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Boruch Dayan Ha’emes: Mendel Oberlander, OBM
With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Hatomim Menachem Mendel Oberlander, 20, after a prolonged illness. His parents, Rabbi Rabbi Boruch and Batsheva Oberlander, head Shluchim to Hungary, will be sitting Shiva in their home in Budapest.
Art Space of Their Own
Philadelphia, PA — After a year and a half of running programs out of rented space at Center City universities, Chabad House for Students of the Arts is opening its own exhibition and programming space on South Street.
Didan Notzach! Washington state senate bill 6068 - authorizing religious objection to an autopsy - was approved; the vote was 48 to 2 in favor. The bill was brought to the chamber by a number of Jewish organizations, including Shliach to Tacoma Rabbi Zalman Heber, after the tragic story of Dr. Brian Grobois.
Washington State Senate Passes Autopsy Bill
Didan Notzach! Washington state senate bill 6068 – authorizing religious objection to an autopsy – was approved; the vote was 48 to 2 in favor. The bill was brought to the chamber by a number of Jewish organizations, including Shliach to Tacoma Rabbi Zalman Heber, after the tragic story of Dr. Brian Grobois.
Shabbos at the Besht: Ke’ish Echod Belev Echod
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Naftali Silberberg will lead a discussion on the topic: How Chassidus revolutionized Ahavas Yisroel.
Rav Adin Even Yisrael-Steinsaltz has been selected as the first recipient of the Presidential Prize the selection committee announced today, Thursday, 16 Shevat 5772. The committee is made up of President Shimon Peres, former president Yitzchak Navon and former president of the High Court of Justice Meir Shamgar.
Rav Steinsaltz to Be Awarded First Presidential Prize
Rav Adin Even Yisrael-Steinsaltz has been selected as the first recipient of the Presidential Prize the selection committee announced today, Thursday, 16 Shevat 5772. The committee is made up of President Shimon Peres, former president Yitzchak Navon and former president of the High Court of Justice Meir Shamgar.
Video: Why Is This Winter So Warm?
New Engagement!
Hudi Riven (Montreal, Canada) and Rivka Lebovic (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Levi (ben HaRav Yosef Avrohom) Heller (Crown Heights) and Esther Leah Klyne (Manchester, UK)
Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: Purim in Exile
In this 18th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how she prepared Hamantaschen for the holiday of Purim, and shared them with two unappreciative Jewish guests.
New Engagement!
Sruly Epstein (Columbia, SC) and Shlomit Dean (Crown Heights)
Tu B’Shvat Reception in New York State’s Capital
Albany’s Shliach Rabbi Yisroel Rubin co-sponsored, with Speaker of the House Sheldon Silver, a Tu B’shvat Reception by the New York State Legislative Chamber, with fruit displays arranged by Albany’s Maimonides-Bnos Chaya Girls High School. This year Senator Kristen Gillibrand from Washington also attended.
Writer Michael Perman writes in the Huffington Post about an empty feeling he had while out for a walk and a chance meeting with San Francisco Shliach Rabbi Yosef Langer on his “Cable Car” Minyan, where he hand the chance to say Kaddish for his mother.
Cosmic Chabad Cable Car
Writer Michael Perman writes in the Huffington Post about an empty feeling he had while out for a walk and a chance meeting with San Francisco Shliach Rabbi Yosef Langer on his “Cable Car” Minyan, where he hand the chance to say Kaddish for his mother.
Third Time’s the Charm: Chabad GW Finds New Home
It’s an oasis at GW. That’s how Rabbi Yudi Steiner describes the newest and third location of Chabad at George Washington University. The Jewish student group recently moved into a new home in Columbia Plaza to open its doors to as many students as possible, spreading faith and sharing meals.
Chief Rabbi: Netherlands Not Anti-Semitic
Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands, Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, spoke to the Oxford University Chabad Society this week at the Slager Jewish student centre on the subject of European anti-Semitism and the future of Dutch and European Jewry.
Video: Legacy of the Rebbetzin
Rabbi Shmuel Lew speaks about the legacy that Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson left to the Jewish people. Through stories of her sterling character traits, positivity and human compassion, we see how she gave the Rebbe the support that he needed to achieve what he did in his lifetime, and we learn what we can aspire to be in our own lives.
