The small Jewish community in the earthquake-ravaged New Zealand city of Christchurch will celebrate Rosh Hashanah in a rental property because the city’s only synagogue has not yet been repaired.
Concerned about the modesty of women in labor, a group of Orthodox Jewish women is pushing to join Hatzalah, a citywide volunteer ambulance service.
Continuing season two of Torah in Ten, we are pleased to present the twelfth class by Rabbi Chaim Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Kol Menachem on this week’s topic, “The Rebbe on Comics”.
Following Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas address to the 66th session of the General Assembly at the United Nations, in which he submitted their official bid for statehood recognition, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a rousing speech in which he quoted the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The following is his full speech.
Archive video: The first night of selichos with the Rebbe – 23 Elul, 5740 · September 4, 1980. From the weekly video magazine – ‘Living Torah’.
For the droves of adventurous Israelis backpacking their way around the world this High Holiday season – many of them young soldiers straight out of the army – Chabad-Luvabitch centers in such far flung tourist havens as Bangkok and San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, provide not only prayer services and a hot kosher meal, but also a warm, nurturing and spirited home away from home.
Taking the podium of the United Nations General Assembly to educate that body about Israel’s impassioned defense of human rights and contributions to the world community, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to guidance he received from the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, and called on that body to turn away from the injustices of the past and finally confront Islamist terror head on.
The Chabad of the Conejo opened its new Center for Jewish Life on Sun., Sept. 18 with a morning full of speeches, fanfare and celebration—and an expression of gratitude toward a community that has been at once welcoming and supportive.
On Thursday afternoon, the 23rd of Elul, Bnos Chomesh Academy held a Mezuzah installation ceremony at the school’s new location on Kingston and Lincoln.
This Shabbos at the Besht, Rabbi Chaim Miller will lead a discussion titled ‘Three Thing You Never Knew About Teshuva?’
Dovid and Chana Raizel Zaklikowski
525 Lefferts Ave [between Lamont Ct and Kingston Ave]
Zalman and Faiga (nee Kasowitz) Hackner
1461 President St [between Albany and Kingston Ave]
Chaim and Rivky (nee Borenstein) Shabtai
Raiyim Ahuvim, 1614 Carroll Street [corner Schenectady Ave]
Shimy and Tova (nee Morrision) Wilmowsky
1522 President St [between Troy and Albany Ave]
Shlomie and Rochel Frishman
512 Montgomery St [between New York and Brooklyn Ave]
Sholom and Esther Leah (nee Hecht) Zarchi
770 Montgomery St [between Albany and Troy Ave]
Yossi and Sarah Ciment (Richmond, VA)
This Sunday the CH Shaimos truck will be parked on Kingston and President from 11:00am to 8:00pm. Have Sheimos and can’t wait for Pesach? Here is your chance to get it out of your house before Yom Tov!
Mayor Rob Ford wished a Shana Tova Umetukah (Good and Sweet Year) to the Jewish community at a private taping in his office arranged by Rabbi Moshe Steiner of Uptown Chabad.
Pictures from the wedding of Mendy Barber (Sydney, Australia) and Yehudis Davidson (Oak Park, MI) which took place in the Razag Ballroom in Crown Heights.
This August, a dozen young men stayed at their yeshiva for anything but a restful vacation.
At the corner of Albany Street and Lefferts Avenue, Hasidic Jews and blacks shop for fresh produce at the Crown Heights Farmers Market, which opened just last week.
A TEACHER RESPONDS: I recently read an op-ed on your website, and I feel compelled to respond. In the article, the author describes what he perceives as a great accomplishment of his and progress in the right direction for his Yeshiva – namely, the removal of Yiddish from the ULY curriculum.
