Monday, 5 Tammuz, is the 37th yahrzeit of Rabbi Benzion Shemtov, OBM. The Jewish Tribune, based in Stamford Hill, London, featured vintage photographs and a short biography of Rabbi Shemtov’s life in a full page spread in its ‘faces from the past’ section.
On Sunday hundreds of Anash joined the extended Schapiro family as they celebrated the completion of a new Sefer Torah in memory of Rabbi Lipa and Mrs. Chana Schapiro, and their beloved son Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, OBM.
Eight years after its initial release, Yaldah Magazine, the successful Orthodox publication written by Jewish girls for Jewish girls continues to grow and in response to reader request, is switching over from a quarterly to a monthly format.
Dovi Seldowitz (Crown Heights) and Atara Kaye (Sydney, Australia)
Chevra Ahava Yisroel, 1349 President St. [between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.]
Yisroel Noach Rabiski (Toronto, Canada) and Aidela Moskowitz (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Tuesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
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Indian police have arrested a man who is thought to be the one heard giving instructions by phone to the terrorists who were holed up inside the Mumbai Chabad House in November 2008.
In this 36th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes her mixed feelings of joy and sorrow when she and Reb Levik celebrated their own version of the Rebbe’s wedding from far away in Yekatrinoslav, unable to attend in Warsaw.
Yisroel Noach Rabiski (Toronto, Canada) and Aidela Moskowitz (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be Tuesday at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
570 Crown St. [hall entrance on Albany Ave.]
Every Friday, Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva students across the globe head out of their study halls and take to the streets for pre-Sabbath interactions with locals: On the lookout for Jewish passersby, tourists and shopkeepers, they help men don the prayer boxes known as tefillin, hand out Sabbath candles to women, and answer questions about Judaism to anyone who asks.
Shimmy Gerlitzky (Crown Heights) and Itty Fellig (Crown Heights)
L’chaim will be tonight, Sunday at Bais Rivkah
310 Crown St. [between New York and Nostrand Ave.]
Kindergarten would become mandatory for all 5-year-olds in New York City under a bill passed this week by state lawmakers.
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In the next few days, our children will pack up their clothes, bedding and favorite pillows and head off to summer camp. Most will return home with wonderful memories of new friends and fun filled days. Some will return home with devastating memories that will last a lifetime – memories of being abused.
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Congressional leaders and top Obama administration officials met with representatives of Chabad-Lubavitch, lead by Rabbi Avrohom Shemtov.
Mohamed Morsi, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood – of which Hamas is an offshoot, was declared the new president of Egypt on Sunday, following the first democratic election in Egypt’s history.
Elie Wiesel, one of the most passionate Jewish voices of our time, enjoyed an enduring correspondence and personal relationship with the Lubavitcher Rebbe. An avid student, a sought after teacher, survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Wiesel is the author of numerous related books, among them the bestselling Night, the first in a trilogy about his life in the concentration camps. Recipient of many literary awards and honorary degrees, Mr. Wiesel, a professor at Boston University, spoke with Baila Olidort.
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