Shabbos at Besht: Rabbi Zalman Abraham
This Shabbos at the Besht Rabbi Zalman Abraham will lead a talk on the protective power of the Mezuzah.
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Chabad Rabbi Laces ’Em Up for Half-Marathon Attempt
JWeekly
Rabbi Peretz Mochkin competes in the 100th running of the Bay to Breakers in San Francisco last May.
That might be one of the chants heard at the upcoming San Francisco Marathon, when Rabbi Peretz Mochkin swaps his black coat — but not his tallit and tzitzit — for running gear and attempts to conquer the 13.1-mile half-marathon course.
When I Joined the “High Society” Synagogue
I admit I am intolerant. At times I am bigoted towards others. I judge people by the way they look, the way they walk, the way they talk, and an immeasurable amount of other calculated imagery I build up in my mind about them.
Miami Herald
Aventura, Florida
An awestruck chatter echoed throughout Aventura City Hall auditorium when the crowd recently saw the image of a two-story building made out of white stucco and Jerusalem stone with stained-glass windows.
New Chabad Synagogue for Southern Aventura
Miami Herald
Aventura, Florida
An awestruck chatter echoed throughout Aventura City Hall auditorium when the crowd recently saw the image of a two-story building made out of white stucco and Jerusalem stone with stained-glass windows.
Body of Missing American Surfer Found
Daniel Bobis founded the Long Beach High School surf team.
Five days after disappearing beneath the waves off the coast of western Indonesia, a fisherman found the body of missing American surfer Daniel Bobis.
Grandson of Baba Sali Stabbed to Death in His Study
Yeshiva World News
‘Baba Elazar’ – Rav Elazar Abuchatzeira, OBM
Rav Elazar Abuchatzeira of Be’er Sheva was just Niftar after being stabbed multiple times. United Hatzalah was first on the scene and tell YWN that they found him to be in traumatic arrest, he was pronounced dead a few minutes later.
Should Rabbis Be Active on Facebook?
by Kobi Nahshoni – Ynet
They say that in America, community rabbis are willing to go to NBA matches with their congregation members “so as not to lose the public”. In Israel, on the other hand, you won’t see a rabbi watching Maccabi Tel Aviv with the guys from the synagogue.
Baby Girl!
Mendy and Fanny (nee Mendelson) Benshimon (Montreal, Canada)
3.1-Mile Race Draws 50 Orthodox Jewish Women
Times Herald-Record
Running transforms Laykie Donin, clearing the Houston resident’s head and reducing the stress of raising four children and holding a full-time job.
New Engagement!
Shmuli chazanow (Los Angeles,CA ) and Chaya Paltiel (Melbourne)
L’Chaim Tonight Thursday at Chovevei Torah
885 Eastern Pkwy [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Call it All-You-Can-Jet: Business Edition. JetBlue introduced several new three-month, unlimited flight plans Thursday in an attempt to snare more higher-paying business travelers.
JetBlue Offers New Unlimited Flight Package
Call it All-You-Can-Jet: Business Edition. JetBlue introduced several new three-month, unlimited flight plans Thursday in an attempt to snare more higher-paying business travelers.
Photos by Meir Alfasi
Dozens of college students took advantage of their summer break to visit Israel with Chabad on Campus' IsraeLinks, completing the second trip this month. Led by scholar in-residence Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, along with Rabbi Yosef and Devora Wilhelm of Chabad of the Upper East Side, IsraeLinks took the enthusiastic students on a thrilling journey filled with fun and meaning.
College Students Enjoy Life-Changing Israel Tour
Photos by Meir Alfasi
Dozens of college students took advantage of their summer break to visit Israel with Chabad on Campus’ IsraeLinks, completing the second trip this month. Led by scholar in-residence Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson, along with Rabbi Yosef and Devora Wilhelm of Chabad of the Upper East Side, IsraeLinks took the enthusiastic students on a thrilling journey filled with fun and meaning.
A few Sydney Shluchim banded together, worked hard, and managed to produce an exciting six day winter camp/Yeshivas Kayitz for the Lubavitch teens in Sydney, something that hasn’t been done in ten years!
Six Day Winter Camp in Sydney
A few Sydney Shluchim banded together, worked hard, and managed to produce an exciting six day winter camp/Yeshivas Kayitz for the Lubavitch teens in Sydney, something that hasn’t been done in ten years!
Baby Girl!
Eli and Raizy (nee Junik) Simpson (Crown Heights)
Pork with ‘Shechitas Bais Yosef’ Sold in NYC Store
by Philip Gourevitch – New Yorker
If you want Kosher pork—pork spare ribs, pork cutlets, center-cut pork chops, all labeled in Hebrew “Sh’Chita Beit Yosef” (i.e., kosher slaughtered)—you get that only in New York, only at the Associated Supermarket at 4407 Greenpoint Avenue, in Sunnyside, Queens, and only for a few hours today, between the time the Israeli artist Oded Hirsch snapped the above photo on his cell phone and it got forwarded to me, and the time I phoned Aris Duran, the supermarket manager, for an explanation.
Midwest Shluchim Gather in Detroit
Photos by Aaron Kluck
Shluchim from the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan gathered in Detroit this past Shabbos and Sunday for the annual Midwest Regional Kinus.
Israelis march in the center of Tel Aviv to protest rising housing prices.
Tel Hai College student union organizer Aviad Rosenfeld pitched his tent alongside dozens of others in this Kiryat Shmona protest against soaring housing prices. Slogans plastered on placards around him decried the rising rent and the injustice of failing to provide citizens who put their lives on the line in the army with the means to obtain a mortgage. On average housing prices throughout Israel have risen 60% since 2007.
As Israel’s Protest Tents Grow, Chabad Counsels Calm
Israelis march in the center of Tel Aviv to protest rising housing prices.
Tel Hai College student union organizer Aviad Rosenfeld pitched his tent alongside dozens of others in this Kiryat Shmona protest against soaring housing prices. Slogans plastered on placards around him decried the rising rent and the injustice of failing to provide citizens who put their lives on the line in the army with the means to obtain a mortgage. On average housing prices throughout Israel have risen 60% since 2007.
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