
Oholei Torah Group Picture
A group picture of the Bochurim from Oholei Torah who will be going on Shlichus to various Yeshivos worldwide next year.
A group picture of the Bochurim from Oholei Torah who will be going on Shlichus to various Yeshivos worldwide next year.
As reported earlier in honor of Gimmel Tammuz, JEM is releasing a new DVD called: Sensitivity – a documentary presenting fascinating stories of people who felt the Rebbe’s care and attention to their smallest needs.
Order the DVD here
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute are happy to present a beautiful photo of The Rebbe giving a Child a Coin for Tzedakah; the photo was taken circa 1985. To learn more about the Rebbe Visit: www.portraitofaleader.org
A beautiful, short film about what it is like to be a student (and a parent) of Cheder at the Ohel.
WASHINGTON [CNN] — The suspect in Wednesday’s shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is James von Brunn, an 88-year-old white supremacist from Maryland, two law enforcement officials told CNN.
Von Brunn served six years in prison on federal attempted kidnapping, assault and firearms charges after what he called a citizen’s “legal, nonviolent citizens arrest” of members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
In light of the global financial crisis, the internationally celebrated fundraising expert, Rabbi Yisroel Brod, will be coming to the aid of Shluchim in a host of new ways. Shluchim will now be able to benefit from Rabbi Brod’s fundraising system and solutions by paying a reduced fixed fee that will only be paid when the results materialize. Rabbi Brod will also be joining Shluchim in actually soliciting Baalei Batim.
Rabbi Brod has successfully assisted Chabad Houses and Centers across the globe in raising necessary funds to create financial stable institutions, and to prosper. Indeed, he has 30 years of experience directing his own Chabad House and in working with a range of Chabad organizations, with budgets ranging from under 100K to over 20M. He has seen repeated success in planning and implementing customized annual and capital campaigns in many states across the US, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, England, France, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Australia. He is also famous for his seminars, in which over 500 Shluchim worldwide have participated.
Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies, the premier educational institution for college students and adults who seek to explore Jewish learning , has launched its newly designed website, www.mayanot.edu.
The state of the art site offers information about Mayanot’s popular study opportunities, including its Women’s, Men’s, Spanish, Executive Learning and Post-Birthright programs.
WASHINGTON [CBS] — At least two people were shot when a gunman opened fire at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Wednesday, authorities said.
D.C. police spokeswoman Traci Hughes said a person walked into the museum with a rifle and shot a guard. Hughes says the shooter was also shot.
We would like to wish Mazal Tov to Menachem Shaul and Dini Spielman on the birth of their son.
May the newborn be a source of Nachas to his parents, grandparents and Klal Yisroel.
Pictures from the L’Chaim of Isser New (Montreal, Canada) and Devora Lea Kirschenbaum (Crown Heights) Tuesday night at Lubavitcher Yeshiva. Photos by BYK.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Fleeing the scene of an accident is never a good idea, especially when you leave behind one of your license plates. A man in a Pontiac sedan was driving down Empire Boulevard and careened into a parked mini-van and a truck, mangling his own car.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Mispalelim of Talmidim of Hadar Hatorah gathered this past Shabbos for a Hakhel Alumni Gathering weekend, and in conjunction a Torah was completed and dedicated on Sunday to the Shul. The Torah was dedicated in memory of Faiga Sara bas Yonah Yitzchok OBM.
Following his election to the National Council for Private School Accrediation’s highest post, Rabbi Nochem Kaplan, director of the global Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s Office of Education, will officially assume presidential duties of the organization today during its annual summer meeting in Silver Spring, Md.
Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke Invited you to a public information forum with guest presenters from the United States Census Bureau 2010 Census at the LUBAVICHER YESHIVA, 570 Crown Street, (Corner of Albany Avenue) tonight, Wednesday at 6:30pm.
Baltimore, MD — Mr. Arthur Goldstein, a member of the Lubavitcher community of Baltimore, tragically died in an auto accident at 9:00 a.m. yesterday morning.
According to a Maryland State Trooper who spoke to VIN News, Mr. Goldstein was on the east-bound interchange ramp between Highway I-70 and I-695 when his vehicle hit a guardrail. Mr. Goldstein was declared dead by the medical examiner who arrived shortly at the scene.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Yesterday, Monday, an emergency hearing took place in Supreme Court on the matter of the Vaad Hakohol where the new Vaad was granted control of operations and barred the old Vaad from interfering.