Mayor Bloomberg did a flip-flop in the direction of French critics who’ve denounced the NYPD’s “perp walk” of Dominique Strauss-Kahn by calling such public displays “outrageous” and a “circus.”
Rabbi Yitzchok Moully, youth rabbi at the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge, wears many hats there: his responsibilities include the center’s Hebrew School, Bar and Bat Mitzvah training, and running the teen group.
Hundreds of Anash and Bochurim packed into Beis Rivkah’s Rosa Hall in Campus Chomesh for a farbrengen marking the seventeenth Gimmel Tammuz.
Hundreds gathered this past Tuesday, Gimmel Tammuz, in the Yeshiva Centre in Sydney, Australia for a farbregen with a special guest – Rabbi Moshe Feller, Shliach in Minnesota.
A sizable crowd joined the Beis Medrash for a Farbrengen marking Gimmel Tammuz with Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schapiro, Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva Gedolah in Miami Beach.
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Groner farbrenged at Beis Shmuel last night, in honor of Gimmel Tammuz.
Nine camps from South Florida joined together for the annual CGI unity day, organized by Rabbi Shmuly G. of Chabad Youth Network of Florida.
As the day progresses, thousands make their way to the Rebbe’s Ohel to mark his 17th yohrtzeit. Lines extended at times all the way down Francis Lewis Boulevard.
Four years ago, thirteen-year-old Menachem Mendel Moshiach passed away, just a few weeks shy of his eighth grade graduation. Today, Gimmel Tammuz, his family and Crown Heights residents welcomed a new Sefer Torah which was written in his memory.
Chabad to Williamsburg—how far does the love for a fellow Jew go? Especially one who strayed?
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a moving encounter told by Rabbi Nachman Twersky, whose grandfather the Rachmastrivka Rebbe, together with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, helped bring a former student of his who was living in Williamsburg Brooklyn at the time back to Torah observance, showing how through Divine Providence a lost Jewish spark can be rekindled.
Jewish kids around the world last week arrived at summer camp, unpacking suitcases and duffle bags neatly packed with items such as a sleeping bag, clothes, towels, bathing suits and, of course, the ubiquitous bug spray.
When looking through the personal archives of the Peerce family, I was surprised to find a letter from the Rebbe, of righteous memory, to Mr. Zalmon Jaffe, of blessed memory, a Chabad-Lubavitch activist from Manchester, UK. The letter referred to a concert in Manchester.
[NY Daily News] — Hasidic patrols in Williamsburg rule the streets like real cops – driving unmarked cars, flashing emergency lights and snatching people they think are criminals, say residents and police.
After many years of research, I finally found the collection of letters written by the Rebbe, of righteous memory, to late Jan and Alice Peerce. Jan Peerce, known as the “American Tenor,” was considered the longest-standing performer at the Metropolitan Opera House during his career. He became close to Rabbi Chaim Drizin while visiting Chabad at Berkley University with his grandson.
Where is she? I lift my eyes, searching. The silhouettes cast on the white hanging sheet catch my eye. Back lit by the sun, their shadows create the most intriguing visual. Unlike a painting or photograph this sight it is alive.
What will the era of Moshiach be like? That’s the theme of a new advertising campaign launched by the Moshiach Campaign, a project of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinunch’s Suite 302. A half dozen or so full color ads, as well as 3 short video “teasers,” show how current challenges – such as the the current healthcare debate or global warming – will become a distant memories once the Geula occurs.
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