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Space Shuttle Flies to New York City
New York Times
Enterprise, the prototype for the space shuttles, flew over the New York City area, riding atop a specially equipped 747 jet, before landing at Kennedy International Airport at 11:22 a.m. And, perhaps in a scenario familiar to many air travel passengers arriving in New York, the shuttle took its time meandering over the area before landing.
Dnepropetrovsk Rocked by Consecutive Bombings
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine’s fourth largest city, has been rocked by four mysterious bombing which took place only minutes apart. The city, formerly known as Yekatrinoslav, was the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s childhood hometown, where his father served as chief rabbi. It is also home to the largest Chabad House in the world, run by Rabbi Shmuel Kaminezki, who arrived there in 1989 while it was still part of the Soviet Union.
Sunday: ULY Auction to Feature Food and Wine
Left: Heshy J, Photo: Rivka Lifshitz. Right: Yudi Eber.
Popular event planner Heshy J of Scoop & Co. will give a presentation on Shavuos menu and setup at the United Lubavitch Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway’s annual auction this Sunday. Also, there will be a wine tasting for men in the afternoon hours.
Jerusalem Post
Police in the Indian city of Pune deported an Iranian national last month after they discovered him spying on Israeli nationals and Jewish institutions in the city, the Pune Mirror reported on Thursday.
India Deports Iranian for Spying on Israelis in Pune
Jerusalem Post
Police in the Indian city of Pune deported an Iranian national last month after they discovered him spying on Israeli nationals and Jewish institutions in the city, the Pune Mirror reported on Thursday.
Shliach Receives Highest Honor from Dutch Queen
Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, Chief Rabbi of the Inter-Provincial Cheif Rabbinate in Holland and member of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe, was made today an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau, one of the highest civilian awards given by the Queen of Holland. The honour is usually given to princes of other royal families in Europe, diplomats, artists, and social activists. It is the first time in the history of the Dutch Jewish community where a rabbi has received this honour.
Shturem
Over the past few years, several newly built and renovated Chabad Mikvahs have been named in honor of a particular person: 'Mikvah Meir' in Crown Heights, 'Yankele's Mikvah' in Kfar Chabad, 'Mei Menachem' in a few locations , and many more. However, according to a newly discovered 'Ksav Yad' (handwritten note) of the Rebbe, the concept of naming a mikvah after a person is not accepted Chabad custom.
Rebbe: Mikvahs Should Not Be Named After People
Shturem
Over the past few years, several newly built and renovated Chabad Mikvahs have been named in honor of a particular person: ‘Mikvah Meir’ in Crown Heights, ‘Yankele’s Mikvah’ in Kfar Chabad, ‘Mei Menachem’ in a few locations , and many more. However, according to a newly discovered ‘Ksav Yad’ (handwritten note) of the Rebbe, the concept of naming a mikvah after a person is not accepted Chabad custom.
Picture of the Day: Shliach Gives Benediction
Rabbi Boruch Klar of the Lubavitch Center of Essex County, NJ gave the invocation and the benediction at the West Orange Chamber of Commerce Annual Community Awards Dinner on Wednesday night.
Video: Interview with Anne Frank’s Step Sister
Torah Café
Torah Café presents an interview by Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet with Auschwitz survivor and Anne Frank‘s step-sister Eva Schloss, which took place last week on Yom Hashoa at the Mill Hill synagogue in London.
Yeshiva Graduates Among Israel’s Best Soldiers
Left: Israeli President Shimon Peres speaks with one of this year’s 120 best soldiers. Right: Engineering Corps Lt. Yitzchak Shitrit of the Israel Defense Force is one of the recipients of the Presidential Award for Excellence.
Two members of the Chabad-Lubavitch community in Israel were among the 120 soldiers who received this year’s Presidential Award for Excellence during a nationally-televised ceremony Thursday morning in Jerusalem.
by Tzipporah Clapman
In today’s day and age we live with lots of easy access to explicit information. Magazine covers are displayed all over the supermarkets, showing every type of immoral act. The internet is infested with immorality and depravity. With all these environmental hazards, do you think this has no effect on your child? In today’s world it is almost impossible to shield our children from all this shmutz. Putting a paper bag over their heads just won’t work.
Op-Ed: Who Will Talk to Your Kids About That Topic?
by Tzipporah Clapman
In today’s day and age we live with lots of easy access to explicit information. Magazine covers are displayed all over the supermarkets, showing every type of immoral act. The internet is infested with immorality and depravity. With all these environmental hazards, do you think this has no effect on your child? In today’s world it is almost impossible to shield our children from all this shmutz. Putting a paper bag over their heads just won’t work.
Community Celebrates Life of Beloved Rabbi
Examiner
“Will Rogers never met a man he didn’t like. I never a met a man who didn’t like Rabbi Dovid Bryn,” said David Leone, a prominent South Florida educator, as he busily prepared to honor his spiritual mentor on the occasion of Rabbi Bryn’s tenth yohrzeit (anniversary of his passing).
Dr. Joseph D. Cantara to Address Summer Conference
The Merkos Chinuch Office summer Kinusim for Mechanchim and Mechanchos will each feature a series of presentations and workshops on the Danielson Framework for Enhancing Student Achievement, an educational program which has been taking the country by storm.
Miami Students Put L’chatchila Ariber into Practice
Bais Iyar takes on a new practical meaning for the students of the Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami. Students came to school wondering what a huge truck and crane were there for, only to witness the transformation of the beautiful school grounds to an all our rock climbing – palm tree extravaganza.
Pictures from the L'chaim of Mendel Tiefenbrun (London, UK) and Mushky Caytak (Ottawa, Canada), which took place Wednesday, April 25 at the Jewish Children's Museum.
L’chaim: Tiefenbrun – Caytak
Pictures from the L’chaim of Mendel Tiefenbrun (London, UK) and Mushky Caytak (Ottawa, Canada), which took place Wednesday, April 25 at the Jewish Children’s Museum.
Baby Boy!
Meyer and Chaya (nee Karp) Rodal (Crown Heights)
Though it's almost two months since the completion of the 30th cycle of the Daily Rambam - the teachings of Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon commonly known as Maimonides, the global celebrations of this momentous occasion still aren't over.
Cape Town Celebrates Life, Teachings of Rambam
Though it’s almost two months since the completion of the 30th cycle of the Daily Rambam – the teachings of Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon commonly known as Maimonides, the global celebrations of this momentous occasion still aren’t over.
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