Mrs. Bronya Shaffer is a lecturer on Jewish women’s issues and a personal counselor for women, couples and adolescents. This story is excerpted from an interview that was conducted in the My Encounter studio in November 2021.
Menachem Rabin (Coral Springs, FL) to Chana Shuster (Toronto, Canada) L’Chaim: Thursday, 8:00pm, at Chevra Ahavas Yisroel
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $2.6 million in funding provided to support the Holocaust Survivors Initiative.
The Merkos Chinuch Office announced the makeup of the Vaad HaKinus of 5782, including the eighteen member Vaad which include mechanchim from across the Chabad mosdos of the US such as day schools and chadorim of every shade.
New York’s highest court has struck down new district lines for Congress and the state Senate drawn up to political advantage by state Democrats with just weeks to go until the June 28 primary elections.
Nominations for the 5782/2022 Yocheved Gourarie Kindness Award has opened, allowing community members to celebrate their teachers and classmates who have made a positive impact on their life.
A small group of invited guests from the Jewish Community met the Mayor of Toronto at City Hall, where Rabbi Yirmi Cohen presented the Mayor John Tory a Hebrew and English Tehillim.
The NYC DOT has informed the community that it will be closing Kingston Ave tomorrow from Empire Blvd to Eastern Parkway for repaving.
New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured student debt relief for thousands of New York borrowers whose federal loans were allegedly mismanaged by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA).
Directors of Multiple Chabad Central Institutions to Farbreng at virtual 28 Nissan Mega-Farbrengen.
The Slavin family is sitting Shiva following the passing of Mrs. Lea Slavin OBM. Times and location in extended article.
Over 500 people in 29 Chabad communities have joined the Chabad branch of the Semichas Chaver program, which provides in-depth halacha classes, along with the rulings of the Alter Rebbe, Tzemach Tzedek and Chabad Poskim.
Mikvah.org has announced its upcoming spring women’s wellness learning series to benefit women in various stages of life.
A Jewish woman returning from running errands in Crown Heights returned to her apartment to find that it had been targeted with hate graffiti.
In 1971, Cantor Tzvi Hersh Tsatskis immigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union. He brought along a repertoire of Russian Jewish melodies, and the Rebbe would sometimes honor him by asking to lead the Chassidim in song.
As the war in Ukraine focuses on the strategically located city of Nikolayev (Mykolaiv), those remaining in the beleaguered city are facing an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis.
Knesset members, media personalities, and other public figures in Israel marked Yud Alef Nissan this year by encouraging their followers on social media to add one more Mitzvah in honor of the Rebbe.
