“I’ve never been to a place with people dressed so differently than me yet I felt just as welcome there as I am at my mother’s kitchen table,” writes Times of Israel blogger Elazar Gabay after attending the annual Kinus Hashluchim grand banquet.
Dovi and Esty (nee Levy) Scheiner (Manhattan, NY)
Almost 400 people gathered on Sunday to celebrate the reopening of Young Israel of Brighton Beach, a synagogue destroyed by Superstorm Sandy one year ago, and the completion of a new Sefer Torah.
Four-and-a-half years ago, Gital Dodelson, now 25, of Lakewood, NJ, married Avrohom Meir Weiss, part of a respected rabbinic family on Staten Island. Ten months after the wedding, Dodelson left the marital home with their newborn son, claiming her husband was controlling and manipulative.
Avi Wortzman, member of the Israeli Knesset (Bayit Yehudi) and Deputy Minister of Education, expressed pride in the state of Jewish education worldwide following a trip to New York for the annual Chabad-Lubavitch conference.
It last happened in 1888 and, according to one calculation, won’t happen again for another 77,798 years: the convergence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.
Today at approximately 4:00pm, a 12-year-old Jewish boy was playing ball on President St. near Brooklyn Ave. when he was approached by two African-American males, who punched him in the head and fled.
On Monday evening, the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn launched its mothers’ lecture series, hosting professional life coach Mrs. Heidi Krantz.
A pig’s head was left on the doorstep of a synagogue being built in Sevastopol, the Ukrainian city’s Jewish community said.
This is a photo of Rabbi Binyomin Wolf hanging out at the Kinus Hashluchim in New York. That’s right, all three Chabad rabbis share the same name. They serve their respective communities in Sevastopol, Ukraine; Hanover, Germany; and Helsinki, Finland.
A nifty interactive map created by the New York Times allows users to see what percent of votes from each election district – each only a few blocks wide – went to which candidate.
Jewish communal activists often pontificate about what is behind Chabad’s success, and some success it is.
Mendy and Chaya (nee Vogel) Hecht (Forest Hills, NY)
After being trounced by Democratic nominee Kenneth P. Thompson in Tuesday’s race for Brooklyn District Attorney, Charles J. Hynes said he was “surprised” at the overwhelming support for his opponent, who he said now has a “clear mandate.”
During the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries, rabbis and guests from around the world came to Crown Heights, Brooklyn for a chance to improve their craft, reconnect with old friends and gain inspiration for the year to come.
They say I am a ‘good bochur.’ I went to good yeshivas and accomplished a lot. My yeshiva years were spent diligently studying in zal from 7:30 in the morning until 9:30 at night. During the three breaks of breakfast, lunch, and supper, I would finish chitas and Rambam.
Exit polls in New York City’s mayoral race show Democrat Bill De Blasio with an overwhelming victory, defeating Republican contender Joesph Lhota who, according to the NYT, conceded earlier Tuesday evening.
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