The largest Jewish religious and cultural center to be built over the past 15 years opened in Moscow on Sunday amid fanfare and a celebration that drew religious and political leaders from across the region.
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Last night, Rabbi Chaim Kosofsky was joined by Springfield, Massachusetts, Mayor Domenic Sarno and Congressman Richard Neil for a Menorah lighting ceremony in Court Square. Also, children from the Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy filled the courtyard to see the Menorah lit, which it was so big it had to be lit with a lift.
Rabbi Turk’s Seventh grade class at United Lubavitcher Yeshiva got off to a great start this Chanukah, with an amazing night of mivtzoim in Manhattan.
Last night, Monday, Dec. 7, the second night of Chanukah, was the 36th Annual South Florida Chanukah Festival. The event welcomed a crowd of over 10,000 people, and thousands more via the live webcast on CrownHeights.info!
Tens of thousands of Satmar Chassdim flocked from Kiryas Joel to the Union-Bedford Armory in Crown Heights on the eve of Chof Alef Kislev to celebrate the day Rabbi Yoel of Satmar was rescued from the flames of the Holocaust.
Philanthropist and businessman R’ Yosef Yitzchak Popack and his wife Batsheva have once again given a special gift to all the teachers and morahs of Oholei Torah in honor of Chanukah. New to this year is the additional support from the Oholei Torah PTA, which sponsored the Mesivta and administrative members divisions.
Chabad Hebrew Schools all over the world are marking Chanukah of the Hakhel year by joining together in song! One energetic anthem, one spirited dance, performed by hundreds of Jewish children expressing their love for Torah, their youthful exuberance, and their Jewish unity and pride.
A Chanukah party for Israelis and Hebrew speakers was held for the first time in Brussels, Belgium.
This year’s presentation at the Parliament House of Victoria of the lighting of the Chanukah Menorah and the Speeches given by the guest speakers – organized by Chabad of Melbourne-CBD under the leadership of Rabbi Chaim Herzog – surpassed any of the twelve previous functions given at Parliament in past years.
A charred pile is all that is left of the home Rabbi Zalman Zvolonov was building here on 69th Road. It is the seventh and latest in a string of arsons in Forest Hills, and residents are on edge.
Is the Israeli military a paragon of morality and wartime ethics? Or is it an oppressive force that targets innocent Palestinian civilians and commits war crimes as a matter of policy? Colonel Richard Kemp, who was the commander of British Forces in Afghanistan, was in Israel during its war against Hamas in 2014, and analyzes whether Israel’s military is ethical, evil, or somewhere in between.
Recently, two electric pylons that transfer electricity from Ukraine to Crimea were bombed, and Crimea has been in the dark, without electricity except 2-4 hours a day. The Russian authorities ruling the peninsula decreed that all public gatherings of more than three people were forbidden. Permission to erect the menorah on a public square, where it has been for many years, was not forthcoming to the Chabad Shluchim in the disputed region’s capital city, Simferopol.
Tune in tonight at 7:30pm to a live video broadcast of the 36th Annual South Florida Chassidic Chanukah Festival in the special Hakhel year of unity, featuring a full concert with the popular Chasidic superstar Avraham Fried, followed by the sensational singer Dovid Gabay. Also featuring the lighting of Florida’s largest Menorah led by Cantor Yossy Lebovics along with more fun, celebration and entertainment.
14-month-old Mimi Seewald from L.A. is ready to do pirsumei nisa.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Mikeitz. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one be inspired to make an impact on the world? Plus: A Chanukah message from Rabbi Minkowicz.
R’ Moshe Barash is sitting Shiva after the passing of his mother, Yenta, OBM, at 679 Montgomery St. Apt. 2D. Shachris – 9:30. Minchah – 4:00. Maariv – bizmano. Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion V’yerushalaim.
A 40-year-old Israeli man was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack near the Me’aras Hamachpelah in Chevron today, Monday.
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