BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Russian-Jewish war veterans marched today, on Brighton Beach, in a display of pride and honor, marking the victory over the Nazis in World War 2. Thousands of Jewish soldiers, officers, and generals participated in the battles from June of 1941 to May of 1945.
ENGLAND — After successes the London Yeshiva Ketana (Mechina) has had since moving into it’s new newly built building earlier this year, they have finally finalized on a location for a new dorm.
Everyone needs a break once in a while.
Yet for women who attend the popular Kabbalah of Life women’s weekends, their break is not just a time to get away from busy schedules, relax in beautiful surroundings and take a refreshing swim in a hilltop pool.
SOUTH AFRICA — “I’ve never felt so proud to be Jewish” is how one participant described his feelings marching down the Beach Road in Sea Point in the “Great Parade” that brought together Cape Town’s Shul communities and all three schools in a magnificent display of the Achdus.
SOUTH AFRICA — Johannesburg celebrated Lag BaOmer with their very own great parade and fair. Over 4,000 people attend with some amazing marching bands, floats, clowns, etc.
NEW YORK — It was announced Friday at the national headquarters of Agudath Israel of America that Guy R. Cook, the Iowa attorney representing former Agriprocessors CEO Sholom Rubashkin, will be addressing the organization’s 88th Anniversary Dinner this Sunday, May 9, at the New York Hilton in Manhattan.
Despite forcasts of rain 3000 people across the Jewish spectrum participated in the lag B’omer festivities organised and run by the bochurim of Yeshivas Lubavitch Manchester.
WATERLOO, IA — Each morning before he prays in his jail cell, Sholom Rubashkin wraps a thin black band from his forearm to his fingertips, and he wraps another band around his head.
It was the leather straps and a prayer shawl – all viewed as potential weapons – that caused the Black Hawk County sheriff last week to deem Rubashkin’s religious needs too dangerous for the local jail, county officials and Rubashkin’s rabbi said.
To Moshe Langer, cross-country distances mean nothing. From Brooklyn, N.Y., where the San Francisco–born Chabad rabbi has been living since November, Langer rounds up 10 Jewish men daily for a San Francisco minyan he helped launch.
JabMedia has worked with several producers on this unique project. Each producer created 2 clips of the Torah being passed (using their own style). Many Shluchim are creating their own clips to include themselves, community and/or students in this viral promo.
The owner of a kosher food plant in Ogdensburg say city sewer, water charges unfair; injunction requested and suing the city for $11 million.
In memory of their beloved son and brother, Nosson, the Deitsch family printed the 5565th edition of the Tanya in their home, while sitting shiva for Nosson, in his memory.
Levi and Leah (nee Silberstein) Schapiro (Crown Heights)
A busload of community members from Chabad of Orange County joined communities from across the country for a parade in Brooklyn, NY.
In the smallest country in the world with a Chabad presence, Lag Baomer was celebrated like never before! Luxembourg is a European country and is the smallest in the world in which Lubavitch has an official presence, celebrated together with neighboring countries and cities.
A Chabad student was murdered two weeks ago in the Ukraine and his body was cut up into pieces, according to reports released to the media on Saturday night. Police were reportedly investigating whether the murder was an act of anti-Semitism.
Shluchim to Bejing, China, Rabbi Shimon and Dini Freundlich put on a beautiful Lag BaOmer celebration.
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