Forklift Accident at Agri Star Meat Plant In Postville Causes Explosion, Two Injured
A forklift accident Monday afternoon caused a massive explosion in the Agri Star meat plant in Postville, Iowa, causing significant damage and injuring two workers.
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Fuel the Momentum of 200+ Students at Cheder Menachem of Kingston
Today Daled Adar (Feb. 16th), Cheder Menachem of Kingston, PA will raise $150K to fuel its incredible momentum and growth over the past few years. To learn more about the campaign, please visit Charidy.com/kingston.
Electrical Fire Evacuates in 749 Dormitory
A fire sparked by an electrical heater caused significant damage in the 749 Eastern Parkway dormitory of the Central Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Crown Heights Monday afternoon.
Obituary: Pioneer Chabad Emissary, Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik, 88
The executive director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Italy, Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik, passed away after a long illness. He was 88. Rabbi Garelik and his wife Rebbetzin Bassie, were among the pioneers of the Chabad House movement.
Rabbi Shmulik Moscowitz serves as chazzan and rabbi at Bait Centro Judaico in São Paulo, Brazil, where he records Shabbat synagogue melodies for people to learn to chant.
Learning the Prayers Today, For a Post-Covid Shabbat Tomorrow
Timeless Tunes, launched by Rabbi Shmulik Moscowitz, brings the cantorial world online with a series of Chassidic Melodies, Shabbat and High Holiday Prayers, Chanukah, Hallel and more.
Rabbi Yisroel Rapoport was “always reaching out to others with bubbling enthusiasm and love.”
Obituary: Rabbi Yisroel Rapoport, 55, Beloved Rabbi in New Jersey
Better known as “Raps” or “Bubby” to his many friends and his admirers, Rabbi Yisroel Rapoport was remembered as a beloved rabbi who was “always reaching out to others with bubbling enthusiasm and love.” He lived his life in service of others as rabbi of Congregation Sons of Jacob in Vineland, N.J., and as co-director with his wife, Nechama, of Chabad-Lubavitch of Cumberland County. He passed away on Feb. 3 at the age of 55.
Chief Rabbi of Russia Tours Food Factories in Western Russia
Russia’s Vaad Hakashrus meets the highest kosher standards with hundreds of food factories providing Mehadrin food to Russian Jews and abroad. Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar make a visit to these factories.
JEM: Special Moments With Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik OBM
Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik was the Rebbe’s emissary to Milan, Italy for over six decades. Courtesy of JEM, we present a unique video along with photos of him by the Rebbe.
Another Package Thief Busted in Crown Heights
Another package thief has been busted in Crown Heights thanks to an alert resident, Crown Heights Shomrim, and the NYPD. Job Final: One Under!
Mishnayos and Tanya Ba’al Peh At Cheder Menachem of Kingston, PA
This month, Cheder Menachem announced a new project for its students―an exciting challenge focusing on mishnayos and Tanya ba’al peh, as well as Yedios Klalios in honor of the Rebbe’s birthday Yud Alef Nissan.
Rabbi Mendy and Dina Dubrowski set up a kosher concession stand for Superbowl fans at Raymond James Stadium.
Kosher Food and Tefillin at Superbowl LV
This year was the first time a Super Bowl was played—and won—by the home team on its home turf. And for some Jewish Tampa Bay fans, it was also the first time they felt truly at home, as the Buccaneers coordinated with Chabad of Tampa to help set up a kosher concession stand where hundreds of fans took a break from the game to don tefillin, enjoy a kosher hot dog or potato latke, or just chat with the rabbi.
For The First Time in Many Years, Minyan Gathers at the Kever of the Founder of the Mussar Movement, Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin of Salant
Sunday, the 25th of Shvat, marked 138 years since the passing of the founder of the Mussar Movement Rabbi Yisroel Lipkin of Salant OBM, who’s resting place is in Koenigsburg, today known as Kaliningrad in Russia. A hinyan was arranged by the lever for the first time in many years.
Chof Beis Shvat Learning For Cheder Chabad Girls of Long Island
In honor of Chof Beis Shvat, the girls of Cheder Chabad Girls of Long Island, CCGLI, commemorated the Rebbetzin’s yahrzeit in many meaningful ways including special classes and a farbrengen.
DA of Brooklyn Inspires Jewish Law Students
On February 3, 2021, over 45 students and legal professionals found out in a private zoom lecture organized by the Chabad Law Students. Attendees included Jewish students at Brooklyn Law School, the Jewish Law Student Association (JLSA) at New York Law School, and other legal professionals in the Brooklyn area.
Hope for Heroes in Rostov
Golda* was a toddler when peasants beat her parents during a pogrom in Rostov, Russia. A few years later she watched as Nazis rounded up and murdered 27,000 of the city’s Jews over the course of two days. After her miraculous survival, she returned to live in the city of her birth. Once a beloved member of the Chabad Seniors Club and a cheerful regular at the soup kitchen, 84-year-old Golda is now confined by pandemic regulations to her dingy, one-room, fourth-floor.
Worldwide Good Deeds This Week to Mark ALS Rabbi’s 49th Birthday
Despite his diagnosis of ALS, Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz’s indomitable spirit did not slow down, continueing to write, guide and inspire via the miracle of eye-tracking technology. This year, he plans to celebrate his 49th birthday online with thousands of well-wishers around the world, and the festivities have already begun.
Security Incident At Chabad of Bal Harbor Sparks Scare
A security incident outside the Bal Harbor Chabad House sparked a scare Sunday night, promoting to police to shut down the adjacent road and call in the bomb squad.
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