Lipa Schmeltzer cracks a good-natured joke about what you get when you mix Chabad and Breslov.
Video: What You Get When You Mix Chabad & Breslov
Lipa Schmeltzer cracks a good-natured joke about what you get when you mix Chabad and Breslov.
Lipa Schmeltzer cracks a good-natured joke about what you get when you mix Chabad and Breslov.
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Jews in Sports: Rum Diary
by Yossi Goldstein
Cockfight in progress in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The summer season is here in full force. Sunshine, heat, humidity, and power outages don’t always make for an ideal blend. This is the time when tempers flare, and actions boil over towards regrettable.
On the eve of Gimmel Tammuz, JEM released its newest film, Faithful and Fortified (Vol. 3): Israel's Prime Ministers, exploring the Rebbe's impact on the personal lives and public policies of seven of Israel's heads of state. In tribute to former Prime Minister Yitzchak Shamir, who passed away this past Shabbos at the age of 96, JEM has posted an excerpt from the film exploring his relationship with the Rebbe.
Video: The Rebbe and Shamir
On the eve of Gimmel Tammuz, JEM released its newest film, Faithful and Fortified (Vol. 3): Israel’s Prime Ministers, exploring the Rebbe’s impact on the personal lives and public policies of seven of Israel’s heads of state. In tribute to former Prime Minister Yitzchak Shamir, who passed away this past Shabbos at the age of 96, JEM has posted an excerpt from the film exploring his relationship with the Rebbe.
Remembering Rabbi Zalman Kazen, 92
Rabbi Zalman Kazen with his family. (his mother-in-law, “bubbe” Maryasha Garelik, OBM, sits to the left.)
Ches Tammuz was Rabbi Zalman Kazen‘s first Yartzheit. Rabbi Kazen was a most modest, frielicher, and emeser Chosid. He hated publicity and honor, but he certainly deserved it.
One: A Song for Leiby
As we approach one year since the tragic murder of Leiby Keltzky, Sarah Dukes, a Lubavitcher songwriter and artist from Crown Heights, composed One, a song performed by Yaron Gershovsky, in his loving memory.
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Interview with Yitzchak Shamir
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin interviewed former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Shamir, who passed away yesterday, about his connection with the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The interview is printed in his book Conversations with the Rebbe.
Baby Girl!
Tommer and Rochel (nee Wiener) Weingarten (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Yossi and Dina Ezagui (Crown Heights)
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell gave a posthumous award for 'constructive dissent' to Hiram (or Harry) Bingham IV. For over fifty years, the State Department resisted any attempt to honor Bingham. For them he was an insubordinate member of the US diplomatic service, a dangerous maverick who was eventually demoted. Now, after his death, he has been officially recognized as a hero.
Man Who Saved Rebbe from Nazi France Honored
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell gave a posthumous award for ‘constructive dissent’ to Hiram (or Harry) Bingham IV. For over fifty years, the State Department resisted any attempt to honor Bingham. For them he was an insubordinate member of the US diplomatic service, a dangerous maverick who was eventually demoted. Now, after his death, he has been officially recognized as a hero.
Calgary Rabbi Surprised for 50th Birthday
Calgary Herald
Rabbi Menachem Matusof, left, with Alberta MLA Dave Rodney, at a recent 50th birthday celebration for him.
Rabbi Menachem Matusof was in for a big surprise recently. A big bash was held in his honour in Calgary to celebrate his 50th birthday.
Dushinsky Rebbe Visits ‘Our Big Kitchen’
Chabad’s Our Big Kitchen in Sydney was honored with a visit by the Dushinsky Rebbe from Jerusalem, who travelled to Australia to be mechazek the Kehilos of Sydney and Melbourne.
New Engagement!
Danny Bendelman (Toronto, Canada) and Shoshana Goldlioust (Toronto, Canada)
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London Lubavitch Boys’ School Wins State Funding
Jewish Chronicle
Lubavitch Boys’ Junior School in Stamford Hill, London.
A third Lubavitch school in the United Kingdom has succeeded in securing voluntary-aided status, allowing most of its tuition costs to be met by the state.
4 Sholom Zochors This Week!
Avrumi and Rochel Steinmetz
1690 Union St. [between Schenectady and Utica Ave.] Apt. 4A
Sholom and Chaya (nee Altein) Kramer
620 Montgomery St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Lipa and Alexsandra (nee Diament) Lieberman
866 Eastern Parkway [corner Albany Ave.] Apt. 6D
Aryeh and Rochel (nee Novoseletsky) Hoffman
CGI Morristown Wraps Up Exciting First Week
Over 350 children in 5 divisions (boys, girls, kiddie, chayal and CIT) enjoyed a full range of activities, including sports and swim instruction, drama, arts, cooking and much more during their first week at Camp Gan Israel of Morristown, NJ. The highlights were the three trips: to FunZone, Glow in the Dark Golf and Imagine That.
Shabbos at the Besht: Deeper Meaning of 12 Tammuz
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Michoel Seligson will lead a discussion on the topic: The Deeper Meaning of Yud Beis Tammuz.
Campus Chabad House Directors Attend Conference
by Tamar Runyan – Chabad.edu
Photos by Bentzi Sasson – Chabad.edu
Hundreds of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries serving college campuses from around the world have gathered at the Hilton Stamford Hotel and Executive Meeting Center in Connecticut for the 11th annual Chabad on Campus International Emissaries Conference that ends yesterday.
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