Recently at LifeTown, one of the pairs of Tefillin from our public Tefillin stand disappeared. We searched high and low, but could not find them anywhere. It was a very sad story. A pair of sacred Tefillin had been taken and then carelessly discarded.
After a full year of Yegiah in Yoreh Deah, Talmidim of Rabbi Mendel Yusewitz’ s Smicha Program marked a special milestone, celebrating their successful completion and receiving their Smicha from their dear Rosh HaMachon.
Rabbi Zushe Winner is a Chabad emissary in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, as well as the rosh yeshivah at Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim – Chovevei Torah. He was interviewed in May 2021 and August 2023.
In Episode 67 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Yaakov and Rebbetzin Mushkee Raskin, Chabad emissaries to the bustling island of Jamaica. In just 12 years, the Raskins have built a thriving Jewish community comprised of locals and tourists.
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the month of Elul (up to but not including the period of Selichos) for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
When Abby Eskenazi of Wilton, CT goes back to school this year after spending her summer on the CTeen Heritage Quest trip, she plans to make a change: “I want to connect the small Jewish community in my school.”
Dozens of Rabbis gathered in the resort town of Divonne-les-Bains for a specialized professional seminar organized by the RCE.
The closing session of the International Kinus HaMechanchim brought the two-day gathering to a powerful personal conclusion as Rabbi Chaim Zaklos reflected on the far-reaching impact of a mechanech.
In the past few hours, a group of missionaries entered the 770 Shul wearing missionary and Christian symbols. They asked to put on Tefillin — while photographing and documenting the entire event.
Today, thanks to the dedication of the shluchim of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, this artificial vision has transformed into a vibrant, living Jewish reality.
Nearly 100 boys, many the only Jewish kids in their hometowns, spent the summer at CKids Gan Israel Wisconsin, where between go-karts and ropes courses, they began wearing their yarmulkas like a favorite team’s jersey.
On Sunday, August 2, Rabbi Mendel Zaltzman led the dedication and mezuzah ceremony for the Kholodenko, Murad, and Ressin JRCC Youth Centre, Library, and Mikva in Thornhill, Ontario — a house adjacent to the main synagogue of the Jewish Russian Community Centre of East Thornhill. The event, which drew hundreds for dinner, music, and celebration, marked the formal completion of a project years in the making.
In honor of 50 years since the Rebbe introduced the special initiative to learn Hilchos Beis Habechirah during the Three Weeks, a special Beis Habechirah program was launched this summer for boys ages eight and up.
The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has launched a seven-week Alternate Side Parking (ASP) pilot program in portions of North/West Crown Heights and Prospect Heights, a predominantly white neighborhood, reducing street cleaning regulations from twice a week to only once a week on participating streets. The choice of location is very questionable.
Chabad at the Shore in Ventnor was evacuated Monday after the Chabad building received a threatening message, prompting an immediate response from local law enforcement.
This year’s YEKA Jewish summer program for boys brought together more than 160 children from over 20 cities and villages across Ukraine for 21 days of learning, friendship and adventure in the Carpathian Mountains.
As another incredible summer at Camp L’man Achai comes to a close, the camp celebrates the fun, growth, and Jewish pride created throughout the summer with the release of a brand-new original song, ‘Where I Belong.’
