The NBA Calls Chabad For Their Rosh Hashana Needs
On Wednesday, September 16, 2020, The NBA reached out to Chabad of Greater Orlando to help provide them with their Rosh Hashanah needs.
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New Center For Chabad At Oberlin
Chabad Oberlin’s new center is also the city’s first ever synagogue and independent Jewish community structure. Opening its doors just in time for the start of the new academic year, the reconstructed 19th century home took five years and many hiccups to build.
JEM: Pictorial Highlights 22 Elul, 1991
Each time the Rebbe distributed dollars, individuals were touched and lives were impacted. Presented here are photos of several highlights and encounters from Sunday Dollars of 22 Elul 1991 (5751).
Chaim Osher Kahanov (far left) was a diamond polisher whose quiet personality belied a larger-than-life biography. Seen here with fellow members of the board of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, including its chairman Rabbi Dovid Raskin (second from right) delivering shmurah matzah to the mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, mid 1980s. Photo: Raskin Family Archives.
Obituary: Chaim Osher Kahanov, 96, Quiet Chassid Who Escaped Soviet Union Twice
Deeply embedded within the biography of Lubavitcher Chassidim in the 20th century is the story of the Great Escape from the Soviet Union. Just after World War II, from early mid-1946 until New Year’s Day 1947, more than 1,000 Lubavitcher men, women and children illegally fled the Soviet Union using purchased or doctored Polish citizenship documents. The story of Chaim Osher Kahanov.
Rabbi Zalman and Goldy Sandhaus with their children and their tractor at Pardess Chabad Farm in New York's Hudson Valley.
The Chabad Farm House: 25 Acres of Judaism in New York’s Hudson Valley
Rabbi Sandhaus and his wife, Goldy, a veteran educator, bought the 25-acre farm in 2019 to serve as an educational, spiritual and communal hub for Jewish life throughout New York’s Hudson Valley. Just a year later, the farm is bustling with activity.
Gone To Ghana
Bitten by the travel bug? Flying is not what it used to be–not since the pandemic. Thankfully, there’s still virtual travel. Join us each #ThursdayTravel as we take a virtual tour of one of the 5000 communities around the globe served by Chabad. Fasten your seatbelts.
YKTH The Camp That Achieved the Impossible
When the Director of YKTH, Eli Rosenfeld, together with Menahel Gashmi Chaim Heber, set out to create an entire summer program from scratch, they could not have imagined just how incredible it would turn out to be. They had achieved the impossible.
Emunah Finishes a Safe and Healthy Summer
In 1953 Rabbi JJ Hecht approached our Rebbe with a revolutionary idea. He proposed establishing a residential summer camp for Jewish girls, for Lubavitcher girls. He would call it Emunah – faith and truth. The Rebbe hesitated and then gave his blessings and directives. The rest is history. Until 2020.
Mayanei Hayeshua: Forty Years to the Renaissance of Simchas Beis Hashoevah
The upcoming holiday of Sukkos will mark 40 years since the Rebbe revitalized the celebration of Simchas Beis Hashoeva in our times. These Sichos, unique in their style, were the “Mayanei Hayeshua,” the source of inspiration for the dancing which would follow. This year, Lahak Hanochos is publishing the full collection of those sichos from those twelve years.
BREAKING: Historic Agreement To Normalize Ties Between Israel and The United Arab Emirates
A truly historic moment in history took place Thursday, August 13th, as an agreement was finalized that would bring normalization of ties between the State of Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
JEM: High Quality Recordings Of The Rebbe From The 50’s and 60’s to be Published
In the emerging field of audio/video restoration, few organizations can match the output of Jewish Educational Media’s archive. With 40 years of recordings of the Rebbe collected and documented, a priceless collection of audio material has thankfully been preserved, plucked from the dustbin of history.
JEM: shreinu To Launch Epic Undertaking Of Historic Restoration
Throughout the past months as the world trembled before our eyes, one thought kept crossing the mind of chassidim everywhere. How would the Rebbe respond? How would the Rebbe view the natural and man-made disasters dominating the news cycle? The Answer can be found in the Rebbe’s Torah, and for JEM, that means making it more accessible by all.
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz) (Photo: The Steinsaltz Center)
Obituary: Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz), 83, Renowned Scholar, Author and Devoted Chassid
Rabbi Adin Even-Israel (Steinsaltz), the world-famous Talmudist, Kabbalist, educator, community rabbi, philosopher, prolific author—and, above all, devoted Chassid—who was internationally regarded as one of the leading rabbis of this century, and was once hailed by Time magazine as a “once-in-a-millennium scholar,” passed away in Jerusalem on Aug. 7. He was 83 years old.
Norman Rosenbaum, upper right, speaking at a rally soon after the anti-Semitic murder of his brother, Yankel, in the 1991 Crown Heights riots. Listening were, l. to r., future New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor Ed Koch, and U.S. Senator Al D'Amato.
Obituary: His Brother’s Keeper: Norman Rosenbaum, 63, Fierce Advocate for Justice
For more than a decade, Norman Rosenbaum was a fixture in New York City, a fiery Australian who became a fixture on front pages and nightly newscasts for his impassioned speeches—many on the steps of City Hall, demanding justice in the face of entrenched anti-Semitism after the infamous 1991 Crown Heights riots, in which his younger brother Yankel was brutally murdered. Rosenbaum passed away on July 25 in Melbourne, Australia. He was 63 years old.
New Book Spotlights National Treasure
When Rabbis Elkanah Shmotkin and Boruch Oberlander began research on the Rebbe’s upbringing in Nikolayev, Ukraine, for Jewish Educational Media’s Early Years, they could not have imagined the political and cultural impact their work would have on the local populace. Now, nearly fifteen years after the initial contact with the Ukrainian government, a new book has been published by the State Archives of the Nikolayev Region.
Moshiach Cake Contest For Children
A special opportunity to make Moshiach real and exciting for children at home or at camp has been launched in the form of the Moshiach Cake Contest.
The “Mezuzah Controversy”, An Interview With Sofer Menachem Moskowitz
Rabbi Menachem Moskowitz, a Sofer for over 30 years, is the son in law of the Rebbe’s Sofer, Rabbi Eliezer Zirkind z”l. He was under the tutelage (Shimush) of Rabbi Zirkind for 28 years, and had unparalleled access to him throughout the years. He gave an interview to CrownHeights.info regarding the simmering “mezuzah” controversy that has taken place in Crown Heights.
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