Chanie Yarmush grew up helping her parents strengthen Jewish life in the Tampa Bay area, and now she and her husband, Rabbi Mendy Yarmush, are opening the first synagogue in the eastern half of Florida’s Pasco County, just north of Tampa.
Wherever I went on this heartbreaking day, all the parents I met seemed to have the same reaction. In the face of such a horrific event, it’s the most natural thing in the world. But even in our shared grief, we need to channel our protective parental instincts in the spirit of “V’hachai yitein el libo,” and the living shall take to heart… in a healthy and helpful way.
How can we best serve our children? What is the best way to warn them of stranger danger?
Monday evening, JTVS celebrated the schools nine students that graduated with various degrees along with Branson Ort College Graduates.
With great pain and sadness we inform you of the tragic and untimely passing of Mrs. Suri Crawford OBM, longtime resident of Crown Heights, at the age of 60.
Suri is survived by her three children Nechama Witriol (Kirias Joel, NY), Yitzchok (Jerusalem, Israel), and Yisroel (Crown Heights), as well as her mother and two sisters Barb, and Judy.
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a series of photos, from around 1986, which gives you a glimpse into the Rebbe’s room in 770, and how it looked on a regular basis. The pictures portray the Rebbe standing in the doorway of his room handing out lekach (honey cake) and delivering a public bracha for the new year.
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.
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