Photos: ‘Bog War’ at CGI-Parksville
Campers and staff at Gan Yisroel-Parksville were split into three teams for ‘Bog War,’ the first month of camp’s version of color war.
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In Face of Anti-Semitism, French Jews Deepen Identity
In the latest of anti-Jewish activity in France, protestors attempted to storm two synagogues in Paris on Sunday. The country’s growing Muslim population—now estimated by some at about 6.5 million, representing roughly 10% of its population—is raising the worrisome specter that France is slowly becoming a Muslim stronghold, threatening the French way of life. It has already become conspicuously inhospitable to France’s long-time Jewish population, causing many Jews with deep roots in France to emigrate after feeling increasingly vulnerable.
Baby Boy!
Zevi and Musia (nee Fradkin) New (S. Diego, CA)
Baby Girl!
Meir and Chaviva (nee Katz) New (Crown Heights)
Baby Boy!
Pinny and Fraida (nee Hoffer) Bard-Wigdor (Crown Heights)
Video: The Best Protection for an IDF Soldier
In a Sicha delivered during the first Lebanon War in 1982, the Rebbe said that the best possible protection for an IDF soldier is to have a letter written in a Sefer Torah on his behalf. (Subtitles in Hebrew.)
Twins! Boy and Girl!
Cheskel and Bayla (nee Sandman) Edelman (New Haven, CT)
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Sholomke and Mushka (nee Greenberg) Nagar (Crown Heights)
Video: Creating Peace
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Matos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one create peace?
West Nile Virus Detected in NYC Mosquitoes
For the first time this season, the Health Department has detected West Nile virus in New York City mosquitoes.
From Days Gone By: Gan Yisroel-Parksville, 1983
The bunk of counselor Mendy Herson (today director of Chabad of Basking Ridge, NJ) poses for a group portrait at Camp Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY, summer of 1983. Can you identify any of the campers?
Photos: Visiting Day in Gan Israel, Montreal
On Sunday, the campers of Gan Israel in Montreal, Canada were visited by their families, who enjoyed many fun activities together both on and off camp grounds despite the rainy weather.
De Blasio’s Promise to Cut Unnecessary Tickets Falling Short
Records show that New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s promise to dramatically cut the number of unnecessary tickets given out to New Yorkers is falling a bit short, and that the total number of summonses issued over the first five months of 2014 is up from 2013.
Photo: Shturem.net
Picture of the Day: First Tefilin in 89 Years
During a recent conference for European rabbis, Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar greeted a 102-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor, who informed him that he had not put on Tefilin since his Bar Mitzvah in 1926! The chief rabbi immediately helped the man put on Tefilin and say a prayer, which the man did with tears in his eyes.
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Israel Suffers First Fatality Due to Hamas Projectile
Two Israelis were wounded following a barrage of rocket and mortar fire, one of whom succumbed to his wounds. The victim, Dror Chanin, 37, was at the Erez Crossing delivering food and cheer to soldiers when a barrage of rockets and mortars rained down and critically wounding him.
Photos: Visiting Day at CGI-Florida
On Sunday, the campers of Gan Israel in Lake Worth, Florida were visited by their families, who enjoyed many fun activities together both on and off camp grounds.
Photos: Benny Friedman Rocks YSP
Last night, on the eve of the fast of 17 Tammuz and the three week period of mourning during which music is prohibited, singing star Benny Friedman performed a lively concert for the students of the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ.
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