On a humid Wednesday night last week, some 20 chavrusos gathered in Ohelei Torah for an evening of learning, comradery… and sushi. While the imagery of chavrusas learning, sushi or otherwise, is one not uncommon in Yeshivos around the world, this particular gathering was anything but mundane.
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Sunday evening, 15 Tammuz, the Crown Heights Nightly Gemara Shiur held a siyum on Maseches Eruvin at Empire Shtiebel. Among the distinguished participants was Rabbi Yossi Paltiel, who spoke about the idea of Eruvin according to Chassidus.
Over 400 Shluchim gathered at the 15th Annual JLI conference to strategize and hone their skills in lesson delivery, marketing, branding, recruitment, pedagogy and fundraising for the thriving network of the Rohr Jewish learning Institute.
Chabad of RARA (Rural and Regional Australia) has recently celebrated its Bar Mitzvah – 13th – year. Since the establishment of the organization by Shaul and Baila Spigler in 2000, over 1,000,000 kilometres have been traveled and over 70 groups of Bochurim have been sent out on RARA.
A YouTube video warning of and decrying child sexual abuse as gone ‘viral’ drawing over 3000 hits in just one day. The video is being published by Jewish Community Watch and was produced by Mendy Pellin is aimed squarely as counselors and staff members in summer camps and delivers a powerful message.
Yossele (ben Fishel) Bronstein (Crown Heights) and Sarah Leah Schutzberger (London, England)
This past Tuesday night, Cheder Chabad of Monsey held a graduation ceremony for their 8th grade students. The event was held at the new Cheder Girls Campus, which was recently completed.
JETS celebrated the many accomplishments of its students and graduates, as well as the ordination of ten Smicha students, at their June Banquet and the year end trip to the Grand Canyon.
Yeshiva Torah Ohr of North MIami Beach Florida farbrenged three consecutive nights in honor of Yud Beis/Yud Gimmel Tamuz.
Reb Leibel Zisman, a survivor of the holocaust who passed away this Shabbos, credits his survival of the holocaust to a blessing he received from the Frierdiker Rebbe. He tells the story of his survival in this video.
How can you not like this guy? A NYPD Traffic Agent (or Brownie) was captured on video explaining how his supervisors enforce a ‘ticket quota’, while skirting the illegality of it.
Moshe Brafman (Miami Beach, FL/Crown Heights) and Sara Chanie Benarroch (Los Angeles, CA/Crown Heights)
Lechaim today, Sunday 1437 President St. at 3:00pm
[between Kingston and Albany Avenues]
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Reb Leibel Zisman OBM, a survivor of the holocaust and a mekurav to the Frierdiker Rebbe. He was 81 years old. Levaya and Shiva info in the Extended Article.
After receiving complaints about a suspected marijuana growing operation on a Crown Heights building rooftop, police officers from the 71st Precinct investigated and were surprised to find 10 large plants.
Yosef Yitzchak and Sterna (nee Elbaz) Kalfon (Crown Heights)
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