They both grew up blending in easily—he in Brooklyn, she in New Haven. Jewish schools, kosher stores, family and like-minded friends aplenty. Now, with a grant from the Rohr Family Foundation, Levi and Mushky Laine, with their 11-month old baby girl Rivkah, have left it all behind for Hanoi, Vietnam.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the guest of honor at the Kfar Chabad Matzah Bakery this morning, where he visited for a pre-Pesach tour.
“For us, it’s definitely a first, and it’s definitely a big deal,” said Rabbi Yossi Eber, co-director of Chabad of West Pasco in Trinity, Fla., about mailing out 600 boxes of handmade, authentic shmurah matzah.
Over 500 participants from all over the world accompanied by 60 Shluchim and Shluchos visited Eretz Yisroel for a once in a lifetime Jewish learning experience.
Last October, the fifth annual Pier-to-Pier Friendship Walk in southern California broke its personal record by raising $1 million for the sake of special needs children. A few weeks ago, Skechers followed up on their pledge with a check for $318,000, delivered to Rabbi Yossi Mintz, director of Chabad of Redondo Beach, CA and the local chapter of the Friendship Circle.
More than 210 friends came to celebrate and support Chabad of Orange County, NY at the “Decade of Dedication Benefit Gala,” led by Shluchim Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston. The purpose of the event, Chabad’s first Gala, was to celebrate the community milestone of Chabad’s first decade of service in Orange County, pay tribute to the supporters who make it happen, and say L’chaim to future decades!
As soon as Micah Timen found out that tickets were on sale for the “Miracle on the Bowery” event, he bought one. And so, he spent Thursday night, March 6, celebrating Chabad House Bowery, which serves New York University and other area universities, their alumni and friends.
When Friendship Circle of West Bloomfield, Michigan started offering programs for children who have special needs 19 years ago, Rabbi Levi and Bassie Shemtov’s mission was to assist and support families of children with special needs.
Kentucky’s only Jewish Day school celebrated its move to downtown Louisville Sunday. Mayor Greg Fischer was on hand to officially cut the ribbon to the new facility.
What would happen if more than 600 Jewish college students came together for an enormous gathering? A couple of weeks ago, Chabad at the University of Central Florida reached this accomplishment when their premier event, “Shabbat 613,” took place in the Pegasus Grand Ballroom of the Student Union.
An overcast sky hung above the honking and noisy mess that is Kathmandu, Nepal. It was not even a week before Passover, and Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz, the Chabad emissary to Nepal, was worried whether the supply shipment sent from Israel would arrive in time to prepare and feed the Kathmandu Passover Seder, the largest of its kind in the world.
A new series of culinary classes is teaching Bellmore-Merrick, NY teenagers how to prepare kosher treats and assist local families in need at the same time.
It’s a handsome, light tan columned building on Medford’s Main Street, the sort that echoes the past. It has a certain innate grace and dignity. The former private residence, a Dutch Colonial, is the new home of the Chabad of Medford, New Jersey, a place where all Jews, no matter their level of observance, are welcome.
For the first time in France and likely the entire of Europe, a special Purim celebration was held for Jewish people who suffer from deafness.
When Zachary Friedberg was born 16 years ago, his parents were told not to have hope that he could achieve much in life or even survive to his teens.
Emotions ran high at the ‘Alumim’ educational campus in Zhitomir, Ukraine Wednesday, as four Jewish boys and men celebrated their entrance into the covenant of Avraham together with the local Jewish community.
There are at least 500 Jewish students studying at Grenada’s St. George Medical School, but until recently, they were left to fend for themselves when it came to Jewish life. For many, that meant putting a hold on their Jewish identity.
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