New Engagement!
Baby Boy!
Yudi and Esther (nee Rimler) Begun from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Lamplighters Podcast: Everything Grows on Kauai …Why Not Yiddishkeit?
In Episode 29 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Michoel and Rebbetzin Zisel Goldman and how Chabad of Kauai planted seeds of inspiration with a Jewish family living in Hawaii.
TorahVR Releases World’s First Jewish VR Game: Over 30,000 Minutes Of Gameplay Clocked In First Month
Campers from CGI Montreal, Chayolei HaMelech, Oholei Torah, and Beis Chaya Mushka, were amongst the first in the world to play MikDash, a gamified exploration of the Beis Hamikdash.
BREAKING: Fire Breaks Out In 3rd Floor Of Crown Heights Yeshiva Building
Fire fighters rushed into Crown Heights Wednesday afternoon after reports of heavy smoke in the area of Eastern Parkway and Kingston was identified as a fire in the Yeshiva building located at 755 Eastern Parkway.
Veteran Mechanchim Open New Yeshivah In The Pocono Mountains
Yeshivas Chayolei Beis Dovid, a new Yeshiva for Chassidishe bochurim who find it difficult to put in a full day of learning, will be opening this upcoming school year in the Pocono Mountains.
Biden Announces Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
President Joe Biden is canceling some student debt for millions of Americans, delivering at least partially on a campaign promise and hoping to energize younger, college-educated voters ahead of the November midterm elections.
The Yoni Lorber Band: Making Chabad Rock
Hearing Yoni Lorber on guitar, you’d be correct in hearing that rocking Chabad sound—the one that raised generations of Lubavitch.
The Lamplighter: Experiences of a Chabad Rebbitzin by Esther Feinstein
When Shluchim go out, one can ask, what makes you an emissary? The answer is with a question that a Shliach or shlucha asks themselves: in each situation that one encounters, it is asked, what would the Rebbe want me to do?
Bochurim Return from Oholei Torah’s Yeshivas Kayitz Program
Baruch Hashem, Bochurim in the Mechina, Mesivta and Beis Medrash divisions of the Oholei Torah Yeshivas Kayitz Program in Lakewood, PA, have arrived home, re-energized after a meaningful and successful summer.
Stunning Images Of Jupiter From NASA’s New Space Telescope
With giant storms, powerful winds, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions, Jupiter has a lot going on. Now, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of the planet.
Ancient Mansion Uncovered In the Sands of Eretz Yisroel
A surprise find awaited the Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists who carried out the excavations in the context of the Israeli government’s plan to build a new neighborhood in the Bedouin town of Rahat in the Negev.
Local Intuitive In Russian Town Leads to Exciting Historical Discovery
When community leader, Rebbetzin Sarah Deitch, took it upon herself to lead guided tours of the ancient Jewish Cemetery, she didn’t expect it to lead to an exciting historical discovery.
BDE: R’ Dovid Lipsidge, 85, OBM
With great sadness we report the passing of R’ Dovid Lipsidge OBM, a member of Anash in Manchester, UK. He passed away on Wednesday, the 27th of Av, 5782.
How a Team of Chassidic Techies Created the World’s Largest Network of Jewish Websites
Before there was Wix, Weebly, WordPress and the rest of the popular, user-friendly website builders, creating your own professional-looking website took a team of coders and designers—a complex, cumbersome and expensive process that was beyond the capacity of most people in 2002 who wanted to establish a presence on the web.
Summer Learning Program: Last Week Of Special Shiurim
Bored in the long summer nights? Wife away in the summer? Come join the Summer Learning Program with nightly Shiurim by leading magidei shiurim and Chavrusa/self-learning Learning!
The Jew Project: David Babinet, A Chazzan, Sommelier, Mixologist, and Vocal Coach
David Babinet, a kaleidoscope of the American dream, hippie culture, and authentic Judaism, sat down with Yisroel Teitelbaum of The Jew Project.
