Previously uninvolved in politics, a group of over 50 young Lubavitchers gathered in Basil for a meet and greet evening in support of mayoral candidate Bill Thompson. This was the first ever event of this kind and the organizers were impressed with its success.
Released time Bochurim arranged a Bar Mitzvah for Adam Gourgov, a released time student from P.S. 303, who made a commitment to put Tefillin on every day.
When Dennis Prager attended yeshiva as a child, he insisted on knowing the WHY when all he was taught was the HOW of Yiddishkeit. He introduces Mayanot Yeshiva in Israel as a place that tells WHY in addition to HOW.
Yesterday, Wednesday, Rav Moshe Wolfson the Mashgiach Ruchni of Yeshivas Torah Vodaath visited the Chabad Yeshiva in Miami. He told a few fascinating personal stories he encountered with the Rebbe. While giving a Devar Torah, he said that we have […]
Avremi Hartman (Crown Heights) and Esther Alta (bas Yitzchok) Yarmush (Montreal, Canada)
L’Chaim tonight, Thursday at Empire Shteibel
489 Empire Blvd [between Brooklyn and New York Ave]
Elior Cohen (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and Kayla Wasserman (Coral Springs, FL)
Mendy and Yaffa (nee Wilmowsky) Lieberman (N. Miami Beach, FL)
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thought on this weeks Parasha, Bo, titled ‘Be Consistent to Be Free’.
What does a veteran of the IDF, a sixty-year-old man from Denver, and a yeshiva student from New York City all have in common? They were all participants in last year’s Bike 4 Friendship cross-country bike trip. The grueling 3,500-mile […]
A federal judge has just ordered a daily fine of $50,000 on Russia so long as the library, which contains thousands of seforim and manuscripts from the previous Chabad Rabeiim, is not returned. The Obama administration – through the state department – had voiced their objection to such action fearful it would harm the U.S./Russian relationship.
In honor of Yud Shvat, the day of the Histalkus of the Frierdiker Rebbe and the day that the Rebbe accepted the Nesius, the Beis Din of Crown Heights has released a publication detailing the Minhagim [customs] of this auspicious day.
Pictures from the wedding of Dovid Leib Ehrentrei (Montreal, Canada) and Chayale Glick (Crown Heights), which took place in the Oholei Torah Ballroom.
Nochum and Chana (nee Amilov) Kaplan (Crown Heights)
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan, bicameral group of congressmen has drafted legislation that would allow Israelis to visit the United States for 90 days without a visa.
A new program for 7th graders in Oholei Torah has entered its fourth week, and its success is amazing. The program, called “Shviin Chavivin”, is a mivtza preparing the young Bochurim for Yud Shvat, the likes of which has never been done before.
The arena he built in Brooklyn has hosted concerts of hip-hop, Latin salsa and reggae, not to mention performances by Dylan, Streisand and the Rolling Stones, but when the genre chosen was Jewish music, Bruce C. Ratner decided to take charge himself.
Thousands of city kids were left stranded this morning when school-bus drivers and matrons went on strike, leaving parents scrambling to find other ways to get their children to school.
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