Rabbi Eli Wilansky, Program Director at Chabad of Jacksonville, Florida, was seen putting on Tefillin with Jewish Trump supporters at a rally with the Republican nominee that took place in the city on Wednesday.
A cutting-edge graphic was created that depicts the broad impact Chabad on Campus had on Jewish students and faculty members over the course of Tishrei in the United Kingdom.
Though Jews have lived in the port city of Mobile since before the Civil War, it was only two years ago that the third most populous city in Alabama was added to the map of Chabad-Lubavitch outposts worldwide. And just last month, right before the start of the High Holidays, the community celebrated the grand opening of the Olender Chabad House, co-directed by Rabbi Yosef and Bina Goldwasser.
Adams House, a local landmark located in Bethlehem, NY, has had a long and varied history. First built in 1838 by Nathaniel Adams, the founder of Bethlehem’s Delmar hamlet, the Greek Revival has been home to the town hall, volunteer fire department, post office, and most recently, NYSARC. This October, after nearly a year of vacancy, Adams House’s newest inhabitants moved in. The latest in a long string of prestigious institutions, Bethlehem Chabad now calls Adams House their home.
On Chol Hamoed Sukkos, the city of Dneprodzerzhinsk, in Kamianske, Ukraine, presented a new street sign.
On Sunday, Hoshana Rabbah, Chabad of Orange County, led by shluchim Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, hosted “Starbucks in the Sukkah.”
It is with great satisfaction that the gabbai and administrators of the Marina Roscha Shul in Central Moscow are summing up the month of Tishrei. Thousands of Jews have attended the many programs that took place here under the auspices of Chief Rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar.
The Jewish community in North Georgia now has another place it can call home.
Chabad of Melbourne CBD (Central Business District) held their 18th Sukkot Luncheon in the center of the City Square, the heart of Melbourne.
In the spirit of the High Holidays, a group of University of Pittsburgh students provided a measure of comfort to the local homeless population by distributing 500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to three area shelters.
Chabad at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, led by Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik, celebrated the grand opening of a kosher bistro to serve the university’s Jewish students, faculty members and visitors.
Founded in 1851 with a population of barely 300 people, the city of Vacaville, Calif., was once a stopping point of the Pony Express. A century-and-a-half later, the northern California city, which today has grown to a population of roughly 95,000, earns the distinction of having the highest number of electric cars per capita in the world.
Born into a Jewish family, Lazar Abramovitch was supposed to have his bar mitzvah when he turned 13. Except he turned 13 in 1941, in the Soviet Union, a communist country where religions of all kinds were frowned upon, and a country that happened in that year to be newly involved in World War II, fighting Nazi Germany.
Chabad of Southeast Morris County, NJ, drew some 900 attorneys and judges to its 10th annual Jewish Law Symposium, held at the Birchwood Manor in the Whippany section of Hanover Township.
Yiddishkeit in Moscow continues to grow with three new Shuls opening just in time for the High Holy Days. Three beautiful and Mehudar Sifrei Torahs were dedicated in these Shuls as well.
Hurricane Matthew hit some parts of the Caribbean hard, and Jewish efforts have launched to help alleviate the situation in ways big and small. While Jamaica was spared the brunt of the storm, the timing coincided with other basic general needs of the local population.
Hundreds of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Jewish community members, visiting dignitaries, and other well-wishers celebrated the opening of the newly renovated Chabad Center for Jewish Life in historic Fort Wood.
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