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.
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.
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 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.
Its been almost six years since Avraham Fried released Bein Kach U’Bein Kach, and the time has finally come for the next album. Ladies and gentlemen the wait is over. Avremel’s new album is titled Keep Climbing.
Yanky Levy (London, UK) and Ita Nussbaum (Montreal, Canada)
L’chaim will be tonight, Tuesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Levi and Chaya Fraida (nee Lanada) Raskin (Crown Heights)
Cheder at the Ohel students had the pleasure to be one of only three children’s groups ever to tour Jewish Educational Media! Director of JEM, Rabbi Elkanah Shmotkin who has two sons leaning at Cheder at the Ohel, was the tour guide. The students were truly fascinated by all the media equipment.
Rabbi Gershon and Devorah Sandler, experienced creators of CGI Running Springs, CA are opening a new camp on the east coast.
Chaim and Shaina (nee Raskin) Moss (Jerusalem, Israel)
With Israel’s cottage cheese protests all but forgotten, the consumer public is targeting Strauss-Elite, the second largest company in Israel, unwilling to accept what is perceived as price gouging. Organizers of the grassroots protest point out that it is simply unacceptable that in Israel, where the products are manufactured, they pay significantly more than shoppers in North America.
With the completion of the 30th cycle of Rambam only two short weeks away, shluchim around the world are in full gear preparing for the community siyumim that the Rebbe urged Jews everywhere, shluchim and anash alike, to organize for such a milestone.
During a Farbrengen on Purim of 1983, a young boy who was sitting under the table where the Rebbe sat, curled up and fell asleep on the Rebbes feet. When the child suddenly awoke he began crying, but the Rebbe calmed him down by giving him a piece of cake. Who was that child? And where is he today? Well, we found out.
Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchok and Nechamie Minkowicz reignited the JBN [Jewish Business Network] of Southwest Florida with a Kick Off Event that was attended by over 80 people from leading Physicians, Lawyers, Business Owners, Real Estate Professionals as well as community leaders.
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