Jews Parade with Pride Down Kharkov’s Streets
Despite the fact that Lag Ba’omer fell out on a workday, hundreds of Kharkov Jews were able to proudly parade down the busy main streets of Kharkov – Pushkinskaya and Sumskaya St.
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Eber’s Tishrei Liquor and Wine Sale
Chabad on Campus UK hosted recently a Shabbaton in Oxford for a group of thirty French Jewish students visiting from top engineering schools in Paris, including Ecole Central, Pharmacy Chatenay Malabry, HEC and Polytheqnic - coming less than two months after the brutal killings that shook the Jewish community in Tolouse and worldwide.
French Students Get Boost of Jewish Life in UK
Chabad on Campus UK hosted recently a Shabbaton in Oxford for a group of thirty French Jewish students visiting from top engineering schools in Paris, including Ecole Central, Pharmacy Chatenay Malabry, HEC and Polytheqnic – coming less than two months after the brutal killings that shook the Jewish community in Tolouse and worldwide.
Photos: Lag Ba’omer on the River Thames
Cheering, dancing, laughing… as the Golden Flame cruised along the River Thames, the girls of Lubavitch Senior School in London were entertained and amused by a fantastic series of games and challenges, and of course extremely lively dancing!
Photos: Lag Ba’omer Parade, Bonfire in Wilkes-Barre
Photos by Yossi Barodkin
The Jewish community in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania had their own Lag Ba’omer Parade and Bonfire, arranged by Yeshiva Beis Menachem in conjunction with Cheder Menachem, the local day school, and Cong. Ohev Tzedek.
New Engagement!
Ron David Hershcopf (Windsor, CT) and Minna Chava Caplan (Crown Heights)
Baby Girl!
Yaakov and Chaya (nee Kotlarsky) Wilansky (Crown Heights)
Tories Overrule Officials to Fund Chabad Project
Canada Globe and Mail
Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn accompanies Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird during his visit to Israel on Jan. 31, 2012.
The Conservative government overruled federal bureaucrats and gave $1-million to a social hall project submitted by an Ottawa rabbi with close ties to Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird.
Hidden in this brief clip from a show on the Canadian City TV Channel is something that most Lubavitchers - and perhaps New Yorkers - would consider a familiar sight. Can you spot it?
Video of the Day: Familiar Sight on NYC’s Streets
Hidden in this brief clip from a show on the Canadian City TV Channel is something that most Lubavitchers – and perhaps New Yorkers – would consider a familiar sight. Can you spot it?
Photos: Lag Ba’omer in Tasmania
Rabbi and Mrs. Yochanan Gordon are interviewed by local media.
Lag Ba’omer was celebrated for the very first time in northern Tasmania, an island south of Australia, in a town called Jackey’s Marsh.
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Google's self-driving Toyota Prius.
Google Inc. has cleared a major road block in its quest to introduce self-driving cars to the roads of the world.
Coming Sooner than You Think: Driverless Cars
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Google’s self-driving Toyota Prius.
Google Inc. has cleared a major road block in its quest to introduce self-driving cars to the roads of the world.
Rabbi Chaim Danzinger, Chabad emissary to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, leads a prayer service at the memorial.
For the first time since the municipal government replaced a memorial to the World War II slaughter of 27,000 local Jews with a separate installation that mentioned neither Jews nor the Holocaust, Jewish community officials in Rostov-on-Don joined Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar and Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia president Alexander Barada in persuading regional Gov. Vassily Golubov to erect a more ethnically-sensitive plaque.
Rostov Gov. Considers Revamping Holocaust Memorial
Rabbi Chaim Danzinger, Chabad emissary to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, leads a prayer service at the memorial.
For the first time since the municipal government replaced a memorial to the World War II slaughter of 27,000 local Jews with a separate installation that mentioned neither Jews nor the Holocaust, Jewish community officials in Rostov-on-Don joined Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar and Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia president Alexander Barada in persuading regional Gov. Vassily Golubov to erect a more ethnically-sensitive plaque.
Brooklyn Hasidim Shunned for Reporting Abuse
Mordechai Jungreis, right, walks his mentally disabled son, 16, home from school in Williamsburg.
In a report on child abuse in the Brooklyn Orthodox Jewish community – and the harassment and shunning those who bring the abuse to light are often subjected to – the New York Times singled out Crown Heights as a place where more significant change has been achieved compared to other communities.
New Engagement!
Shloimy Dalfin (Crown Heights) and Mussie Rosenblum (Montreal, Canada)
L’chaim will be Sunday at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy. [between Albany and Troy Ave.]
A group of preschoolers at Shaloh House Preschool & Kindergarten welcomed the spring season this year with the help of Mr. Mal Jacobs. The children learned how to properly care for the peach tree in the school's backyard.
Preschoolers Garden and Grow Their Own Snacks
A group of preschoolers at Shaloh House Preschool & Kindergarten welcomed the spring season this year with the help of Mr. Mal Jacobs. The children learned how to properly care for the peach tree in the school’s backyard.
Photos: Lag Ba’omer Rally in Front of 770
Over a thousand children gathered in front of 770 for a rally marking Lag Ba’omer. Children from the schools in Crown Heights, as well as the surrounding neighborhoods, enjoyed music and nosh, gave Tzedakkah and recited the twelve pesukim. The rally concluded with a special show with children’s favorite uncle, Uncle Moishy.
Recognizing the negative effect it has on the crime rate, police have been actively cracking down of the practice of 'Playing hooky,' by local teens who belong in High School. One such delinquent, who was loitering around 770 during the children's parade this morning, was picked up and taken back to school by the police.
Police Cracking Down on Teens Skipping School
Recognizing the negative effect it has on the crime rate, police have been actively cracking down of the practice of ‘Playing hooky,’ by local teens who belong in High School. One such delinquent, who was loitering around 770 during the children’s parade this morning, was picked up and taken back to school by the police.
Students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France, celebrated Lag Ba'omer with the traditional bonfire, accompanied by singing and dancing - and a 'Kumzitz.' The following morning, the students organized a grand Lag Ba'omer parade for Jewish children throughout Paris.
Photos: Lag Ba’omer Celebration in Brunoy, France
Students of Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, France, celebrated Lag Ba’omer with the traditional bonfire, accompanied by singing and dancing – and a ‘Kumzitz.’ The following morning, the students organized a grand Lag Ba’omer parade for Jewish children throughout Paris.
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