Photos: Oholei Torah Marks Tes Adar
Students from the Oholei Torah Mechina division enjoyed a grand breakfast in honor of Tes Adar, commemorating the auspicious day in which the Frierdiker Rebbe came to America.
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Campaign for New Building Launched in Milford, CT
On Motzei Shabbos, Shluchim Rabbi Schneur and Chanie Wilhelm of Chabad of Milford and the Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont held a event to kick-off the restoration and building of their new Jewish Center.
Thief Steals iPad at Wedding, Captured on Surveillance
An individual with a colorful history in his short time in the neighborhood was captured on surveillance video stealing an iPad from the backpack of a man who was attending a Simcha in Crown Heights.
A scene in Williamsburg, Brooklyn from the Hipsters and Hassids series (copyright Elke Reva Sudin)
What is Jewish Art? A Diverse Palette
The question presented at the Hadas Gallery at the Rohr Jewish Center serving Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y., was “What is Jewish Art?” Since it was an artists’ talk, a diverse palette was to be expected. The answers, of course, ran the gamut of Jewish art history, style and perspective.
Paying it Forward, Mentoring a New Generation
Moshie was distraught. He sat in his office, head in hands, willing the numbers to go away. They just didn’t add up. Months of work, thousands of dollars invested, and a brilliant idea lay shattered before him.
Rabbi Y. David Weitman, S. Paulo mayor Gilberto Kassab, former Gov. Claudio Lembo, councilman Floriano Pessaro.
Memorial Center to Jewish Immigration Launches in Brazil
A new cultural center and museum memorializing 100 years of Jewish immigration to Brazil has been launched with a groundbreaking ceremony and the receipt of historic artifacts to be housed in its permanent collection.
WSJ Featuers Front-Page Story on Kiddush Clubs
The Wall Street Journal featured a front-page story, titled “After These Jewish Prayer Services, Things Come ‘To Life’ at Open Bar” on Kiddush Clubs. Florida’s Rabbi Sholom Lipskar explained how in ‘the Shul’s’ Kiddushim l’chaim is said in small cups and it is not a drink-fest.
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Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky, Director of the Chabad Jewish Center, leads services at Knesseth Israel Synagogue. Standing beside him is Joshua Ellin, celebrating his Bar Mitzvah.
Third-Generation Bar Mitzvah at a 100-Year-Old Shul
It was a celebration for the ages, and of many ages in Ellington, Conn., when a synagogue celebrated its 100th birthday with the special birthday of another–the Bar Mitzvah of a boy whose family has been part of the congregation for four generations.
Banquet Recap: Women Hold 50% of Leadership Roles
The Shluchot and nearly 2,000 of their peers, convened at Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn, New York last weekend for the quarter-century International Conference of Chabad Women Emissaries. The annual event draws women from five continents and nearly every country in the world for several days of workshops, inspirational programs, networking opportunities and celebrations. Large Photo Gallery Inside!
Woman of Valor: Who, Me?
This weekend, Crown Heights is proud to host thousands of Shluchos from around the world for the annual Kinnus Hashluchos. With their husbands and children holding down the fort back at home, let’s take a moment to reflect upon the pivotal role of the Jewish woman.
Westport Chabad Buys Building for $1.6 Million
The former Three Bears Restaurant is about to become a religious and community center, the attorney who helped close the deal said Wednesday.
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Chabad of Riverdale Marks 21 Years
A spectacular energy and warm camaraderie infused Chabad of Riverdale’s annual dinner this year. Over 300 friends and supporters, an unprecedented number, joined us to celebrate as Chabad of Riverdale enters its third decade.
The Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, circa 1920's. (Photo: Agudas Chasidei Chabad Library/Lubavitch Archives)
Details of the Rebbe’s Ordination Authenticated
A new volume of the writings of Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg, known as the Seridei Eish after the name of his volumes on Jewish law and the Talmud, authenticates details about his rabbinic ordination of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, which took place in the 1920s while he was living in Berlin, Germany.
Tablet Features Article on the Rebbe and Bobby Fischer
Author Jonathan Zalman prepared a story in long-form for the Tablet Magazine in which he decodes a story of the Rebbe with famed World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer.
Dayanus Test Takes Place Over Web Conference
The first test of the Los Angeles Dayanus program took place over the internet where the students were tested by Rabbi Dovid Shochet, the cheif Rabbi of Toronto.
Nashville Celebrates CommUNITY Torah with Great Joy
Gathered in the sunlight of the magnificent ballroom in the new Genesis Campus for Jewish Life, many friends came together to celebrate the conclusion of the writing of the Nashville Community Torah with Chabad of Nashville, and the Shluchim Rabbi Yitzchok and Esther Tiechtel.
Archives of Nissan Mindel to be Published
In 1940 Chabad had begun its inception in the United States, there at the very beginning was Rabbi Dr. Nissan Mindel who had documented and preserved much of the history of Chabad in America. Today, after much anticipation and great demand, a book devoted to these works will be published.
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