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Baby Boy!
Naftoli and Rochel (nee Yarmush) Charytan (Crown Heights)
A boy’s Bar Mitzvah at the educational complex, supported by Lev Layeled.
The Jewish community in Zhitomir, Ukraine, is celebrating a series of accomplishments, from the construction of a new fence protecting its local cemetery to the recent circumcisions of three boys and one 60-year-old man who decided to embrace their heritage. The community is led by Chief Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary serving the region.
Photos: Zhitomir Celebrates Productive Season
A boy’s Bar Mitzvah at the educational complex, supported by Lev Layeled.
The Jewish community in Zhitomir, Ukraine, is celebrating a series of accomplishments, from the construction of a new fence protecting its local cemetery to the recent circumcisions of three boys and one 60-year-old man who decided to embrace their heritage. The community is led by Chief Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary serving the region.
Video by Yankee Teitelbaum
Video: Time-Lapse of the Kinus Banquet
Video by Yankee Teitelbaum
Besht Center Bids Farewell to Rabbi Kalmenson
This past Motzei Shabbos, parshas Toldos, some 70 men and women, members of the Besht Center and the greater Crown Heights community, came to bid farewell to Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson, rabbi of the Besht. The Kalmensons will be moving to Central London to open a new Chabad house.
New Engagement!
Shmulik Abend (North Hollywood, CA) and Blumie (Bas R’ Shaya) Raskin (London, UK)
L’Chaim tonight, Wednesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Baby Boy!
Chezky and Bassie (nee Plotkin) Rosenfeld (Crown Heights)
Photos: Rosh Chodesh Kislev in Miami
Toward the end of Rosh Chodesh Kislev, while all the Shluchim were still gathered in New York at the great Kinus banquet, the Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami began its festive meal in honor of this special day.
Jewish Soldiers Find a Spiritual Home at Fort Jackson
Illustration Photo: Jewish soldiers celebrate the High Holidays with the help of the Aleph Institute.
When Rabbi Henry Sousson went through training at Fort Jackson in 2002, area Jewish options were limited, and being able to participate in Jewish holiday celebrations was tough. Nearly 10 years later, the instructor at the Columbia, S.C., installation’s chaplain school is proud of the Chabad-Lubavitch run Aleph House, which gives civilians and soldiers a Jewish base while they’re away from home.
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Shluchim inspire Bochurim of Chovevei Torah
Over the course of the International Conference of Shluchim this year, the bochurim of Chovevei Torah were privileged to hear from several shluchim who took time out of their busy schedules to share some of their inspiration. They spoke about and told stories of their shlichus and encouraged the bochurim to increase their learning.
Remembering Rabbi Sholom Ber Goldshmid, 86
Rabbi Sholom Ber Goldshmid, OBM
Rabbi Sholom Ber Goldshmid, the last remaining member of the of the Chabad community to survive the Hebron Massacre of 1929, passed away November 10. He was 86 years old.
Interview is conducted in Hebrew
Video: Avi and Mendy Piamenta on Israel’s Channel 10
Interview is conducted in Hebrew
School Attends Shloshim for Reb Moshe Abelsky OBM
Monday morning, Beis Kislev, students of Oholei Torah marked the Shloshim of Reb Moshe HaKohen Ablesky OBM, with Siyumei Mishnayos and a Hascholas Sefer Torah, together with a rally with of Torah, Tefilla and Tzedokah.
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