On Sunday, 5th of Shevat, friends and family will join Rabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk and the Jewish community of Bozeman, Montana for a once in a lifetime celebration, the inauguration of two new Torahs to the local Chabad House. One of the Torahs is being dedicated in memory of the Shliach’s mother, and beloved Beis Rivkah teacher, Mrs. Chanchy Bruk of belssed memory.
The Chabad Student Network of Ottawa (CSN) delivered close to 150 hot dogs and peanut butter sandwiches to the homeless on Wednesday, as part of an initiative co-organized by the Jewish fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi.
Mendy and Dina (nee Sherr) Saacks (Flatbush)
Living in an age where the sixty second sound bites rules and a world of information can be carried in the palm of your hand, we constantly look ahead to the next new obsession, making it more important than ever to stay connected to our roots in order to ensure that as time continues its exorable march forward, the legacy that is our past stays fresh in our minds. As the last living witnesses to the horrors of Hitler’s unspeakable schemes live out their golden years, the movement to deny the Holocaust gains momentum, seeking to eradicate one of the defining periods in Jewish history by revising the annals of history.
It’s the hipsters vs. the Hasids in Crown Heights. Religious Jews are upset at their new, young neighbors for everything from women wearing shorts; bar hopping and sunbathing.
Yosef and Henny (nee Gelerenter) Wolowik (Los Angeles, CA)
In an article published about two weeks ago, Francine Klagbrun of the Jewish Week published an opinion column where, after complimenting Chabad for their genuine outreach to every Jew, regardless of financial means, offers a laundry list of old complaints about Chabad. Rabbi Tuvia Teldon, Director of Chabad in Long Island, wrote the following letter in response:
In Jewish homes it’s customary to start the sabbath on Friday with challah, a braided bread that celebrates God’s historic blessings for the Jewish people and ever-present love. But while the making of challah was once routinely passed from mother to daughter, the tradition now is not as common in families because of people’s busy lives.
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A workman was spotted today doing repair work in a well frequented location in Crown Heights. Can you identify where it is? [Update: Answer in the Extended Article]
In this 16th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how she had given away her last bites of bread to a starving Jew.
A former intern’s crusade to bring kosher food back to the Senate bore fruit Monday with the beginning of a trial run at the Dirksen Senate Office Building’s cafeteria.
With the launch of the first Russian language Rohr Jewish Learning Institute course February 6, Jews in formerly communist countries will join the ranks of their brethren everywhere else as they participate in a richer Jewish life experience with the benefit of advanced learning opportunities.
The Russian Jewish Congress announced on Tuesday that it had sent a letter of protest to regional officials over the decision to replace a memorial plaque to Jews killed in the Holocaust with one that mentions only “peaceful citizens of Rostov-on-Don and Soviet prisoners of war.”
On the 26th of November 2008 the world recoiled in horror as the infamous Mumbai terror attacks unfolded. Three days later, unthinkable death and devastation remained. For the Jewish community the brutal murder of Chabad emissaries Gabi and Rivka Holtzberg highlighted the vulnerability of many that stand at the forefront of community work in remote corners of the globe.
In this video from the National Jewish Retreat, Mrs. Anita Schorr, a Holocaust survivor and recent Baal Teshuva, relates her very moving and emotional story.
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