Anthology Examines Women’s Experiences in Jewish Life

BINGHAMTOM, NY — When Rivkah Slonim was a new bride, the Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, assigned her and her husband Aaron to serve as a bridge to Judaism on a large and important American university campus. The decision was unexpected. Rivkah Sternberg came from a Chasidic family that could trace its roots at least as far back as the Maggid of Mezritch. She was a bit of a rebel, articulate and outspoken.

Jewish Center in Greenacres Starts Writing New Torah Scroll

GREENACRES, FL — Menachem Mendel Korf, 8, was an integral part of the creation of a holy, sacred document.

He wrote the Hebrew letter mem in the word “vayomer,” Hebrew for “and he said,” in the third line of a new Torah scroll, the Jewish holy book.

On State Dept. Missions, Nuclear Scientist Checks in With Chabad

His travels are related to preoccupying concerns of international political leaders, but this nuclear scientist says that it’s his encounters with Chabad around the world that inspire him in his travels.

SANTA FE, NM — Steven Gitomer’s State Department funded missions to prevent nuclear scientists from selling their knowledge to rogue states takes him to distant outposts of the former Soviet Union. Whether his plane lands in Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Moldova, or Russia, Gitomer makes a point of spending Shabbat with Chabad.

Montreal Day School Singled Out for Academic Excellence

MONTREAL, Canada — Canada’s Fraser Institute named Beth Rivkah Academy of Montreal, a Jewish day school operated by Chabad-Lubavitch, as one of the top performing secondary schools in Quebec.

Donetsk Citizens Commemorate Holocaust Victims

DONETSK, Ukraine — In the lead-up to the Day of Catastrophe and Heroism, which is marked in Ukraine in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust, the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk hosted a solemn meeting.

Multiple Jewish organizations operating in this industrial region united forces with local authorities to organize this event. Among them were the Jewish community of Donetsk – a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine – the regional Chesed, the ‘Ukraine-Israel’ Society, the Donetsk City Administration, and the Regional Administration.