Rabbi Bentzion Butman got a royal welcome earlier this month when Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni invited the director of the Chabad-Lubavitch center in Phnom Penh to a ceremony in celebration of the Asian country’s version of Arbor Day.
After moving between several temporary locations in Westport in recent years, the Jewish outreach group Chabad Lubavitch of Westport appears to have found a home that is just right.
Last weekend, the founding conference of the Forum for Young Rabbis in Europe ended. The Forum was established by the Rabbinical Centre of Europe following the request of the chief rabbis of cities and communities in Europe to form a group of young rabbis who will share experiences and will receive help in cultivating leadership and skills within the rabbinate.
Eliyahu Jayson (San Francisco, CA) and Lena Chava Rhodes (Daytona Beach, FL)
The Jewish community of Hamburg, Germany marked a festive occassion with the arrival of new Shluchim Rabbi and Mrs. Shmuel Havlin and their two young sons. They will be in charge of the activities of the Chabad House and kehilla after the city’s Shliach Rabbi Yissochor Shlomo Bistritzky was appointed Chief Rabbi of the city.
An organization founded in 2009 to provide financial support and specialized programming for Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries raising children with special needs inaugurated its West Coast chapter with an event at the Cheder Menachem day school in Los Angeles.
More than 50 Jewish women along with 70 children participated in a unique summer camp in Zhitomir, Western Ukraine. The attendees were needy single parents and their children from 24 remote villages in the region.
Peg Perego recalled hundreds of thousands of strollers Tuesday because children can become trapped and strangled between trays on them. One death has already been reported.
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The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has given $1 million each to the Jewish Agency and Chabad to help them guard against anti-Semitic and terrorist attacks.
Is the Chabad lifestyle sustainable? I believe it is not; here is why.
A Beis Rivka school bus filled with children on their way to school this morning sideswiped a garbage truck as they were traveling alongside each other on Eastern Parkway. Thankfully no one was injured and neither vehicle sustained significant damage. Hatzalah was summoned as a precaution and ensured that all the children were okay.
Bruce Backman (Crown Heights/Manhattan, NY) and Rivka Lenchner (Brooklyn, NY)
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As soon as word was received of the horrific terror attack that took place at the airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, Chabad Terror Victims Project mobilized its staff, volunteers, and resources throughout Israel to provide comfort and assistance to the victims and their families as they returned home.
Avremi and Samantha (nee Panigel) Epstein (Coral Springs, FL)
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In May of 2001, Seth and Sherri Mandel received the worst news that a parent could hear: their eldest son, Koby, had been cruelly murdered.
Campers at Gan Yisroel Parksville had a blast at the water park last week. [Please note: Video has music in the background.]
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