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Terrorist Attack Kills Seven Israelis in Bulgaria
At least seven Israelis were killed and 20 others injured this morning in a terror attack on Israeli tourists’ bus traveling in Burgas, Bulgaria.
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Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Rav Yosef S. Elyashiv, OBM
This morning Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, a Lithuanian Gadol widely considered to be the ‘Posek Hador,’ passed away after a weakening of his general health. Rav Elyashiv was 102.
Sicko Apprehended After Exposing Himself to Women
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A man was apprehended by Shomrim last night after he went for a ‘walk’ on President Street and exposed himself to multiple women – the last of which was witnessed by a number of Shomrim volunteers. Police arrested the man after a neighborhood-wide chase.
Talmidei Hashluchim Gather in Australia
Last week there was a grand Kinus for the Talmedei Hashluchim of Australia, who were sent from their own Yeshivos after graduating to inspire and assist younger students in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.
Conference Prepares Campus Shluchim for Excellence
The prestigious Sinai Scholars Society held its annual Yarchei Kallah shluchim conference in NYC on 12 Tammuz, hosted by Rabbi Dov Yona Korn at the beautiful, newly renovated Chabad House at NYU in downtown Manhattan.
Baby Boy!
Alexander and Raizel Heppenheimer (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 438 Sterling St.
[between Brooklyn and New York ave.]
Left: Zalman Alpert. Right: Yeshiva University.
The Jewish Press' Elliot Resnick conducted an Interview with Zalman Alpert, a Lubavitcher who is the Yeshiva University Librarian and an expert on Jewish history. Among other topics, Zalman discusses his family's Lubavitch background, his own identity as a Lubavitcher, and the reason for Lubavitch's relative lack of focus on the Holocaust.
Interview: Lubavitch Doesn’t Talk About the Holocaust
Left: Zalman Alpert. Right: Yeshiva University.
The Jewish Press’ Elliot Resnick conducted an Interview with Zalman Alpert, a Lubavitcher who is the Yeshiva University Librarian and an expert on Jewish history. Among other topics, Zalman discusses his family’s Lubavitch background, his own identity as a Lubavitcher, and the reason for Lubavitch’s relative lack of focus on the Holocaust.
Campers of Gan Yisroel Parksville's older division (B.M.D.) enjoy a trip to the ice skating rink.
Video: B.M.D. on Ice
Campers of Gan Yisroel Parksville’s older division (B.M.D.) enjoy a trip to the ice skating rink.
About 50 participants took part in a free Taglit-Birthright Israel tour of the Holy Land for people with special needs and provided by Mayanot.
Jesse Frankel, 21, recently returned from a trip he didn’t want to end. A participant in a Taglit-Birthright Israel project made possible as part of a partnership between trip provider Mayanot and the Friendship Circle – an international network of Chabad-Lubavitch programs that work with children and young adults with special needs – he spent 10 days touring the Holy Land with his peers.
Adaptive Israel Trip Forges Special Bonds
About 50 participants took part in a free Taglit-Birthright Israel tour of the Holy Land for people with special needs and provided by Mayanot.
Jesse Frankel, 21, recently returned from a trip he didn’t want to end. A participant in a Taglit-Birthright Israel project made possible as part of a partnership between trip provider Mayanot and the Friendship Circle – an international network of Chabad-Lubavitch programs that work with children and young adults with special needs – he spent 10 days touring the Holy Land with his peers.
Letter: A Child Needs Your Prayers
Photo: Jews for Judaism.
A young yeshiva boy of 15 by the name of Shneur Chaim Yitzchak Alexander ben Nechama Dina is right now in critical condition with a bacterial infection that is ravaging his body. He needs the heartfelt Tefilos of every child in Klal Yisrael!
Bais Shmuel Gathers for History and BBQ
On Monday, 26 Tammuz, members of Bais Shmuel-Chabad in Crown Heights gathered at the home of Haysha Deitsch to hear a dynamic history lesson from Rabbi Y.Y. Jacobson, while enjoying a BBQ dinner.
Transforming Shlichus by Transforming Teens
Just when young Lubavitch couples are apt to voice the wistful complaint that there are not enough shlichus opportunities left to go around, a new opportunity is presenting itself in the form of “youth shliach.”
Liquor Stores Oppose Newcomer’s Move to Kingston
A battle over liquor and wine sales has erupted in Crown Heights, pitting established businesses against a newcomer, and forcing the city’s liquor board to decide who is correct about Orthodox Jews’ alcohol shopping habits.
NY Post
A 7-year-old Brooklyn girl is miraculously alive and well today after plummeting three stories — thanks to a heroic neighbor who raced into action and broke her fall.
Hero Bus Driver Catches Girl Who Fell from Window
NY Post
A 7-year-old Brooklyn girl is miraculously alive and well today after plummeting three stories — thanks to a heroic neighbor who raced into action and broke her fall.
‘My Encounter’ Catches Up with Israeli President
Forty-six years after Israel’s current President, Mr. Shimon Peres, met the Rebbe in a private audience at 770, he spoke about it on the record for the first time, sharing previously-unknown details about their conversations and correspondence.
Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: My Son Keeps Me Going
In this 38th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how thankful she is to have such a holy and caring son – the Rebbe.
Video: Bivouac!
Campers and staff of Gan Yisroel in Parksville, NY enjoy the best overnight camping trip (“bivouac”) ever last week.
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