Two weeks ago, while Rabbi Chaim and Sora Jacobs the Shluchim to Scotland were in New York for the Lubavitch Shluchim Conference, they met with US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at his home New York.
JLI’s new course this fall, Worrier to Warrior, has struck a chord with the public across the country and the globe with many shluchim seeing unusually high numbers of participants. Multiple shluchim report a significant increase in student enrollment, with some experiencing their largest turnout in JLI history.
The OK Kashrus, a Crown Heights based Kashrus organization has released an alert notifying the Jewish community of the unauthorized use of the OK Kashrus symbol on Nuts being sold in Bolla Markets.
The Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, west of Strasbourg in France, was vandalized with swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti this week. Over 107 gravestones were damaged in what is becoming a trend of cemetery desecrations in Europe.
An evening marking the Fifth yartzeit of Mrs. Gitta Gansburg will take place this Wednesday, Vov Kislev/December 4. The event, beginning at 8 p.m. will be held at Mrs. Gansburg’s home for 38 years, the dormitory at 1367 President Street.
A Beis Rivkah school bus filled with children being shuttled home to their families was attacked with stones Tuesday in Crown Heights. The attack shattering a window and traumatized the children.
The Bolla Market store attached to the newly renovated Mobile gas station in Crown Heights is stocking kosher goodies, and plans on expanding its kosher offerings.
In Suffolk County, Long Island, temples and synagogues are slowly closing their doors. But Village Chabad in Stony Brook just built a new $4.6 million, 13,000 sq. ft. Jewish center in the heart of the New York town.
A Jewish woman standing on a Crown Heights subway platform was harassed Monday morning with anti-Semitic slurs and threats. The incident remained verbal only, and a report was filed with the NYPD. Updated with a message from the victim.
The Israeli Defense Ministry and the Civil Administration are pushing ahead with plans to renovate part of the Tomb of the Patriarchs complex in Hevron, making the holy site accessible to visitors with wheelchairs.
See the Bar Mitzvah of Moshe Holtzberg that took place in Kfar Chabad last night. Moshe was a survivor of the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai that took the life of his parents, Gabi and Rivki Holtzberg HY”D.
This month, A Chassidisher Derher magazine published a comprehensive anthology of the Rebbe’s guidance on the issue of family planning. Following the article, Derher will be launching a special WhatsApp series with short messages dedicated to this subject, culled from the sichos quoted in the article.
On the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah celebrations, leaders from across the world sent congratulatory letters to Moishele Holtzberg. Moishele survived the 2008 Mumbai terror attack that killed both his parents in Mumbai India.
Moshe Holtzberg, orphaned in the Mumbai Chabad center massacre that took the lives of his parents 11 years ago this week, was called to the Torah for the first time in his home town of Afula, Israel on Shabbat and celebrated his bar mitzvah Sunday evening at a gala affair in Kfar Chabad, surrounded by friends and family, including the grandparents who raised him and the nanny who saved his life.
On the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah celebrations, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a congratulation letter to Moishele Holtzberg. Moishele survived the 2008 Terror attack that killed both his parents in Mumbai India.
Cheder Chabad Girls of LI, located in Lynbrook NY, celebrated Rosh Chodesh Kislev in style, with a seuda, raffle, video and dancing.
The celebration of Rosh Chodesh Kislev in Yeshivas Lubavitch Cincinnati, directed by Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, started Wednesday night with a special Seuda and dancing.
