On Sunday, 12 Elul, the Shluchim of the West Coast held their annual Kinus. This year however, it was held in a very unique place – Temecula, California – where Rabbi Yitzy Hurwitz is on Shlichus. The Kinus, with the theme of Simcha, Bitochon and Emunah, was held there in order to give chizuk to Rabbi Hurwitz, who is battling ALS, one of the most dreaded diseases known to mankind.
A large advertisement along an Atlanta highway invites the city’s Jews to participate in Rosh Hashanah services and hear the Shofar at one of the 14 Chabad Houses in Georgia’s capital city.
First it was the Israeli Lacrosse women. Now it’s the Israeli Davis Cup men’s turn for the limelight.
Avenue J in Midwood, Brooklyn, was renamed in memory of Yoseph Robinson, a Ger Tzedek who was murdered on August 19, 2010.
As the summer draws to a close, campers attending CGI in Parksville, NY bid farewell to their newly-found friends and dedicated counselors and teachers at the grand banquet.
Twenty-two years after the Crown Heights riots in Brooklyn, what was once a scene of turbulence and violence has become a tableau of peace and diversity.
OVERLAND PARK, KC — There are only a handful of kosher BBQ’s around the country, but of course Kansas City has the first sanctioned kosher BBQ contest. Jewish and non-Jewish BBQ teams faced off in overland park on Sunday for first place and some bragging rights.
Campers at Gan Israel of Orange County, NY were excited to make cards for Israeli Soldiers – especially because they would be delivered personally by the camp’s directors.
As part of the worldwide Chabad summer student internship program and under the auspices of Chabad of Markham, a group of four young rabbinical students recently visited the Jewish community of Markham, Ontario to bolster Jewish identity and promote Jewish observances.
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