Here’s My Story: When The IDF Almost Occupied Damascus
Dr. Aryeh Morgenstern, a Senior Fellow at Machon Shalem in Jerusalem, is a historian who specializes in the history of the Jewish settlement of Israel. He was interviewed in April of 2010.
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New Website Launched With The Recordings of Rabbi Dovid Wichnin z”l
Rabbi Dovid Wichnin z”l had dedicated his life to Chinuch and to his community. A group of family and students have come together in an effort to digitize the hours of shiurim and farbrengens recorded on tape and make them available online.
From The Editor: The Election, Where We Are Holding?
We can all argue amicably over the merits and value of voter fraud claims in the last US election, sadly though, the mainstream media has taken an entirely different view, and we must separate the facts from the fiction.
Shazak Parsha Videos Now Online
Rabbi Moshe Moscowitz—the creator, voice-technician, humorist, and designer behind the beloved Shazak series—has unveiled the fruits of years of painstaking research, writing, and recording: Shazak Parsha.
JLI Collaborates To Create Chanukah Handbook
To infuse the light of Chanukah in Jewish homes across the English-speaking world, JLI has collaborated with shluchim to create a comprehensive 20-page, full-color Chanukah Handbook. The handbooks are custom-labeled for each shliach.
The Great Big Challah Bake Comes To New Zealand
This weekend thousands of Jewish women around the world held challah bakes as part of the Shabbat Project, which started in South Africa in 2013. At that time, no one dreamed it would reach the most far-flung communities on the globe, including New Zealand.
Pittsburgh Holds Chof Chesvan Tzivos Hashem Rally
Dozens of families in Pittsburgh gathered on Sunday for an outdoor Tzivos Hashem rally in honor of Chof Cheshvan.
Shabbos at the Besht: The Rebbe Rashab
This Shabbos at the Besht: Rabbi Sholom Dovber Avtzon is a noted author on Lubavitch history and a mechanech, he will be speaking on the topic of the Rebbe Rashab. Rabbi Avtzon’s 648-page biography on the Rebbe Rashab is presently by the printer and will be out available.
Op-Ed: 12 Reasons for a Frum Person to Vote for Joe Biden
After an Op-Ed was published with 10 Reasons for a Frum Person to Vote for Trump, Avraham Yosef Baez, Devorah Leah Backman, Laura Melnicoff, and Miriam Levy-Haim of Ker A Velt penned 12 Reasons for a Frum Person to Vote for Joe Biden.
Two New Synagogues Open For The Jews of Russia
In the shadow of COVID-19 and the directives of the Ministry of Health in Russia, two new synagogues were opened in Russia, with the participation of the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar.
Op-Ed: Popular TV Host Praises Orthodox Jews For Not ‘Playing Along’ With Restrictions
Does Crown Heights have to worry so much aboout what other people or the media think? Aliza BasMenachem takes on this question, and gives her opinion.
Author and Historian Rabbi Chaim Dalfin Launches New Website
Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and historian has launched his new website, www.rabbidalfin.com, giving everyone a new opportunity to start the new year with high quality material that inspires one to grow and implement a true, healthy paradigm shift.
President Street Subway Station Gets New Name
The subway stop on President Street and and Nostrand Ave in Crown Heights got a new name Thursday afternoon, in an ceremony that shut down streets at the intersection.
The NBA Calls Chabad For Their Rosh Hashana Needs
On Wednesday, September 16, 2020, The NBA reached out to Chabad of Greater Orlando to help provide them with their Rosh Hashanah needs.
New Center For Chabad At Oberlin
Chabad Oberlin’s new center is also the city’s first ever synagogue and independent Jewish community structure. Opening its doors just in time for the start of the new academic year, the reconstructed 19th century home took five years and many hiccups to build.
JEM: Pictorial Highlights 22 Elul, 1991
Each time the Rebbe distributed dollars, individuals were touched and lives were impacted. Presented here are photos of several highlights and encounters from Sunday Dollars of 22 Elul 1991 (5751).
Chaim Osher Kahanov (far left) was a diamond polisher whose quiet personality belied a larger-than-life biography. Seen here with fellow members of the board of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, including its chairman Rabbi Dovid Raskin (second from right) delivering shmurah matzah to the mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, mid 1980s. Photo: Raskin Family Archives.
Obituary: Chaim Osher Kahanov, 96, Quiet Chassid Who Escaped Soviet Union Twice
Deeply embedded within the biography of Lubavitcher Chassidim in the 20th century is the story of the Great Escape from the Soviet Union. Just after World War II, from early mid-1946 until New Year’s Day 1947, more than 1,000 Lubavitcher men, women and children illegally fled the Soviet Union using purchased or doctored Polish citizenship documents. The story of Chaim Osher Kahanov.
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