Rabbi and Mrs. Aharon Chaim and Pessi Notik of Fort Lauderdale, FL, along with their newborn son Yankel have just moved on Shlichus to Gainesville, FL. The new Shluchim will serve as Program Director/Associate Rabbi and will help maintain, grow and expand the work of The Tabacinic Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student and Community Center at the University of Florida. The new Shluchim were appointed by Rabbi Berl and Chanie Goldman.
A new series of classes on Jewish.TV, taught by Chabad.org editor, Chana Weisberg, explore the life of the great women of the Torah. The first class debuts today at 8pm Eastern.
This month, that tradition of caring will be recognized once again as Americare partner with the Jewish Children’s Museum to offer free trips to the museum for all senior citizen groups. Additionally, weekday visitors accompanied by at least one grandparent will receive 15% off every admission.
Chabad of Oceanside purchased its 17,000-square-foot building on June 30, cementing its place in the community and opening the door for new and expanded programs — starting right away.
Everyone is horrified by the events of the past two days and that a young child walking home could be abducted and murdered. How do we explain this to our children? How do we help them, and for that matter ourselves, make sense of this?
“After everything that has befallen the whole Jewish people in our generation, we cannot fathom the tragedies… The only thing that can be said is that it must reinforce our demand for Moshiach, who must answer all the questions.”
Thousands of Jews from all walks of life attended the Levaya of young Leibby Kletzky OBM. Taking place at Rabbi Eisenbergs Shul on 56th Street in Boro Park, representatives from local government, activists and yidden who came to mourn with the family.
Secure America Now has just released a new poll showing that only 43 percent of Jews plan to vote to reelect Obama in 2012. If this holds, it would be a considerable drop from the 78 percent of the Jewish vote Obama received in 2008, and from the standard 75–80 percent of the Jewish vote that Democratic political strategists have come to expect and rely upon.
Stretching from Queens to Williamsburg a vivid rainbow formed followed an intense rain.
Rabbi Alter Metzger is the author of The Heroic Struggle, an account of the arrest and release of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson. In this interview, Rabbi Metzger speaks about his experience in researching and writing this book. He reveals interesting stories and information that came to light during his research for The Heroic Struggle.
These are the suspect’s words as written on a legal pad during questioning, according to law enforcement sources. This transcript has been edited to remove parts of an extremely graphic nature. It has not been edited for clarity.
Daniel and Chaya Jordan (Monsey, NY)
Motty and Malka Michla (nee Plotkin) Perlow (Crown Heights)
Yitzchok and Chana (nee Avtzon) Wolf (Crown Heights)
With shock and grief clutching Borough Park in Brooklyn, thousands of mourners and residents poured into a neighborhood courtyard Wednesday evening for the funeral of an 8-year-old Brooklyn boy who was abducted and killed this week as he walked home from camp.
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