When the Director of YKTH, Eli Rosenfeld, together with Menahel Gashmi Chaim Heber, set out to create an entire summer program from scratch, they could not have imagined just how incredible it would turn out to be. They had achieved the impossible.
In 1953 Rabbi JJ Hecht approached our Rebbe with a revolutionary idea. He proposed establishing a residential summer camp for Jewish girls, for Lubavitcher girls. He would call it Emunah – faith and truth. The Rebbe hesitated and then gave his blessings and directives. The rest is history. Until 2020.
The upcoming holiday of Sukkos will mark 40 years since the Rebbe revitalized the celebration of Simchas Beis Hashoeva in our times. These Sichos, unique in their style, were the “Mayanei Hayeshua,” the source of inspiration for the dancing which would follow. This year, Lahak Hanochos is publishing the full collection of those sichos from those twelve years.
A truly historic moment in history took place Thursday, August 13th, as an agreement was finalized that would bring normalization of ties between the State of Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
In the emerging field of audio/video restoration, few organizations can match the output of Jewish Educational Media’s archive. With 40 years of recordings of the Rebbe collected and documented, a priceless collection of audio material has thankfully been preserved, plucked from the dustbin of history.
Throughout the past months as the world trembled before our eyes, one thought kept crossing the mind of chassidim everywhere. How would the Rebbe respond? How would the Rebbe view the natural and man-made disasters dominating the news cycle? The Answer can be found in the Rebbe’s Torah, and for JEM, that means making it more accessible by all.
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz), the world-famous Talmudist, Kabbalist, educator, community rabbi, philosopher, prolific author—and, above all, devoted Chassid—who was internationally regarded as one of the leading rabbis of this century, and was once hailed by Time magazine as a “once-in-a-millennium scholar,” passed away in Jerusalem on Aug. 7. He was 83 years old.
For more than a decade, Norman Rosenbaum was a fixture in New York City, a fiery Australian who became a fixture on front pages and nightly newscasts for his impassioned speeches—many on the steps of City Hall, demanding justice in the face of entrenched anti-Semitism after the infamous 1991 Crown Heights riots, in which his younger brother Yankel was brutally murdered. Rosenbaum passed away on July 25 in Melbourne, Australia. He was 63 years old.
When Rabbis Elkanah Shmotkin and Boruch Oberlander began research on the Rebbe’s upbringing in Nikolayev, Ukraine, for Jewish Educational Media’s Early Years, they could not have imagined the political and cultural impact their work would have on the local populace. Now, nearly fifteen years after the initial contact with the Ukrainian government, a new book has been published by the State Archives of the Nikolayev Region.
A special opportunity to make Moshiach real and exciting for children at home or at camp has been launched in the form of the Moshiach Cake Contest.
Rabbi Menachem Moskowitz, a Sofer for over 30 years, is the son in law of the Rebbe’s Sofer, Rabbi Eliezer Zirkind z”l. He was under the tutelage (Shimush) of Rabbi Zirkind for 28 years, and had unparalleled access to him throughout the years. He gave an interview to CrownHeights.info regarding the simmering “mezuzah” controversy that has taken place in Crown Heights.
The Village of Airmont is getting sued by the US Department of Justice, again. The discrimination lawsuit was reported in a letter from the department to the Village.
In preparation for Tisha B’av, a free, printable paper model of the Beis HaMikdosh, that kids can assemble, is being made available by Tzivos Hashem Traditional Crafts Workshops.
President of Ukraine, Mr. Volodymyr Zelensky, paid a visit to the synagogue of Kherson that suffered an attempted attack by arsonists this past April. The visit came as part of an official working trip to the city—which is home to a Jewish community of about five thousand—and the surrounding eponymous region.
New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie made note of the day of Gimmel Tammuz in a social media post that told a story of the Rebbe that is personal to him.
The 19th year of Hollandale Beach Florida’s Chaya Aydel Seminary, is scheduled to begin after Simchas Torah 5781, with all precautions in place.
Tonight at Live at 7:30PM ET, 4:30 PT: 2020 VISION, How the Rebbe embraced technology to reach millions with Rabbi Elkana Shmotkin, Executive Director of Jewish Educational Media
