Rabbi Mendel and Mimi (nee Sputz) Pinson were appointed as Youth Directors at Chabad of Knoxville, TN, lead by  Rabbi Yossi and Miriam Esther Wilhelm.

A batch of photos discovered in the archives of Rabbi Meir Harlig a”h, dated from the 1950s and 1960s, show scenes from Gan Yisroel in upstate New York. Can you identify any of the children?

The annual Chof Av campaign for Chabad of Kazakhstan was a smashing success, with over 3,500 chassidim participating from around the world to support Jewish life in Kazakhstan continuing the work of Harav Levi Yitzchok. A raffle for two tickets to Almaty will be taking place.

Knesset Member Rabbi Moshe Gafni, chairman of the Litvishe Degel Hatorah party, speaks with Alaska Shliach Rabbi Yoske Greenberg during a nichum aveilim visit to the Greenberg family.

Hundreds joined the annual summer bbq supporting shluchim who have children with special needs, featuring a kumzitz with singer Levy Falkowitz.

A grand farbrengen was held at Heichal Levi Yitzchak in Shikun Chabad Yerushlayim, marking the yahrzeit its namesake Harav Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, father of the Rebbe.

A festive ceremony at Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim in Antwerp, Belgium, rewarded the bochurim who had studied the majority of Maseches Gittin over the past year, coupled with the launch of this year’s Mivtza Torah.

A grand banquet and farbrengen, took place Monday evening in Alma Ata’s luxurious Rixos Hotel, concluding the program in honor of the 79th yahrzeit of the Rebbe’s father.

The gabboim of 770 Eastern Parkway have announced that they will no longer be able to continue offering discounts on Tishrei seats. Going forward, everyone will be required to pay full price.

Students from Sacramento Jewish Academy finished an entire mesechta in Gemara at fourteen years old. The reason they surprised the Roshei Kollel and Roshei Yeshiva that tested them, though, was not due to their young age alone.

This summer, 1300 campers from day camps and bungalow colonies across the tri-state area learned and took hachlatos in a special tznius initiative called Project Elevate.

Rabbi Berel and Chani Majesky, directors of Friendship Circle of Brooklyn, paid a surprise visit to FC members at upstate camps. The reaction they received surprised them…

Students at Maimonides Jewish Day School in Portland, Oregon, created a captivating video that gives a fresh twist to Avraham Fried‘s timeless classic, “The Torah and the Nations.”

Darchai Menachem announced that Mrs. Sora Kopfstein, who has over 30 years of experience will assume the role of Director of Special Education to ensure every student receives the support they need to thrive.

While vacationing in Tzfas, the Gerrer Rebbe generally does not allow visitors. He made an exception for two Chabad bochurim who were bringing a sefer by Rabbi Avrohom Gerlitzky.

A fresh music video by singer Moishy Schwartz, which tells a story of the tzadik Reb Hertzk’ele from Ratzfert, features a number of Lubavitcher actors. They utilized the filming for mivtzoim as well.

A delegation of Chabad shluchim and Rabbonim led by Rabbi Shabtai Slavaticki were warmly received by the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, at his private home in Kiryas Yoel, New York.

Bochurim from Moscow’s Yeshiva Ketana enjoyed a beautiful resort on the Volga River. The hotel was fully equipped with a large study hall and plenty of grassy areas with benches and trees for the boys to relax and learn.

Rabbi Shneur and Esther Wolfman will be moving on shlichus to establish Chabad of Moon Valley & Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ.

Camp Tzeirei Hatmimim in Suffield, CT had another wonderful week, where talmidim were immersed in learning while enjoying activities in a chassidishe atmosphere.