Germany’s lower house of parliament passed a resolution Thursday, July 19, reaffirming the religious rights of parents seeking to circumcise their infant sons.
Campers at Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY enjoyed ‘Carnival Day’ on Friday. Each bunk created a game which campers would play in pairs; the winner of each game received a ticket which would be cashed in for prizes at the end of the day.
Two children change the world while their father reads the newspaper.
Imagine if a single child, one by one, along a pattern on the globe, ushered in Shabbat by lighting the candles. Moment by moment, beginning with a single light, the entire world would be aglow. This magic of light, in our mind’s eye, is the reality of the work that Chabad shluchim, emissaries, bring by sharing the messages of Torah with Jews around the world. And, the warmth of light is what washed over the community during the public portion of the July 15-16 conference in Houston of the Southern Regional Kinus Hashluchim, hosted by Chabad Lubavitch of Texas.
Jewish comedian Reuven Russell brings joy and happiness to the Talmidim of the Yeshiva Summer Program in Morristown, NJ.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg blasted Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) for the lawmaker’s suggestion Friday that an armed moviegoer could have halted the Colorado movie theater shooting that left a dozen dead and 70 wounded.
Each Friday afternoon, students of the Rabbinical College of Australia (YG-Melbourne) and Mesivtah take part in Mivtzoyim, visiting workplaces, shopping centres and offices to share a word of Torah, and to encourage their fellow Jews to fulfil an extra Mitzvah. Some students also visit patients in area hospitals and homes, offering a word of encouragement and sympathy in their time of distress.
We received the following letter from the parents of Alexander Hecht, a young teenage boy who needs our Tehilim and prayers for a speedy and full recovery.
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CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this vintage photograph of a visitor exiting 770. Can you identify who it is, and when the photo was taken?
Answer to last week’s photo in the extended article.
Campers at Gan Israel of Detroit, Michigan enjoy their third week of learning and fun.
Jewish children from non-observant families attending day camp at Chabad of Naples, FL experience first hand what an Orthodox wedding is like.
Zevi Kugel (Manhattan, NY) and Chana Rosenfeld (Bogota, Colombia)
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Shmuel and Rivky Kazen
1375 Union St. [between Brooklyn and New York ave.]
Alexander and Raizel Heppenheimer
438 Sterling St. [between Brooklyn and New York ave.]
Meir and Minah Leah Levine
737 Eastern Parkway [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Levi and Batsheva (nee Junik) Browd
349 Crown St. [corner of New York Ave.] Apt. 3H
Shaya and Mushky (nee Sperlin) Horowitz
1427 President St. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
Chanan and Shoshana (nee Etzkin) Nocks
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Yaacov Sebbag will lead a discussion on the topic: Why Does G-d Take Revenge?
Bery and Chenchie (nee Tiefenbrun) Schmukler (Las Cruces, NM)
