Spiritual Awakening in Muslim Republic of Tatarstan
A special, pre-Rosh Hashana conference was held this week in Kazan, the capital of the Muslim Autonomous Republic of Tatarstan in Russia.
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Sikh Landlord Gives Chabad House in Need Free Rent
As Chabad of Saskatoon, Canada, under the leadership of Rabbi Raphael Kats, is forced to move out of its current location, landlord Bob Dhillon, a Sikh, stepped in to provide them with free rent until it can find a new home.
Picture of the Day: Nazareth, Israel
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu chose to open the school year in the city of Nazareth in honor of his friend Mayor Mr. Ronen Plot (who until recently served as CEO of the Knesset). The Prime Minister began his visit in the presence of Chief Rabbi of Nazareth illit, Chabad emissary Rabbi Yeshayahu Hertzel shelita, in the school Yudfat.
New Chabad Student Center Opens at UK
Nearly 100 people stood on the front lawn of the brick bungalow on Columbia Avenue in Lexington, Kentucky, on Monday evening as Rabbi Avrohom Litvin and Rabbi Shlomo Litvin cut a ceremonial blue ribbon stretched across the front porch of the Chabad Jewish Student Center at the University of Kentucky.
Photos: Shining Faces on First Day of School at ULY
Smiling Talmidim with their proud parents filled the halls at United Lubavitcher Yeshiva, excited for their first day of Shnas Halimudim 5777.
Photo: TPS News
Floor Tiles Found Said to Be from 2nd Beis Hamikdash
Archeologists from the Jerusalem-based Temple Mount Sifting Project unveiled Tuesday a restored floor of painted tiles that experts believe dates to the Herodian era (37 to 4 BCE). Experts believe the floor may have been part of the courtyard of the Second Temple.
‘Lamternchik’ Project Comes to Florida
With nearly 300 Anash couples participating, Florida will become the fourth pilot city of the Lamternchik (lamplighter) project.
Student Sees Immediate Response to Hachlota
In an effort to inspire and strengthen Jewish leadership and involvement on university campuses throughout North America, Sinai Scholars Society, a project of Chabad on Campus International and the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, gathered 150 students to hear from prominent Jewish thinkers, address topics of Jewish identity, and facilitate increased commitment in their lives.
Video: Exciting First Day of School at LEC
A young reporter gives us the scoop on the exciting first day of school at Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami, Florida.
Tallahassee Chabad House Damaged by Hurricane
After days of relentless heat—temperatures are expected to continue in the 90s—rain and no electricity and air-conditioning, one thing is clear: rebuilding parts of Tallahassee, Fla., that were impacted by Hurricane Hermine is going to take time, money and determination.
Video: Why Is it Important to Have a Mentor?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shoftim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Why is it important to have a mentor?
The Cops Turned a Blind Eye, Except for One Brave One
A neighborhood resident wrote to CrownHeights.info about an incident he witnessed in the aftermath of yesterday’s Labor Day Parade in Crown Heights.
Photo courtesy of Lubavitch.com
Picture of the Day: Threads West
Rabbi Mendel Hertz, traveling on Merkos Shlichus in Wyoming along with Rabbi Shneur Druk, puts on Tefilin with Reid Lance Rosenthal, famed author of Threads West, Maps of Fate and Uncompahgre, as well as other bestsellers.
Oslo’s Jews Dance in the Streets, Hoping for Better Days Ahead
Mr. Chaim Hirsch (Hermann) Kahn, one of the oldest Jews in Oslo, rubbed his eyes in disbelief last week. “I have been living here for the last 70 years and never believed that in my lifetime I would witness what I saw today.”
Photo courtesy of JEM
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Rabbi She’ar Yashuv Cohen, 89, OBM
It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Chief Rabbi of Haifa, Rabbi Eliyahu Yosef She’ar Yashuv Cohen, a veteran leader of Israeli Jewry, a close friend of Chabad and a confidant of the Rebbe.
Picture of the Day: NYPD Sergeant Puts on Tefilin
Crown Heights activist Reb Yisroel Shemtov puts on Tefilin with an NYPD sergeant on duty for the Labor Day Parade. At his side is Shomrim coordinator Mendy Hershkop.
For Kids Traumatized by War, Summer Camp Salves Wounds
Like their counterparts in the West, most Jewish campers in the former Soviet Union receive the most extensive, joyous and impactful encounters with their heritage and traditions during the summer months. What makes some of the 5,000 campers in the 61 Chabad-Lubavitch Gan Israel camps in the FSU so different than others, though, is that many of them have suffered through the trauma of war, displacement and even witnessing death, while many others come from families whose connection with their Jewish roots was severed during decades of Soviet oppression.
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