On Sunday, the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Directorate of Defense Research and Development (DDR&D) and the Office of the Head of the Armored Corps, completed a demo event to reveal the platforms developed within the framework of the Carmel Program.
Last Sunday, the Gan Yisroel family joined together with Rabbi Yerachmiel Jacobson to dedicate a new staff zal in Gan Yisroel Parksville. The zal was dedicated in honor of his father Rabbi Betzalel Jacobson A”H.
Dozens of volunteers from Hatzalah, Chaverim and Shomrim of Baltimore, joined the search for a 4 year old child missing for over 24 hours, making a large Kiddush Hashem.
At least 20 people were killed and 40 injured in a shooting on Saturday at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. The story will be updates as information becomes available.
As in the past, in following with the minhag of hearing a siyum each day of the 9 days, there will be a siyum broadcast live over the radio each day. Please see the extended article for days, times and radio stations.
After receiving amazing feedback for the Campaign that has swept through Yeshivos and summer camps with thousands of participants, we decided to visit five special locations (from among many more) to see how it looks in the field:
The Levaya of Rabbi Sholom Menachem Mendel Simpson obm took place Friday morning, and passed by 770. A large crowd rowd gathered in respect for Rabbi Simpson, who was zoiche to be a secretary of the Rebbe.
Rabbi Sholom Menachem Mendel Simpson obm, a senior Chabad Chassid who served for many years as a member of the secretariat of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—passed away on Aug. 1st, his 90th birthday. We present a brief overview of his life, and connection to the Rebbe.
A fire broke out on the second floor of a Crown Heights building Thursday evening, gutting and apartment. Firefighters quickly gainA fire broke out on the second floor of a Crown Heights building Thursday evening, gutting and apartment. Firefighters quickly gained control over the fire, and put it out within minutes. No one was injured in the blaze.ed control over the fire, and put it out within minutes. No one was injured in the blaze.
After years of waiting, an over 100-year-old Torah that was smuggled from communist Belarus finally found a home in a suburb of Albany, New York, at Chabad of Colonie.
Known for its steamy jungles, raw beaches and bustling markets, the West African nation of Ghana is home to 28 million people, perhaps 500 of them Jewish. Since 2015, the Ghana Jewish community has found a home at the Chabad-Lubavitch Center of Ghana in Accra, directed by Rabbi Noach and Altie Majesky. In this interview, Zachary Bucheister, a native of Westchester, N.Y., describes what it’s like to be part of Ghana’s tight-knit, but chronically transient Jewish community.
Israeli-born Guatemala-based ZAKA volunteer Shay Salamon has been awarded the “Ambassador of Peace” honor in a moving ceremony recently held in the National Palace of Culture in Guatemala.
The first Siyum of the 9 days the world over, was made last night in Sydney Australia. The Siyum Maseches took place at the Chabad Shtieble, at 41 Flood street, Bondi, NSW, Australia, and was followed by refreshments and L’chaim.
When a flight from Israel got diverted to Cleveland due to weather, Daniel Eleff recruited another Lubavitcher to help, as he sprang into action, and made sure that enough kosher food was on hand for all to eat.
The Shluchim of New York and New England gathered together for a Kinus in Greenwich Connecticut.
Wherever there is a large Orthodox Jewish population, there is Hatzalah. A recent milestone was crossed by Montreal Hatzalah, after they bought their first ambulance.
In a Newsweek op-ed last week, Dr. Howard Kaye, who lost his wife to a gunman’s bullet on April 27 at Chabad of Poway, Calif., shared with the world for the first time since the tragic shooting the depth of his grief and his resolve, and sought to prevent similar tragedies by calling for the re-education of society on the “basic laws of human civilization.”
