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Gan Yisroel Detroit Announces Boys Head Staff

The head staff members for the upcoming summer 5770 were announced today.

Head Counselors: Bentzion Shemtov – Tolido, Ohio, Shmulik Greenberg – El Paso, Texas, Lazer Perlstein – Montreal, Quebec

Menahel Ruchni: Rabbi Yossef Yitzchok Gourarie.

A Boys Dream, Answered

Over the past month, Mendy Levitan and his friends have been collecting money for a library in memory of his father whose first Yarzheit was right before Purim. B”H, the library has been able to purchase 2 bookshelves, thanks to the publicity and support of CrownHeights.info, and we have almost completely filled them up.

Group Photo of Shluchim Wins National Award

By Joshua Runyan for Chabad.org

New York Daily News staff photographer Todd Maisel and his photo of more than 4,000 rabbis waiting for their annual group picture at last year’s International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries won an honorable mention in the National Press Photographers Association’s 2010 Best of Photojournalism contest.

Israeli Rabbis: Beware Phony Matzot

ISRAEL [INN] — The Chief Rabbinate warned consumers Tuesday to be careful when purchasing hand-made shmura matzot, as it had discovered a large quantity of “phony” matzot in a warehouse in Be’er Tuvia, near Kiryat Malachi.

Operation Enduring Traditions Gets Matzah to the Troops

By Jessica Naiman
Soldiers in Iraq prepare to load a helicopter with Passover supplies.

For most Jewish families, Passover is a time to get together and share memories around the table, celebrating freedom in leisure.

Taking time off work or traveling the distance to be together is part and parcel of the annual Passover experience for most, but not for Jews in the U.S. Armed Forces.

108 Orphans Celebrate Jewish Milestone at Western Wall

by Andrew Friedman – Chabad.org

JERUSALEM, Israel – Since its liberation from Jordanian occupation in 1967, the Western Wall has seen its share of crowds. Aside from the tourists, Jewish and non-Jewish, who flock to the holy site daily, every week, scores of Israeli families celebrate their sons’ Bar Mitzvahs at the kotel, as the wall is known in Hebrew.