Man Buys Safe for $122, Finds $26,000 Inside
WMCTV
A Bartlett, Tennessee man found thousands of dollars inside an item he bought on eBay.
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Chevra Ahavas Yisroel to Purchase New Building
The newly contracted building on Albany Ave. near Lincoln Pl.
Chevra Ahavas Yisroel has just signed a contract on a two story building to permanently house their congregation. They will complete the purchase as soon as they raise the necessary funds.
How to Teach Your Child to Become a Mentch
Do you want to teach your child to become a Mentch? Why can a few positive words be so uplifting to a child a word? When and how should we bestow praise? A new series presented by Rabbi Nochem Kaplan can show you how.
South African Jewish Day Schools Unite for Friendship
In unprecedented unity, over 200 student volunteers representing many of the Jewish day Schools in Johannesburg, gathered at two separate events last week to initiate the third year of programming of Friendship Circle.
Photos of Young Gabi Holtzberg Discovered
A couple of interesting photos were recently discovered in the archives of the Chabad House in Ashdod, Israel. In the first (above), Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg and his sons help a Jew do the Mitzvah of Lulav. Gabi HY”D is third from the right.
Mormons Condemn “Conversion” of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
The Mormon Church has condemned the recent posthumous baptism of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl whose diary of hiding from the Nazis has provided generations with a first-hand account of life during the Holocaust.
Picture of the Day: Shliach Meets Satmar Rebbe
Shturem
Rabbi Yeshaya Hertzel of Natzeret Ilit and Rabbi Yosef Chaim Rosenblatt of the lower Galil Region met Rabbi Aaron Teitlebaum of Satmar (Kiryas Yoel) during his visit to the North of Eretz Yisroel. Rabbi Teitlebaum mentioned his yichus as a descendant of the Alter Rebbe and Mitteler Rebbe.
VTech Student Helped by Scholarship Gives Back
Left: Liorah Abrams with her two daughters Chanah and Golda Liba. Right: Jared Isaacman (middle) donating a private jet vacation for six.
Hunterdon County, NJ [CHI] — What do the first recipient of the Chabad Hunterdon County Scholarship fund, the wife of a chemistry professor, and the designer of this years’ MyChabadAuction.com website have in common? In the case of Liorah Abrams, they’re all the same person.
New Engagement!
Dovid Losh (Crown Heights) and Miriam Goldshmid (Crown Heights)
Police Question Rabbi Volpo over Alleged Bribing
Haaretz
Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo
A rabbi suspected of offering financial incentives to soldiers to refuse orders to evacuate West Bank outposts heads the nonprofit association behind the Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem.
Photos: Beis Rivka High School Production
Monday night, Beis Rivka High School students put on one last wonderful performance of their famous production, enthralling a full audience at the Wingate auditorium in the outskirts of Crown Heights. This year’s theme was Voice of Eternity, describing the physical and spiritual challenges of newly arrived Jewish immigrants to the shores of America in the early 20th century.
Chabad of Lichtfield Loses Discrimination Case
Register-Citizen
Chabad of Lichtfield County, CT.
A lawsuit by a Jewish group claiming town officials discriminated against it in Nazi-style fashion for denying plans to greatly expand a historic building for use as a synagogue and community center has been dismissed in U.S. District Court.
A group of Jews visiting Kivrei Tzadikim in Morocco were surprised to find what appears to be a full size replica of the Beis Hamikdosh in Ouarzazate, a desert town about 100 miles east of Merrakech.
Video: Beis Hamikdosh Replica Discovered in Morocco
A group of Jews visiting Kivrei Tzadikim in Morocco were surprised to find what appears to be a full size replica of the Beis Hamikdosh in Ouarzazate, a desert town about 100 miles east of Merrakech.
Photo Gallery: Tanya Printed on the Frozen Continent
Photographer Meir Alfasi recently set sail to Antarctica, where he printed a Tanya in memory of Shluchim Gabi and Rivkie Holtzberg. We present this breathtaking photo gallery of his trip.
Kosher Sushi Distributor Goes Up In Flames on Utica
Crown Heights [CHI] — A four-alarm blaze broke out in a one-story commercial building that houses a kosher sushi distributor on Utica Ave. Monday morning, sending nine city firefighters to the hospital.
Is Yoga a Rocky Road to Idolatry?
Is T.M. and yoga the Path to enlightenment? Or a rocky road to idol worship? CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a letter to Doctor Yehuda Landes, wanting to open a holistic center for fellow Jews, where the Rebbe’s response reveals remarkable insight – not only as to the need for proper guidance, but the use of “alternate therapies” within a Torah framework.
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