LONDON [CHI] — The kitah hey boys from the Lubavitch Boys school in London enjoyed a wonderful shabbaton last week which the class earned for davening points.
As gas prices increase, more drivers will get out of their cars and on to buses, trains and subways, a study released yesterday by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) predicts.
In 5744 (1984), the Lubavitcher Rebbe initiated the daily study of the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah (Maimonides’ compendium of Jewish law). At the Yeshivah Gedolah in Melbourne, students study the daily lesson of Rambam as an extra-curricular pursuit, in accordance with the Rebbe’s guidelines.
Chabad of Fairfield celebrated their annual dinner, and shown at the dinner was the top ten moments which they were celebrating.
For its 18th anniversary party, a Jewish center on Manhattan’s Upper East Side decided on a less traditional route.
Avrohom (Ama) Drimmer (Crown Heights) and Nechama (bas Shmuel) Zalmanov (Montreal, Canada)
Pesach and Chana Burston (Monroe, NY)
Halacha and the Parasha – Parashas Tzav.
Yeshiva Kayitz Minnesota announced their head staff for the coming summer. Returning once again is Yitzi Smith as Program Director, Avremi Hartman as the Head Councelor, and Meir Gurkov as the Learning Director. The head staff members will be joined by talented and experienced counselors who together will give Bochurim an amazing summer filled with trips and learning.
Hundreds of Shluchim’s children worldwide received a special Purim surprise in the mail: Mishloach Manos from MyShliach. The package of goodies is especially sweet as it may be the only Mishloach Manos the kids receive all Purim.
After emerging from last week’s 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resultant tsunami largely unharmed, Japan’s Jewish community turned to relief efforts Monday, dispatching truckloads of supplies to one of the hardest-hit cities.
Baruch Arky (Boston) and Zehava Bracha Akinade (Atlanta/Los Angeles)
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — After we exclusively broke the bizarre news of a staunch supporter of Braun destroying key evidence, Rabbi Avrohom Roseberg clarified his opinion regarding the status of Rabbi Yosef Braun, while taking a jab at Zaki Tamir for his flagrant disregard of the Ikul.
This past Sunday night, the Rabbinical College of America hosted for the third time this year, a grand viewing of “Farbrengen Im Harebi”.
News of the massacre in Itamar, in which the Fogel family was brutally butchered, went by with little notice from the international media, TV talk show host Glenn Beck though did take notice.
Yechiel and Hanna (nee Dahan) Rosenblum (Montreal, Canada)
The parents and staff of Darchai Menachem gathered together this past Motzei Shabbos for their first annual Melava Malkah. The purpose of the evening was to celebrate their current accomplishments in education and to present the future expansion of their educational program.
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