CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Wednesday morning campers of day camp Gan Menachem participated in a special activity in the Oholei Menachem Lunchroom. The campers brought cakes that they baked at home to be judged by other campers.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – An elderly Jewish man was struck by a car as he was crossing a Crown Heights street this evening. The incident took place on Brooklyn Avenue and Crown Street where the man was crossing and a car clipped him and knocked him down, causing light…
MORRISTOWN, NJ [CHI] — Yeshivas Tiferes Bachurim, a division of the Rabbinical College of America in Morristown, NJ, is pleased to announce a new and unique course for students to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to become religious educators and community leaders.
SYDNEY, Australia [CHI] — Last week, the Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia (O.R.A.) gathered in Sydney’s Yeshiva Centre at their biannual Rabbinic conference for two intense days of discussions in contemporary Halachic issues ranging from Trauma counseling to abortion and…
JERUSALEM, Israel [INN] — A brief Chabad-sponsored course on the Temple, to be held in Israel this week and the next, has angered Islamic organizations, who call it a threat to the Al-Aksa Mosque compound.
John Holland – Sun Sentinel In the fall of 2005, Rabbi Shmuel Posner tried to open Chabad of Nova outreach center at 8608 Griffin Rd. at Timberlake Plaza. But Cooper City wouldn’t permit it, saying places of worship are not allowed in commercial areas.
JERUSALEM, Israel [CHI] — 98 young shluchim from all over the world who attend the Summer Yeshiva under the auspices of Yeshivas Tzeirei Hashluchim in Tsfas led by Rabbi Chaim Kaplan spent this past Shabbos in the old city in Jerusalem and left a strong impression on the…
by Yehudis Engel for the Jewish Press It was Thursday afternoon, February 1, 2008. I had just removed the fish from the freezer in preparation for cooking for Shabbos. Suddenly, I received an amazing phone call. The man on the other end of the line introduced himself as David L.
MOSCOW, Russia [JTA] — The executive director of the Chabad-led Federation of Jewish Communities of the former Soviet Union has left his post to create an independent office in Moscow, JTA has learned.
Camp Shalom under the directorship of Rabbi Yossi and Rivky Shuchat held at South Head Shul of Rabbi Milecki had 200 children in its winter day camp in Sydney Australia and made it to the front page of the Jewish news.
NEW YORK, NY [CHI] — Fun is the norm at Camp Machne Mamosh – Lubavitcher Yeshiva Day Camp. There are trips on a daily basis, sports and other exciting activities, in camp, at the park and just anywhere your imagination can take you. How about City Hall? or One Police Plaza?
MIAMI, FL [CHI] — The graduation took place last Thursday night at Pagoda Hall in Sunny Isles, Miami. Over 120 people attended. In attendance was Rabbi Dovid Schochet, Chief Dayan of Toronto, who represented the Rabbonim signing the smicha.
Ed Silverman – NJ Jewish News Yitzchok Moully, the Andy Warhol of the hasidic community. Like many young and passionate rabbis, Yitzchok Moully is constantly searching for ways to make Judaism and Jewishness more accessible.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — A police cruiser slammed into a 15 passenger van at around 9:30 Sunday night. The incident took place in the intersection of Albany Avenue and Carroll Street where a 15 passenger van, driven by a yungerman, heading down Carroll was broadsided by a…
Predham Kim – App FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP, NJ — Seven members of the township Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously decided Thursday that a local rabbi is, in fact, running a house of worship out of his home.
Mike Isaacs – Pioneer Local SKOKIE, IL — The Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie was given the green light Monday for an expansion of its current facility at 4059 Dempster St.
Chabad Shliach to Southwest Florida Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz Meets Michelle Obama, wife of presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama In Fort Myers, FL This morning.
TARZANA, CA [CHI] — Some 20 Shluchim joined for a Fundraising Luncheon Seminar with the renowned Chabad fundraising coach, Rabbi Mendel Duchman. The event was held in Chabad of the Valley’s beautiful Headquarters in Tarzana, California.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Today, Wednesday at around 2:00pm there was a bizarre accident on Empire Blvd, between Schenectady and Utica Ave, causing an SUV to rollover on its side. More pictures in the Extended Article
Lubavitch.com RIO DI JANEIRO, Brazil — This month’s Portuguese edition of National Geographic treats its Brazilian readers to an eye-opening, enthusiastic essay on Chabad, with a close examination of the Chabad yeshiva in Brazil.
The three-week JLI course on the Beis Hamikdosh opens this week at over 200 Chabad Houses across the globe. In keeping with the Rebbe’s directive to study Hilchos Bais Habchirah during the three weeks, the course will bring to life the central role and function of the Bais…
RUNNING SPRING, CA [CHI] — History was made this week as over 500 campers from Gan Israel day camps across California camped out at Gan Israel Running Springs for an unbelievable two-day extravaganza!
PISCATAWAY, NJ [CHI] — Close to 100 shluchim, shluchos, supporters and special-needs activists take international Friendship Circle phenomenon to new heights The fourth annual Friendship Circle Conference was held this past July 7-8 at the Radisson Hotel in Piscataway, New…
John Holland – South Florida Sun-Sentinel COOPER CITY, FL — After months of what a federal judge described as foot-dragging, city commissioners rushed to fix a zoning law that was tossed out for illegally discriminating against religious groups.