Almost 100 girls enjoyed five days of fun, learning and inspiration at the Jewish Girls’ Retreat, a winter camp for young Jewish women in the New York State Capital Region under the leadership of Mrs. Nechama Laber of Chabad of Troy.
Dovid Golowinski (Crown Heights) and Chaya Chriqui (Montreal, Canada)
L’chaim will be tonight, Wednesday, at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
David Nathan (Los Angeles, CA) and Hela Zadaka (Minneapolis, MN)
Moshe Friedman (Israel) and Batya Banayan (Panama City, Panama)
Shmulik and Yael Hilel (Melbourne, Australia)
In a complete about-face, Rabbi Joseph Rosenfeld, the Executive Director of Oholei Torah, sent out a midnight email informing parents of the ‘resumption of duties’ of the two faculty members that were dismissed in light of their involvement in recent controversies surrounding the Call of the Shofar.
The manager of a liquor store on 18th Avenue in Boro Park was stabbed multiple times in what appears to be an attempted robbery earlier today. Police and Shomrim have circulated surveillance photos of the attacker in hopes of apprehending him.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Bo. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one connect to G-d’s essence?
2013 was a banner year for JEM’s My Encounter project, with over 120 individuals interviewed across the world. JEM has released a reel highlighting some of the most striking interviews conducted throughout the year.
New York City residents have a new tool to track 911 response times: a website that shows weekly averages for how long it took to get to fires, medical emergencies and other types of calls.
In anticipation of Yud Shvat, Rabbi Shlomo Amar, former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, made his annual pilgrimage to the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens.
“Honorable Menschen” is the term used by WWLP 22 News to describe the students of Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy in Springfield, Massachusetts, who spent December 25th volunteering at a local nursing home so the regular non-Jewish staff can spend the day with their families.
After an exhilarating week of fun, learning, sports and trips, 80 young Shluchim returned home from the Tze’irei Hashluchim Winter Camp in South Florida with their batteries charged and their spirits lifted, ready to continue with their studies and outreach activities
The limitations of having only one Torah scroll struck Rabbi Sholom Schmerling during Yom Kippur services last year at Chabad of Venice and North Port, Florida.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations and parking meter regulations will be suspended on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, January 1.
This morning, an Israeli government committee charged with increasing national service by Hareidi-religious Jews accepted a proposal by Knesset Member Elazar Stern (Hatenua) to recognize emissaries of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic movement as doing national service.
This morning, all over the Crown Heights neighborhood, residents approached their cars to find a flyer on the windshield protesting the recent firing of a Mashpia in Oholei Torah.
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