Running a Marathon for a Communal Cause

by Yonit Tanenbaum

[Clockwise from top-left] Esther Riesenberg, Shloimy Herz, Zev Wineberg, Chani Witkes, Paul Hamburger, Chaim Backman.

With 21 days to go until the ING New York City Marathon, Lubavitch runners living in Crown Heights are training harder than ever. Twelve members of the community will be racing in order to raise money for Bikur Cholim, a volunteer-based nonprofit dedicated to providing support for the needs of the medically distressed in the Crown Heights community.

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Singing The Universe Into Being

By Sarah Lehat

I clamber up the stairs of 144 Fifth Ave known as the Chabad Loft, and open the door in breathless anticipation. It’s Monday night and I’d normally be making the weekly pilgrimage to my beloved yoga class. But this week, I’ve suspended my normal routine in light – or in dark – of 26 year old Yael Pittman’s plight.

Please say Tehilim for…

Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.

Chana bas Frecha, should be undergoing major surgery this Monday.

Yehuda Yitzchok ben Leah. A 15 year old hit while he was riding his bike.

Video – NYPD Holds Drill for Mumbai Style Attack

NEW YORK [ABC] — As US officials proclaim an alleged European terror plot still active, New York City police conducted a drill Thursday that simulated a Mumbai-style attack on civilians on a crowded street in Manhattan’s financial district.