Continuing season two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the tenth class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week’s topic, “The Rebbe on the Causes of the Holocaust – Part 2”.
Yitzchok and Shifra Crawford (Jerusalem, Israel)
Getzy Rubashkin (Crown Heights) and Chana Fellig (Miami, FL)
A new section on the Judaism website Chabad.org offers a Jewish perspective on the tragic events of 10 years ago and the efforts of those who continue to respond to the darkness of the Sept. 11 attacks by adding goodness to the world.
Last Wednesday, over 130 preschool educators from 16 schools around the New York area (ranging from Philadelphia to Connecticut) came to Crown Heights for a Joint Orientation & Networking session of the Chabad Early Childhood Education (CECE) Network, a project of The Shluchim Office.
Members of Richmond’s Jewish community will be commemorating 20 years since the passing of Virginia’s first Chabad-Lubavitch emissary during a ceremony timed to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
For 15 weeks now, the members of Jewish Women Connected (JWC) at Chabad of Stamford have been packing. housewares and comfortable clothing, water-bottles, and always a little organza bag containing a silver charm.
Rabbi Mendy Goldberg of the Chabad House of Coram, on Long Island, N.Y., was one of scores of people interviewed by Forward reporters examining the scope and impact of a federal program providing grants to nonprofits at risk for terrorism. “There were a few incidents of anti-Semitic slurs and vandalism,” he said. “Then we found that if the government was willing to pay for it, we should improve security.” In 2007, with the help of the Lubavitch organization, Goldberg’s Chabad House received a grant to install closed circuit cameras, extra lighting, an alarm system and electronic monitoring.
On the 10th Anniversary of the World Trade Center disaster, a firefighter and video journalist has released some never before seen footage of the rescue and recovery effort at Ground Zero following the collapse of the twin towers.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — With the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks just days away the city is on heightened alert after receiving credible but non-specific threats. Crown Heights is also on heightened alert and local organizations have been collaborating with police to ensure the safety of our residents, Shuls and institutions.
Hersh Loschak (S. Barbara, CA) and Fraidy Kagan (Miami, FL)
Daniel Gould (Brisbane, Australia) and Ruth Laufer (Argentina)
My wife and I long ago made a decision that our home would be a “television-free zone.” It is truly amazing how much more you can live without what has become for many an intrusive medium. And our children are more likely to be part of the family when there is no television to watch.
RINKABY, Sweden [CHI] — “Excuse me, are you Jewish?” asked Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick, a Chabad emissary to the World Scouting Jamboree in Rinkaby, Sweden.“Yes I am, how can I help you?” answered the scout in his fully emblazoned scout uniform behind the Jamboree registration desk. “Would you like to put on tefillin?” within a few minutes a loud ‘Mazal Tov’ is heard, as a crowd of bystanders join in to celebrate this young man’s Bar Mitzva.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Aron Moss will lead a discussion into the topic of polygamy and why it was once allowed.
The gentrification of Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights is most evident between Sterling and Park Place.
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