A Letter of Thanks from Nadiv’s Mother

Mrs. Rivka Kehaty, the mother of Nadiv Kehaty OBM wrote a heartfelt letter of thanks during the Shiva for her son. “I dont know if this is an appropriate thing to do during shiva… but I could not let everything being done for Nadiv’s wife and children go by with silence from us.” Read the full letter in the Extended Article.

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Germany’s Largest Mezuzah Gets Notice

In a bold display of Jewish pride, Chabad of Berlin installed what may well be the largest mezuzah in Germany. “The reaction to anti-Semitism may be to hide our identity. But we need to wear our Judaism proudly,” says Rabbi Yehudah Tiechtel, executive director of Chabad in Berlin and rabbi of the city’s Jewish community.

Emotional Day of Events at ‘Rashi’s Campus’

A palpable feeling of Jewish unity emanated from the hundreds of people gathered on Sunday at Chabad of North Fulton in Alpharetta, Ga. Members of the crowd sported black hats and beards, jeans and T-shirts, long sleeves and skirts; in fact, those assembled could be construed as resembling a Torah scroll itself, bringing letters and souls together to form a single Jewish people.

Letter: Why Is the Pain So Deep?

Why is the pain so deep? Why couldn’t I sleep last night? I don’t think I ever exchanged more than a few words with him. We saw each other each morning on our walk to Oholei Torah daily for 2 years. Our sons were in the same class. He always greeted us with a happy “Good Morning.”

by Sheva Tauby

Survivor Thanks Russia for Liberating Her from Auschwitz

“I have come here to thank the soldier from the Red Army who came to save me. Who knows where I would be today, if not for him,” Breindel Fleishman, 90, told those gathered last month at the Moscow Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

‘Lone Soldiers’ in Israel Receive Purim Packages Reminiscent of Home

Bringing a taste of home to those protecting Israel this Purim, Chayal el Chayal (“Soldier to Soldier”) brought mishloach manot, personal holiday letters written at Chabad centers around the world, along with general Purim joy to “lone soldiers” in the Israeli Defense Forces from the north to the south.