Tefilin Works Like Gold
This past week, Florida’s Broward County welcomed 2,000 teens, athletes and artists, as the David Posnack Jewish Community Center in Davie/Cooper City hosted the annual JCC Maccabi Games and Artsfest.
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Rabbi Dovid Slavin (top) and Rabbi Mendel Kastel (bottom) receive their awards from Waverly Mayor Sally Betts.
Two Sydney Shluchim Awarded by Council
Two Chabad rabbis have won prestigious awards from Sydney’s Waverley Council for their contribution to the well-being of the local community.
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Aislinn Wendrow, 22, examines some of her paintings at Soul Center Mini, the precursor to a new Friendship Circle of Michigan program where young adults with special needs can share their creative skills with the community.
Young Artists with Special Needs Showcase Talent
Their space may be limited for now, but their creativity knows no bounds. While construction is underway for the 18,000-square-foot Farber Soul Center, a group of talented artists with special needs are using a nearby temporary space to showcase their skills in a preview of what’s to come.
Victoria Supreme Court Judge Lectures at Chabad
According to Halacha, all disputes between two Jews which cannot be settled amicably without adjudication from an outside party must be decided by a Beth Din and not by a court of law, unless leave is given to go to court by a Beth Din. For an Orthodox Jew, therefore, the choice between going to court and going to a Beit Din would be moot.
Former Church Dedicated as New Outreach Center
This past Sunday Chabad at the Shore held a dedication ceremony for their newly acquired facility, The Chai Center. Over 250 community members attended the ceremony in which the former church was dedicated as a new synagogue and outreach center.
Shluchim Surprised to Learn Cabbie’s Roots
Following a meeting with an alumnus, Rabbi Peretz and Chanie Chein – Shluchim to Brandeis University – got into a taxi cab and were surprised to learn of their driver’s roots.
Rabbi Moshe Moskovitz (right) and his son Rabbi Mendel (2nd from right) at the Purim party in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
In The Footsteps of Their Parents
At a time when other faith communities are experiencing a dearth of young religious leadership, within Chabad there are many like Mendel and Avremel: 20 and 30 somethings who have grown up as children of emissaries and return to their hometown to continue and advance their parents’ work.
Artist's rendering of the new Jewish Educational Culture Center to be built on the island of Cyprus, and co-directed by Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries Rabbi Arie Zeev and Shaindel Raskin.
New Center to Give Added Jewish Glow to Cyprus’ Mediterranean Beauty
Cyprus brings to mind many visuals, in addition to the sandy terrain and lush greenery evocative of Mediterranean islands.
The site of the proposed F.R.E.E. center in Bondi. Inset: Rabbi Yehoram Ulman.
New Chabad Center Approved in Sydney
Friends of Refugees of Eastern Europe (FREE) has welcomed the decision by the NSW Department of Planning & Environment to approval a rezoning proposal in Sydney’s Bondi neighborhood at the site of the former Maccabi tennis club.
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Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, rabbi of the Berlin Jewish community and the head of Chabad of Berlin, with Robby Rjber, vice president of Maccabi in Germany, in front of the table setup before the record-breaking Shabbat dinner in Berlin.
Record-Smashing Shabbos Dinner in Berlin a ‘Giant Display of Jewish Pride’
As 2,322 Jewish men and women gathered around tables Friday night for what has officially been declared by the Guinness World Records to be the largest Shabbat meal on record, Shneur Volfman says he and his fellow Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students were on a mission: to make sure that each attendee had a meaningful Shabbat experience.
Siberian Town Celebrates Opening of New JCC
The Jewish community of Abakan, Russia, celebrated the opening of their first Jewish Community Center and Synagogue. The inauguration ceremony was held earlier this month and was attended by Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, the local Governor Mr. Gregory Pichotnik, local politicians, and hundreds of community members.
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Jewish WWII Spy Tells All
The Chabad Jewish Center of Glendale, California, recently hosted Marthe Cohn, who joined the intelligence service of the French First Army and, posing as a nurse, risked death and slipped into Germany in 1944 to valiantly retrieve information on Nazi troop movements.
Shliach Becomes First Bearded Officer in US Air Force
In 2014 Rabbi Elie Estrin became the first chaplain in the US Air Force, and this week he celebrated a new landmark as he upgraded to the post of the Air Force’s first bearded officer.
Torah Dedicated to ‘Lone Soldier’ Who Died for Israel
Max Steinberg was determined to make a difference in the world. A native of California, he was 22 when he went to Israel for the first time in the summer of 2012 on a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip for young adults, along with his siblings Jake and Paige.
Rabbi Kussy and Rosie Lipsker with their 3-year-old nephew Zalman at his upshernish.
New Shluchim to Alabama
Rabbi Kussy and Rosie Lipsker of Crown Heights will shortly be moving on Shlichus to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, home of the University of Alabama, where they will join the family of Chabad on Campus Shluchim operating in universities all over the world.
Friendship Circle Volunteers Saluted in Jerusalem
The Friendship Circle of Central Jerusalem recently hosted their annual “Volunteer Salute – Evening of Appreciation,” honoring dozens of its dedicated volunteers.
Despite Fierce Opposition, East Boca ‘770’ Approved
After months of controversy and hours of debate, a large Chabad House at 770 E. Palmetto Park Road in East Boca Raton, FL won final approval Tuesday night from the City Council. After the decision, Rabbi Ruvi New hugged supporters, who wore matching white T-shirts emblazoned with the American flag with the slogan “We the people support 770.”
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