For an estimated $300,000, somebody can now own a piece of American and Israeli history. The only known copy of the press release signed by president Harry Truman in which the US recognized Israel is being put up for sale by the Raab Collection, a Philadelphia-based company that buys and sells historic documents.
The Beresheet spacecraft failed to land on the moon Thursday evening after its main engine failed. The landing process started at 10:05 PM Israeli time. The craft was supposed to touch down on the lunar surface approximately 20 minutes later, but appears to have crashed.
This past week, CKids put an entirely new spin on the famous directive to view ourselves as if we had been personally freed from slavery in Egypt. 180 Chabad Houses around the world, from Denmark in the west to Hong Kong in the east, have been taking part in the 4D Pesach Experience, a “club” created by CKids.
A new book by Dovid Zaklikowski, Dear Rebbe: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson Corresponds with a Singer, a Writer, a Sculptor and a Holocaust Survivor, examines the Rebbe’s relationships with four important figures of the 20th century: sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, singer Jan Peerce, writer Chaim Grade, and philanthropist David Chase.
Located between mainland Australia and Tasmania, Flinders Island has a population of 700 (down to 300 in the winter), and less than a handful—four to be exact—are Jews. This week, they received the first rabbinic visit in the island’s history, from Rabbi Yochanan Gordon, who co-directs Chabad of Tasmania with his wife, Rochel.
As the last Chassidic Rebbe born in pre-war Europe, the passing of the Skulener Rebbe at the age of 95 on Monday afternoon draws ever closer the conclusion of a torturous era in the narrative of Jewish history—the dispersion of Chassidic courts from the Eastern European villages, towns and cities where they had shaped Jewish life for centuries. Known for his kindheartedness and prolific composition of Chassidic melodies, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal, of blessed memory, was a beloved fixture of Brooklyn’s Boro Park neighborhood.
A massive five alarm blaze tore through a building in Sunset Park Wednesday, leaving its’ upper floor gutted. The fire, which spanned the entire buildings upper floor, goes down in Brooklyn’s history as one of largest fires in years.
Dani Ash was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in 1982, three years into his parents’ eight-year “career” as refuseniks—Jews forced into an underground life of fear, privation and incarceration after their application to leave for Israel was denied by Soviet authorities, and they were deemed a threat to the state. Today, Rabbi Dani and Rivka Ash co-direct a bustling Chabad center in the same city he left as a child, never dreaming that he would one day return.
Over 200 members and supporters of the JEM Foundation from around the world gathered in New York City for the inaugural JEM Foundation International Gala.
‘Armed,’ is a dramatic and engaging documentary film being produced by JEM on the history of the Rebbe’s tefillin campaign and its continued impact, turns to Kickstarter to crowdfund the film’s costs.
Despite a cold and snowy evening outside, the N’Shei Chabad Mivtzoim Auction was a resounding success. A list of winners from the auction has been announced by the N`shei Ubnos Chabad Mivtzoim committee.
Rabbi Arieh and Devorah Lea Raichman have co-directed the Chabad House in Manaus, the most isolated city, for nearly 10 years. A native Texan, Rabbi Raichman recently shared some of the challenges and joys of tending to Jewish life (and raising six children) in a city that sits smack-dab in the middle of a jungle.
Yosef Hershkop, is a resident of and political writer for the Crown Heights Community. He brings into view the upcoming special election for NYC Public Advocate, writing an opinion on the candidates and who to vote for.
IDF paratrooper Joseph Brikman, a Crown Heightser who overcame personal hardships to join the IDF and now helps haredi youths connect with the IDF, wrote a Facebook post discussing the recent ceremony during which he received his red beret.
It was a cold day in the spring of 1979 when 13-year-old Anna Monahemi arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. She came with a group of 40 Jewish girls—all of them from Iran, each of them alone. Five days later, they were safely in America.
For the first time in the Princeton Club’s history, a kosher caterer took full charge of the facility, serving a kosher sit-down dinner for 130 guests. Although previously one could order individual kosher meals, and the Webbs had organized kosher buffets there for a few years, the December gala broke precedent.
When Izzy Young, the tireless folk-music impresario, passed away on Feb. 4 in Stockholm at the age of 90, the media took note of a storied career in the history in creating the modern folk-music movement. Missing from the details about this self-described “Jewish boy from the Bronx” is the backstory behind his friendship with Chabad-Lubavitch emissary, Rabbi Chaim Greisman.
