Brand New Sefer Torah for Zhitomir Shul Celebrated
A brand new Sefer Torah was dedicated in memory of Rabbi Mendel Deutch HYD to the local Chabad Shul in Zhitomir.
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Rabbi Sholom Paltiel speaking at a Dinner benefitting Chabad of Port Washington. Archive Photo.
BBC Corrects Story Linking Chabad and Trump’s Lawyer
A BBC story purportedly linking Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, and the Ukrainian President through a ‘charity’ called Chabad of Port Washington was denied by Shliach Rabbi Shalom Paltiel, and the BBC issued a clarification to the original story.
Autism Is No Barrier for Munich Boy’s Bar Mitzvah
When the Diskin family was contemplating a move from the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., to Munich in the late 1980s, there was no Chabad presence in Germany, the Berlin Wall was still standing, and they were instructed by the Rebbe’s secretary to get their parents’ permission before considering the move. Thirty years later, Rabbi Yisroel and Chana Diskin speak fluent German, provide for the many needs of the diverse Jewish community of Munich and oversee 19 Chabad centers around the country. The Diskins have also been open with the community about the personal and practical challenges they have encountered during the last 13 years with their youngest son, Zalman, a young man with autism and hearing impairments.
13-year-old Aiden Axler donates original artwork to Chabad Hebrew School in Chester in honor or his bar mitzvah. (L to R) Rabbi Pesach Burston, Aiden Axler, Bonnie McCarthy (Aiden’s grandmother), Jessica Axler and Chana Burston
Bar-Mitzvah Boy Uses Art Talents to Spread Goodness
Aiden Axler of Highland Mills understands that reaching the milestone of celebrating Bar-Mitzvah means contributing to the world on a larger level.
Israeli Ambassador Visits Chabad ACT
The Ambassador of Israel to Australia, His Excellency Mark Sofer and his wife Sarah, visited Chabad ACT’s HQ in Canberra this morning.
Georgetown Has Largest Lag BaOmer Yet
Over 2,500 men, women, and children attended the largest yet annual Lag Ba’omer festival, at Chabad of Georgetown organized by Rabbi Avraham Holtzberg.
Chabad students honored at New York conference
Gabriel Kaufmann, a Jewish collage student who serves as President of Student Chabad at the University of Pittsburgh, was honored for his commitment to Jewish life and Israel during the 7th Annual Jerusalem Post Conference in New York.
Rashi’s Campus Receives $1 Million “Build it Debt Free” Challenge Grant
When Rashi Minkowicz OBM, Shlucha in Alpharetta, Georgia, suddenly passed away over four years ago, her community and family launched a campaign to build an educational center in her memory that would become the permanent home for the growing community she helped establish.
New Chabad House Inaugurated in the French Riviera
This Sunday the inauguration of a new Chabad House took place in Le Cannet, in the French Riviera.
Crown Heights Inspires Over 300 at JLI’s Shabbaton
This past Shabbos, the Crown Heights community hosted JLI’s Shabbat in the Heights, an annual Shabbaton, that brought Jewish men, women and families from 52 communities across the globe to the Rebbe’s Shchunah to experience Chassidic life in a personal way.
Rabbi Aryeh Leib Kaplan, third from left, pioneered the revival of Jewish life in Safed, Israel. He is shown here at age 20, when he was sent by the Rebbe to lead a group of rabbinical students who helped establish the first yeshivah in Australia.
The Rabbi Who Pioneered the Jewish Revival of Safed
In Chabad circles, there are no small assignments for the movement’s emissaries, sent near and far to bolster and spread Judaism, often in isolated outposts. But there are some who take on missions of heroic proportion, such as one assigned a young Crown Heights couple in the summer of 1973.
Wounded IDF Soldiers Share Stories with Students on W. Coast Campuses
At a time when Israel and the Israel Defense Forces are dominating international headlines, two IDF veterans–Matan Roettger and Or Porat–are visiting college campuses in the United States to talk about their real-life experiences fighting terrorism and keeping civilians safe.
Regional Conference of Shluchim to Asia Concludes
A four-day regional Kinus of Shluchim in Asia and their families, recently concluded in Bangkok, Thailand.
300 Expected at the JLI’s Crown Heights Shabbaton
Crown Heights residents and Shluchim are preparing for JLI’s annual Shabbaton, “Shabbat in the Heights” taking place next Shabbos, Parshas Acharei-Kedoshim.
Sydney Student Wins Prestigious Jewish Scholarship Competition
A Jewish student from the University of Sydney won the Jewish Academic Innovation Award this weekend during the Sinai Scholars Academic Symposium at the University of Chicago.
Photos: Paris Shluchim Hold Regional Kinus
Shluchim in Paris gathered for the 19th annual Regional Kinus Hashluchim under the direction of Rabbi Mendel Azimov, and celebrating 50 years since the arrival of his parents Rabbi Shmuel and Rebbetzen Bassie Azimov.
30 New Shluchim Join for a 6 Day Seminar
In a historic and much awaited program, Chazak (a division of Merkos 302), hosted the first ever Yesodos Li’Hatzlochas Hashlichus seminar. This six-day immersive trained shluchim in key areas that would enable new shluchim to maximize their potential and idealism in the mission.
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