Eve of 11 Nissan.
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Container Arrives in Nepal Just in Time for Seder
Over 1,000 Jewish travelers breathed a sigh of relief when, after having been stuck for weeks in an Indian port due to a strike by Israel’s Foreign Ministry, a container of supplies needed by Chabad of Nepal to conduct the world’s largest Seder arrived just hours before the onset of Yomtov.
Israeli soldiers at the shooting site.
1 Dead, 2 Injured in Pesach Eve Terror Attack
Palestinian terrorists opened fire on a Jewish family traveling to attend a Seder in the West Bank Monday afternoon, killing the father and wounding the mother and one of the several children in the car.
Fire Damages Ottawa Chabad; Pesach Plans Go On
A fire last week in the Rohr Chabad Student Network of Ottawa building in Canada has damaged the home that serves as the communal gathering spot for Jewish students and as the residence for the area’s emissaries, Yocheved and Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky and their five daughters, ages 2 to 10.
Photos: Crown Heights Rabbis Sell the Chometz
Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba and Rabbi Shlomo Segal met this morning to perform the traditional sale of the Chometz [leavened breads] to a gentile in the Kolel Tiferes Z’keinim room in 770. Rabbis Moshe Bogomilsky and Shimon Hecht did the same at the offices of the NCFJE.
Photos: Burning the Chometz in Crown Heights
Crown Heights residents set out this morning to fulfill the custom of Biur Chometz – the burning of the leavened bread before Passover. As in previous years, an area in front of 770 was designated as the main location for this purpose.
Family of Rabbi Benzion and Elka Chanowitz.
After 70 Years of Kaddish, Children of Holocaust Survivors Discover Truth
Cousins unknown to each other for decades following the Holocaust have been reunited this week with a stunning discovery that shook them to their very core.
Alternate Side Parking Suspended Tuesday to Friday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Tuesday through Friday, April 15-18 for Passover. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
‘Mr.’ Stores Distribute Produce and Clothes for Pesach
Mr. Greens and Mr. Clean, both Albany Avenue merchants, helped ease some members of the community’s Pesach financial burden by distributing donated and unclaimed clothes and shoes, as well as cases of quality produce to needy families in Crown Heights.
Teachers Aided with Pesach Expenses
Once again this year, the teachers of Oholei Torah were given helping hand in relieving the financial burden of the cost of produce and poultry ahead of the upcoming Yom Tov of Pesach.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Philip (Shraga Feivel) Schneider, OBM, father of Reb Yerachmiel Schneider of Crown Heights. He was 83 years old.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Philip Schneider, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Philip (Shraga Feivel) Schneider, OBM, father of Reb Yerachmiel Schneider of Crown Heights. He was 83 years old.
Frozen Lakes Cause Massive Whitefish Shortage
Just 24 hours before the onset of Pesach, kosher consumers everywhere are scrambling to find whitefish alternative after an exceptionally cold winter has created a massive whitefish shortage.
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