From Zhytomyr in West Ukraine to Ashkelon in Southern Israel, and then swiftly to Kfar Chabad in Central Israel, five 13-year-old teenage boys from FJC’s ‘Alumim’ orphanage and children’s home have at last had the opportunity to celebrate their significant milestone in a unique and heartfelt event.
Rabbi Pesach Burston and his sister Rivkah Rochel Greenberg will be observing Shiva in Crown Heights following the passing of Rabbi Chaim Binyomin Burston OBM. Location in extended article.
A lucky Powerball ticketholder in Michigan won the estimated $842 million jackpot Monday night, according to the lottery’s website.
Of all the terrified faces on the morning of October 7th, I remember Amichai’s anguished features distinctly. He needed to go back. The distance was killing him. He sat in my Sukkah on Shemini Atzeret afternoon. Yes, he had always thought he might end up at war, even in the reserves, but never in Gaza.
The young Jewish men and women who chose to come to the scene of one of the most horrific attacks in Jewish history were part of the Chabad Young Professionals (CYP) Mission to Israel. Organized by CYP’s chapter on New York City’s Upper East Side and including people from across the country, the group spent the week focusing on providing multifaceted support to the Israeli communities devastated in the wake of the attacks.
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Itkin, an acclaimed teacher, mashpia (Chassidic mentor) and kashrut executive who brought his tireless enthusiasm for Torah study and Chassidic philosophy and customs to the Pittsburgh Jewish community for more than 40 years, passed away on 7 Tevet (December 18). He was 69 years old.
A 30-year-old Jewish man from Kharkiv, Ukraine, was laid to rest Monday after he was killed during a barrage of Russian airstrikes over the weekend.
Mazel Tov to the proud Stamford Hill parents on the arrival of their baby boy, the first baby born in the UK in 2024. Yup, this frum baby boy was born at “00:01”.
Michoel Abraham (South Africa) to Rochele Blau (Crown Heights)
Amidst the current challenges on campuses worldwide, Chabad on Campus students on the LivingLinks trip walked out of Auschwitz determined to stand firm and proud in their commitment to Yiddishkiet.
In honor of the Rambam’s yartzeit on Chof Teves, Lubavitch Educational Center’s Boys Elementary School in Florida commended three of their teachers who also volunteer with Hatzalah as EMTs: Rabbis Asher Sossonko, 5th grade rebbi, Aharon Spielman, 4th grade rebbi, and Mendel Stern, 5th grade rebbi.
Uziel Rubashkin (Postville, IA) to Miriam Greenberg (Buffalo, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Monday, 8:30pm at Rubashkin’s 1349 President St.
A Powerball player (or players) could begin 2024 on a high note: the current jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $810 million ahead of the next drawing.
Herher is excited to present a highly dramatic new Derher for Kids episode, where a young bochur is sent to Russia on a daunting mission.
Amputee civilians and soldiers from the Iron Swords war came to the Western Wall to say a psalm of thanksgiving and to pray for the recovery of wounded friends and IDF soldiers
An intoxicated New Years reveler discovered the perils of driving drunk early Monday morning when he attempted to drive the wrong way up Albany Ave and crashed into a parked school bus.
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Menachem Aron, who directs Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia (RARA) with his wife Shevi, has been named one of the recipients of the Jewish Changemaker Award, given annually to 36 people under 36 years old who are impacting Jewish life in Australia.
