Baby Girl!
Yakov and Odelia Sara (nee Guedj) Kulik (Rehovot, Israel)
New Engagement!
Mendel (ben Dovid) Kugel (Crown Heights) and Hinda Rapoport (Crown Heights)
Photos: Omri Casspi Visits the Rebbe’s Ohel
Israeli Basketball star Omri Casspi paid a visit to the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s gravesite in Queens today, accompanied by Shluchim Rabbi Moshe Gancz of Cleveland, Ohio, and Rabbi Dovid Labkowski of Oakland, California.
Suspected Arms Trafficker Arrested in Crown Heights Raid
Heavily armed agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, along with other law enforcement agencies raided a house on Brooklyn Avenue in Crown Heights as part of an ongoing firearms trafficking investigation.
Meet the Newest Shluchim at Syracuse University
The Chabad House at Syracuse University in upstate New York, led by Rabbi Yaakov Rapoport, has welcomed on board Rabbi Zalman and Sarah Ives as its new associate rabbi and program directors. The couple’s sole focus will be on supporting Jewish undergraduate students with their spiritual needs.
Young Jews Trained to Be Leaders in Russia
Almost 100 young Jewish adults, aged 18 to 30, came together in Moscow to learn informal education and leadership skills from the leading regional professionals.
Chabad of Puerto Rico Balances Taking Care of the Needy and Itself
Eight weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Rabbi Mendel Zarchi, Chabad’s emissary in San Juan, still faces a daily challenge: balancing his organization’s needs with those of the community it supports.
Ikea Dresser Again Recalled After Death of 8th Child
Ikea relaunched a recall of 29 million chests and dressers Tuesday after the death of an eighth child.
Video: Everything You Always Wanted to Know
Do you have questions about Judaism that you were never able to ask? This lecture by Rabbi Simon Jacobson, the latest edition of Torah Cafe’s “Retreat Moments” series, will tackle all those things you’ve always wanted to know about but were afraid to ask.
Video: What Are Healthy Boundaries?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha — Vayeitzei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What are healthy boundaries?
Baby Girl!
Yaacov and Baila (nee Kohn) Sebbag (Crown Heights)
Jews of Curaçao Welcome First Permanent Shluchim
366 years old, the Jewish community of the Caribbean island of Curaçao welcomed a permanent Chabad presence for the first time, with the arrival of Rabbi Refoel and Chani Silver.
Picture of the Day: Ambassador Greets Shluchim
This morning in Manhattan, the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. Dani Dannon, welcomed two visiting Shluchim from Israel, Rabbi Shlomo Peles and Rabbi Zalman Wolf, who gave him a copy of a special edition of the Kfar Chabad magazine printed for the Kinus Hashluchim.
P Is for Palestine: Kids’ Book Glorifies Terror
A children’s book titled “P is for Palestine” is infuriating some New York Jewish mothers — who charge that it’s nothing but anti-Semitic propaganda disguised as a kids’ alphabet book.
Friendship Circle’s Newest Branch: Alumni and Friends
A group of young women who are currently living in Crown Heights attended the kickoff event for Friendship Circle of Brooklyn’s newest branch – Alumni and Friends. The event, hosted at Congregation Shul, displayed a gorgeous array of desserts.
Photos: Shluchim Bid Farewell at the Ohel
As they prepare to head home to their communities all around the world after the conclusion of the International Kinus, Shluchim spent their last hours in New York Monday morning at the Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens.
