Son Returns to Refurbish Glasgow Mikvah
Although he left Glasgow for Yeshiva in Israel 19 years ago, lived in USA for almost 16 years Sholom Jacobs has never forgotten his Glasgow roots.
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Baby Boy!
Mendy and Deena (nee Kashy) Holzman (Miami Beach, FL)
Kehot Publication Society: History of the Chabad Publishing House
In its 70-year history, the Kehot Publication Society has published and disseminated many hundreds of publications on all matters of Jewish interest from Chasidic philosophy to halacha to educational texts and reading material for the young. KPS is currently one of the world’s largest Jewish publishers.
Picture of the Day: Hybrids, Bicycles… and Unicycles
Commuters have been looking for ways to reduce costs and save the environment. That trend has lead to more hybrid cars and bicycles. One reader spotted this cyclists and sent it in saying: “I just want to say publicly, that I am SOOO happy that this is a thing.”
New Engagement!
Yossi Edelkopf (Monsey, NY) and Mushky Tenenbaum (N. Miami Beach, FL)
The Flatbush Mega-Event – Lag b’Omer
The Mayan Yisroel Boys Marching Band is hard at work drumming away, getting ready for the Flatbush Mega-Event on Sunday, an annual tradition in Flatbush over the past few years.
Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl and Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein celebrate the 27th anniversary of the Tannenbaum Chabad House. The banquet was held Sunday at the Woman's Club of Evanston.
Chabad House Gets Community Support at Fundraiser
April 21, 2013, will be remembered as Tannenbaum Chabad House Day in Evanston, Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl declared Sunday evening at the Jewish center’s Service Recognition Award Reception.
The Daily Northwesterner
New Engagement!
Arele Diament (Montreal, Canada) and Chasya Vishedsky (Crown Heights) .
Iranian Agent Arrested in Bulgaria, Monitored Chabad House
Bulgarian police officers last summer arrested a Canadian citizen linked to the Iranian government who engaged in surveillance of the local Chabad center in the capital of Sofia, a well-placed and reliable local source told The Jerusalem Post last week, on condition of anonymity due to security reasons.
Jerusalem Post
Lag B’Omer: No Matter How ‘Early’; No Matter the Temperature
Bonfires. Picnic lunches. Parades and parks. Lag B’Omer is approaching — that springtime Jewish holiday marked with outdoor celebration and entertainment — and it comes early this year, on Sunday, April 28, the earliest it has been since 1899.
New Engagement!
Yosef Kramer (Crown Heights) and Mushka Ciment (Little Rock, AR)
Baby Girl!
Shmuel Tzemach and Dvorah Faige Eidelman (Crown Heights)
Open Letter To Parents and the Administration of Beis Rivkah
I am sure that by now all the parents have received the “package” from Beis Rivkah Schools regarding tuition payments for the upcoming school year, along with the requirement for parents to go to a website and or fill out the forms.
Anticipation Building for New App – JEM Shares Details
For the past several weeks, JEM has been posting videos and a website promoting and its soon-to-come Living Torah app. Friday, JEM’s director, Rabbi Elkanah Shmotkin, sent an email to all Living Torah subscribers.
New Engagement!
Josh Marcus (Johannesburg South Africa) and Jeyde Shalkoff (Johannesburg South Africa)
Eric Yoffie, a reform rabbi and former president of the Union for Reform Judaisim, published an opinion piece on Chabad and in the Haaretz newspaper. He professes to be an admirer while taking issue with the basic premise of love with nothing being asked for in return.
Op-Ed: Chabad’s Dangerous Message of Love Without Commitment
Eric Yoffie, a reform rabbi and former president of the Union for Reform Judaisim, published an opinion piece on Chabad and in the Haaretz newspaper. He professes to be an admirer while taking issue with the basic premise of love with nothing being asked for in return.
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