Monsey’s massive Sukkah at the Tzemach Tzedek Shul collapsed after taking a serious beating during the storm on Shmini Atzeres, two people who were in the Sukkah at the time suffered light injuries.
Kilauea, HI — A huge simcha (celebration) was held at Papa‘a Bay Ranch on Wednesday.
The celebration marked the arrival and blessing of the first orthodox torah scroll made in Israel specially for Chabad of Kaua‘i, members said.
BAKU, Azerbaijan — About 200 people, including Azerbaijani President Ilhem Aliyev, Israel’s Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar and businessman Lev Leviev, gathered in the capital of this moderate Muslim country just north of Iran on Monday for the inauguration of the new campus of a Jewish school.
For the last few years of his life, actor Tony Curtis enjoyed a close relationship with Rabbi Mendy Harlig at Chabad Green Valley, in Henderson, NV, where he lived. The famous film star passed away on September 29 at the age of 85.
Preview of the ground breaking music video, starting dozens of Jewish music superstars, for Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, who was unjustly convicted.
It was one of the most elevating scenes of those years. Every Sunday thousands of people from all sorts of backgrounds, origins and beliefs crowded at the front of 770 Eastern Parkway, Chabad World Headquarters, stood in line to receive a dollar. The Rebbe would stand there in front of his holy room for many hours, giving out dollar bills accompanied with blessings for success.
Moshe and Esther (nee Harrison) Laber (Chicago, IL)
Shauli and Chaya Sara (nee Zirkind) Ben Shachar (Jerusalem)
Yitzy and Miriam (Nee Marcus) Shollar (Crown Heights)
The NYPD insists it does not have even unofficial ticket quotas, but of course it does. And it should.
What it should not do is waste cops on issuing summonses for double-parking and parking at bus stops. Let the parking violations agents do that.
Investigators with the New York City Fire Department say an electric griddle is to blame for last week’s deadly three-alarm fire in Brooklyn.
Young Adult Chabad took its Sukkahmobile to a number of locations around Sydney last week; enabling many people to do the Mitzvot of Sukkot, which include shaking the Lulav and Etrog and making a blessing in the Sukkah.
The beauty of the holiday of Sukkot was enhanced even more this year by a very special gathering in the lovely Sukkah of Yaakov and Karen Cohen in Israel. The Cohens are among the original founders of Chabad Terror Victims Project (CTVP). They opened their Sukkah to a very special group of wounded Israel Defense Forces soldiers.
Ezzie Schaff, the Vice President of Risk Management at Ice.com, was recognized for his work in combating online fraud by the Information Security Magazine.
Zalmy and Rochie (nee Goldberg) Levertov (Crown Heights)
Avremy and Esther (nee Allouch) Fischweicher (Atlanta, GA)
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