The ‘Stars’ youth program, which unites young people worldwide for Jewish heritage studies, gained momentum this summer in Ukraine, with two international trips – one to Israel and one to Europe – for program participants in July.
A man attempted to scale the side of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan with what looked like suction cups and a climbing harness, drawing hundreds of onlookers and prompting a significant police response.
This morning, when Israeli National Soccer Team player Maor Buzaglo arrived at the Chabad Center of Lehavim, led by Rabbi Yossi Bistritzky, to drop off his young twin boys for day camp, he rolled up his sleeve, put on Tefillin, and said ‘Shema Yisrael’ with great emotion.
In lieu of swimming due to the Nine Days, the campers of Gan Yisroel-NY were surprised yet again with another exciting activity: winemaking.
The campers and staff of Camp Gan Israel of Paris went on a trip to a resort in the French Alps, where they enjoyed the beautiful natural scenery, breathed in the fresh air, went on hikes and played sports and bowling.
According to a deal hammered out between the leaders of Chabad in Israel and the IDF, 15% of Chabad students will be exempt from army service; and the other 85% will be drafted at the age of 26 after returning from a year of ‘Kvutzeh’ in Crown Heights.
Forty Jewish people from around the world sat around a table not too long ago in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, celebrating Shabbat together.
Last Thursday, Gan Menachem Day Camp of Crown Heights went to visit the workshop of veteran Sofer Rabbi Y.Y. Altein to see how Mezuzos and Tefillin are made.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Devarim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one be the greatest optimist?
