Baby Girl!
Levi and Chana Dina (nee Rabinowicz) Slonim (S. Paulo, Brazil)
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Op-Ed: What Chabad-Lubavitch and Modern Orthodox Communities Can Teach Each Other
I think it’s high time there was some new cultural diffusion. I don’t mean cultural diffusion on a grand scale, where one nation spreads its lifestyles and outlooks to another nation or anything of the sort. Rather, I am proposing a small-scale exchange of ideas, lifestyles, and philosophies within two sectors of the Jewish world: Modern Orthodoxy and Chabad Lubavitch.
Women to No Longer Sit in the Back of the Bus
The Orthodox Jewish-run Brooklyn bus company that stuck women in the back seats is putting an end to the controversial practice after a reprimand from the city.
Albany Day School Publishes Scholarly Torah Journal
The Maimonides Day School published a new scholarly journal featuring dissertations in Hebrew and English by students, parents, alumnae and staff of the Albany, N.Y., institution.
Dozens of Chabad avreichim will be entering the IDF and Israel police in the coming months in a special program coordinated between the agencies and Chabad, connected to the Shachar program. This program is tailored to chareidi inductees, accommodating their lifestyle while permitting them to serve.
Dozens of Chabadniks Heading to Israeli Police & IDF
Dozens of Chabad avreichim will be entering the IDF and Israel police in the coming months in a special program coordinated between the agencies and Chabad, connected to the Shachar program. This program is tailored to chareidi inductees, accommodating their lifestyle while permitting them to serve.
New Engagement!
Mendy Abergel (Crown Heights/Kfar Chabad) and Chaya Esther Katz (Crown Heights)
New Engagement!
Menachem Mendel Simon (Crown Heights) and Leah Rochel Rubenstein (London)
L’Chaim Wednesday at 1485 President St.
[between Albany and Troy Ave]
New York City is considering a plan to remove all trash cans from some subway platforms.
MTA Removes Trash Cans from Subway Stations “to Make Them Cleaner”
New York City is considering a plan to remove all trash cans from some subway platforms.
New Study Characterizes Agunot
Most agunot are younger woman with children who are trying to leave a first marriage, according to a new study.
Chabad in SC’s Capital Finds Promising New Location
When Rabbi Hesh Epstein went searching for a location for a new synagogue, Decker Boulevard was the obvious place to look.
Baby Girl!
Zalman and Raizy (nee Roston) Mendelsohn (Jackson Hole, WY)
Sukkah Mobiles Take Over Baltimore
What do you get when you combine one holiday, four trucks, thirteen bochurim, thirty seven arranged visits to families and businesses, forty dozen danishes, two hundred and fifty soda cans, and two hundred and seventy hours? You get the Chabad of Park Heights Sukkah Mobiles!
Girl Loses 205 Pounds in Hopes of Finding a Shidduch
Is there anything people won’t do for a Shidduch? Merav Yitzhaki, 25, had bariatric surgery, gave up on snacks and pastries and lost more than half her weight. Now she awaits her suitor. A Lubvitcher girl speaks openly about her obesity and her struggles.
Amazing Story: The Rebbe’s Dollar and Gilad Shalit
It was bound to surface sooner or later: Shluchim Rabbi Eliahu and Chana Kanterman, in Talbieh, Yerushalayim, became friendly with the Shalit family after visiting their protest tent, bringing food for the body and soul and offering support as only the Rebbe’s Shluchim know how.
Sunday evening, Isru Chag Sukkos, Oholei Torah held their annual Tzeischem L’sholom for the 126 Talmidei Hashluchim who will be going to communities around the world.
Oholei Torah Sends Off 126 Talmidei Hashluchim
Sunday evening, Isru Chag Sukkos, Oholei Torah held their annual Tzeischem L’sholom for the 126 Talmidei Hashluchim who will be going to communities around the world.
An interesting video of the Sanz-Klausenburger Rebbe's Tisch at the end of Yom-Tov, where he carries out the custom of throwing apples to the crowd of gathered chassidim as a symbol of blessing. The Chassidim break out into the joyous [Chabad] niggun of “Vaharikosi Lochem Brocho,” and what appears to be the Klausenburg version of “Yechi Adoneinu.”
Video: Apple Throwing at Sanz-Klausenburg
An interesting video of the Sanz-Klausenburger Rebbe’s Tisch at the end of Yom-Tov, where he carries out the custom of throwing apples to the crowd of gathered chassidim as a symbol of blessing. The Chassidim break out into the joyous [Chabad] niggun of “Vaharikosi Lochem Brocho,” and what appears to be the Klausenburg version of “Yechi Adoneinu.”
Op-Ed: Dancing at My Daughter’s Wedding with Rubashkin on My Mind
With one week left to the wedding of my eldest child, I am looking forward not so much to the occasion as to simply seeing my daughter married to her fiancé. I want to dance with abandon at my daughter’s celebration, but I am an informal person and the formality of a wedding leaves me cold. I’m fortunate that most of the heavy lifting has been done by people much more responsible than me. My wife, whose husband abandoned her to the labor. Eddie Izzo, the gentlemanly and professional head of Main Event Catering, Penny Rabinowitz of Save the Day Events, and finally the Rockleigh Country Club, who are black belts at Jewish weddings.
