Having been raised in a poor section of Bat Yam and suffering an emotional breakdown, Nicole was abducted by an Arab man. After a long and difficult journey, their son Yichye was able to return to Yiddishkeit.
Rabbi Yossi and Zelda Rodal (née Amar), along with their son Mendel, were appointed by Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin as the new shluchim to Northeast Seattle, Washington.
Adam, an American man visiting Eretz Yisroel with his shul, was visiting a location overlooking Kever Yosef in Shchem and hit by a sniper’s bullet right in the chest. Please say Tehillim for Adam ben Penina.
Live at 8:30 – Project Chana aims to empower women globally with a practical approach to learning halachos pertinent to women with top of the line teachers.
From the Alma Research and Education Center, Hezbollah attacks on Israel since October 8th (counted by attack, not number of munitions fired, which is higher).
War Summary, Day Two Hundred and Seventy: The family of Yisroel Yudkin hy”d, the Lubavitcher bochur killed in Gaza, got permission to put HY”D on his kever after much controversy, the director of Shifa hospital was released from prison along with 55 others, and Leora Argamani, the mother of released captive Noa Argamani passed away due to illness.
Anash.org feature: Dayan Levi Yitzchok Raskin, Rov of Anash in London, explores interesting Torah questions and halachic dilemmas including demanding a refund for a pulled hechsher, paying a substitute less, tablecloth when eating, and a black coffee at Starbucks.
MyShliach’s family-friendly hachana program for Gimmel Tammuz is well underway with over 700 families participating in the daily audio. Week 3 begins with a daily curriculum to transform the dinner table into a meaningful farbrengen.
With the summer starting, Camp Tzeirei Hatmimim released its collection of camp songs. The 15 songs with Yiddish lyrics were written by Nyack Mashpia Rabbi Yosef Klyne and Detroit Melamed Rabbi Avraham Browd.
During a visit to Kyiv’s Beit Menachem community center, senior officers in the Ukrainian military presented the city’s Chief Rabbi Yonatan Markovitch with a certificate of appreciation for his “spiritual support which contributes to the high-quality execution of combat missions.”
A group of young Lubavitcher bochurim from Crown Heights met this week with Rav Yerucham Olshin of BMG and Rav Mordechai Willig of YU, who were astounded by their incredible accomplishments and knowledge in Torah learning.
Rabbi Yehuda Pevzner, a tankist from Crown Heights, and Rabbi Elram Ben Harush, a tankist from Tzfas, met at the Lebanon border for intense Mivtza Tefillin under rocket fire.
In the months since the launch of Merkos 302’s Kollel L’lomdei Dach, the excitement and success of this structured Chassidus learning has become increasingly evident. The next sugya, on the topic of “Bitul Haolomos”, will begin next week.
The family of Anash and Shluchim are invited to join in marking the Shloshim of Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky AH on Sunday, Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, at 8:00 PM in the Bais Rivkah Hall.
Renowned professor, Alan Dershowitz, was the guest of honor at the Gimmel Tammuz event in Alaska attended by politicians, dignitaries, and community members.
The CEO of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center changed the hospital’s name, closed the shul, razed down the parking lot to profit off low-income housing projects, and is now shutting down the emergency room that people desperately need.
Protesters at an Anti-Nazi demonstration in front of the Skokie village hall, May 1977.
(Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center)
When a Jewish man in Skokie wanted to go to a Nazi march and beat up the participants, he first wrote the Rebbe to hear if he is allowed to use violence…
Daytrippers to Cedarburg, Wisconsin, for its historic downtown area with its thriving arts community with numerous galleries and studios, are now visiting the “Unity Art Exhibition,” the brainchild of Chicago artist Sharone Goodman.
In honor of his 10th yahrtzeit, a student of Rabbi Eliezer Zirkind shares his impressions of a man whose life revolved around boundless love for Torah, and disdained shortcuts of any kind. A collection of piskei halacha by Rabbi Zirkind was also released.
Meters from the home of shluchim in Dnipro, Ukraine, a large Russian missile struck a residential building, stopping at the ceiling of a Jewish family’s home. Miraculously, the missile warhead did not explode and was safely defused by demolition experts.
Dozens of Bar and Bas Mitzvah youth from across Ukraine gathered at the complex of the Baal Shem Tov‘s Ohel in Medzhybizh for a captivating and emotional retreat organized by the EnerJew Jewish youth movement in the FSU.
A new kollel named “Beit Midrash LeHoraah” in central Petach Tikvah is opening under the leadership of American-born rov, Rabbi Chaim Hillel Raskin. The kollel will focus on in-depth halacha and preparation for Rabbanut tests, and welcomes American couples.
Over 1000 girls in camps and colonies alike join Project Elevate over the summer to learn the halachos of tznius and glean the Rebbe’s views on the topic.
Two blocks in Bedford-Stuyvesant were recently given landmark statuses, much to the chagrin of the frum residents who oppose the decision feeling it targeted those with larger families who would need to expand the houses.