Georgia Chabad House Doubles Property
The Chabad center in Johns Creek/Alpharetta, GA has acquired additional land adjacent to their campus on Jones Bridge Road. The acquisition brings the total campus area now to 6.5 acres.
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500 Attend Shabbos Meal at Chabad After Attack
Sunny Beach, Bulgaria
Last Friday night, some 500 Israelis celebrated Shabbat with Chabad in Sunny Beach, Burgas. With Burgas’s airport still closed, and the resort city reeling from Wednesday’s terrorist attack, Chabad expects smaller numbers at this week’s Shabbat dinner, but is determined to host Shabbat as always, said director of Chabad activities in Bulgaria, Rabbi Yosef Solomon.
Florida Camp Pairs Fun with Heritage
Herald-Tribune
Camp Gan Israel participants Simona Belilovskiy, left, and Emma McGill learn how to make challah, the traditional Jewish bread, at the Chabad Jewish Center in Venice.
Campers at Camp Gan Israel got down and dirty Friday as little fingers sifted through dark, moist soil looking for and analyzing worms.
Jewish Herald-Voice
Pausing between events, more than 40 Chabad rabbis attended a Southern Regional convention in Houston July 15-16.
Imagine if a single child, one by one, along a pattern on the globe, ushered in Shabbat by lighting the candles. Moment by moment, beginning with a single light, the entire world would be aglow. This magic of light, in our mind’s eye, is the reality of the work that Chabad shluchim, emissaries, bring by sharing the messages of Torah with Jews around the world. And, the warmth of light is what washed over the community during the public portion of the July 15-16 conference in Houston of the Southern Regional Kinus Hashluchim, hosted by Chabad Lubavitch of Texas.
Chabad’s Southern Lights Meet in Houston
Jewish Herald-Voice
Pausing between events, more than 40 Chabad rabbis attended a Southern Regional convention in Houston July 15-16.
Imagine if a single child, one by one, along a pattern on the globe, ushered in Shabbat by lighting the candles. Moment by moment, beginning with a single light, the entire world would be aglow. This magic of light, in our mind’s eye, is the reality of the work that Chabad shluchim, emissaries, bring by sharing the messages of Torah with Jews around the world. And, the warmth of light is what washed over the community during the public portion of the July 15-16 conference in Houston of the Southern Regional Kinus Hashluchim, hosted by Chabad Lubavitch of Texas.
Photos: Shlichus in Remote Mountains of Bolivia
Photographer Meir Alfasi recently traveled to the mountains of Bolivia, where he brought Judaism to fellow Yidden some of the most remote places on earth.
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Nelson Mandela
Chabad Kitchen Marks Nelson Mandela’s Birthday
South African leader Nelson Mandela
A kosher community kitchen in Sydney celebrated Nelson Mandela’s 94th birthday by preparing hundreds of meals for the needy.
Conference Prepares Campus Shluchim for Excellence
The prestigious Sinai Scholars Society held its annual Yarchei Kallah shluchim conference in NYC on 12 Tammuz, hosted by Rabbi Dov Yona Korn at the beautiful, newly renovated Chabad House at NYU in downtown Manhattan.
About 50 participants took part in a free Taglit-Birthright Israel tour of the Holy Land for people with special needs and provided by Mayanot.
Jesse Frankel, 21, recently returned from a trip he didn’t want to end. A participant in a Taglit-Birthright Israel project made possible as part of a partnership between trip provider Mayanot and the Friendship Circle – an international network of Chabad-Lubavitch programs that work with children and young adults with special needs – he spent 10 days touring the Holy Land with his peers.
Adaptive Israel Trip Forges Special Bonds
About 50 participants took part in a free Taglit-Birthright Israel tour of the Holy Land for people with special needs and provided by Mayanot.
Jesse Frankel, 21, recently returned from a trip he didn’t want to end. A participant in a Taglit-Birthright Israel project made possible as part of a partnership between trip provider Mayanot and the Friendship Circle – an international network of Chabad-Lubavitch programs that work with children and young adults with special needs – he spent 10 days touring the Holy Land with his peers.
Transforming Shlichus by Transforming Teens
Just when young Lubavitch couples are apt to voice the wistful complaint that there are not enough shlichus opportunities left to go around, a new opportunity is presenting itself in the form of “youth shliach.”
Chabad Teen Network Enjoys End-of-Year Trip
Florida Jewish News
The CTeen group in front of Universal Studios.
CTeen Chapters from all over the state of Florida got together for a wonderful time in Orlando last week,
New Chabad House for Students in Paris
A property was purchase for a new Chabad House in central Paris yesterday, which will cater to Jewish students attending several nearby universities.
Shturem
Last week tens of pairs of tefilin were distributed to Israeli soldiers stationed in Chevron.
Israeli Soldiers in Chevron Receive Tefilin
Shturem
Last week tens of pairs of tefilin were distributed to Israeli soldiers stationed in Chevron.
Houston Chronicle
Houston, Texas
For the first time since 1990, the annual Southern Regional Conference of emissaries of Chabad Lubavitch, an international Hasidic movement, will be hosted in Houston.
Houston to Host Conference of Chabad Rabbis
Houston Chronicle
Houston, Texas
For the first time since 1990, the annual Southern Regional Conference of emissaries of Chabad Lubavitch, an international Hasidic movement, will be hosted in Houston.
Photos: Paris’ Jewish Children Attend Chabad Camp
50 Jewish children are attending Camp Benyamin, run by Beth Loubavitsh of Paris, which is located about 250 miles west of Paris in the city of Bournezeau – near the Atlantic coast.
The Freeze Pop Saved Her Life
This heartwarming story about a Chabad Shlucha doing outreach on Campus was printed in the latest edition of the Mishpacha Magazine:
Profile: Saving the World, Soul by Soul
Florida Sun Sentinal
Meet another member of South Florida’s many-sided faith community. This week we’re talking with Rabbi Meir Kessler, co-director with wife Fruma of the Jewish Recovery Center, Boca Raton.
New Home for Chabad of Tribeca/Soho
Tribeca Citizen
Chabad of Tribeca/Soho, directed by Rabbi Zalman and Chani Paris, is taking over the space at 54 Reade (at Broadway) that’s currently home to the Quad Manhattan.
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