In Episode 68 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Meir and Rebbetzin Chani Kaplan, Chabad emissaries to Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Chayenu is welcoming the new year with a major update to its print and digital Torah-learning platforms, introducing a new Chumash section, redesigned weekly booklet, expanded content and significant upgrades to its website and app.
Tishrei traffic just got worse in Crown Heights after a school bus crashed into a building on Eastern Parkway near Albany Ave Thursday morning.
In honor of Vov Tishrei, JEM’s Good Night My Child is presenting a special video for children focusing on Rebbetzin Chana and her Yahrtzeit in the Rebbe’s presence.
Levi Sudak (Edgware, UK) to Muka Sandhaus (Thornhill, Ontario) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:00pm at Ulam Chana
Rabbi Tzemach Mizrahi, 51, a Chabad Shliach and rabbi of the Central Chabad House community in Milan, Italy, was attacked by three Muslim men Wednesday evening while waiting at a bus stop in the city’s Jewish district.
Rabbi Levi and Devora Leah Kesselman and their family have recently moved on shlichus to Kirkwood, Missouri, an inner suburb in the western St. Louis area with a Jewish population of nearly 1,000 residents.
Three fully equipped ambulances have begun their journey from the Port of Ashdod to Nigeria as part of an international humanitarian initiative involving Chabad in Nigeria, Magen David Adom France and ARIS, the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States.
Dovid Dworcan (Montreal, Canada) to Mushka Lieberman (West Hempstead, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 8:30pm at The JCM Upper Level
Over the last while the situation in Cuba has degraded quite dramatically. With an additional shortage of all basic food items among many other insufficiencies with dire consequences.
A special Vov Tishrei farbrengen honoring Rebbetzin Chana, the “Mother of Royalty,” will take place Wednesday evening, ו׳ תשרי, at Bais Rivkah on Lefferts Avenue, beginning at 8:00 p.m.
The session, “When Fasting Is Prohibited: Practical Yom Kippur Guidelines for the Sick, Pregnant, Nursing, and Those with Medical Conditions,” will offer clear halachic and medical direction for those navigating the fast under health constraints.
With shortages of essential products and increasingly complex logistical challenges making holiday preparations more difficult, Chabad’s Jewish Relief Network Ukraine (JRNU) launched a large-scale distribution operation to ensure that thousands of Jewish families and elderly residents have the supplies they need for the holidays.
Chabad-Lubavitch of Kenya marked the opening of its new center in Nairobi earlier this month, drawing diplomats, senior Kenyan officials and close to 100 members of the local Jewish community ahead of Rosh Hashanah.
This year’s NCFJE-subsidized Kaporos will run across multiple locations serving Crown Heights, East Flatbush, and Remsen Village, with $5 chickens available at each site and a special Erev Yom Kippur session at 824 Eastern Parkway.
Chabad on Campus Rabbi Shlomo Litvin recently served as the guest chaplain at the United States Congress, where he offered the opening prayer for those in attendance.
Four Jewish graves were relocated today from the new Jewish cemetery in the Chachoengsao area near Bangkok after Thai authorities declined to renew its operating license.
