Hundreds gathered in Houston, Texas last week for the 5th annual Kosher Chili Cookoff where dozens competed for the title of ‘Best Kosher Chili’. Chabad of Sugar Land’s Rabbi Mendel Feigenson took 3rd place.
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On Thursday, at the Chabad Center for Russian-Speakers in Montreal, directed by Rabbi Yisroel Sirota, two middle-aged Jews – Alex and Sergei – were entered into the covenant of Avraham Avninu with a Bris Milah.
Over 60 alumni joined Rabbi Yudi and Rivky Steiner for a ‘night of memories’ in support of Chabad of George Washington University, which is located in Washington, D.C.
Rabbi Mordy and Rochel Nemtzov along with their four beautiful daughters have been appointed to serve as the official Shluchim of the Ojai Valley, California.
A group of 40 students from Brazil along with guests from Israel, Australia and England enjoyed a 12-day journey through India and Nepal.
For the Jews of Chernigov, Ukraine, Purim provided a chance to escape from the war, tension and economic troubles that are engulfing their country. For a night, they were virtually transported to Israel, where they enjoyed an elegant Purim party arranged by the local Shluchim Rabbi Yisroel and Aliza Silberstein.
When the County of Madera, California, placed the Putney Ranch Camp on auction last September, they were worried it would fall into the hands of a building developer. So when the 87-acre property acre property was purchased by the Camp Gan Israel West, locals breathed a sigh of relief.
Thousands of Jewish children across Florida enjoyed the traveling Purim Puppet Theater, a project of the Chabad Youth Network of Florida, directed by Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick.
In a bold display of Jewish pride, Chabad of Berlin installed what may well be the largest mezuzah in Germany. “The reaction to anti-Semitism may be to hide our identity. But we need to wear our Judaism proudly,” says Rabbi Yehudah Tiechtel, executive director of Chabad in Berlin and rabbi of the city’s Jewish community.
A palpable feeling of Jewish unity emanated from the hundreds of people gathered on Sunday at Chabad of North Fulton in Alpharetta, Ga. Members of the crowd sported black hats and beards, jeans and T-shirts, long sleeves and skirts; in fact, those assembled could be construed as resembling a Torah scroll itself, bringing letters and souls together to form a single Jewish people.
Bringing a taste of home to those protecting Israel this Purim, Chayal el Chayal (“Soldier to Soldier”) brought mishloach manot, personal holiday letters written at Chabad centers around the world, along with general Purim joy to “lone soldiers” in the Israeli Defense Forces from the north to the south.
For the 14th year in a row, a lavish Melave Malka was held in Moscow on behalf of the Keren Chaya Mushka Chessed Organization, which operates throughout the Moscow region – bringing much needed food, aid and comfort to the needy.
A crowd of 300 gathered for the 26th anniversary dinner of Congregation B’nai Avraham of Brooklyn Heights, led by Rabbi Aaron and Shternie Raskin.
With an old marketplace around the corner from the Chabad House and a regular scene of locals dressed in outfits right out of the ‘stories of Tzadikim’ books, the Shluchim in Sumy, Ukraine weren’t quite sure how a Purim party themed “in the Shtetl” would actually play out.
Celebrants ‘had a ball’ at Chabad of Orange County’s community ‘Purim at the Stadium’ gala, hosted by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston.
With Ukraine still reeling from war in the east and economic collapse, Purim came to Kharkov to bring smiles on the faces of the Jewish Community with thousands of people filling the Kharkov circus to hear the Megilla and enjoy a full program in true Jewish Purim spirit.
Members of the Jewish community in the Demorcratic Repulic of the Congo celebrated Purim with Megillah readings and a lavish Purim Seudah hosted by Chabad Lubavitch of Central Africa under the Leadership of Rabbi Shlomo and Myriam Bentolila in the Feleuve Congo Hotel.
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