A recent gathering during the induction of new Hamburg Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Shlomo Bistritzky, brought together 24 Shluchim from fourteen German cities to discuss the future for Chabad in Germany. Also present was Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, who has been involved in German Jewish life for more than 30 years and helped establish many of the Chabad Houses there.
The British Ambassador to Israel, Matthew Gould, and the British Ambassador to Jordan, Peter Millett, visited Kfar Chabad this week.
Newt Gingrich has stormed to an upset victory over Mitt Romney in the South Carolina GOP primary with a pair of strong debate performances that most voters said was important to their choice.
Zevi and Devorah Leah (nee Cohen) Weinberg (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Hundreds of Jews from all over the world converged on Hadiatch, Ukraine to be close to the Alter Rebbe’s resting place on the day of his passing. All throughout the night and day, groups came, prayed and farbrenged at the grave-site in the old Jewish cemetery on the outskirts of the small village.
One day last October, Chaya Chanin, an Orthodox Jewish woman, sent her two children to the zoo with a babysitter and transformed her three-bedroom apartment in Crown Heights into a high-end boutique.
Head Shliach to Florida Rabbi Avraham Korf farbrenged for the students of Yeshiva Torah Ohr in North Miami Beach, in honor of 24 Teves.
In this 15th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how the Soviet Union’s (failed) attempt at creating a five day week caused a Jew to inadvertently violate the Shabbos.
This Motzei Shabbos, a gathering will be held marking the Shloshim for Shayna Borevitz, of blessed memory. The event will take place at Bnos Menachem, 739 East New York Ave. at 8:00 PM. For women and girls only.
Nochum and Chaya’le (nee Grossbaum) Pinson
1328 President St. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.]
Yosef and Ruth (nee Levitas) Weingarten
1465 President Street [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
Levi and Chanchie Matusof
1252 Lincoln place [between Troy and Schenectady Ave.]
Ari and Henny Reiser
646 Empire Blvd. [between Kingston and Albany Ave.]
Shua and Hindy Brook
451 Crown St [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave]
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Miller will give a lecture on the topic, Accept or Challenge: How should we respond to life’s problems.
After last month’s unbelievable tale of Hashgocha Protis, where a group of Askanim preventing the autopsy of a Jewish hiker who lost his way on Mt. Rainier and succumbed to hypothermia RL, Rabbi Zalman Heber, Shliach in Tacoma, WA, has been working together with the Seattle Jewish Federation in drafting new legislation that would prevent a medical examiner from performing an autopsy if it is against the family’s religiously held beliefs, unless there is a compelling public interest or foul play involved.
Crownheights.info and the Avner Institute present this unique photo of the Rebbe giving tzedakah to a child in the front of 770.
Reb Moshe and Reb Yankel Klein are sitting Shiva after the passing of their mother, Pesha Leah, OBM, at 1582 Carroll St. [between Troy and Schenectady Ave.]
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