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Dozens of Rockets Fired into Southern Israel
Over 60 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel over the past few hours. The Islamic Jihad terror organization is claiming responsibility.
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2 Dead, 22 Hurt, Others Missing in Manhattan Explosion
Two people are dead, 22 are hurt and others are missing after two buildings collapsed following a gas leak explosion that rattled upper Manhattan and shattered windows with a blast that could be felt blocks away.
Photos: Mordechai in Shushan at ULY’s Gan Tmimim
Little ‘Mordechais’ from Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s Gan Tmimim on Crown Street got to feel what Mordechai felt when Haman led him around on the king’s horse and dress, when they all got to ride on a pony in front of their school this morning.
New Engagement!
Rafi Goodwin (Leeds, UK) and Chaya Brocha (bas R’ Eli) Sufrin (London, UK)
Rebbe’s Letter of Comfort to Mrs. Lieberman
As the Chabad community still reels from the shocking news of the passing of Mrs. Rashi Minkowicz, OBM, an unexpected source of comfort has emerged: a prophetic letter of consolation from the Rebbe.
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Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi Motty Gal, OBM
With great sadness and pain we inform you of the untimely passing of yet another member of the Rebbe’s army: Rabbi Motty Gal, OBM, head Shliach to Ramat Gan, Israel. He was 62 years old.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Rashi Minkowicz, OBM
With great sadness, shock and deep pain we inform you of the untimely passing of Mrs. Rashi Minkowicz, OBM, Shlucha to Alpharetta, Georgia. She was 37 years old, and left behind a grieving husband, eight children and community. Levaya Times Added.
Baby Girl!
Sholom and Shaina (nee Rabiski) Rapoport (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Rafael Aron addresses educators in Oholei Torah regarding Call of the Shofar.
Cult Expert Releases Final Report on COTS
Leading cult expert Rabbi Rafael Aron has released a comprehensive report on The Call of the Shofar program, summarizing the information he amassed over the past few months he spent investigating the group.
Camp Emunah Hires New Ruchnius Team for Jr. Division
Steadfast to its continued commitment to offering the most wholesome summer camp experience both b’gashmius and b’ruchnius, Camp Emunah B’nos Yaakov Yehudah has just announced the hiring of a new Ruchnius Team for its Jr. Division.
Vacant Restaurant to Become Chabad House
For two years Rabbi Hershy Bronstein tried to buy the vacant Buffalo Southwestern Café building in Coral Springs, Florida to convert it into a Chabad synagogue. But it took the help of an evangelical Christian and divine providence to make the purchase happen.
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Russian soldiers in Simferopol, Crimea.
Fleeing Crimea for Crown Heights
A little over a week ago, Leah Lipszyc left Simferopol, the Crimean city where she and her husband have been the Chabad emissaries for the past 22 years.
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Girls Schools Come Together for Day of Unity
In honor of Tes Adar, the day the Frierdiker Rebbe arrived in America, the girls of Cheder Lubavitch of Morristown and Cheder Menachem Shluchim School in New Jersey joined together for a special program.
On this day, 9 Adar II, in 1940, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe stepped of the boat that took him from war-torn Europe onto the Piers of New York City and declared "America iz nisht andersh" (America is no different). Here too would a network of Yeshivos, Chadorim, Shuls and Chasidishe institutions be built, despite the overwhelming secularism of America'a Jewish population.
Video: America Is No Different
On this day, 9 Adar II, in 1940, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe stepped of the boat that took him from war-torn Europe onto the Piers of New York City and declared “America iz nisht andersh” (America is no different). Here too would a network of Yeshivos, Chadorim, Shuls and Chasidishe institutions be built, despite the overwhelming secularism of America’a Jewish population.
New Engagement!
Shmulik (ben R’ Moshe) Moscowitz (Chicago, IL) and Yael Michaan (S. Paulo, Brazil)
L’chaim will be tonight at the Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Pkwy. [corner Kingston Ave.]
Op-Ed: The Cantonist Decree in 21st Century Canada
When I read the news this morning that two teenage girls of the Lev Tahor sect are undergoing a hunger strike after being separated from their parents by Canadian authorities, I came to the conclusion that I could no longer remain silent in the face of such a grave injustice. After all, if we don’t speak out for them, who will speak out when they come for our children?
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Educators Lecture on How to Raise Chasidim
On Monday evening in the Oholei Torah ballroom, 100 member of the Crown Heights community, mother and fathers, gathered to receive guidance from a panel of veteran educators on the topic ‘Raising Chasidim in America Today.’
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