The New York Post today profiled Rabbi Ovadia Isakov, the Shliach who was shot and seriously wounded in the Russian region of Dagestan last July by suspected Muslim extremists. Rabbi Isakov attended the Kinus Hashluchim grand banquet on Sunday, where he was honored with reading the Rebbe’s Kapital.
Yesterday, Mayanot Israel hosted more than 30 of their Taglit-Birthright Israel trip leaders in an interactive and entertaining seminar. The staff, rookies and veterans alike, shared ideas and experiences from trips and for trips.
Crown Heights political activist Yaakov Behrman greets Democrat Bill de Blasio on the final day of his campaign for New York City Mayor. As New Yorkers head to the voting booths, polls show De Blasio with a commanding 40 point lead over Republican rival Joe Lhota.
Among the thousands of Chabad emissaries and lay leaders attending this year’s Kinus Hashluchim grand banquet was someone whose presence raised the eyebrows of those who noticed him. Rabbi Rick Jacobs, leader of the Union for Reform Judaism, attended the banquet as a personal guest of Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky.
They came from Ohio. California. Kansas. France. Arizona. Florida. England. Israel. Wisconsin. Canada. To mention just a few.
New Yorkers began voting for their first new mayor in 12 years on Tuesday with early public opinion polls giving Democrat Bill de Blasio a 40-point lead over Republican rival Joe Lhota. Brooklyn voters will also determine whether District Attorney Charles Hynes will serve another term, or be replaced by Ken Thompson.
Crown heights philanthropist Rabbi Yerachmiel Jacobson donated a new Bimah and Chazzan Amud to Chovevei Torah, in memory of his father Reb Betzalel, OBM.
A 65-year-old career criminal was apprehended and charged in connection with a slew of Friday night break-ins that have been terrorizing the neighborhood since early summer.
Members of the London Chabad community gathered last night for a Rosh Chodesh Kislev seudah and farbrengen, organized by the Talmidei Hashluchim of the Yeshiva Gedola of London, with Rabbi Chaim Schochet of Crown Heights as the keynote speaker.
Hundreds of local women gathered in Cedarhurst, Long Island last week to support Circle of Hope, a project of the Merrick-Bellmore-Wantagh Chabad Center for Jewish Life, on Oct. 24.
No matter how much money Rabbi Ely Rosenfeld raises to help the needy, he said the smiles he delivers are more valuable.
The Jewish community in Green Bay, Wisconsin will soon have a new place to call home.
On Sunday, October 27, over 10,000 people participated in a walk to raise money for the Friendship Circle of Southern California, under the leadership of Rabbi Yossi Mintz. Among those attending the ‘Pier to Pier Friendship Walk’ were late-night talk show host and comedian Jimmy Kimmel, actress Brooke Burke-Charvet, actress Ashley Argota and former L.A. Dodgers pitcher Tommy Lasorda. The walk, sponsored by The Sketchers Foundation, raised over a million dollars to benefit children with special needs.
This photo was posted yesterday on Reddit, a user-generated social media website. It depicts an African-American man sleeping on the shoulder of an Orthodox Jewish man on the New York City subway. The photographer accompanied the photo with the following caption:
Many in Israel and around the world, who were following the Bat Mitzvah trip of singer Paula Abdul to Israel last week, were wondering why she made a last minute unexpected cancelation of her reported plan to celebrate her Bat Mitzvah by the Kotel in Jerusalem.
While their fathers attended the grand Kinus Hashluchim banquet in Brooklyn’s Marine Terminal, hundreds of junior Shluchim gathered in the Beis Rivkah ballroom for a grand banquet of their own.
The parents of child abuse whistleblower Manny Waks are leaving Australia, saying they have been bullied, intimidated and virtually ”excommunicated” from the community.
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