When the lights at the Kehila Theatre dim Wednesday morning, it will be show time for some 500 Jewish school children in Montevideo, Uruguay. Settling into their seats and munching popcorn the kids will watch “Circo Macabeo,” a Chanukah themed play featuring professional actors and a live circus.
Lubavitcher, Mark Erlbaum is making films with Hollywood stars to promote positive messages to movie audiences. Elisabeth Moss, star of the AMC hit series “Mad Men” and an avowed Scientologist are making a movie together to promote “tikkun olam,” the Jewish value of repairing the world.
Cheder at the Ohel had a special program for Yud Dalet Kislev, the day the Rebbe got married. Rabbi Naftoli Charyton led the program about the Rebbe’s wedding to his Rebbitzen.
PITTSBURGH, PA [CHI] — This past Sunday, the 14th Kislev, Yeshiva Achai Temimim of Pittsburgh hosted the annual father and son learning program.
STAMFORD HILL, London [CHI] — It was described as rare and extraordinary. It was the second annual chassidishe Farbrengen and Melavah Malkah hosted and chaired by Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Liberow, director of the Ohr Hatorah Chassidus Library.
Rabbi Mendel Deren, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary considered by many New York area businessmen as a personal adviser and confidant, passed away during the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries. With his family by his side in his New York University hospital room, Deren succumbed to complications from a lifelong condition. He was 36.
Chabad of West Hempstead will host a spectacular Chanukah family fun celebration at Nassau Coliseum on Sunday Dec 5 at 1:00 pm.
On the heels of last year’s resounding success for its inaugural fundraising event, Chabad Youth Network of Ontario has raised the bar at its 2nd Annual Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction, surpassing the expectations of both participants and behind-the-scenes planners alike.
An overflow crowd gathered in Oholei Torah Sunday for a Chinese Auction benefiting the school. The theme of the evening was “the Knot that Binds” connected with yud daled Kislev.
A flurry of Chabad House openings stretching from the Ohio River valley to the East Coast is bringing a burst of Jewish life and learning to campuses and communities.
MONSEY — As part of a new initiative by a group of local Yungeleit to increase in shiurim and farbrengens for the fast-growing Monsey community, Rabbi Levke Kaplan farbrenged Moitzoi Shabbos.
Bikers, drivers, pedestrians need to adjust to the bicycling boom; ‘Don’t be a Jerk’. Some estimates say daily bicycle ridership in New York City has nearly doubled since 2005. Bicyclists ride in a bike lane in New York City, a sight becoming more and more common as the number of cyclists continues to increase, creating safety concerns.
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