The first-known Jew to be executed in Texas received a halachic burial, due to the combined efforts of a Houston rabbi and a “spiritual adviser” – both Chabad emissaries – with whom the death row inmate corresponded.
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In the first week of the second season of Camp Gan Israel in Toronto, a Tanya was printed on site.
Zevi and Cheved (nee Lew) Greenwald (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 1383 Carroll St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
Rabbis J.J. Hecht and Chaim Meir Bukiet do a Mitzvah Tantz at the wedding of Edith and Avraham Bloch, 1951.
Iceland has no synagogue, no rabbis, no Jewish community center or organized structure. In fact, Judaism is not even one of Iceland’s state-recognized religions.
Scientists have recently demonstrated that they can now take stem cells from a cow and build them into hamburgers that look, feel and (almost) taste like the real thing. What does Jewish law have to say? Is this considered real meat? Is it kosher?
Shain Shul, led for decades by veteran Mohel Rabbi Eliyahu Shain, has always had an unassuming, easy-to-miss facade in the midst of the hustle and bustle of Kingston Ave. No longer. Workers have erected beautiful gold lettering in both Hebrew […]
Lubavitch residents of Beitar Ilit, Israel went to the polls this morning to decide who will represent the Chabad community in the mostly ultra-orthodox city council.
From yarmulkas in the military to public menorah displays, civil liberties attorney Nathan Lewin has argued some of America’s most famous First Amendment cases. In this session he revisits his past victories to examine their impact on the Jewish community and the state of religious freedom in America today.
On Wednesday, Democratic Mayoral candidate Sal Albanese went to Crown Heights to visit community organizations and small businesses.
Yesterday at about 6:30pm, Shomrim received a call from the mother of a 9-year-old boy who spotted his bicycle, which had been stolen several days before, being ridden by an African-American child about his age in Lefferts Park.
Yehuda and Zeesy (nee Rothman) Piamenta (Crown Heights)
The Heineken Beer Company recently did a promotional stunt at JFK airport, where they offered passengers the opportunity to switch their upcoming flight for a ticket to anywhere else on earth. The Catch? Their new destination is randomly chosen by a computer.
Chaim Yitzchok (Harry) Spiegel will be sitting Shiva after the passing of his wife, Ruchomo, OBM, at 1515 Union St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.], 2nd floor. Shacharis – 8:00 Mincha – 7:45 Maariv – 8:45 Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch […]
Sholom Cohen (Montreal, Canada) and Mussy Druk (Oak Park, MI)
A Chabad soldier serving in the north of Israel was instructed to remove his wool tzitzis during sports activities for fear he would overheat and possibly dehydrate. His commander told him during sport activities he may not wear three layers (undershirt, tzitzis and shirt).
The Chabad Jewish Center of Rancho Santa Fe, California held a lecture by Dr Efraim Zuroff, the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s chief Nazi hunter, on July 30 at the home of Drs. Andrew and Diana Benedek.
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