This past week was the kinus (conference) of the mechanchim (male educators), while this upcoming week will be the kinus of the mechanchos (female educators). In the past two weeks, I have witnessed and heard two points which to me has a very strong bearing on the chinuch of our children, and I would like to share them with you.
The group then traveled to Crown Heights for an immersive tour featuring stops at local Judaica stores, a kosher supermarket, and a sofer’s workshop to view vintage tefillin and mezuzahs.
Beginning in the early morning hours, guests from around the world started arriving at the Rixos Hotel in Almaty ahead of Chof Menachem Av, the yahrzeit of Harav Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, the father of the Rebbe.
One of the standout moments of this year’s Kinus HaMechanchim banquet was a musical presentation centered on a question familiar to every mechanech: Am I really making a difference and reaching the Ikar of Chinuch?
As the 26th Annual International Kinus HaMechanchim entered its final afternoon, the programming raised some of the most challenging questions surrounding chinuch with the Rapid Fire Chinuch Session
For some of the couples Bonei Olam Chabad walks with, 5% is the whole story. It’s the chance a doctor gives them of ever holding a child of their own. Slim. Not zero. The kind of number most people would be told to make peace with.
This year’s gathering is expected to be one of the largest in recent memory, with hundreds of guests arriving from Eretz Yisroel aboard a historic charter flight organized especially for the occasion.
Helga Arndtheim had her childhood stolen by the Nazis and spent her teenage years struggling to survive Auschwitz and other concentration camps. More than eight decades later, Helga— now Helga Melmed— spends her summers reclaiming a piece of what she had lost.
Rabbi Yisroel Shemtov is a longtime Crown Heights community activist, who for many years ran a bespoke frock-coat (kapota) business. He was interviewed in December 2010.
After two action-packed weeks filled with learning, excitement, and unforgettable experiences, Camp Gan Israel Pnasaim 5786 concluded successfully under the dedicated leadership of Rabbi Levi Maimon.
In honor of this special day, Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida had the privilege of interviewing Mrs. Ita Neymotin, whose family shared a unique and historic connection with Rabbi Levi Yitzchak and the Rebbe’s family.
Rabbi Yoel Vogel’s Mechanchim Exchange Resource Drive was announced as the winner of this year’s Chinuch Pitch, receiving an $18,000 grant at the finale of the 26th Annual International Kinus HaMechanchim on Wednesday afternoon.
The original building, established in 1905, was the last surviving synagogue of its kind in the region. After it had to be dismantled in 2016 due to its dilapidated condition, museum experts spent about two years painstakingly recreating its exterior appearance, as well as its authentic early 20th-century interior, based on historical photographs and archival documents.
Rather than relying solely on swipe-based algorithms, Met@Chabad combines Chabad’s global network of thousands of shluchim with AI-powered, values-based matching to help Jewish singles date with intention. But perhaps its most distinctive feature is the human element behind every profile.
Rabbi Yaakov Dovid and Rivka Gordon, along with their daughter Mussia, have been appointed as new shluchim to join Shaloh House Chabad of Stoughton and the South Area, including Brockton and Randolph.
Shlichus-minded couples are invited to explore a powerful new Shlichus opportunity through full-time medical shlichus. Taking place at the JCM, the event will showcase how Shluchim can now make their full-time shlichus servicing entire regional healthcare and hospital systems.
Working under the leadership of Chief Rabbi Liron Edri and alongside the city’s rabbis and Chabad Shluchim, the young couple will help strengthen Jewish religious, educational, and community life.
