NYS Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a new bill sponsored by Senator Jessica Ramos and Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, which will require state correctional facilities to provide kosher and halal food options at vending machines and commissary areas.
This Chanukah included many firsts, including the first time a public Menorah proudly stands in Stoufville, ON. Its located at the Whitchurch-Stouffville Leisure Centre and was put up by Rabbi Yossi Vorovitch of Chabad Jewish Centre of Georgina.
As every year, there were three major Menorah lightings in Yerushalayim, at a central station, at Zion Square, and at the Jaffa Gate.
The mayor, deputy mayor and representatives of the local and district government all participated in the ceremony of lighting the first candle of Chanukah which took place in the Jewish community center of Smolensk, led by the local shliach and chief Rabbi of the city, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Mondshine.
On the fourth anniversary of the Jersey City antisemitic attack, and as war rages in Israel, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy joined Chabad of Hoboken in lighting the Menorah outside Hoboken City Hall.
Each year, Chabad of Columbus, Ohio, which Rabbi Kaltmann directs with his wife Esther, kicks off the festival of Chanukah—which begins this year Thursday evening, Dec. 7 and concludes Friday evening, Dec. 15—with a huge celebration of Jewish pride. Dubbed “Maccabee Landing,” it’s a thrilling way for Columbus’s Jewish kids and their families to get into the Chanukah spirit.
The venerable American tradition of Monday Night Football will meet the ancient Jewish holiday of Chanukah this evening in front of hundreds of thousands of NFL fans at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Before and during the nationally televised Miami Dolphins vs. Tennessee Titans game, Chabad-Lubavitch at the Stadium will host a Chanukah celebration and Jewish Heritage Night at the Dolphins home.
What is this video about? Reb Eliezer Schwartz is a baal-tzedakah who loves helping his fellow Jews. While returning on a train to be on time to light the Menorah in his home, he notices that he is being watched by two passengers. With the power of Tehillim and Bitachon, his night of adventure begins!
The IDF cleared for publication on Monday afternoon the names of seven more IDF soldiers who had fallen Sunday.
Beginning in 1914, this upscale Jewish club met there at 19 Rogers Avenue at Dean to plan wildly ambitious efforts to transform Brooklyn. By 1944, the club moved to Park Slope and another transformative movement took residence: the first Chabad yeshiva in the USA.
Chabad artist Yitzchak Moully created a new Chanukah mural for the first day of Chanukah 5784. Shine your light and together we can remove all darkness.
From national capitals and parliaments to state legislatures and small town squares—presidents, governors, ministers, mayors, legislators and other officials marked the Chanukah holiday with Jewish communities around the world.
In time for Chanukah and responding to the recent events in Eretz Yisrael, singer and Chazzan Leibel Hecht releases a touching Chanukah single, “Burn Bright – A Letter to My Chanukah Candles.”
Chabad photographer Mordechai Lubecki captured the moments of the Chanukah Live Broadcast taking place at the Eiffel Tower.
Bochurim and Anash complete 25% of Cheilek Beis with Project Melukat initiative.
For the fifth time in just six months AreivimUSA is paying out to a Chabad family from that has lost a parent.
This evening (Sunday), the lighting ceremony for the fourth night of Chanuka took place at the Western Wall, attended by the rabbi of the Western Wall and holy sites, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz; US Ambassador to Israel Jacob Lew; Health Minister Rabbi Uriel Busso; Western Wall Heritage Foundation director Suli Eliav; Magen David Adom director Eli Bin, and MDA volunteers.
