A Jewish merchant in Manhattan was the proud owner of a beautiful looking Mezuzah which he purchased a few years back at a Judaica store. Last Friday, as two bochurim paid their weekly visit to his office, they suggested that – as is customary in the month of Elul – he allow them to inspect the Mezuzah and make sure every letter is Kosher.
Yesterday afternoon, a minivan parked on Union St. was almost completely crushed by a large truck, whose driver was attempting to navigate down the narrow street.
On Sunday, group of special children from Friendship Circle of Brookville and West Hempstead, Long Island, went on a trip to Citi Field, home of the New York Mets, where they got to meet the team captain David Wright.
Get a humorous, witty, and telling in-depth look into the married life of Chabad personalities, Simon and Shaindy Jacobson.
“We have your son, send us $3,000, or else he dies.” This terrifying threat is what a member of the Crown Heights community heard when she picked up the phone one morning earlier this week.
Hundreds are expected to attend today the opening ceremony of what is being called the largest Jewish community center in Siberia. An open-air concert by Israeli musicians will be featured at the grand opening of the Beis Manachem Center in Novosibirsk, Russia.
From Australia to Guadeloupe to South Africa to Spain, hundreds participated in the JNet Chai Elul learning campaign.
Dovid Moshe Ehrentreu (Toronto, Canada) and Hindy Plonka (Toronto, Canada)
L’chaim will be Sunday night, at 144 Millcroft Way, Thornhill, Ontario at 7:00pm.
Chananya Levy (London, UK) and Sherel Liberty (Flatbush, NY)
From what folks have said about this year’s Jewish Summer Festival at West Meadow Beach in Stony Brook, Long Island, it was a breeze. But that might have more to do with the weather than with the actual ease of planning such an event.
Phil Gillespie placed the rams’ horn to the corner of his mouth and blew the homemade instrument, making a deep sound reminiscent of an old fog horn.
Tanya Video Art is a series of short films, presenting deep concepts from the world of Tanya and Chassidut, in a very friendly and humorous way, reaching out to people who have never studied Tanya before.
On a recent afternoon at Lenny’s Deli in Westwood, Jon Voight reached into a black satchel and pulled out a well-worn copy of Paul Johnson’s “A History of the Jews,” then began reading aloud from the text, his fingers carefully tracing the words.
With Rosh Hashana coming in so early, it seems we we have less time than ever to get the kids settled from camp, ready for the school year, purchase Shul seats and plan meals – let alone have the opportunity to give proper thought and preparation to the spiritual side of the upcoming Yomim Tovim.
The cyber teacher center ChinuchWorks now has almost 5,000 thousand student exercises, cataloged and arranged according to subjects and grades.
The Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens got a slight makeover yesterday in preparation for the upcoming high holidays. A new canopy for the main entrance on Francis Lewis Blvd. was installed by Sign It Inc. of Crown Heights.
Reb Binyomin Klein, a Mazkir of the Rebbe, is sitting Shiva after the passing of his brother, Reb Yaakov, OBM, at 750 Eastern Pkwy. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.] until Monday morning. The family requested that visitors refrain from coming after 9:00pm. […]
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