European Chabad On Campus Reps Gather For Conference
Chabad representatives serving twenty university campuses Europe-wide met up in London last week.
Op-Ed: Diversions and Assistance Along the Journey of Life
In the wake of the news about how Chabad of Halifax helped the stranded passengers of EL AL flight 26, Rabbi Shimon Posner shares his thoughts.
Project Likkutei Sichos: Finishing All of the Sichos Over the Course of 8 Years
Chassidim worldwide are uniting in a coordinated and consistent regimen of learning Likutei Sichos every week, with the aim to complete all 1,227 sichos in approximately 8 years.
(Lexington Herald-Leader)
Chabad of Kentucky Holds Solidarity Event with Congressman
In the wake of the horrific stabbing attack in Monsey New York, and the string of violent hate crimes against the Jewish community in Brooklyn, Chabad of the Bluegrass hosted a day of Unity, Solidarity and Prayer.
Firefighters Respond to 2-Alarm Fire on Nostrand Ave
A fire broke out in a third-floor apartment above a commercial location on Nostrand Ave late Tuesday morning at around 11:20am. No injuries were reported.
Eric Steger (right) and the liver donation recipient
at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center last week. (Robin Kurtz-Lendner)
Chabad Community Member Saves Life With Liver Donation
Eric Steger, a regular at Chabad of Sunnyvale, California, gave a life-saving liver donation last week to a man from Iowa. He says he gets his inspiration from a Rebbe card he keeps in his wallet.
Video of the Day
Watch as Abie Rottenberg and Shlomo Simcha sit down in the home of Rabbi Yitzy Hurwitz, Shliach to Temacula, California for Kumzitz. Rabbi Yitzi suffers from ALS, a disease that has paralyzed him nearly completely, but has not stopped him from touching the hearts of tens of thousands.
An ELAL Passenger Says Thank you To Chabad
After a technical malfunction stranded the passengers of ELAL flight 26 in Halifax Virginia for Shabbos, Chabad stepped up to the plate. Barry Schechter, a passenger on the stranded flight, was touched by the actions and open hearts of the Chabad of Halifax, and penned the following letter as he continued on their trip to Eretz Yisroel.
New Engagement!
Shneur Zalman Abramowitz (Crown Heights) to Mushky Gorodetsky (Paris, France)
L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, at Eshel
Crown Heights Tenants Sue Infamous Landlord for Rent Overcharges
A group of 22 tenants at a Crown Heights apartment complex is suing their landlord — who made the public advocate’s list of “worst” landlords — for $2 million over claims of rent overcharges.
A Personal Gift to the Rebbe – Lahak’s Big Campaign
As Lubavitchers across the world gear up for Yud Shvat, Lahak has announced a new initiative. Donate just $30, and get your own five volume set. Also, When did the Rebbe first allow the use of the name “Toras Menachem”?
Pilot Celebrates Bar Mitzvah After Landing
Upon landing on a kashrus trip to the Bahamas on Monday, Rabbi Kalman Weinfeld, a Rabbinic Coordinator at OK Kosher had the opportunity to give the pilot a bar mitzvah and help him wrap tefillin for his first time ever.
Please Say Tehillim for Rabbi Akiva Wagner, Rosh Yeshiva of the Lubavitcher Yeshiva In Toronto
Please say Tehillim and daven for Rabbi Akiva Wagner, הרב עקיבא גרשון בן רחל בתיה, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Lubavitch in Toronto, who is in need of Heavenly assistance for a full recovery. Please daven, say kapitlach of Tehillim and add in Torah, tefillah and tzedakah.
JEM: The Rebbe Taught Me Gemara
Mr. Yaakov Schiffman joined his family in an audience with the Rebbe when his father was terminally ill. The Rebbe proceeded to teach him a page of Talmud, and a lesson that changed his life. (1975)
Picture of the Day
The first-ever bris milah in the United Arab Emirates took place in Abu Dhabi last week with the arrangement and participation of the shliach to Berlin, Germany, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal. The baby’s parents are formerly from Berlin and remain in contact with Rabbi Teichtal.
Officials: NJ Shooters’ Van Had Bomb That Could’ve Killed People 5 Football Fields Away
The U.S. attorney in New Jersey and the head of the local FBI said Monday that the bomb found in the van of alleged domestic terrorists Francine Graham and David Anderson could have killed or maimed people up to five football fields away. They also said there was enough material in the van to make a second bomb.
CTeen’s Answer to Anti-Semitism: “Kippah Day”
As Jewish organizations worldwide stand in solidarity and unite to fight anti-Semitism, Jewish teen boys all over the world are doing their part on January 13 by wearing a kippah the entire day—even if they don’t usually wear one.
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