Thousands of men, women and children from throughout South Florida are expected to arrive at Marlins Park on Sunday, May 18, 2014, the festive Jewish holiday of Lag B’omer, to express Jewish pride, joy and unity.
Many countries have nuclear weapons, and many more want them. Only one, though, has its neighbors and the world terrified. That country is Iran.
Rabbi Shmuel Hahn of Crown Heights is sitting Shiva after the passing of his brother, R. Yosef Zalman, OBM, at 1002 44th St. Apt. #3T [corner 10th Ave.] in Borough Park. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion V’yerushalaim.
Preparations for the great Lag Ba’omer Parade are well underway, as hundreds of volunteers work feverishly to make sure that the tens of thousands of children attending will have the time of their lives amid a remarkable display of Jewish pride.
Viera Rodriguez, a 65-year-old man, was arrested for stabbing another man in Crown Heights Sunday morning after a heated argument broke out between them.
Over 700 people gathered Wednesday night, April 30th, at Yeshiva University’s Lamport Audtorium for an event titled ‘Living the Legacy of the Rebbe and the Rav,’ which explored the relationship between the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Rav Y. B. Soleveichik.
On Yud daled Kislev a couple of years ago an idea was born: for a nominal fee of $100, Devorah Benjamin of KSCVK will take your name, the name of your child, friend or relative and daven at the Ohel for a shidduch. The money will go straight to KSCVK’s fund for Crown Heights Chassanim and Kallos.
Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, directed by Shluchim Rabbi Yitzchok and Nechamie Minkowicz, hosted 25 Girls from the Rohr Bais Chaya Mushka High School for a beautiful and inspiring Shabbaton.
At the Chabad Hebrew School of Orange County, NY, directed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, mothers and students beaded, giggled, squeezed and celebrated on Mother’s Day.
Kehot Publication Society has just released The Art of Giving, a discourse on tzedakah, as part of the acclaimed Chasidic Heritage Series.
Is Mother’s Day one day or every day? What do Frum Jews do to celebrate Mother’s Day? Is Mother’s Day a Jewish concept or a made-up secular holiday. Join Moshe Kravitsky as he journeys around Flatbush for TheCoolJew.com to get answers to all these questions.
This Pesach Sheini, Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights invites all women of the community to join its volunteers, families of patients and friends of the organization on a group trip to the Ohel, where they will unite in prayer for the health of the members of our community who so desperately need our prayers.
A crowd of some 300 strong gathered in Essex, UK, last week for “Celebration 30,” paying tribute to Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin MBE and his wife Devorah for their 30 years of shlichus and community service.
The Released Time program is gearing up in a very big way for this year’s great parade. Hundreds of Jewish public school children and their Released Time teachers are in high-gear and driven to really make this year’s Lag Ba’omer Parade an unforgettable one, as it’ll be the last time Lag Ba’omer coincides with a Sunday in four years.
Last week, over 700 people participated in the ‘Jewish Spirituality’ lectures delivered by Chabad couple Rabbi Eyal Riess and his wife Mrs. Nathalie Riess of Tzfat. The lectures were held in several Jewish communities of South Florida: Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Jupiter and more.
The Keren Avraham Eliezer Camp Fund – in memory of Hatomim Avremi Goldman HYD – hosted a Chinese Auction in Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Crown Heights on Sunday, with hundreds in attendance. At the event the lucky winners of some 80 fabulous prizes were drawn. Winners in the Extended Article!
If there was a Guinness World Records category for the most women ever baking challah at once, then those participating in an upcoming event in Ontario, Canada, would definitely be in the running.
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