Video: The Making of a Chabad Telethon Banner

Craig Furst, of AAA Flag & Banner in Los Angeles, gives a back-stage pass to the making of the Chabad Telethon street banners. These instant-classic street banners were designed by modern guru of pop-art Romero Britto, who is passionate about giving back and has generously given of his talent to support this very worthy cause.

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Beautiful New Synagogue Inaugurated in Moscow

FJC

Thanks to the amazing revival of Russian Jewry throughout the FSU, there is an ever growing demand for vibrant Jewish life and religious services amongst Jews of all ages. Yesterday, another Synagogue and JCC was opened to serve the growing community of Raminsky, Moscow.

6,000 March for Friendship Circle in Detroit Suburbs

Detroit Free Press

Adam Arnold, 9, of Farmington Hills stretches Sunday with his mom Wendy Arnold, 41, and his sister Shoshana Arnold, 8, before the Walk4Friendship 5K. Shoshana lives with hypotonic cerebral palsy.

Five-year-old Allie Jacobs of West Bloomfield just learned to walk in December. Allie was diagnosed with infantile spasm syndrome — a seizure disorder that can cause developmental delays — when she was 4 months old, said her mother, Jodie Jacobs.

Historic: Feuding Satmar Rebbes Sit Down Together

A historic moment captured in this photograph has been making waves throughout the frum Jewish world. Both Satmar Rebbes, Reb Aharon Teitelbaum from Kiryas Yoel and Reb Zalman Teitelbaum from Williamsburg, who have been feuding for decades, have sat down together, along with other Admorim, Rabbonim and experts, to discuss how to reverse the growing opposition to the practice of Metzitzah B’Peh.

“Nightlife” Getting New Life

Rabbi Chaim and Mrs. Chani Miller

“Nightlife,” the program made popular among young single women in the community just a few years ago, is coming back to life under the new directorship of Rabbi Chaim Miller and his wife Chani, along with a committee of dedicated volunteers. Their first objective: A fall semester with the opening event on Tuesday, September 11.

Students of Chabad School Verbally Attacked in Berlin

The Ohr Avner Chabad School in Berlin, Germany.

On Monday morning, 13 children in grades 7, 8, and 9 who attend the Chabad School in Berlin-Charlottenburg were subjected to anti-Semitic taunts such as “Are you Jewish?” and were photographed by a group of several unidentified “Southern” youths believed to be Muslims.