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Adaptive Israel Trip Forges Special Bonds

About 50 participants took part in a free Taglit-Birthright Israel tour of the Holy Land for people with special needs and provided by Mayanot.

Jesse Frankel, 21, recently returned from a trip he didn’t want to end. A participant in a Taglit-Birthright Israel project made possible as part of a partnership between trip provider Mayanot and the Friendship Circle – an international network of Chabad-Lubavitch programs that work with children and young adults with special needs – he spent 10 days touring the Holy Land with his peers.

Letter: A Child Needs Your Prayers

Photo: Jews for Judaism.

A young yeshiva boy of 15 by the name of Shneur Chaim Yitzchak Alexander ben Nechama Dina is right now in critical condition with a bacterial infection that is ravaging his body. He needs the heartfelt Tefilos of every child in Klal Yisrael!

Video: The Need for Holocaust Education (Part 1)

Torah Café

Rabbi Nochem Kaplan, Rabbi Kenneth Brander, Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin, Dr. Marc Kramer and Dr. Leonard Saxe discuss the need for holocaust education at the Yad Vashem museum in Jerusalem on June 19, 2012.

Op-Ed: What’s Wrong with a Non-Jewish Nanny?

by Anonymous

After reviewing and pondering some of the recent articles and associated comments on this website, I felt that there is a significant problem in the Lubavitch community that must be addressed. The problem is the prevalent practice of Lubavitch families employing non-Jewish (predominantly Hispanic) women to work in their homes assisting with housework and/or child care.

Mudslide Claims Jewish Lives in Western Canada

On Thursday, July 12th, rocks, mud and trees crashed down a mountain above the shores of Kootenay Lake in British Columbia, ripping through Johnsons Landing. It was followed by another slide on Friday. At least three houses were engulfed when the wall of mud, rock and trees cascaded down the hillside.

Thousands Protest in Jerusalem over Impeding Draft

Children wearing handcuffs and signs reading “save me” marched the streets in Meah Shearim

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protested Monday in Jerusalem against attempts to draft members of the ‘Haredi’ community into the Israeli military.