Over 220 people, including men, women and children, packed into the Giffnock Shul hall in Glasgow, Scotland Thursday night, Yud Tes Kislev, for the Lubavitch of Scotland pre-Chanukah Concert with 8th Day.
The Chabad House in Colaba, Mumbai, one of the six targets of the bloody terror attacks on November 26, 2013, will reinvent itself in less than six months as a restaurant, a community hall and a museum to the memory of those killed by terrorists at this Jewish outreach center.
Police arrested a middle-eastern looking man outside 770 this afternoon, alert passersby noticed he was taking photos of ‘Jewish’ buildings on Eastern Parkway and around Crown Heights and called the police.
A large banner by the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn adorns the front of the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, wishing everyone and their loved ones a “Happy Chanukah!”
The New York Boys Choir performs their new hit single, ‘Miracle,’ released just in time for Chanukah.
Rabbi Shaya Shafit, a Mohel in Russia, just performed his 5,774th Bris Milah, the same as the number of years since creation.
Gunshots rang out on Carroll Street as men were returning home from Shul after Shabbos two weeks ago. One man was struck twice by bullets and was rushed to the hospital. This morning, police announced the arrest of the suspected shooter.
During the Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen of the year 5727 (1966), which was on a Friday, the Rebbe referred to it as “The Long Yud Tes Kislev.” The Rebbe advised that chassidim continue to commemorate the Yomtov for days after.
Pictures from the wedding of Yossi Mellul and Goldi Dray, which took place in the hall of the Beis Chaya Mushka girls’ school in Paris, France.
This large Menorah was erected last night by Rabbi Yanki and Esty Jacobs, Shluchim to the south of Amsterdam, in the city’s prestigious Financial District.
Rabbi Benny Hershcovich, Shliach in Cabo, Mexico, delivers his brief and hilarious thoughts on Chanukah, titled ‘Go Beyond Your Knishes!’
A crowded warehouse north of downtown Houston is packed with holiday floats for the annual thanksgiving day parade, but there’s one there that is very different. It’s the pride and joy of Rabbi Mendy Traxler.
On November 11, 2013, 354 menorah sets were shipped to various destinations around the world. From California to Florida, from Nigeria all the way to Belgium, these packages were shipped to the students of the Jewish Online School who are participating for the first time ever in a global mission: “Light It Up.”
This past Motzei Shabbos, on the coldest night of the year so far, many women braved the icy wind and gathered at the Maple Street Shul, otherwise known as the home of Itchke’s Shtiebel, to mark Yud Tes and Chof Kislev and to prepare for Chanukah with a women’s only Melave Malka.
Mayor-Elect of New York City Bill de Blasio met with Israeli President Shimon Peres today.
Police have announced the arrest of a 13-year-old black teen, who was charged with assault and aggravated harassment in connection with the beating of Jewish boy on President Street. The motive behind the attack was not ‘knockout,’ rather bullying. Updated.
Chicago’s annual Yud Tes Kislev farbrengen was held on Thursday Night at The Bellows Center-FREE of Chicago, with Rabbonim, Shluchim and Anash from all over the city and its suburbs in attendance.
