Over the last while the situation in Cuba has degraded quite dramatically. With an additional shortage of all basic food items among many other insufficiencies with dire consequences.
A special Vov Tishrei farbrengen honoring Rebbetzin Chana, the “Mother of Royalty,” will take place Wednesday evening, ו׳ תשרי, at Bais Rivkah on Lefferts Avenue, beginning at 8:00 p.m.
The session, “When Fasting Is Prohibited: Practical Yom Kippur Guidelines for the Sick, Pregnant, Nursing, and Those with Medical Conditions,” will offer clear halachic and medical direction for those navigating the fast under health constraints.
With shortages of essential products and increasingly complex logistical challenges making holiday preparations more difficult, Chabad’s Jewish Relief Network Ukraine (JRNU) launched a large-scale distribution operation to ensure that thousands of Jewish families and elderly residents have the supplies they need for the holidays.
Chabad-Lubavitch of Kenya marked the opening of its new center in Nairobi earlier this month, drawing diplomats, senior Kenyan officials and close to 100 members of the local Jewish community ahead of Rosh Hashanah.
This year’s NCFJE-subsidized Kaporos will run across multiple locations serving Crown Heights, East Flatbush, and Remsen Village, with $5 chickens available at each site and a special Erev Yom Kippur session at 824 Eastern Parkway.
Chabad on Campus Rabbi Shlomo Litvin recently served as the guest chaplain at the United States Congress, where he offered the opening prayer for those in attendance.
Four Jewish graves were relocated today from the new Jewish cemetery in the Chachoengsao area near Bangkok after Thai authorities declined to renew its operating license.
Moscow’s Jewish community has expanded once again with the opening of the city’s 39th Chabad House and Jewish Community Center, providing a new home for Jewish life in the Cheryomushki neighborhood.
As the colder months creep back in, New Yorkers are in line to score checks from the state’s Energy Affordability Program (EAP). The program offers financial relief to households who meet the income levels.
Yisroel Meir Kasowitz (Lauderhill/Hollywood, FL) to Sima Steifel (Longmeadow, MA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 6:00pm at Rubashkin’s Upstairs
In this episode of The Derher Podcast, Rabbi Zushe Winner of Brighton Beach, NY, shares the remarkable story of how his parents became connected to the Rebbe and to Lubavitch, and the special kiruv the Rebbe showed his mother, especially after the passing of his father.
Americans may soon no longer be able to offer a penny for their thoughts — because the 1-cent coin will be relegated to the ash heap of history.
After decades of disconnection, restoration of the historic synagogue in Simferopol is now underway, with the original 5655 (1895) structure being carefully reconstructed under rabbinical supervision. A grand rededication is planned for Adar 5787.
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Yocheved Goldberg OBM, sister of Rabbi Chaim Yehuda Krinsky, longtime personal secretary of the Rebbe. She passed away on Erev Rosh Hashanah, 5786.
A new release from Lubavitch Chazzan Aryeh Leib Hurwitz has hit your platform of choice before this Yom Kippur. Kol Nidrei, orchestrally arranged, may it be a year of high notes and harmony.
Alongside the main event in Larnaca, some 3,000 Jews participated in Rosh Hashanah prayers and programs at seven Chabad centers across Cyprus.
