New Center Brings Chabad House Warmth to Jerusalem
There are more synagogues in Jerusalem than Starbucks in Manhattan, still Tully Guralnek is celebrating the opening of Jerusalem’s new Chabad of Rechavia center.
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Nearly 300 Latin American Jews gathered on the evening of December 4 to celebrate the inauguration of their first community Torah of the Jewish Latin Center in New York City.
Center for Latin-American Jews Welcomes New Torah
Nearly 300 Latin American Jews gathered on the evening of December 4 to celebrate the inauguration of their first community Torah of the Jewish Latin Center in New York City.
Chanukah Menorah Lightings Around the Globe
AP
The Chabad-Lubavitch outreach organization is hosting a variety of public menorah lightings for Hanukkah with events and activities around the world, from cruises to skating.
Illinois Jewish Center Expands Focus
Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie’s new office space has allowed it to centralize support activities and expand its programming offerings.
More than two decades after selling its building as part of an expansion campaign, a suburban Chicago synagogue and Jewish center is expanding once again, utilizing its former home to support a new organizational structure designed to leverage what its rabbis do best: helping people of all ages and Jewish backgrounds.
Judge Cites Shlichus for Letting Rabbi Off the Hook
Cambridge News
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The rabbi for Cambridge has appeared in court for using his mobile phone while driving. The spiritual leader who works at Addenbrooke’s and Papworth hospitals as well as Cambridge University pleaded guilty to the offence when he appeared before magistrates.
Jacksonville Mayor Proclaims Chabad of Southside Day
Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown
Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown proclaimed Sunday, Dec. 4 “Chabad of Southside Day” to coincide with the Florida organization’s fifth anniversary celebration.
World’s Largest Dreidel Gets Spruced Up
My Central Jersey
The large dreidel on the front lawn of the Chabad Jewish Center on Valley Road in the Basking Ridge section has been touched up just in time for Hanukkah.
CI Chabad Served Thanksgiving Dinner to Over 1,000
1,041 local area seniors – most of whom are low-income and frail – were served traditional Thanksgiving meals with all the trimmings this year by the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, it was announced by Rabbi Moshe Wiener, JCCGCI’s Executive Director.
In 1940, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn arrived in Gothenburg, Sweden for what would be the last stop on his harrowing rescue from war-torn Europe.
A New Mikvah In Gothenburg, Sweden
In 1940, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn arrived in Gothenburg, Sweden for what would be the last stop on his harrowing rescue from war-torn Europe.
New Shluchim to San Diego
Rabbi Rafi and Chaya Andrusier of Crown Heights will IYH soon be moving on Shlichus to East S. Diego County, CA where they will establish Chabad of East County, serving the spiritual needs of the Jewish communities of El Cajon, La Mesa and surrounding areas.
Chabad of North Orlando Distributes Free Mezuzahs
Heritage Florida Jewish News
Chabad of North Orlando, led by Rabbi Yanky and Chanshy Majesky, is currently holding a mezuzah campaign to help local families display their Jewish heritage with pride. Fifty Jewish households in Lake Mary, Longwood and Sanford can have a mezuzah installed on their home for free. The mezuzahs will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. The current campaign is being sponsored by Chaim and Lauren Thomas of Longwood.
The Meeting of a Lifetime
When Darren [name changed] first met Rabbi Dovid Weinbaum, it was at the CTeen Shabbaton last January. As the only representative from his Chabad Center in Hillsborough, NJ, Rabbi Shmaya Krinsky arranged for Darren to join Rabbi Dovid’s group from Montreal.
by S. Phillips
When it comes to student cooking, I consider myself a serial bad-habit maker; a culinary Jack the Ripper. I’ve committed all the gastronomic sins: Buying microwave meals, not checking the sell-by date on milk and the classic ‘healthy epiphany.' Over-zealously buying vegetables then forgetting about them later, leading to a severe biohazard situation developing in the fridge two weeks later... (or was it a month?)
Liverpool Students Enjoy Cooking Session at Chabad
by S. Phillips
When it comes to student cooking, I consider myself a serial bad-habit maker; a culinary Jack the Ripper. I’ve committed all the gastronomic sins: Buying microwave meals, not checking the sell-by date on milk and the classic ‘healthy epiphany.’ Over-zealously buying vegetables then forgetting about them later, leading to a severe biohazard situation developing in the fridge two weeks later… (or was it a month?)
Jewish Soldiers Find a Spiritual Home at Fort Jackson
Illustration Photo: Jewish soldiers celebrate the High Holidays with the help of the Aleph Institute.
When Rabbi Henry Sousson went through training at Fort Jackson in 2002, area Jewish options were limited, and being able to participate in Jewish holiday celebrations was tough. Nearly 10 years later, the instructor at the Columbia, S.C., installation’s chaplain school is proud of the Chabad-Lubavitch run Aleph House, which gives civilians and soldiers a Jewish base while they’re away from home.
Oldest Director of New Chabad House at Age 77
Rabbi Sholom Ber Butman, left, shown with Israeli Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar, right, established the 32nd Chabad House in Tel Aviv.
Young at heart and brimming with enthusiasm, Rabbi Sholom Ber Butman, 77, became the oldest person to open a new Chabad-Lubavitch center with the establishment of the 32nd Chabad House in Tel Aviv.
The shining stars of the world, the Shluchim Online School students, joined together for a grand program Thursday.
Online School Gets Together for Day of Celebration
The shining stars of the world, the Shluchim Online School students, joined together for a grand program Thursday.
NC Times
Rabbi Yitzchok Hurwitz and his wife, Dina, at the new Chabad Jewish Center in Temecula. Chabad, which operated for years out of the rabbi's home, now has space in a center in Temecula to call its own.
TEMECULA, CA — The Chabad Jewish Center of Temecula finally has a home that's not, well ---- a home. For the last 12 years, Chabad has operated out of the home of Rabbi Yitzchok Hurwitz and his wife, Dina. Almost immediately after they moved into Temecula, they opened up their house for a Purim celebration.
Chabad Jewish Center Settles into New Home
NC Times
Rabbi Yitzchok Hurwitz and his wife, Dina, at the new Chabad Jewish Center in Temecula. Chabad, which operated for years out of the rabbi’s home, now has space in a center in Temecula to call its own.
TEMECULA, CA — The Chabad Jewish Center of Temecula finally has a home that’s not, well —- a home. For the last 12 years, Chabad has operated out of the home of Rabbi Yitzchok Hurwitz and his wife, Dina. Almost immediately after they moved into Temecula, they opened up their house for a Purim celebration.
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