Notorious Package Thief Caught Again Stealing Packages
A notorious package thief has be caught again – this time red handed – by an alert Shomrim volunteer.
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Rebbetzin Chana: “I Wanted my Sons to know…”
In honor of Chof Av, the Yahrzeit of the Rebbe’s father Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, selected excerpts of a major new research project on the Rebbe’s early years were made public.
Home of Rabbi Burglarized on Friday Night
The home of a Jewish family in Crown Heights was burglarized over Shabbos, the thief made off with electronics and silverware.
Rosenbaum Family Denounces ‘Festival’ to Mark Riots
As we approach the 25th Yahrtzeit of Yankel Rosenbaum, HYD, who was murdered in cold blood on account of being a Jew during the infamous Crown Heights riots in the summer of 1991, the Rosenbaum family has reacted with shock and indignation that the anniversary of the riots will be marked with a ‘neighborhood festival.’
Mayor David Dinkins (center), Deputy Mayor Bill Lynch (second from left) and NYPD Commissioner Lee Brown (left) at the scene of the 1991 Crown Heights riots.
25 Years Since the Riots: Police Chief Denies Cops Were Told to Stand Down
Lee Brown, who served as NYPD Commissioner under Mayor David Dinkins when the Crown Heights riots broke out exactly 25 years ago, told the NY Daily News in an interview that claims that the police were told to use restraint and “let the protesters vent their anger” are simply not true.
Ruins of Bobruisk Synagogue Returned to Community
In a historical decision, the city government of Bobruisk, Belarus, has granted the local Jewish community the rights to a plot of land with the remains of an old synagogue in the city center last week.
Ukraine ‘Stars’ Travel to Israel and Europe
The ‘Stars’ youth program, which unites young people worldwide for Jewish heritage studies, gained momentum this summer in Ukraine, with two international trips – one to Israel and one to Europe – for program participants in July.
‘Tzitzis Challenge’ Sweeps Across CGI Summer Camps
The “Tzitzis Man Challenge,” a riff off the popular “Dancing Man Challenge,” is sweeping across Gan Israel camps across North America, in which the boys proudly wear their Tzitzis while performing a unique dance and then challenge the boys of another camp to follow.
The second permanent exhibit at the Alaska Jewish Museum, titled “Jewish Movers and Shakers in Early Anchorage,” displays the lives of six families who lived in Anchorage in the early 1900s and jump-started the Jewish community there.
With a Jewish Mayor and Thriving Community, Anchorage Explores Its Roots
Summer means a few things in Alaska: the earth peaks out beneath the snow, the days become extremely long, and cruise ship after cruise ship arrives with tourists from around the world for seasonal, historical and nature-related trips.
R’ Wosner: Saying Rebbe Opposed Eruv Is a Lie
Rabbi Bentzion Yaakov Wosner, Av Beis Din Shevet Halevi Monsey-Beit Shemesh, has come out with a second letter in support of the Crown Heights Eruv, laying down the Halachic basis for its validity, and going so far as to claim that “it’s impossible that the Lubavitcher Rebbe was opposed to the construction of an Eruv in Crown Heights, and that anyone who says so is being deceitful.”
New Mikvah Revitalizes Jewish Life in Quebec City
When Noemie Stanleigh arrived in Quebec City two years ago, the metropolitan area had been without a mikvah for decades.
CSSY founder Rabbi Shimshon Stock receives dollars and blessings from the Rebbe.
CSSY Launches 24-Hour Campaign for $200,000
On Rosh Hashana 5738 (1977) at a farbrengen, the Rebbe spoke about the mitzvah of Ma’os Chittim, pointing out that the needs of the poor during Tishrei are even greater than during Nissan. He suggested that a fund be established supplying Shabbos and Yom Tov necessities to the needy. Hours later, CSSY – The Organization to Bring Joy on Shabbos and Yom Tov – was born.
Rabbi Avromy and Sternie Super will be moving to Nairobi, Kenya, this fall to lead the Nairobi Hebrew Congregation and establish Chabad-Lubavitch of Kenya. They are seen here at an elephant orphanage in Nairobi's National Park.
Chabad Opens First Center in Kenya
After leading a Passover service earlier this year, Rabbi Avromy and Sternie Super have been appointed as the first permanent Chabad Shluchim to the East African country where they will lead the 112-year-old Nairobi Hebrew Congregation in Kenya.
On Aug. 3, 1990, a Friday afternoon, the first plane of 196 Jewish children evacuated from regions effected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster landed in Ben-Gurion International Airport.
30 Years Since Chernobyl: How 3,000 Children Were Airlifted Out of Nuclear Disaster
30 years have passed since reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded in the early morning hours of April 26, 1986, shooting radioactive particles high into the atmosphere and causing the worst nuclear disaster in history.
Russian Talmud Translation ‘Unprecedented Project’
The Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia’s publishing house “Knizhniki” showcased the first results of its massive Talmudic translation project last Sunday: tractate Brachot, published in two volumes, was presented to the general public at a press conference during the Yahad youth forum.
Desecrated by Nazis, Abandoned Yeshivah Is Reborn
For almost 150 years, the hum of Torah study was constant in the three-story complex that housed the rabbi’s home and yeshivah in Mád, a village in northeastern Hungary in the heart of the Tokaj wine-making region.
5,000 Children Enjoy Summer Camp in Former USSR
61 Chabad-Federation of Jewish Communities (FJC) summer camps opened their doors this season for an exciting summer vacation to young Jewish campers from all over the vast area of the former Soviet Union (FSU).
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