Friendship Circle Farbrengs for Kislev
The boys’ division of the Crown Heights Friendship Circle got together this past Sunday to celebrate the various ‘Yomei D’pagra’ that take place during the festive month of Kislev.
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Jewish Kids Press Olive Oil in Preparation for Chanukah
Kids crowded the Chabad Jewish Community Center of Riverside, CA to learn how to make olive oil on Sunday, Nov. 10.
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Again, and Again: Another Home Burglarized on Friday Night
First it was just the residents, now even the police are frustrated. Just 12 days ago we reported on the arrest of a suspect tied to a string of burglaries that were occurring on Friday night. Just three days later, the suspect was released without bail. This weekend, a Crown Heights resident interrupted a burglary taking place in his home.
The author with Jerry Silverman (R), President & CEO of Jewish Federations of North America and William Daroff, Vice President of Public Policy and director of Washington DC office of JFNA. Photo: Real Jerusalem Streets.
Chabad: The Missing Link
Welcome to the Global Jewish Shuk: a marketplace of dialogue and debate! The Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly is simply a whirlwind of just that: discussion, debate, dialogue, ideas (big & small) and a full on who’s-who of the “organized” Jewish world.
by Levi Margolin - Times of Israel
Vancouver Island’s Jewish Community Blooms
Several months ago Rabbi Meir Kaplan invited synagogue newcomer Don Morris to wrap tefillin for the first time. It turned out to be a life-altering experience.
Sixteen Epic Moments from the Kinus Hashluchim
During the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries, rabbis and guests from around the world came to Crown Heights, Brooklyn for a chance to improve their craft, reconnect with old friends and gain inspiration for the year to come.
Lhota Concedes, De Blasio Declared NYC’s Next Mayor
Exit polls in New York City’s mayoral race show Democrat Bill De Blasio with an overwhelming victory, defeating Republican contender Joesph Lhota who, according to the NYT, conceded earlier Tuesday evening.
The Sun Never Sets on Chabad’s Empire
Thirty-three miles into the Arctic Circle, in the village of Kotzebue, Alaska, where more than 70 percent of the people are Eskimo, the local elementary school had guests one day: two Chabad shluchim (emissaries) from Anchorage, some 550 miles away.
by Jonathan Mark - Jewish Week
About a month ago, the Jewish Daily Forward published a hit-piece attacking Chabad's Michigan Jewish Institute for alleged failure to receive accreditation and predicted its impending closure. Last Week, the Detroit Jewish News took the Forward to task for its gross misrepresentation of the facts and set the record straight.
Detroit Paper Responds to Forward Attack on MJI
About a month ago, the Jewish Daily Forward published a hit-piece attacking Chabad’s Michigan Jewish Institute for alleged failure to receive accreditation and predicted its impending closure. Last Week, the Detroit Jewish News took the Forward to task for its gross misrepresentation of the facts and set the record straight.
Rabbi Yehuda Clapman checks the Torah scroll for errors. Inset: Rabbi Shaya Gansbourg, OBM.
Harlem Is Getting Its Own Torah After 70 Years
The Jewish community of Harlem will welcome its newest member this weekend — the first sacred, handwritten Hebrew scriptures to grace a synagogue in the neighborhood in nearly a century.
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Kathmandu Welcomes New Torah in Memory of Hiker
History was made today in Kathmandu, Nepal when a new Sefer Torah was completed and a massive procession made its way down the main street. The new Torah was dedicated in memory of a 22-year-old hiker who disappeared, his body later found after massive searches.
The Lenin Library in Moscow, Russia.
The Schneersohn Library: An International Affair
There was something surprisingly calm about the tiny Brooklyn courtyard of 770 Eastern Parkway, the address of the international headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch. Groups of Hasidic men passed by talking, clutching cellphones, laughing, carrying boxes of books. One morning this past March, I knocked on a heavy wooden door; someone inside the building buzzed me in.
by Avital Chizhik - Tablet
Sukkah in the Heart of Boston a Holiday Hotspot
The heart of Boston was home to a Sukkah during this year’s Sukkot holiday, thanks to the joint efforts of Chabad of Boston, the Jewish Center and Central Synagogue of Boston.
The Rebbe and Ronald Reagan’s Historic Talk
A new letter from the Rebbe to President Ronald Reagan sheds light on the Rebbe’s approach to education – not just for Jews, but for all humankind.
Yisroel Pekar approaches unsuspecting New Yorkers in Central Park with a question — ‘Are you Jewish?
Meet the ‘Are You Jewish?’ Chabad Guys
“Excuse me, are you Jewish?” It’s a question heard on the streets of New York and other cities this time of year as members of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement approach other Jews and ask them to shake the lulav and the etrog — a sheath of palm fronds and a citrus fruit — in observance of Sukkot.
by Naomi Zeveloff - Forward
Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson greets a Crown Heights storeowner, with community activist Yaacov Behrman at his side.
NYC Jewish Community Wields Growing Political Power
Only 19 percent of the voters in the New York city mayoral primary on September 10 were Jewish.
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