New Engagement!
Levi Yusewitz (Crown Heights) and Rivky Levin (Kensington, NY)
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Commuters face major disruptions Tuesday morning following a derailment of a work train at the Dekalb Avenue Station.
B Train Derailment Causing Commuter Delays
Commuters face major disruptions Tuesday morning following a derailment of a work train at the Dekalb Avenue Station.
Chabad Shluchim Witness Border Breach
Bracha Leah Sassonkin’s front door stands just over 300 feet from Israel’s border with Lebanon. The view she had yesterday of the attempt by Palestinians pouring out of buses trying to breach Israel’s border was too close for comfort.
Students from across Russia gathered in Rostov for a weekend Chabad-Lubavitch run program designed to foster Jewish pride and strengthen participants’ connections to their heritage.
Jewish Students Gather in Rostov for Youth Conference
Students from across Russia gathered in Rostov for a weekend Chabad-Lubavitch run program designed to foster Jewish pride and strengthen participants’ connections to their heritage.
DES MOINES, IA [AP] — A hearing seeking a new trial for a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive convicted of financial fraud is scheduled before the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Appeal Hearing Date Set for New Rubashkin Trial
DES MOINES, IA [AP] — A hearing seeking a new trial for a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive convicted of financial fraud is scheduled before the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Coming Century of Disasters – How to Cope
This will be the century of disasters. In the same way that the 20th century was the century of world wars, genocide, and grinding ideological conflict, the 21st will be the century of natural disasters and technological crises and unholy combinations of the two.
New Engagement!
Schneur Zalman Borenstein (Crown Heights) and Mushkie Bronstein (Andover, MA)
Kids! Win a Helicopter Ride by Submitting a Poster!
Kids, join the fun! Send a photo or design of an original poster you will be holding at The Great Lag B’Omer Parade, or a poster promoting The Great Parade. Viewers the world over will vote on their favorites.
What are You Addicted To?
One out of every ten Americans is addicted to something, and chances are that every person reading this article knows someone first hand who is struggling with some form of addiction: substance, alcohol, internet, or otherwise.
FDA Warns Parents Not to Use Teething Gels
The FDA put out a warning for parents who’s babies are teething. Benzocaine, the numbing medication normally used in over-the-counter products like Anbesol and Baby Orajel, has been linked to a rare condition called methemoglobinemia. That’s when the blood does not move oxygen through the body. In the very worst cases it can be deadly.
New Talmidim Hashluchim Greeted in Montreal
Montreal Yeshiva Zal welcomed seven new Talmidim HaShluchim last week.
Oholei Torah Celebrates Its 56th Year
Sunday, May 11th, Educational Institute Oholei Torah celebrated its 56th Annual Dinner event in their Gutnick Ballroom in the Eastern Parkway Campus.
Chinuch Conference to Take Place in Magnificent Hotel
A refreshing change is coming to this year’s Mens Chinuch Conference, which will be taking place in the Dolce of Norwalk – a beautiful hotel and conference resort.
Guinness Certifies World’s Largest Falafel Ball at Chabad Festival
What’s as big as a beach ball, as heavy as three bowling balls, could feed a multitude and harkens back to biblical times?
New Engagement!
Ari Goldburd (Flatbush,NY) and Leash Sufrin (Toronto, Ontario)
Pre-School Directors Find Common Ground at Conference
A select group of 23 directors of Chabad preschools from around the country spent three inspiring days at the beginning of May with Stanford University’s Bing Nursery School master educators at a conference organized by CECE, the Chabad Early Childhood Education network, a project of the Shluchim Office.
‘Brooklyn’ Is a Very Popular Baby Name… Except in NY
“Brooklyn” was the 34th most popular name nationwide for baby girls in 2010, and in Utah, South Dakota, and North Dakota, it was the SIXTH most common. Brooklyn, according to ParentsConnect, comes from the Dutch word “Breukelen,” and probably means “broken land,” which means it’s sort of an odd baby name. Its popularity, at least according to a Utah mayor, can be attributed to 9/11.
