Rabbi Abba Refson, head of Congregation Ohel Chabad Lubavitch in Cambria Heights, says this year’s pilgrimage to the grave of the sect’s beloved leader, the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, will be “more orderly.” It is scheduled for June 21 to 24, and about 20,000 people are expected to make the trip.
At 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 20, four cars headed from Los Angeles to the 2012 Pasadena Marathon filled with members of the Skirts for SOLA team. Despite training for weeks, many of these newly minted runners still could not fully grasp that the day truly had come.
Hundreds of alumni of Yeshivas Kol Yaakov Yehudah – Hadar Hatorah, the world’s first yeshiva especially designed to provide a quality Torah education to baalei teshuvah or young men from assimilated backgrounds, came from all over the country to attend the special 50th Anniversary Jubilee Gala Dinner that was held at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights on June 3rd/13 Sivan.
When Yossi Kahan, 22, goes out on Friday afternoons, he takes handfuls of Chabad.org’s weekly print publication with him.
The students of Morahs Chana Kratz and Tzippy Robinson in Beis Rivkah Headstart all came to school today with a toy vehicle to share with their classmates for ‘Show & Tell.’ Belle Hershkop brought a real vehicle to school – a Shomrim scooter, along with her dad, Shomrim volunteer Chaim Hershkop.
I’m a hard working mother of four. My husband takes the subway to work in the morning and returns home in the early evening; I remain at home with the two younger ones. I am busy all day cooking, cleaning, feeding, changing, nursing and bathing. Many of you will sympathize with me (I know Ann Romney will) when I say that I work every day; I just don’t get paid for it.
This Sunday, June 10, 2012, at 4:00pm, the Crown Heights community will be joined by Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes for an evening of policy education, awareness, and prevention.
As parents this sounds oh so familiar… “But it’s not fair, why can’t I go to the Chinese auction?” Well, now your children can! Lubavitcher Yeshiva has heard the requests and now it is a reality. A Auction exclusively for children!
After many years of work and many millions of dollars of investment, The Living Archive has finally completed preservation of all motion film and video materials in its archive. In celebration of this momentous milestone, JEM is pleased to present these selected highlights from the archive, of precious moments of joy with the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, and his chasidim.
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Students and faculty members of Yeshivas Darchei Menachem in Crown Heights pose for a group portrait outside their Rutland Rd. institution.
After tremendous efforts by the Shul’s leaders, and much generosity from the Shul’s congregants and friends, Chevrah Ahavas Yisroel came up with the necessary funds just in time to close the deal on their new building.
The Chaya Aydel Seminary in Hallandale Beach, Florida, has added to their curriculum the study of the renowned Hemshech Ayin Beis, the lengthy series of discourses from the Rebbe Rashab. This past Shavuos marked the 100th anniversary since this “Wondrous and Profound” series of Maamorim began in the town of Lubavitch in 5672 (1912).
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A delegation from the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) met last week with Prime Minister of Montenegro, Igor Lukšić, to commemorate and celebrate the recognition of Judaism as an official religion and the Jewish community as an official minority in Montenegro. In February, Prime Minister Lukšić signed an agreement with Jewish community leaders to recognize the Jewish community as an official minority in Montenegro.
As Gimmel Tammuz once again approaches, it’s appropriate to reflect on the past eighteen years and analyze the effect that the Rebbe’s passing has had on his Chassidim, and how we have dealt with the situation overall.
A popular Israeli singer was spotted studying with a few Kvutzeh Bochurim in 770. This singer is a close friend of many in the Chabad community. He composed a song in honor of the Rebbe titled “Menorah.” Can you identify him?
Once the infamous Berlin Wall came down in 1989, the sweeping reconstruction that began in West Berlin at the war’s end was repeated and even accelerated in what had been the Communist controlled East Berlin.
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