Four hundred shluchim families, across the US and Europe, were deeply moved to receive mishloach manos packages from MyShliach and Uforatzto Circle. This heartwarming gesture, generously sponsored by Mr. Menachem and Dini Gurevitch means so much to these remote shluchim kids, for many of whom this was the only mishloach manos they received.
We present a photo gallery of Purim scenes from across Paris courtesy of chabad photographer Morde’hai Lubecki.
Watch an unbelievable documentary by Leibman Productions about Rabbi Yudi Dukes, and his courageous journey through COVID-19.
Chabad photographer mendelsphotography traveled the streets of Crown Heights over Purim catching the scenes and costumes across the community.
When the coronavirus pandemic spiked in California last month, it brought unprecedented numbers of the deceased to local mortuaries. Yet despite a staffing shortage—also due to the pandemic—the members of the local Chevra Kadisha (Jewish burial society) have been doing everything in their power before and since the surge in fatalities to ensure a proper and timely Jewish burial for everyone who needs one.
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a profound toll on teens and young adults — with those between the ages of 13 and 18 the most affected, according to a troubling new national study of medical records and insurance claims.
In what has become a yearly tradition, the central Gmach of the FSU once again held its annual Melava Malka Gala Dinner on Shushuan Purim.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague announced that it will officially open an investigation into alleged war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip and in Judea and Samaria.
As a young child, Rabbi Psachya Korf arrived to the emergency room after a terrible house fire. Doctors scrambled to airlift him to a special treatment center and warned his parents that his prognosis was not too optimistic. That’s when his father, Rabbi Pinchas Korf, rushed to the Rebbe for a blessing.
Ten rockets struck an Iraqi base hosting US troops on Wednesday morning, security sources said. A Baghdad Operations Command official told Reuters that 13 rockets were fired at the base from about 5 miles away.
The New York state Legislature has agreed on legislation repealing the temporary emergency powers that were granted to Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rabbi Chananya Yosef Eisenbach, a renowned Chabad-Lubavitch rosh yeshivah (academy head) and author of many scholarly Torah works who served Jewish schools and communities in Israel and Argentina, passed away on Feb. 12 due to complications from the coronavirus. He was 77 years old.
President Biden on Tuesday said that the US will now have enough COVID-19 vaccines for every adult “by the end of May” — and that the feds will start a new program aimed at vaccinating all teachers by the end of March.
The year was 1497. Just five years after leaving his native Spain due to the Edict of Expulsion, Rabbi Avraham Saba stood tearfully beside an olive tree outside of Lisbon, Portugal. There, under what he described as a “tree of tears,” he buried his most precious possession, his manuscript commentary on Chumash, Pirkei Avot, Ruth and Esther. Rabbi Saba was never permitted to return to Portugal to recover his manuscripts or his family.
Texas is lifting its mask mandate, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday. “It’s time to reopen Texas 100 percent,” Abbott told reporters at a restaurant in Lubbock.
The Coronavirus Cabinet on Tuesday confirmed that Israelis will be able to return to Israel without the need for approval from an Exceptions Committee. Unvaccinated Israelis who apply to leave Israel will still be required to obtain approval from the committee.
Menachem Farkash (Bellevue, WA) to Mimi Dahan (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Thursday, March 4th, 8:00pm at Alpha Space 1467 Bedford Ave
