Russian-born Israeli businessman Arcadi Gaydamak has lost a case in London’s High Court against Bukharan-Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev that centered on profits from the Angolan diamond industry.
Brushing up on dealing with others and finding their way around the kitchen are part of the mission of the Friendship Circle Cafe in Deerfield Beach, FL, where almost two-dozen children with Down syndrome or autism spectrum disorders are learning by doing.
For the first time, Jewish inmates at state prisons in New Jersey will be allowed to participate in Hanukka menora-lighting ceremonies behind bars.
Yoni and Michal Katzir (Teaneck, NJ)
This is a story about how I found my own tribe after passing through many different tribal territories. Or, perhaps more accurately, how my tribe found me.
iLearn’s Summer Program began today in full swing. The morning’s classes were started by Rabbi Mendel Levin, who taught the first lesson in a series about the halachos of brachos. The topic generated plenty of discussion and clarification regarding the details of the brachos of hamotzie and mezonos.
Some 400 bochurim heading out on Merkos Shlichus this summer gathered in the Jewish Children Museum Thursday for an afternoon of guidance and inspiration.
A five million dollar facility equipped with new technology and living quarters is being built in Oak Park for young men studying to become Chabad Rabbis.
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Campers of Oholei Torah’s Gan Menachem day camp in Crown Heights posed for a group portrait in front of 770 today.
Emissary of the Rebbe to Paris since 1968, Rabbi Shmuel Azimov is credited by many of France’s Jews for the sweeping changes that have turned Paris and its surrounding areas—once a Jewish wasteland—into a vibrant hub of Jewish life. Over the years, they have flocked to him, seeking his mentorship, guidance, and friendship.
The completion of a Sefer Torah was celebrated in the Israeli town of Nes Tziyona, at the Chabad center directed by Rabbi Shagi Har-Shefer. The Torah was donated by Rabbi Yitzchok Horowitz of Crown Heights, who was befriended and guided by Shagi when he was new to Yiddishkeit and studying at the Yeshiva in Kfar Chabad many years ago.
A father writes to the Rebbe about an ongoing conflict regarding his son’s future, and seeks advice how to resolve it in the most peaceful way. The Avner Institute presents the response, where the Rebbe’s insights on the dangers of higher education affirm the spiritual over the secular.
Yanky and Hindy (nee Einbinder) Kahn (Tarzana, CA)
The third annual JCM Young Leadership Committee Gala took place on Thursday, June 7. Energized Jewish Youth from all over the tri-state area celebrated the unveiling of a brand new floor of exhibitions and cut the ribbon on the Noah’s ark pavilion, which the YLC has committed $360,000 to endow.
Further expanding on the services available to Jewish students worldwide and those studying abroad, the Chabad on Campus International Foundation announced Wednesday that Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries would soon be opening new European campus operations.
Ron Hirsch, the man accused of detonating a pipe bomb last spring at the Chabad House Lubavitch of Santa Monica, is awaiting a psychiatric evaluation that a judge will use to determine whether to force Hirsch to take medication.
