The Great Lag Ba’omer Parade in Borough Park, organized by local Shliach Rabbi Aron Ginsberg, was an overwhelming success despite the persistent efforts of certain elements in the community to try and put a stop to it.
Chabad of Roosevelt Island, located on the East River between Manhattan and Queens, hosted a Lag Ba’omer outing and bonfire that was attended by dozens of the island’s Jews.
Hundreds joined in for a celebration of unity and pride on Lag Ba’omer in Kharkov, Ukraine. A bigger crowd than ever joined in this year, despite the political uncertainty sweeping through the country.
Hundreds of Odessa Jews celebrated Lag ba’omer under guard in the city’s first large Jewish gathering since deadly riots there two weeks ago.
Over 3,500 Jewish children and their parents from all over The Five Towns, NY gathered at a local park to celebrate Lag Ba’omer with Chabad.
Santa Fe is renowned for its architecture, art galleries and numerous museums. But soon, the 400-year-old city and capital of the state of New Mexico will also boast another place of interest: a brand-new Chabad center.
As wildfires raged around their neighborhoods this week—causing evacuations, widespread damage and more than a few scares for many—Chabad rabbis in the northern San Diego area sprang into action to do what they could to assist those fighting the flames, as well as those in the path of the fires.
Achiya Klein, an officer in the Israel Defense Force, was working with his unit on a recently-discovered terrorist tunnel between Gaza and Israel, 20 meters underground, when an explosion rocked the tunnel and knocked him unconscious.
While workmen transformed the Chabad of South Broward building’s exterior from South Florida stucco to the look of Old Jerusalem, Rabbi Raphael Tennenhaus remembered the man who envisioned a Florida Jerusalem campus.
This week, more than 100 Chabad shluchos in Europe are attending a rich seminar program of fascinating lectures, special shiurim, packed programs, panels, and gourmet meals. The seminar has been arranged by the “Chana” women’s organization and produced by Fleishmann Productions.
Mikhail Runkin, a 26 year old university student from Yekaterinburg Russia, was nervous. He hadn’t imagined that he’d share one of life’s intimate milestones in a public setting. But on a recent Friday night, as he celebrated Shabbat dinner with 300 students, rabbis and lecturers, including the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar, Mikhail was focused on one individual, a girl he’d met only a few months earlier. Unannounced, he stood up on his chair in the middle of the meal and proposed to Shaina Katzinova. Shaina accepted, and the entire room erupted into jubilant cheering and shouts of “Mazal Tov!”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concluded a state visit to Japan yesterday with a meeting with the Chabad Shluchim in the country and the writing of a new Sefer Torah.
An agreement has been reached between the Israeli Ministry of Education and Merkos l’Inyonei Chinuch of Italy, the educational branch of the Chabad movement in the EU member nation. Under this new partnership, the students at a Milan high school run by Merkos will now be able to study Israeli educational curricula and obtain a diploma from the Israeli Ministry of Education.
At the Chabad Hebrew School of Orange County, NY, directed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, mothers and students beaded, giggled, squeezed and celebrated on Mother’s Day.
A crowd of some 300 strong gathered in Essex, UK, last week for “Celebration 30,” paying tribute to Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin MBE and his wife Devorah for their 30 years of shlichus and community service.
If there was a Guinness World Records category for the most women ever baking challah at once, then those participating in an upcoming event in Ontario, Canada, would definitely be in the running.
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to live in League City, Texas. But it doesn’t hurt.
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