The Quebec government is preparing to introduce controversial legislation that would restrict religious symbols in numerous places, including Kippas worn by orthodox Jews.
Two Lubavitch owned companies took the #126 and #568 spots on this year’s Inc. Magazine’s 5000 fastest growing private companies of 2013. This marks the first time the number has gotten smaller in four years.
Mendy and Yossi Rotenstreich of Chabad of Gramercy Park in Manhattan join borough president Scott Stringer as he places a Mezuzah, the Jewish symbol of empowerment and protection, on the entrance to his campaign headquarters hours before his second debate against former governor Elliot Spitzer in the race for comptroller of New York City.
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present this photo of a group of Shluchim from around the globe at a gathering in the early 1980s. How many of them can you identify?
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima for: Pesach Simcha ben Baila and Shayna Chaya bas Rochel Leah.
In honor of Chai Elul, Anash and all Jews worldwide are invited to participate in a learning campaign, with the chance to win big prizes.
Since its inception over a year ago ago, the Betzalel Gallery has become known as the definitive source for fine Judaic art. The gallery’s distinctiveness is evident both in the stature of its artists and a rare quality, reflecting the richness and warmth of Jewish heritage, that is recognizable in its art.
Mendy Pellin and his Jew-bel-ish productions bring us another entertaining video, with the aim of boosting shul attendance this Rosh Hashana among those suffering from ‘temple fear.’
Mendy and Chaya Mushka Drookman (Crown Heights)
Menachem and Chaya Ladayev (Paris, France)
Zachary Ruttenberg first connected with Chabad last year in Mumbai, India, where he was living at the time. Two young rabbinical students from the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., showed up at the synagogue where he was praying—Magen David in Colaba—and said if he was ever in Brooklyn, he should look them up. A year and several countries later, Ruttenberg did just that; he reconnected with one of them.
Chabad on the ‘First Coast’ is rolling out the red carpet for Rabbi Mendel and Dini Sharfstein, along with their two children – the newest recruits to the growing Chabad faculty in the greater Jacksonville area.
It was a bittersweet moment for campers and staff at CGI Parksville, as they posed together for a portrait before bidding farewell to the camp where they spent the summer of their lives.
On a piece of land that stood vacant for about seven years after a groundbreaking ceremony, hundreds gathered Aug. 18 to dedicate the new Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Chandler, Arizona.
A 32-year-old African-American man was found dead in Crown Heights Wednesday morning. He was shot near the corner of Sterling Pl. and Rochester Ave.
In time for the upcoming school year an exciting new website has been launched.
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