Schneor and Estie Greenberg met as young people when she lived in Crown Heights in Brooklyn and he was a student visiting from Israel. The two eventually married and came to Oakland County a dozen years ago. Now at the corner of “Commerce and Commerce in Commerce,” the couple is overseeing the construction of the first Jewish synagogue –– Chabad Jewish Center of Commerce –– in the lakes area of greater Detroit, MI.
In honor of the month of Iyar, the month of healing, we present this week a letter of the Rebbe about health, containing encouraging words to a woman despondent about her grim health situation. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
After the success of a pre-Pesach campaign undertaken by members of the Crown Heights community to help the financially struggling Kollel keep its lights on, a new push is being undertaken to put the venerated institution, which was founded by the Rebbe in 1962 and now bears his name, on the path to fiscal solvency.
The nine winners of Lubavitch Elementary School of Miami’s Tanya B’al Peh contest earned a trip to New York, where they visited the Rebbe’s Ohel and attended the world’s largest Lag Ba’omer parade on Eastern Parkway.
Chabad of Georgetown, Brooklyn, directed by Rabbi Avrohom Holtzberg, hosted a grand Lag Ba’omer carnival and fair, which was enjoyed by thousands of local children and adults alike.
Hundreds of men, women and children, including prominent Rabbonim and community leaders, gathered this afternoon in front of 770 Eastern Parkway to accompany the recently deceased 2-year-old boy, Levi Nemon, on to his final resting place.
Many people exercise in Prospect Park, especially now that the warm weather has arrived. Tens of thousands of Brooklynites, including many members of our community, use the park every day to go bike-riding, walking or jogging. But according to a report on Yeshiva World News, recreationists should beware of their surroundings at all times, as the park’s crime-ridden past is not completely behind us.
“I don’t believe it!” This was the initial reaction of the ambassadors and representatives of 23 European countries when the results of a comprehensive survey commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League were published this week. The survey produced worrying results regarding levels of anti-Semitism and the violation of religious freedoms in every country.
It was 1992 when Howard Feinstein first opened the door to his Lower Manhattan office to find a black-hatted young man staring back at him. “Excuse me, Sir,” the boy asked, “are you Jewish?” “Of course, I’m Jewish,” Howard replied.” I even had a Bar Mitzvah!” “Well, would you like to put on tefillin?” the yeshiva boy shot back with a grin. “I’m sorry, but I’m quite busy today,” said Howard. “Here’s 20 bucks for charity. Have a nice day.”
The Head Staff of Camp Gan Yisroel of Parksville, NY recently met with the camp’s veteran executive director, Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov, to discuss plans for the upcoming summer.
Despite the imposition of martial law in Thailand on Monday by the military, and the Israeli Foreign Ministry’s raising of Thailand’s terror threat level to “very high concrete threat” after the arrest of two Hezbollah-linked terrorists who were targeting Israelis, Thailand’s Chabad delegation argues there is nothing to fear.
On Sunday, Lag Ba’omer, Boston area Shluchim united to produce an unprecedented event, drawing a crowd of nearly 2,000 people from all over Eastern Massachusetts.
Avremi and Shayal (Nee Rabinowitz) Rosenthal (Laurderhill, FL)
It is with a heavy heart, sadness and deep pain that we inform you of the tragic and very untimely passing of Yisroel Levi Yitzchok ben Binyomin YBD”L Nemon, OBM, a 21-month-old toddler who fell from a window earlier this morning. Levaya information added.
The 11 year-old son of Menachem Stark, a Chasidic landlord who was murdered a few months ago, was robbed at knife-point in Williamsburg Monday evening by three teenaged hoodlums who threatened to kill him before making off with his bicycle.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Bamidbar. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is the greatest asset of the Jewish people?
On Monday evening, a Chabad family, Shluchim in the south of Israel, suffered through a terrifying ordeal when their vehicle was ambushed by a group of Bedouins as they were traveling through the Negev desert. The mob surrounded their vehicle and attempted to smash through the windows with large rocks.
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