In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, we present a letter sent – not from the Rebbe, but – from Rabbi Nissan Mindel on his own accord, in which he responds to certain criticisms aimed at the Rebbe and Chabad. The letter was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
Menachem and Devorah Leah Amitay (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1365 Carroll St. [corner Kingston Ave.] Apt. #1C
Abba and Raizel (nee Glick) Rubin (Saratoga Springs, NY)
Shraga and Fraydee (nee Boyarsky) Putter (Montreal, Canada)
Sholom Zochor will be at 4842 Carlton Ave. in Montreal, Canada
A group of half-a-dozen Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity brothers from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oneonta in upstate New York went on the road for eight days to promote Jewish identity and pride.
In anticipation of Passover, the Chabad center of Castel-Mevaseret Tzion, a suburb of Jerusalem, distributed thousands of food packages to needy families in the area.
The Winter Family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, Chana, OBM, at 426 Brooklyn Ave. [between Montgomery St. and Empire Boulevard]. Shachris – 8:00 and 9:00. Mincha – 7:00. Maariv – Tzeis. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei […]
Over 7,000 children from the Montreal area experienced Passover this year, thanks to two programs organized by the Living Legacy.
A Jewish community, with a desire to expand its facility, hopes than past and present opposition to such plans is not associated with religious discrimination.
With great sadness we inform you of the passing of Rabbi Zalman Posner, OBM, Head Shliach to the state of Tennessee for 65 years, spiritual leader of congregation Sherith Israel in Nashville for over 50 years and noted author and lecturer. He was 87 years old. Update: Levaya information added.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Kedoshim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What is true love?
Khalil Elijah Burn went to his first seder this Passover. He and his mother, Naomi, who live in Belize, were guests of Rabbi Mendel and Rachel Druk, co-directors of Chabad Jewish Center of Cancun in Mexico.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed a 3.35 percent increase in water and sewage rates paid by homeowners and landlords across the five boroughs, in a proposal submitted to the New York City Water Board.
Ticket writing by the NYPD in Crown Heights has spiked considerably under the De Blasio administration, data released by the Police Department shows.
Rookie police officer James Li, who was shot while apprehending a fare-skipper, was honored at this month’s 71st Precinct Council Meeting. Also honored was the officer’s partner and two FDNY EMTs who came to the injured officer’s aid.
In this unique vintage-color video from JEM, the Rebbe can be seen distributing Kos Shel Brocha to thousands of gathered Chassidim on Motzei Pesach, 1967.
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Unit has arrested four members of the Williamsburg Hassidic community in connection with the beating of an African-American man last December. Additional arrests are expected.
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