Teens Seek Purpose, Identity at Summer Un-Camp
“When my classmates asked me what religion I am, I made them guess,” Luca Koo, 15 from Budapest, Hungary says. “They went through the whole list before I told them I’m Jewish.”
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Court Affirms Strikedown of Bloomberg Soda Ban
New York City’s crackdown on big, sugary sodas is staying on ice. An appeals court ruled Tuesday that the city’s Board of Health exceeded its legal authority and acted unconstitutionally when it tried to put a size limit on soft drinks served in city restaurants.
AP
Video: Orchestra Performs Alter Rebbe’s Niggun
The Alter Rebbe’s Niggun (Preceded by the Hachona Niggun and followed by a rendition of ‘Nye Zhurite’) was performed by the Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Israel Edelson, at a Colel Chabad Dinner in New York.
Photos: Parksville Staff Appreciated with BBQ
Counselors, learning teachers and General Staff enjoyed a delicious ‘staff appreciation barbecue’ on Sunday night at Camp Gan Israel in Parksville, NY.
New Engagement!
Mendy Bercovitz (Miami Beach, FL) and Esther Leah Witkes (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be tonight, Tuesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Wounded Shliach Out of ICU, Family Arrives
Chabad Rabbi and emissary to Dagestan, Rabbi Ovadia Isakov, who was shot and critically wounded last week by a Muslim terrorist and flown to Israel for medical care, has been moved from the Intensive Care Unit at Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikva to a regular hospital ward.
Arutz 7
Black Teenager Abducted on New York Ave.
Police are investigating the possible abduction of an African-American teenage girl in Crown Heights.
News 12
10 Sifrei Torah Burn in Netanya
A fire that started in the Shifat Revivim synagogue near the Chabad neighborhood in Netanya, Israel Monday night incinerated 10 Sifrei Torah, some of them critically. There were no human casualties.
Rabbi Dr. J. Immanuel Schochet, OBM.
Video: Can We Change G-d’s Mind?
Once upon a busy life — maybe even two or three times, or more — we are struck with a sense of being so small within something much larger.
UConn Alumni Reconnect with Chabad
On Sunday, July 28, throngs of Jewish University of Connecticut (UConn) Alumni gathered in the home of Israeli UConn Soccer Star Dori Arad for an evening of dinner and entertainment with Chabad.
New Engagement!
Osher (ben R’ Mordechai) Gutnick (Melbourne, Australia) and Esty Levilev (Crown Heights)
Video: Reconnecting with Lost Souls
Like most day camps, the staff at CGI of Silicon Valley went on trips on their Sundays off. However, the staff of this particular camp had an additional goal.
Baby Girl!
Yehuda and Zeesy Piamenta (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Berel Lison (Montreal, Canada) and Devorah Yarmush (Crown Heights)
Dozens March Against Gun Violence in Crown Heights
Dozens marched in Crown Heights, Brooklyn on Saturday to reach out to victims and bring an end to gun violence.
CBS NY
Kiryat Sanz neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel.
Man Beaten by ‘Tznius Patrol’ for Staring at Woman
A 55-year-old man was beaten by a Charedi ‘Tznius Patrol’ in the Kiryat Sanz neighborhood of Jerusalem on motzei Shabbos, and is reported to be in moderate-to-serious condition.
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