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Shavuos With the Rebbe – Marking 30 Years
Over the year’s late British businessman Zalman Jaffe and his wife Roselyn spent every Shavuos in Crown Heights, where they merited an especially close relationship with the Rebbe and Rebbetzin. At the Rebbe’s request Mr. Jaffe faithfully recorded these visits, which were published annually as My Encounters with the Rebbe and savored by Chabad readers everywhere.
JTA
The main backer of a ballot measure to ban circumcision in Santa Monica has dropped the effort over its perceived attack on religious freedom.
Santa Monica Anti-Circumcision Bill Dropped
JTA
The main backer of a ballot measure to ban circumcision in Santa Monica has dropped the effort over its perceived attack on religious freedom.
Heat Wave to Hit NYC Area over Shavuos
Wall Street Journal
The second heat wave of 2011 will get cranking, with temperatures nearing 90 degrees and likely staying there for the rest of the week.
Children of participating Shluchim at the Western regional Kinus this past Shabbos enjoyed a special program just for them, arranged by MyShliach of Chabad House HQ (merkos suite 302) in conjunction with Chabad of Colorado. The program was just what the boys need to increase their pride and confidence, and give the young Shluchim a boost of Chassidishkeit.
Colorado Shabbaton: “Best Shabbos of My Life”
Children of participating Shluchim at the Western regional Kinus this past Shabbos enjoyed a special program just for them, arranged by MyShliach of Chabad House HQ (merkos suite 302) in conjunction with Chabad of Colorado. The program was just what the boys need to increase their pride and confidence, and give the young Shluchim a boost of Chassidishkeit.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe
In honor of Shavuos, CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute presents a series of photos of the Rebbe receiving an aliya to the Torah, in the years 5737 (1977) and 5718 (1958). With special thanks to the Gall and Goldstein families.
1st Gan Israel Opens on Top of Alaska’s Glaciers
The first Camp Gan Israel in the world this summer season has opened up on top of Alaska’s glaciers under the leadership of the Rebbe’s Shluchim in Alaska, Rabbi Yosef and Esther Greenberg.
In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe": The Rebbe distributes wine from his 'Kos Shel Bracha' at the conclusion of Shavuos. Cantor Tzvi Hirsh Tzatzkis sings a song he composed honoring the Rebbe's call in 1987 to build housing in Jerusalem. 7 Sivan, 5747 · June 4, 1987.
Video: 5747 – Shavuos with the Rabbe
In this week’s “Opening the week with the Rebbe”: The Rebbe distributes wine from his ‘Kos Shel Bracha’ at the conclusion of Shavuos. Cantor Tzvi Hirsh Tzatzkis sings a song he composed honoring the Rebbe’s call in 1987 to build housing in Jerusalem. 7 Sivan, 5747 · June 4, 1987.
Shavuot: A Learn-A-Thon at the Besht
As is customary we stay awake and learn the entire first night of Shavuot, the Besht and Beis Shimshon put together a special set of though provoking and interesting Shiurim to run throughout the night.-
Photos by Berale Shainer
The thought of spending your summer vacation studying and learning is something almost any college student would pass on. Yet for a select group of 80 university students, this is exactly their itinerary.
Gallery: Students Explore the Holy Land with ‘IsraeLinks’
Photos by Berale Shainer
The thought of spending your summer vacation studying and learning is something almost any college student would pass on. Yet for a select group of 80 university students, this is exactly their itinerary.
NY Times
When New Yorkers head underground, they cannot always be sure of what awaits them. The city’s subway system can be mysterious, with daily delays resulting from minor emergencies, track work and other events in the tunnels that riders know they will never truly understand.
NYC to Use Phone Data to Track Public Services
NY Times
When New Yorkers head underground, they cannot always be sure of what awaits them. The city’s subway system can be mysterious, with daily delays resulting from minor emergencies, track work and other events in the tunnels that riders know they will never truly understand.
Vacaville Valedictorian’s Speech Saved
Contra Costa Times
Vacaville High School Valedictorian Carolyn Fine is observing the Jewish holiday of Shavuot on graduation day, and will not be using electricity. Not only will she be walking to the ceremony, her speech is prerecorded and will be played during the event. Photo: Rick Roach, The Reporter.
In observance of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, 18-year-old Carolyn Fine will not use electricity, even that which powers the microphone. Nor will she ride in a car to her graduation; instead, she’ll walk to the ceremony.
Confirmed: Dead Pakistani Al-Qaeda Operative Deliberately Targeted Indian Chabad Houses
Indian Express
Kashmiri, according to investigators, was responsible for ordering attacks on Chabad Houses in India.
The letter rogatory sent to Pakistan in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack has described Ilyas Kashmiri as one of the accused behind the attack who was planning more such attacks on India. Kashmiri was reported to have been killed in a US drone strike in South Waziristan tribal region. Many believed that Kashmiri was going to be the new face of al-Qaeda after Osama’s death.
Not Just Any Door – Aliya Entrance Dedicated
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — For some of our wandering youth the door to Aliya isn’t just a door, it’s an entrance to a place that will accept them no matter what, at any time of day or night and for some it can be the last place for them to go. This is the significance behind the dedication of the new door by Shaya Gordon.
WOAI
San Antonio's Jewish community on Sunday celebrated the arrival of a new, Torah scroll.
SA Jewish Community Celebrates New Torah Scroll
WOAI
San Antonio’s Jewish community on Sunday celebrated the arrival of a new, Torah scroll.
In honor of Shavuot, JLI and TorahCafe.com are proud to bring you our Shavuot Webcast entitled: From Sinai to Cyberspace. With an introductory montage of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks and Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, From Sinai to Cyberspace is a perfect piece to share with your friends and family this Shavuot to offer them a fresh look with unique approaches to how they can bring a little bit more Torah into their lives.
Video: From Sinai to Cyberspace
In honor of Shavuot, JLI and TorahCafe.com are proud to bring you our Shavuot Webcast entitled: From Sinai to Cyberspace. With an introductory montage of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks and Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, From Sinai to Cyberspace is a perfect piece to share with your friends and family this Shavuot to offer them a fresh look with unique approaches to how they can bring a little bit more Torah into their lives.
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