Shmuel Marcus of 8th Day was in Mostly Music in Boro Park yesterday, signing CDs of the group’s brand new release, “All You Got.” He was joined by Country Yossi, much to the gathered crowd’s surprise and delight.
Ever since early winter the offices of Camp Gan Yisroel Detroit have been buzzing with preparation for their annual summer program. Year after Year, CGI Detroit has proven itself as being the ultimate summer camp experience, combining authentic Chassidishe Chinuch with a wholesome physical program.
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Rabbi Zushe Silberstein believes that every female should experience the joy of a bat mitzvah ceremony. So when the opportunity arose for two intellectually challenged ladies to do so, he and his wife Bayla made it happen.
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Walter Sobchak described his Sabbath observance in the Coen brothers’ classic The Big Lebowski by saying, “I don’t roll on Shabbos.” I’m not much of a bowler, but I don’t roll on Shabbos, either, and neither do I fly. This became a problem on Friday afternoon when trying to return home from meetings in Boston for Shabbat with my family. The captain announced over the loudspeaker: “Ladies and gentlemen, there are funnel clouds in D.C. The airports will not open until 9 p.m.”
On Sunday, 20 of Sivan, well over 350 people traveled to East Flatbush from Crown Heights and other points of New York for the premier viewing of the newly built East Flatbush Kindergarten.
Tuvie and Hindy (nee Bruchstat) Greisman (Crown Heights)
About eight years ago, The Chabad Chai Center of Dix Hills, NY was approached to help children with special needs. Soon after, Ariella’s Friendship Circle emerged.
Support for President Obama among Jewish voters has plunged 10 percentage points since his election in 2008, according to a new Gallup poll. Gallup said the drop is “five points worse than his decline among all registered voters, compared with 2008.”
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Your child, about 4 years old, was seen walking alone through Atlantic Center, and out towards the subway station below. My wife noticed him and quickly alerted me. I ran over before he made it through the doors and asked him: “Where are your parents?”. He looked confused. So I asked again: “Who are you here with?”. He motioned with his hand, pointing upwards at the crowd of people who were leaving the mall.
In this 34th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes the tremendous respect her son, the Rebbe, shows toward her, and what his daily visits mean to her.
There were no caps and gowns, but there was no shortage of proud parents at the Chabad of Venice and North Port’s Hebrew school graduation.
Pictures from the wedding of Danny Weiss (Agora Hills, CA) and Mushka Weiss (Pittsburgh, PA), which took place on June 6th at the Soldiers and Sailors Hall in Pittsburgh.
During the the Queen of Great Britain’s 60th Jubilee – on Monday, June 4th, Nechamie Sudak ran a successful Craft Fun Day for the children of Edgeware while they were off from school for the holiday.
Ahead of Gimmel Tammuz, Chabad Israeli Centers, a special division of Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, with the organizational assistance of a group of Israeli Bochurim, will hold a special event at the Ohel for Israeli expatriates and Hebrew-speakers from the New York area.
Naftoli Hertz Hildeshaim (Crown Heights) and Rochel Leah (Bas R’ Gavriel) Gopin (Crown Heights)
I learned about Contempt of Court in Elementary School. The teacher spoke about automobile drivers obeying stop signs. Why should they? “Why should we obey any signs?” she asked. Our young minds grappled with the question but couldn’t come up with an answer that our teacher could not refute. “So what if you got caught,” she argued, “could we really go to jail for not obeying a sign – how silly!”
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