Black fedoras definitely stand out against the backdrop of colorful straw hats, and in hot, humid Bangkok no less. This week, the city is seeing a record number of these as 31 Shluchim families from across Asia convene for five days of rejuvenation at its regional Kinus HaShluchim.
New Yorkers are keeping their nests empty. According to data published by The New York Post, the city’s birth rate is the lowest since 1936 — having steadily declined over the past decade.
Amid much anticipation, construction is set to begin on Chabad of Orlando’s beautiful new Mikvah, which will be within walking distance to the South Orlando Jewish community and to many of the hotels and tourist attractions in the area.
Riots in Baltimore, which erupted in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, lead officials to declare a state of emergency after rioters looted and set buildings and police vehicles on fire.
With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Chana Tziyona (Anna Ninette) Barouk of Nogent Sur Marne, France, matriarch of a large family of Chabad Chassidim and Shluchim all over the world.
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Acharei – Kedoshim. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How can one do his/her day-to-day tasks joyfully?
A Shlichus Feud in Washington, DC which spilled out into secular courts has been boldly profiled by the Washingtonian, a popular news magazine which gave its take on the fight between Levi Shemtov and Yudi Steiner.
In a small Shul in the old Jewish quarter, known as ‘Zibetzin’, located at 17 Rue De Rosiers Shluchim and Anash got together for a Farbrengen in the Shul which the Rebbe was known to frequent for learning and Davening. Together with Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky the crowd Farbrenged into the night.
Earlier today, Monday, April 27, President Obama welcomed a delegation from Chabad-Lubavitch into the Oval Office to commemorate Education and Sharing Day, USA. Established by Congress in 1978 to honor the life’s work of The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, Education and Sharing Day provides an opportunity to focus on education’s importance and recognize the contributions Rabbi Schneerson made during his lifetime in the fields of education and morality, ethics and justice.
Yossi Goldberg (Crown Heights) and Dini Ezagui (Crown Heights)
A Russian Jewish organization has appealed to Crimea’s authorities to take action after vandals dug up mass graves of Nazi victims on the peninsula, leaving human bones and remains of clothing strewn on the ground.
With supplies rapidly dwindling and nightfall settling over the nation, Chabad of Nepal continues to provide food and aid to those in need following a massive 7.8 earthquake Saturday that devastated the country and left much of the capital of Kathmandu in ruins.
Passengers in a ‘dollar-van’ fled the scene of a high-speed crash after their vehicle collided with a truck on Albany Avenue early Monday morning.
A father and son were caught on surveillance video stealing a package off the porch of a Jewish home in Crown Heights, shortly after it was left there by a UPS deliveryman.
This morning, following his keynote address at the Kinus Hashluchim gala banquet in Paris last night, the Rebbe’s secretary Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky was given a tour of the Beth Chaya Mushka girls’ school, whose older division was recently ranked as the top high school in France.
United Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Ocean Parkway has released the names of all the lucky winners in its Chinese auction held yesterday, Sunday. The biggest winners, of course, are the students of ULY-OP, who will benefit greatly physically and spiritually from the proceeds of this event. Is your name on the list?
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