August 17-18 Young Israel of Long Beach hosts Shabbaton Young Israel of Long Beach is pleased to announce that we have embarked on an exciting new program to attract young couples to our beautiful community. As part of our new initiative, we are hosting a Summer Shabbaton in our community. Shabbos Parshas Ra’ay promises to be a unique and fulfilling experience. Attendees will be treated to a relaxing and inspiring Shabbos filled with ruach, lectures, learning, and the special atmosphere of this close knit community. All accommodations including babysitting, housing arrangements, and meals will taken care of, just come and enjoy! Don’t miss this opportunity! For registration and more information please call 1-855-MOV-YILB. Space is limited, so don’t delay! more

Close to 500 people came to pay tribute to 5 well deserving couples-- Mr. and Mrs. Ben and Sandy Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Larry and Esta Gordon, Dr. and Dr. Yakov and Rachel Lowinger, Mr. and Mrs. Gidon and Alla Shema, and Mr. and Mrs. Zack and Dovi Tomaszewski. These guests of honor are all good friends of Chabad and it was wonderful to see their friends, family and colleagues paying homage to them for their hard work on behalf of Chabad. more

South Shore residents have returned to their normal lives in the months since Hurricane Sandy, but many people’s thoughts are starting to turn to the potential for another big storm. Is it possible to stop the floodwaters that inundated coastal neighborhoods? they wonder. more

JERUSALEM, Israel — They came from across the United States and Canada — 231 of them, aged two months to 78 years and ranging across the Jewish spectrum from secular to charedi —united in one thought: We are going home. This week’s Nefesh B’Nefesh flight, the group’s 49th such transport, carried NBN’s 35,000th oleh (immigrant) to Israel. The passengers, who came from thouoghout the United States and Canada — including West Hempstead, Great Neck, Queens and Brooklyn — personify the ideal of kibbutz galuyot (the ingathering of the exiles), moving to Israel to pursue their dreams of living in the Promised Land. more

After the much anticipated year in yeshiva or midrasha has come and gone, the students return to earth from a spiritual high in the rarified environment of Torah learning in Israel. Back in the U.S., many struggle to establish a college experience that continues their Torah high. To facilitate and maintain a yeshiva connection in the students, Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky, menahel (principal) of the Davis Renov Stahler (DRS) High School for Boys in Woodmere, has initiated a periodic Shabbat minyan (the next one is this Shabbat, Dec. 7). All single post-high school young men and women are invited. more

From the one time in Re’eh to the three times in Shoftim to the five times in Ki Tetze, the Torah tells us nine times to eradicate evil – “Uvi’arta hara” – from either amongst you, or amongst all of Israel. It would seem that in most of these cases, as well as others in our parsha, the Torah is advocating for a death penalty kind of punishment for those who are either guilty of a crime, or are in violation of a mitzvah. more

Did you hear the one about the parking garage that turns into a hospital? It’s no joke. In Northern Israel, Rambam Health Care Campus can house 2,000 patient beds and accompanying … more

Jordan Hiller of Woodmere organized a chizuk mission to Copenhagen this week and was joined by several other Five Towners, including Rabbi Gedaliah Oppen, principal of Judaic Studies at the Hebrew … more

Less can be more. Sometimes it isn’t. Keep this in mind as you select an image for an online professional or social site. Interesting persons with interesting faces should have more … more

A Jew defining (and dressing) himself as Ultra-orthodox goes on a stabbing rampage at the LGBT pride parade in Jerusalem, murdering a 16 year old girl and seriously wounding five others. Iranian … more