Photos: Aleph Annouces Auction Winners
Marking the successful conclusion of their annual auction, Aleph announced this years lucky winners.
When Chabad Shluchim travel to obscure locations around the world as emissaries of the Jewish people, setting up shop near college campuses, large cities, and even tiny rural towns to share the vibrancy of our religion with just one more Jew, they must confront the logistical challenges of providing their children with a traditional Lubavitch education and interactions with Orthodox children their age.
Chabad’s School of the Future
When Chabad Shluchim travel to obscure locations around the world as emissaries of the Jewish people, setting up shop near college campuses, large cities, and even tiny rural towns to share the vibrancy of our religion with just one more Jew, they must confront the logistical challenges of providing their children with a traditional Lubavitch education and interactions with Orthodox children their age.
Yisroel Gourion's wedding took place last night in the Razag Ballroom in Crown Heights. The Twins from France Wedding, Part 2 will be coming out as soon as Yaakov gets married.
Video: Twins from France Wedding, Part 1
Yisroel Gourion‘s wedding took place last night in the Razag Ballroom in Crown Heights. The Twins from France Wedding, Part 2 will be coming out as soon as Yaakov gets married.
Baby Boy!
Aryeh Leib and Meira (nee Finkelstein) Ehrlich (Crown Heights)
Tuesday Night L’chaim!
Chanochi Deitsch (Crown Heights) and Mushkie Bruk (Crown Heights)
Lubavitcher Yeshiva, 570 crown st. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Baby Girl!
Chezky and Chani (nee Rapoport) Landa (Crown Heights)
Israel’s Postal Service Releases Tanya Stamp
Left: Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. Right: New Israeli stamp honoring the Tanya.
Israel’s Postal Authority released a stamp honoring the foundational work of Chasidic thought known as the Tanya and commemorating 200 years since the passing of its author, the First Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi.
Chabad Wants to Double Number of Shuls in Moscow
Interfax
Bolshaya Bronnaya synagogue in Moscow, Russia.
The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia would like built no less than five synagogues in Moscow, Federation President Alexander Boroda told a Monday press conference, during a break of the Federation congress.
20 Students in One Yeshiva Discover They Are Cousins
Descendants of Rabbi Chaim Ben-Zion Raskin (left) pose for a picture at their Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in Kiryat Gat, Israel.
In a world where large families are not unheard of, it’s not uncommon for a student at a Chabad-Lubavitch run yeshiva to find a cousin or two among his peers. But at the Tomchei Temimim post-high school rabbinical school in Kiryat Gat, Israel, a full 10 percent of the student body and a teacher recently learned they were all related.
Jewish Business Network Returns to Ft. Myers
News-Press
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, right, leads a meeting Thursday at Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida in Fort Myers. Minkowicz and others at the gathering are also part of the Jewish Business Network.
The Jewish Business Network of Southwest Florida is making a comeback by popular demand.
UPS Driver Robbed at Gunpoint
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — A UPS driver was robbed at gunpoint earlier today by a fearless and calculating bandit, who ditched his firearm and later went back to recover it. The robbery took place in broad daylight right near Kingston Avenue, and police ignored crucial information provided by Shomrim.
Montreal Students Enjoy Exciting Trip to New York
The 7th and 8th Grade students of Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Montreal who are part of the Chayolei Beis Dovid Program, headed by Rabbi Yisroel Menkes, traveled to New York for Yud Shvat.
Surveillance video obtained by CrownHeights.info captured the moments leading up to the horrific crash on Empire Boulevard today, and clearly reveales who was at fault.
VIDEO: Surveillance Video Captures Crash!
Surveillance video obtained by CrownHeights.info captured the moments leading up to the horrific crash on Empire Boulevard today, and clearly reveales who was at fault.
Matisyahu’s Beard Making a Comeback?
At sunrise on Tuesday, December 13, Reggae Star Matisyahu posted a photo of himself clean-shaven, tweeting the following phrase from his 2009 hit album Light:
Shliach Elected Head of Sydney Rabbinic Council
The Australian
Rabbi Yoram Ulman (left) with Rabbi Paul Lewin (right).
Rabbi Yoram Ulman was elected the president of the Rabbinic Council of New South Wales last week, and he has some big plans for the organisation.
‘Kotel Stones’ for Sale on Ebay
Arutz 7
Stones supposedly taken from the Kotel in Jerusalem are being offered for sale on internet auction site eBay, as talismans for good luck and health.
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