Chabad of Melbourne CBD held their annual Chanukah Menorah Lighting in Parliament House on the 2nd Day of Chanukah. Under the direction of the Central Business District’s Shliach, Rabbi Chaim Herzog, Chabad has now been hosting the event, which takes place in the Parliament of Victoria for eighteen years.
Bochurim of Oholei Torah enjoyed a Fleishig meal sponsored by local Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Hertz in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn after a successful Mivtzoim night. The Bochurim and Shliach shared inspirational stories and sang Niggunim.
The NYPD has just unleashed their fleet of drones to help crime fighting in NYC. The new drones, of various sizes, will be a sigh of relief from residence of high crime areas as a possible replacement for the loud helicopters presently used.
A massive fire in Beit Midrash Morasha of Capetown, South Africa has left complete destruction, with only a single Torah, and some seforim surviving the blaze. No one was hurt in the fire.
We are saddened to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Berel Halon OBM on Tuesday night, the third night of Chanukah. He was 83 years old.
An aspiring thief found the perfect theft in an unattended bench sitting in a Crown Heights alleyway. Unfortunately for him, it had a bike tied to it, and it was all caught on camera.
The following letter was penned by Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin as he commemorates one year from his miraculous release from prison:
IDF forces on Tuesday discovered a cross-border terror tunnel from a south Lebanon village into Israeli territory. The IDF released surveillance footage of its construction, as well as a clip of the inside of the tunnel.
Over 300 people turned up to join Rabbi Odom Brandman and his Community of Chabad Buckhurst Hill, to light the first lamp of Chanukah on Queens Road, in the heart of Buckhurst Hill, Essex, yesterday.
Courtesy of Rabbi Garelick of Sichosacademy.org, we present a series on Halochos of Chanukkah. In this article he discusses the Halachos if you forget to say “Vesain Tal Umator Livrocho.”
You may have heard about former President George H. W. Bush love for sports, but you probably didn’t know about his interest in the Jewish game of Chanukah Dreidel. He is remembered fondly for his light-hearted and friendly demeanor, and you can see that again in this clip.
The IDF launched Operation “Northern Shield” overnight Monday to thwart and neutralize cross-border attack tunnels dug by the Hezbollah terror organization from Lebanon into Israel.
Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida under the Leadership of Shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, celebrated Chanukah on a Cruise with the Lighting of the Menorah.
Doctor Richard Friedman A”H, who was the Medical Director for Chevra Hatzolah, was struck by a vehicle and killed this past Saturday. As his funeral passed them on the way to the Five Towns, they caught the procession on camera.
With Chanukah here, it’s important for Jewish children to learn about the Festival of Lights in a fun and engaging way. CKids, a branch of Merkos 302, has been making that happen with the Maccabee Makerspace program that it recently launched.
In spite of the tensions in Paris, with demonstrations in the streets, the international Chanuka Menorah Lighting took place near the Eiffel Tower together with Jews in Jerusalem, Netanya, and New York.
A state of emergency has been requested by French President Emmanuel Macron. The decision for state of emergency was made following deadly mass protests throughout France, that have seen a few deaths, and many injured.
