As the Shnas Limudim in Detroit came to a close, together with it, did the vast Mivtza Torah happening in the local Mesivta. On this past Thursday night (4 Ov) a large celebration took place, marking the culmination of the Mivtza and rewarding its participants.
New details emerged in connection with the kidnapping of a Chabad Shliach in Ecuador, information indicated that he abducted by an Israeli man who was well known to him and his wife.
Shalom Chai Wrubel (Montreal, Canada) and Bat-el Shertzer (Montreal, Canada)
Chabad-Lubavitch of Ulster County in Kingston, N.Y., unveiled its newly-renovated social hall and brand new guest accommodations at a community breakfast and ribbon cutting ceremony.
The Port Authority says it plans to raise the toll on its bridges and tunnels by $4 next month.
Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the World Wide Web becoming a publicly available service on the internet.
Hassidic singer Avraham Fried is marking the 30th year of his musical career, during which he has released albums, filmed clips, and performed thousands of times in Israel and around the world, almost always using suitable expressions from the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible.
Nochi and Miriam Goldshmid (Crown Heights)
An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale was felt for several seconds across Israel on Sunday, shortly before midday.
Federal authorities could have spared Postville a great deal of upheaval if they had gone ahead with a planned 2000 immigration raid there instead of waiting nearly eight years to deal with a blatant case of illegal hiring, a retired federal agent says.
Nearly 15% of the U.S. population relied on food stamps in May, according to the United States Department of Agriculture.
As part of a five-decade old program originally dubbed “the Jewish Peace Corp”, two Chabad Rabbinical students will be visiting Springfield, Jefferson City and Branson, Mo. this August as part of their community outreach training. The young Rabbis-in-training will be spending their summer on the road, sharing their passion for Jewish life and bringing Jewish awareness and practice wherever they go.
Continuing season two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the fifth class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week’s topic, “The Rebbe on Marrying for Beauty”.
Rabbis versus footballers was Chabad of Cape Towns ingenious way of engaging the world ahead of the World Cup last year, after going viral their video scored over 150,000 views on Chabad.org, this year they are trying it again – with a calendar that carries a special set of messages.
The children play games, make crafts and learn how to play sports like kids at other day camps, but what makes Camp Gan Israel different is that the kids also learn about their Jewish heritage.
One of Levi Aron’s friends has revealed more personal details about the accused killer, whom the friend calls “socially awkward” and “borderline retarded.” “He couldn’t hold a conversation…He didn’t talk about anything except karaoke and the songs he was going to sing – not women, not anything,” said David Barsky.
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