Ahead of Pesach, Jamaican PM meets Local Shliach
Recently elected Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica met last week with local Chabad-Lubavitch representatives in advance of the Passover holiday.
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Here’s My Story: Guardian of Jerusalem
A former Knesset member, Rabbi Yehoshua Pollak served as Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem for 12 years. Now retired from public service, he resides in Jerusalem, where he was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in February of 2016.
Alternate Side Rules Suspended Thursday-Saturday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Thursday through Saturday, April 28-30. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
In Russia, Chometz Is Sold Twice
In Moscow the chometz gets sold twice each year by the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar. This is because of the great time differences that span this vast country – 11 time zones in total.
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Northern Idaho Sees First Ever Communal Seder
As the sun went down Friday evening, candles were lit and blessings were spoken in a conference room at La Quinta Inn and Suites in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, where a small group of Jews gathered on the first night of Passover.
Artist's rendering of the new center
Chabad on Toronto’s Bayview Breaks Ground
With temperatures soaring, more than 150 people came out April 17 to break ground and lay the cornerstone for Chabad’s $9.5-million Bayview Centre for Jewish Life in Toronto.
Ridgefield, CT, Town Hall
Zoning Board Approves Home-Operated Chabad House
Rabbi Sholom Deitsch got the go-ahead from a local zoning and planning board to operate Chabad of Ridgefield, Connecticut, in a two-family house where he lives with his family.
New Center to Help Jewish Life Blossom in NE Portland
The west hills of Portland have been a hub for Jewish goings-on for decades. From synagogues to schools to kosher delis, the west side is the place to find Jewish resources in Portland — leaving east side Jews without many accessible services. But come mid-May, Northeast Portland Jews will have a community center to call their own.
Photos: Dilapidated Historic Chabad House Restored to Former Glory
When Rabbi Shmuly and Rashi Weiss took on the roles of directors at Chabad at McGill nine years ago, they had three people around their humble Shabbos table. Within several weeks, as Rosh Hashana came around, they suddenly found themselves cutting each piece of schnitzel into four as their crowds had quickly hit 60 plus.
Video: Achieving Great Miracles in Our Lives
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on the holiday of Passover. Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can we achieve great miracles in our lives?
Wounded Israeli Soldiers Bond as They Heal
A special reunion took place in Israel—one that had the power to bring the strongest and bravest of men to tears.
Rabbi Avi Richler, director of Chabad of Gloucester County, with the new Torah.
Brooklyn Couple Donates Torah to NJ Chabad House
Congregants at Chabad of Gloucester County in Mullica, New Jersey, participated in a historic moment Saturday, as Rabbi Avi Richler read from a new sefer Torah for the first time.
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Tool Thieves Targeting Work Vans in Crown Heights
Police have identified a pattern of work van break-ins in the neighborhood in recent months, committed by burglars who steal tools and equipment from parked vehicles.
Following an anti-Semitic tirade containing medieval conspiracy theories about Jews delivered by a politician from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s party, Rabbi Berel Lazar, chief rabbi and head of Chabad in Russia, called on the government to stamp out hate speech against Jews.
Lazar Urges Russia to Stamp Out Hate Speech
Following an anti-Semitic tirade containing medieval conspiracy theories about Jews delivered by a politician from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s party, Rabbi Berel Lazar, chief rabbi and head of Chabad in Russia, called on the government to stamp out hate speech against Jews.
Video: Man Goes on Rampage in Williamsburg Shul
On Thursday morning, a non-Jewish man burst into the Apta Shul on Wallabout Street and Lee Avenue in Williamsburg and went on a rampage – flipping tables and benches and throwing chairs and books. The disturbing incident was caught on surveillance video.
Large Jewish Family Saved by Carbon Monoxide Alarm
More than a dozen members of a Jewish family were hospitalized for carbon monoxide exposure over the first days of Pesach in New Rochelle, a suburb of New York City near the Bronx. The family had a working carbon monoxide detector, which alerted them to the danger and almost certainly saved their lives.
Jews in Nigeria Celebrate a Special Passover
A unique partnership between Chabad in Nigeria and an Israeli-owned security company enabled six large public Seders to take place in Africa’s largest country for the first time in history.
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