Kansas Chabad House Flooded; 2nd Time in Month
Tuesday marks the second time that Rabbi Mendy Wineberg has had to deal with flooding at the Chabad House Center of Kansas City. “Whatever we were able to salvage last time is now gone,” he said.
Shliach Inaugurates El Al’s New Dreamliner
Rabbi Berry Farkash, Chabad’s emissary to Issaquah, WA, recited a prayer Tuesday morning as he inaugurated El Al’s first Dreamliner 787 on its way to Tel Aviv from Washington State’s Boeing Field.
Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rochel Groner, left, and employee Erin Keeter work at the front counter of ZABS Place.
Trendy Boutique Employs People with Special Needs
ZABS Place offers everything from clothing and toys to home goods and greeting cards. What makes this boutique thrift store in North Carolina different is that it employs workers with special needs.
The Great American Jewclipse
Hotels near Madras, Oregon have been booked out for three years. Columbia, South Carolina is welcoming over one million visitors to a town of 800,000. Up to 7.4 million people will be travelling to a 70-mile wide swath of land that stretches across 14 states. As visitors flock to the path of totality, Chabad is there to assist them.
The note left by an anonymous friend
Chabad Synagogue Receives Flowers and Love
A Chabad rabbi in California is sharing a heart-warming story to cheer up Americans still reeling from last weekend’s violent neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville.
Parenting Conference Stresses ‘Care of the Soul’
This year’s Chabad of Greenwich’s parenting conference took an introspective journey into parenting, benefiting both parent and child.
New Shluchim to Ohio
Rabbi Moshe Sasonkin and his wife, Mussie, are the children of Chabad Shluchim, so the idea for the couple to begin co-directing their own center at Kent State University in Ohio, came naturally.
Georgia Chabad Raises $255k for New Home
Two months after unveiling its new home south of Cumming, Chabad of Forsyth, Georgia, took a big step toward securing its financial foundation by raising more than a quarter of a million dollars in 24 hours.
Chabad Settles on the Shores of Ibiza, Spain
From Chabad.org by Menachem Posner: The Spanish island of Ibiza has long been famous for its pristine Mediterranean waters, stunning and often secluded beaches, and rollicking nightlife. For the past month, however, it’s seen something new: a Chabad House on its shores, […]
Teens and Seniors Link Hearts
“Look, I can speak to my grandkids with this!” Holly Cohen, a resident at Bristal Assisted Living facility, exclaims. She’s holding an iPad, a gift from her son that she’s using for the first time. Billy Gold is the middle school student who helped her navigate the software. He’s part of a committed group that visits monthly from Valley Chabad of Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
Rabbinical Students Ignite Jewish Souls in Vietnam
From Chabad.org by Menachem Posner: Shmuel Butler just returned from Vietnam. The 21-year-old rabbinical student spent five weeks serving the needs of Jewish expats and tourists, and reports that being in the Communist nation is “like being on a different planet.” […]
Young Jewish Professionals Meet in the Austrian Alps
Another seminar of the famous Bayit organization in Europe was held this month with dozens of young Jewish professionals who enjoyed a unique program and enjoyable weekend at the prestigious Alpen Karawanserai Hotel in Hinterglemm, a gorgeous resort town in the Tyrol Alpine mountains of Austria.
Curitiba Chabad Honors IDF Soldiers with Medals
Close to four hundred members of the Jewish community of Curitiba, Paraná, in South Brazil, packed the “Buffet Du Batel” hall last Monday evening in celebration of an unprecedented and exciting event commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation and reunification of the city of Jerusalem and the launching of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Tefillin Campaign.
Israeli Shluchim Gather for the 38th Time
Chabad Shluchim to Israel held their annual Kinus – for the 38th time – over Shabbos in the city of Nachlas Har Chabad.
Torah Receives Royal Welcome in Queensland
Two hundred people danced through the Cairns, Australia suburb of Kewarra Beach this Sunday accompanied by a live band, a passel of photographers, and a ritual canopy. The center of all that attention? A brand-new Torah scroll.
New Shluchim to Ohio
Rabbi Mendy and Mussie Greenberg, with their 2 month-old daughter, Rachel, are moving to Twinsburg, Ohio, this month to start the Twinsburg Chabad Jewish Center.
An artist’s impression of the planned Chabad synagogue in Bondi.
Sydney Chabad House Ban Reversed
A Sydney council which blocked the building of a Chabad synagogue it deemed a ‘terror threat’ is reportedly set to backflip on its decision in the wake of widespread outrage.
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