At an emotional ceremony on Friday attended by Rabbonim, political figures, and Anash members from, friends and family, Tzfat’s Otzar HaStam visitors centers officially opened its new Gan HaOtiot exhibit. The ceremony also marked the 15th anniversary of the city’s pioneering Head Shliach, Rabbi Aryeh Leib Kaplan, A’H.
Eli Miller, 79, New York City’s senior seltzer man, hoisted crate after crate of seltzer — weighing 70 pounds apiece — into his van and then draped himself over them.
Mendel and Faigy Bell (Crown Heights)
Eli Losh (Crown Heights) and Rivky Lazar (Montreal, Canada)
Dozens of members from the Orthodox community of Park Slope gathered Monday to attend the ribbon-cutting celebrating the opening of the William and Betty Katz Center for Jewish Life which now houses Park Slope’s first ‘mikvah.’
A Jewish woman was robbed at gun point and the thief made off with her brand new android phone. Her screams alerted nearby residents.
Jewish families from the Smolensk Region in Russia gathered in the Smolensk Jewish Community Center – Beit Malkin for a Lag BaOmer celebration!
Over 4,000 people of all ages used a beautiful day in Montreal Sunday to celebrate Jewish pride in what was one of the city’s largest Lag BaOmer Parade in years.
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Thursday and Friday, May 2-3 for holiday observances. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
The streets of Baka were abuzz this Lag B’Omer, as Rabbi Avraham Hendel and his wife Dina led more than 100 children and their parents through the Jerusalem neighborhood. They were accompanied by professional drummers, and adorned with hats, balloons, banners and songs.
With sadness we inform you of the tragic and untimely passing of Chana Leah Shoshana Ohayun OBM, from Netanya, Israel. She was 19-years-old and had celebrated her wedding just 2 months ago.
Today, the 21st of Iyar, marks the day that the village of Kfar Chabad was established 61 years ago in 1949. This photo shows the center of the village back in 1977.
R. Yosef Braun, the winner of the September 2010 elections for a 3rd Rov, is being sued in the New York State Supreme Court on allegations of fraud and defamation. This comes after refusing multiple summonses to Din Torah.
Koppel Chaiton (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Chana Dubov (Princeton, NJ)
Jews from as far as Ventura, California all the way to Los Angeles gathered at the Thousand Oaks high school to participate in the Lag BaOmer festivities.
Thousands of Jewish residents from Brooklyn neighborhood of Georgetown and nearby area joined in a special full day of Lag BaOmer celebrations organized by Chabad of Georgetown.
Over 400 people attended the Baltimore Lag B’omer Festival that took place on the front lawn of Cheder Chabad of Baltimore.
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