Chanukah celebrations got off to an unexpected start in Redbridge Council, a suburb of London, UK, when an unsolicited invitation arrived from the head of the council to have a Menorah lighting ceremony at Town Hall.
After the popular acclaim of his lecture on Halloween, Rabbi Pinchos Taylor, Shliach to Plantation, FL, is back with a new Torah Cafe video, in which he discusses the American holiday of Thanksgiving and how it can be approached from a Jewish prospective.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to prevent the “darkness” of a nuclear Iran, speaking at a Chanukah ceremony at Jerusalem’s Western Wall Thursday. He said his stance is due to the inspiration of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
The New England Cable News channel was joined by Rabbi Moshe Lieberman, director of the Chabad Center in Newton, Mass., to talk about the significance of Chanukah and its overlap with Thanksgiving.
A heartwarming short film created by Mendel Katz and Sruly Dubov, dedicated to the children of soldiers in the Israeli Defense Force.
Rabbi Meir Rotenstreich will be sitting shiva after the passing of his brother, Tzvi Yoel, OBM, of Lakewood, NJ, at 765 Montgomery St. [between Albany and Troy Aves.] until Sunday at 12:00pm. Friday Shachris – 8:30 Friday Mincha – 3:00 Motzei Shabbos Maariv […]
In this eight-part video series by Shmideo, Rabbi Itche Kadoozy and his associates shmooze with kids about Chanukah. A new video will be released each day of Chanukah.
A gigantic Dreidel float debuted at the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan this morning, celebrating the once-in-a-lifetime alignment of Chanukah and Thanksgiving this year.
Last night in Miami, an incredible ‘Chanukah on Ice’ Menorah lighting ceremony was held at the NHL game between the Florida Panthers and the New York Rangers.
Students of the Orange County Chabad Hebrew School, directed by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, participated in a Chanukah contest. Students ages 5-7 made creative dreidels, and students ages 8-13 were challenged to invent a Chanukah-themed board or card game.
Debbie Gross, founder and director of the Crisis Center for Religious Women, a 20-year-old organization that provides emotional support and counseling to victims of abuse (including men, boys and girls) in Israel, was in South Florida last week to talk about abuse in the Jewish community and to reach out to Jewish schools to provide training for teachers and students.
Over the 8 days of Chanukah, Yeshiva students from Tzeirei Hashluchim of Tzfas will be visiting over 40 army bases in northern Israel, on the Lebanese and Syrian borders, bringing the light and joy of Chanukkah to the soldiers who are protecting our holy land on the front lines.
The acrid smell of burning dough filled the Muchnik home in Oxnard Shores on Sunday as the symbolic pieces of bread were intentionally charred in the oven to remind everyone that a piece of everything they make goes to God, according to Racheli Muchnik.
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office said on Tuesday it will take another look at the mysterious death of 55-year old Howard Frank, a 770 beggar who owned a million-dollar photo collection.
Jon Voight, a longtime vocal Hollywood Republican, said he has some concerns about the Obama administration’s recent nuclear deal with Iran.
Jason Feifer, writing for Fast Company Magazine, embarks on the trail of a mysterious online company run by Chasidic Jews that has cracked the secret to making products people want.
A Brooklyn man who wounded four members of a Jewish patrol group was cleared of nearly all charges Wednesday by jurors who placed much of the blame for the 2010 mayhem on the Shomrim volunteers.
