As millions of Israelis head to the polls in Tuesday’s 26th Knesset elections, some 1,500 Chabad emissaries have set up stations across the country, primarily near polling places, inviting passersby to put on tefillin as part of a large-scale nationwide campaign.
Wednesday’s prize pot has crept up to a whopping $716 million – with an estimated cash value of $307.2 million – after Monday marked the 32nd draw without a winner.
Ambassador Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, spoke to 150 CTeen leaders on Sunday at the CTeen Mid-Atlantic leadership summit.
Sunday they called me in and told me I was the new officer of the unit. I said, what? They said, don’t worry, it’s small stuff for you. You run a Chabad House.”
A free collection of animated Chabad videos that began as material for a single classroom has grown into three websites: one for children, one for bochurim, and, as of this week, one that brings deep Chassidus to adults.
Following a coordinated effort by Crown Heights Shomrim, Boro Park and Flatbush Shomrim, and the NYPD’s 70th Precinct, the thief was cornered and arrested, taking the felon off the streets of New York City.
In Episode 69 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Avromy and Rebbetzin Sternie Super, Chabad emissaries to S. Lucia. The island they live and work on is small, but they’ve made a big impact there.
Everyone is welcome into Avraham Avinu’s tent in Rabbi Dovid Leib Wilansky’s Pre-1A class at Cheder Baltimore. But this specific tent is especially meaningful.
On Wednesday, October 28, at precisely 11:59 PM, Double Your Luck ends.
A visit by nine students from Yeshivah Dor Hashvi’i in Miami inspired the local Jewish community, with residents asking, “Rabbi, how can we get them to stay?”
Bais Rivkah will celebrate a major milestone in its continued growth with a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony for its newly completed Seminary building on Sunday, November 1st.
Dovi Zaetz (Crown Heights) to Hanni Ladayov (Paris, France)
Construction at the historic Union Street Kollel site is moving rapidly toward a new 4,500-square-foot learning facility, designed to accommodate hundreds of bochurim and learners while keeping future development of 770 Eastern Parkway in view.
For the past seven years, Yoel has been part of the Crown Heights Jewish community, quietly making a difference in the lives of those around him. Now, Yoel and his family are facing a difficult chapter, and the community he has come to call home has an opportunity to give back to someone who has given so much of himself to others.
Prosecutors say suspect targeted Jewish men in Midtown Manhattan and spared another man after he identified himself as Muslim.
As thousands of Shluchim prepare to gather in Crown Heights for the International Kinus Hashluchim, Chabad Young Professionals (CYP) is marking another milestone in its rapid global expansion, with 18 new communities joining its international network in recent months.
In this episode, Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov of West Bloomfield, Michigan, shares vivid memories of living through the entire saga of the sefarim court case as a bochur- from the summer of 5745 (1985) through 5750 (1990).
