Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism, Elan Carr, visited the home of terror victim Mindy Ferencz HY”D to offer condolences to the family. In this photo, he can be seen with Shliach to Hoboken, NJ Rabbi Shapiro, as he comforts the son of Mindy Ferencz.
by Ashira Weiss – Lubavitch.com Last Sunday Chabad of Eilat held a grand opening at the new Ramon airport in Eilat, in Southern Israel. Discussions to install a Chabad Center at the new airport began in 2017 as airport construction […]
Azoi Inc. today launched its new Azoi app, designed to make Practical Judaism just that- practical. Azoi will be a game-changer for Shluchim and anyone who goes on Mivtzoim.
In honor of Yud Daled Kislev, the Rosh Chodesh Society (RCS)—the women’s division of the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI)—launches a special mini-course, Have. Hold. Cherish. The Jewish Secret to Lasting Love.
New York City’s largest Chanukah celebration will kick off on Sunday, December 22nd at 4:00 pm at Grand Army Plaza featuring Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah. There, a recipient of a lifesaving bone marrow donation will meet their donor for the first time at the Menorah lighting.
For more than 200 years in Chabad-Lubavitch communities around the world—in the best of circumstances and the worst—these early winter days have been dedicated to preparing for the Chassidic holiday of Yud Tes Kislev, the 19th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev. here are some examples from throughout Chabad History.
Robin Levin from Lander, Wyoming, drove 3 hours to Jackson Hole to partake in the simcha of young Shlucha, Chayale Mendelsohn, the first Chassidic Bas Mitzvah in the State of Wyoming. Here’s how she summed up her experience in an email she sent to her Shluchim, Rabbi Zalman and Raizy Mendelsohn:
The Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami in Florida announced that it will be traveling to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, to commemorate the 100th yartzeit of the Rebbe Rashab, the 5th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch.
The people of Modi’in have some pretty big shoes to fill come every Chanukah. The city, located in Israel’s center midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, is the illustrious epicenter of the Chanukah story and hometown of its heroes—the larger-than-life Maccabees and their emboldened leader and father, Matisyahu, the Hasmonean priest.
Nessah Synagogue, one of the largest Iranian Jewish synagogues in Beverly Hills, was vandalized on Friday overnight. Windows and doors were broken, and nine Torah scrolls were destroyed as well as prayer books. Police are investigating.
Acknowledging the Jewish people’s “resilience, endurance and faith” at the annual White House Chanukah reception and symbolic menorah lighting, President Donald Trump publicly recognized the work of two Chassidic activists who were instrumental in spearheading the First Step Act, the most sweeping package of criminal justice in a generation.
Yud-Daled Kislev in Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, directed by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, is legendary. Every year a big Seuda with dancing is arranged followed by a festive farbrengen until the early morning.
This Shabbos at the Besht: Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch, LMFT is a licensed therapist based in Brooklyn and Monsey. For years he has improved the lives of families, couples and individuals in New York and around the world. This shabbos he will be giving a lecture titled “Learning to COACH others to turn tragedy into triumph.
In the memory of the Kedoshim in Jersey City.”
On February 2, 16 Hebrew schools from all over Long Island will gather to showcase their Jewish knowledge. 64 students from 16 Hebrew schools across Long Island will represent their grades in a live JewQ competition event.
A dream for years, My Encounter has concluded the construction of a new, state of the art, interview studio at JEM’s Crown Heights offices.
In an incident that involved two Shomrim organizations, a man brandishing a fake gun was arrested Thursday in Crown Heights. The gun was brandished at two Jews, and police took the incident very seriously.
Last year on 14 Kislev, 5779, Mikvah.org launched an initiative to have 900 women around the world review the crucial halachos of Taharas Hamishpacha as a gift for the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s 90th wedding anniversary. Baruch Hashem, over 1000 women submitted their names as having reviewed this year with the conclusion of this campaign today.
