Delegate from across the globe enjoyed the Chabad Partners Conference a division of this years Kinus Hashluchim. Welcomed by Rabbi Lipa Brennan, who co chaired the event with Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie, Yorba Linda CA, the attendees enjoyed a series of speeches, presentations and dialogues during which they developed a deeper understanding of Chabad and their role as partners of the Shluchim.
The NYPD has released additional video footage of the group of teens that assaulted two Jewish boys Monday evening on Eastern parkway. The video, a much clearer video, also shows all five of the assailants.
The idea of arranging a hike for the blind and visually impaired came from Rabbi Chezky and Chani Lifshitz of Chabad of Kathmandu, Nepal. The trek, which took place three weeks ago, was organized in partnership with the Center for the Blind in Israel, and was an amazing success.
In an unusual move, Israel called on Pakistan to prosecute the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks in which 166 people were murdered, including six Jews murdered in a Chabad house.
On Tuesday, November 26, Chabad hosted a special talk by Dr. Zelenko. Listeners had the opportunity to hear the thought-provoking, heartwarming, and highly uplifting first-hand account of his deeply personal life journey and overcoming life-challenges.
Escalating the legal dispute between Russia and the United States over the Schneerson collection of Jewish texts, prosecutors in Moscow sought an arrest warrant for Rabbi Shalom Dov-Ber Levine, the director and curator at the Central Chabad-Lubavitch Research Library.
Watch this beautiful clip celebrating the Rebbe’s recovery from a heart attack, and his renewed devotion for years thereafter to leading the Jewish nation with vigor and strength.
Rabbi Simcha Piekarski, who lives in Deerfield Beach, Florida, spends his time teaching and studying Torah and working with his wife in her interior design business. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter Project in September of 2019.
Chabad emissary in Moscow, Rabbi Shaya Deitch, visited Israeli citizen Naama Issachar, who is imprisoned in Russia after being convicted of drug offenses.
Benny’s Brick Oven Pizza, originally Pomondori Pizza, has sold yet again, this time to Crown Heights businessman Itzik Benabou.
The 77th Police Precinct released video footage of the group of teens that assaulted two Jewish boys Monday evening, as a wave of hate-crime incidents continues to plague New York City.
Today Erev Rosh Chodesh Kislev, is the 18th Yahrzeit of HaRav HaChossid, Reb Meir ben Gershon Avtzon obm. His son, Rabbi Sholom Avtzon, was asked to mention a few things about his father.
Since 2008, Chabad Chayil has been caring for the children of Miami Dade County, during after-school hours, through the highly acclaimed Community Hebrew After School Program (CHAP). Just one business day before the 2019-20 school year began, Chabad Chayil was abruptly notified that it could no longer use Miami-Dade County Public Schools (MDCPS) facilities. A petition has been started to reverse that decision.
An exciting new initiative is being launched as we approach the 70th year of the Rebbe’s leadership. Proposed at the Kinus Hashluchim, the campaign will launch a 70 day learning program between Rosh Chodesh Kislev and Yud Shevat, inviting all Anash to share a Moshiach thought with ten people daily, through classes, social media, or personal encounters.
Israel’s national airline El Al will test out direct flights from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport to Melbourne, Australia, the company announced in a stock market filing Wednesday. The flight, aimed to gauge interest in the potential of launching such a route indefinitely, will take off in the second quarter of 2020.
Mordy and Itty (nee Tennenhaus) Feiner (Hallandale Beach, Florida)
Defense Minister Naftali Bennett (New Right) has decided on a change in policy: Terrorists’ bodies will no longer be transferred to their families, irrespective of which terror organization the terrorist belonged to.
