JETS Celebrates Conclusion of 7th Successful Year
JETS (Jewish Educational Trade School) in California celebrated seven successful years at a graduation banquet on 24 Sivan.
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An inspiring Farbrengen took place in Ohel Chana Seminary, Melbourne on Thursday night in preparation for Gimmel Tammuz. The seminary is unique in that it remains open throughout the entire year, even after the formal academic year has ended.
Seminary Girls Prepare for Gimmel Tammuz
An inspiring Farbrengen took place in Ohel Chana Seminary, Melbourne on Thursday night in preparation for Gimmel Tammuz. The seminary is unique in that it remains open throughout the entire year, even after the formal academic year has ended.
Dinner Raises Funds for Children to Attend Camp
Just days before Gimmel Tammuz, friends gathered in support of the Camp F.R.E.E. – Gan Israel Scholarship Fund. The funds raised will help bring a summer of fun, friendship, and memories to children who may not otherwise have the opportunity to enjoy camp due to difficult economic circumstances.
Picture of the Day: Kvutzeh 5772 Group Portrait
Shturem
Students of Israeli Yeshivas who spent the year learning in 770 pose for a group portrait in front of 770. In the front row sit mashpi’im Rabbi Yoel Kahan and Rabbi Shlomo Zarchi.
Chassidus in Arabic
by Levi Cooper – Jerusalem Post
One of the visible markers of Lubavitch Hassidim is their earnest and concerted efforts to reach Jews in all corners of the globe. This includes posting emissaries in far-flung places and the effective use of modern media to deliver their message to the masses. The Lubavitch endeavor has also aimed to improve accessibility to Jewish tradition, including translating the works of Lubavitch hassidic masters.
Anti-Semitic Messages Left in Crown Heights Mailbox
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A Crown Heights resident was shocked today when she opened her mailbox, finding inside two slips of paper with horrendous hate messages written on them.
Photos: Ohel Preparing for Largest Shabbos in History
This is the first year that Gimmel Tammuz falls out on Shabbos in 14 years. As such, the administrators of Ohel Chabad Lubavitch, led by Rabbi Abba Refson, are in a frenzy of preparation for an unprecedented amount of guests who will be spending Shabbos there.
Next in Line to Ban Shchita: Poland?
Polskie Radio
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Poland’s Attorney General says the practice of Kosher and Halal ritual slaughter violates the nation’s animal protection act.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
In honor of Gimmel Tammuz, CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute present this collection of historic photos, taken by David Schweke and Dr. Shlomo Newfield, of various Chassidic gatherings: the Rebbe giving out kos shel brocha at the end of Passover 5737 (1977), a bride and groom getting the Rebbe’s blessing outside his study and a captive audience before the Rebbe in the winter of 5737 (1977).
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Brilliance and Reflection
by Benzion Rader – Avner Institute
The author with Israeli President Shazar.
This Shabbos, 3 Tammuz (June 23), marks eighteen years since the Rebbe’s histalkus. We present here an inspiring article written specially for the Avner Institute by an individual who merited a special relationship with the Rebbe — Benzion Rader, who is the author of Challenge, an inside account of Chabad of Great Britain and the Holy Land, which was published in the early 1970s under the Rebbe’s guidance.
Baby Boy!
Avraham Yosef and Simcha (nee Korchowsky) Baez (Crown Heights)
Sholom Zochor will be at 701 Empire Blvd.
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Photos: Preparations in Full Swing at the Ohel
As thousands of Jews from all walks of life prepare to visit the Rebbe’s resting place in Cambria Heights, Queens for his Yom Hilula this weekend, the administrators of the Ohel and its adjacent Chabad House, under the directorship of Rabbi Abba Refson, are in full gear preparing to accommodate the multitude of visitors, and make their time spent there as comfortable as possible.
Just in time for Gimmel Tammuz, a new film has been released focusing on the Rebbe’s relationships with five of Israel’s heads-of-state.
New Video: Faithful and Fortified – The Prime Ministers
Just in time for Gimmel Tammuz, a new film has been released focusing on the Rebbe’s relationships with five of Israel’s heads-of-state.
New Engagement!
Menachem Mendel Stiefel (Montreal, Canada) and Chana Herson (Rockaway, NJ)
Chabad of N. Palm Beach Island Wins Council Approval
Palm Beach Daily News
With a promise to limit the number of congregants to 40 and withdrawal of plans for day care, Rabbi Zalman Levitin and his attorney Brian M. Seymour received the Town Council’s blessing to operate a synagogue at 361 S. County Road.
Photos: Chabad of Hunterdon County Gala Dinner
HAMPTON, NJ [CHI] — Chabad of Hunterdon County, NJ, marked their 9th year of servicing the local Jewish community with their annual gala dinner. Under the leadership of Rabbi Eli and Rachel Kornfeld, they have pledge to find a permanent home and increase in growth.
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