After invitations have been mailed out, Chabad of Bangalore India began receiving concerned responses from their community about a strong storm that was forecasted. So tents were rented and umbrellas were purchased, only the storm never came and a large crowed enjoyed a special Lag B’omer celebration.
It was a bitter cold winter day in Hillsdale, New Jersey. Snowflakes were swirling around outside, threatening a storm, but inside Bris Avrohom—an organization which provides support to Russian immigrants—a spark of Jewish faith was glowing. One ember, in particular, was on the verge of bursting into a magnificent flame that would eventually carry its light on a journey back home to Russia, where the entire story began.
Friendship Circle Manchester held an amazing Lag beomer Barbecue, with over 100 who attended and enjoyed delicious food along with live music and carnival games.
Boruch and Mooka (nee Naparstek) Hecht (Agoura Hills, CA)
With half of the small city of Joplin, Mo., destroyed by the second-deadliest tornado in United States history, relief workers and rescue personnel are pouring into the Midwestern town to help its scarred and tattered population.
A group of girls in South Florida enjoyed a mass birthday celebration with their families as part of their local Bat Mitzvah Club. Members of the club, a project of Chabad-Lubavitch of South Broward, met each Sunday over the past year in Hallandale to learn about Jewish women throughout history through the use of hands-on activities and art projects.
More than 10,000 pro-Israel activists from all 50 states are in the Washington Convention Center for AIPAC Policy Conference 2011 the largest in AIPAC’s history.
FOX-CT did a story today on the Southern Connecticut Hebrew Academy’s bid for a half a million dollars from the Chase Community Giving Contest. Go to VoteSCHA.com to help.
High-visibility members of New York’s Jewish community are thinking twice about supporting President Obama’s 2012 re-election bid after he effectively called upon Israel to give Palestinians territory the Jewish state has occupied since 1967.
Sounds of music, combined with laughter, giggles, and excited shouts, were heard from Krupskoy 48, a scenic wooded area and second home to the Jewish children in Chernigov, the Or Avner Educational Complex.
A close-knit group of New York Jews with Eastern European roots may hold the secret to a long and healthy life—many live to 100 without disease despite smoking, drinking and eating fatty foods.
Our photographers were hard at work throughout the Parade and Fair, bringing you over 1,500 pictures. If you attended you are bound to be in one or two of them! However that was not enough, we also got full video coverage of the parade too. In the extended article you can find links to all our parade photo galleries and videos.
He may be stuck in limbo right now in terms of his career, but Gabe Carimi is still excited about coming to Chicago and being a part of the Jewish community.
On Sunday May 22nd, over 20,000 people lined the streets of Crown Heights in a display of Jewish Unity and to celebrate the joyous festival of Lag B’omer, the Yurtzait of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai. The Great Parade is based on the legacy of Mesibos Shabbos and Lag B’Omer parades held on Eastern Parkway since the 1940s, and takes place on this scale whenever Lag B’omer falls on a Sunday.
In this season of spring, one of the largest blessings I would like to be able to count on is the long-awaited arrival of a Walmart store in Brooklyn.
Dovid and Mushkie (nee Marrus) Nacca (Monsey, NY)
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