In Episode 63 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Manis Friedman, whose six decades of Jewish outreach as a public speaker, influencer, social media personality and prime mover of the revolutionary women’s school Bais Chana have touched millions of lives.
Centrally located in Miami Gardens, just minutes away from Lubavitch Educational Center’s boys and girls schools, the new facility will provide much-needed space for the rapidly growing Mesivta to thrive.
Chaim V’Chessed continues to be inundated with calls relating to the ongoing Iran crisis. Below is a roundup of the latest developments regarding travel to and from Israel, evacuation options, and government services.
Two people were killed Monday when an Iranian missile with a fragmentation warhead fell on a construction site in the central city of Yehud.
The opportunity to build came in 2019, when the neighboring house went on the market. It was quickly purchased by a family close to Chabad at OSU, and later transferred to Chabad. From the outset, the vision had to match the scale of the university.
With great sadness we report the passing of Rabbi Menachem Mendel New OBM, one of the esteemed elder members of the Anash community in Melbourne, Australia. He passed away on Monday, the 20th of Adar, 5786.
I watched some of these young students, who themselves had barely eaten, offering food to fellow passengers from their flights simply because someone else might be hungry. No announcement. No instructions. Just responsibility for others.
Chabad photographer Dovber Hechtman captured Rocket Interceptors flying above Eretz Yisroel as Iranian and Hezbollah missiles attempt to penetrate the country’s defenses.
Schneur Sternbach (Crown Heights) to Shternie Gerlitzky (Crown Heights)
Rabbi Benny Zippel, the Chabad Shliach to Utah, sat down with Yisroel Teitelbaum of the Jew Project for a portrait.
Dov Frommer (Livingston, NJ) to Menucha Libman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 7:00pm at La Salsa 1345 President Street
A growing dispute within the U.S. military chaplaincy has drawn the attention of Jewish leaders after chaplains affiliated with the Messianic movement — a movement that blends Jewish ritual with Christian beliefs — began wearing the traditional insignia reserved for Jewish chaplains.
Yisroel Gurary (Montreal, Canada) to Mina Bracha Tiechtel (Lawrence, KS) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at F.R.E.E.
Mendel Tamezgui (S. Paulo, Brazil) to Tanya Andrusier (Bal Harbor, FL) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:00pm at Albany Manor 585 Albany Ave.
How did a squirrel intrigue a young boy in Toronto to begin learning Chassidus? How did the Rebbe respond to a first letter from a bochur in a Litvishe yeshiva?
Dovid Paul (Morristown, NJ) to Moussia Khanin (Buffalo, NY) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 7:30pm at 25 Lake Valley Rd, Morristown, NJ 07960
In a moving display of respect for Jewish tradition, Chief Rabbi of Estonia Efraim Šmuel Kot was formally presented with the Order of the White Star, III Class, during a special ceremony held at the Tallinn synagogue on February 16.
