Talmidim in Lubavitcher Yeshivas younger grades got a preview of Tu B’Shvat today with a hands on workshop organized by mothers in the PTA. The workshop began with an examination of the Shivas Haminim, decorating a flowerpot which then later filled with soil and seeds and concluded with a Farbrengen.
Eli Philips (Worcester, MA) and Devorah Leah Tennenhaus (Hallendale Beach, FL)
In honor of Yud Shvat, all 550 students of Beth Rivkah Montreal were involved in special programs.
Hours after news hit web pages about the Litchfield, CT Board of Education’s decision to not observe Jewish high holidays on the 2012-13 school calendar, community members responded with mixed emotions.
Dov Ber Gurewicz (Chicago, IL) and Mushky Sirota (Morristown, NJ)
L’chaim will be Monday night at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy. [between Albany and Troy Ave.] at 8:00 PM
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Las Vegas, NV — Angry Ron Paul supporters overtook a special caucus Saturday night for religious voters who honor the Sabbath, prompting long lines, frantic GOP officials and voter fraud complaints.
Mosab Hassan Yousef has become estranged from his Palestinian family after outing himself as a long-time spy for Israeli intelligence, and does not regret his service.
The official name was called anti-Semitism, before that it was called anti-Judaism, but those names seem so vile. The present name is ant-Zionism. But they all mean the same, hate of the Jewish people as a whole.
Shmuel Rothstein (Baltimore, MD) and Chasi Weinstein (Pittsburgh, PA)
L’chaim will be tonight, Sunday at Empire Shtiebel
489 Empire Blvd. [between Brooklyn and New York Ave.] at 8:30 PM
The International Kinus Hatmimim, which is taking place tonight at Campus Chomesh in Crown Heights, can be viewed live here at Crownheights.info, courtesy of Chabad.org.
The New York City Police Department increased security at Jewish institutions throughout the city on Saturday as tensions between Israel and Iran heated up.
Everywhere he went in Israel this week, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird would say: “Israel has no greater friend in the world than Canada.” So much so that Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz joked at a reception for the Canadians Thursday night: “I think Canada’s an even better friend of Israel than we [Israelis] are.”
CrownHeights.info and Kol Menachem is happy to present the first class in a new “Torah in Ten” series on “The Journey of Shabbos.”
These classes are based on the new “Lifestyle” Friday Night Prayer Companion that was released last month. In this class Rabbi Miller gives a personal insight into why he wrote this companion, as well as insights into the mystical meaning of the Shabbos candles.
In honor of Yud Shvat, the Avner Institute presents a charming collection of anecdotes from Rabbi Zalman Posner, who was one of the first students of the American-based Lubavitcher Yeshiva established in 1940 by the Previous Rebbe, and who, for 45 years, served as Chabad emissary in Nashville, TN.
Whoever survives the Democratic Primary showdown between U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman and U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell in the 9th District may have to contend with a rabbi if Shmuley Boteach has his way.
In December, not long after “Among Righteous Men” was published, I returned to Crown Heights. The evening was unseasonably warm, and I walked east from my apartment, past the lip of Prospect Park, and down the undulating clamor of Eastern Parkway, my hands in my pockets. The neighborhood, where I had spent so many months reporting — some happy, some not — appeared largely unchanged.
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