Daily Archives: June 10, 2009

60-Year-Old Lubavitcher Becomes First-Time Mom

ISRAEL — “I’ve waited for a baby for so long, I’m so happy,” a woman who became the proud mother of a firstborn son at the age of 60, told Yedioth Ahronoth Wednesday.

The woman and her husband, an ultra-Orthodox couple living in the central Israel community of Kfar Khabad, were married over 40 years ago, and have been trying to have a child for nearly four decades.

Rabbi Brod to Rescue Shluchim

In light of the global financial crisis, the internationally celebrated fundraising expert, Rabbi Yisroel Brod, will be coming to the aid of Shluchim in a host of new ways. Shluchim will now be able to benefit from Rabbi Brod’s fundraising system and solutions by paying a reduced fixed fee that will only be paid when the results materialize. Rabbi Brod will also be joining Shluchim in actually soliciting Baalei Batim.

Rabbi Brod has successfully assisted Chabad Houses and Centers across the globe in raising necessary funds to create financial stable institutions, and to prosper. Indeed, he has 30 years of experience directing his own Chabad House and in working with a range of Chabad organizations, with budgets ranging from under 100K to over 20M. He has seen repeated success in planning and implementing customized annual and capital campaigns in many states across the US, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, England, France, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Australia. He is also famous for his seminars, in which over 500 Shluchim worldwide have participated.

Mayanot Launches New Website!

Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies, the premier educational institution for college students and adults who seek to explore Jewish learning , has launched its newly designed website, www.mayanot.edu.

The state of the art site offers information about Mayanot’s popular study opportunities, including its Women’s, Men’s, Spanish, Executive Learning and Post-Birthright programs.

Top Jewish Educator to Take Reins of National Private School Supervisory Organization

Following his election to the National Council for Private School Accrediation’s highest post, Rabbi Nochem Kaplan, director of the global Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s Office of Education, will officially assume presidential duties of the organization today during its annual summer meeting in Silver Spring, Md.