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Then and Now, Chinuch – How It Changed

Rabbi Edelman, one of the first Tmimim, shliach of the previous Rebbe to Springfield MA to open a day school, which he continues to head to this day, will discuss the first tentative steps of day school chinuch in America at the annual Kinus HaMechanchos and contrast them with the today’s chinuch challenges.

Grieving Father Proposes “Leiby’s Phone” – Emergency-Only Cellphone for Children

New York Times

Stanley Patz has been conditioned to expect his telephone to ring whenever a child goes missing, so he was bracing when he heard about the disappearance of an 8-year-old boy, Leiby Kletzky, last week in Brooklyn.

Video: Inside Boro Park Shomrim

From the start of the Leiby Kletzky tragedy, we’ve been hearing about the Shomrim – a neighborhood patrol the people of Borough Park turn to in times of trouble. CBS 2’s Scott Rapoport has more on the unique relationship.

The Strange and the Unknown

By Boruch Werdiger and Mendel Spalter

Kaua‘i, Hawaii. What is it about this place?

Even the name, the street signs, the local paper, have an evocative vibe. All those H’s, W’s, and U’s make the cadences of Hawaiian sound like it’s the wind talking. It all has this exotic feel to it: something faraway, involving islands, and just foreign enough.

Newton Chabad Prepares for Move to New Home

Newton Tab

At the Beth Menachem Chabad on Dedham Street in Newton, Massachusetts, the Rebbetzin Nechama Prus, Rabbi Chaim Prus and Fred Chanowski, chairman of the Building Committee, look over blueprints of the almost finished building. The building is 8,500 square feet of usable area and some additional utility space.

Say “Chabad,” and many people likely picture men in dark suits, black hats and long beards. But Beth Menachem Chabad (BMC) in Newton isn’t your father’s Chabad. On any given Saturday, the men arrive ready to pray, dressed in everyday clothing: jeans, corduroys, trousers or suits.