by Aharon Loschak – chabad.org Headlines around the world may be sounding the alarm on anti-Semitism, but this past weekend in one neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., only Jewish pride and joy were on display. Ask Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Getzy Markowitz of […]
A new picture said to be of the Rebbe Rashab that surfaced Thursday morning has stirred up a lot of heated discussion concerning its authenticity.
For the first time in history, the Ukrainian Parliament marked Holocaust Day, with the participation of Chief Rabbi and Head Shliach of Kiev, Rabbi Yonathan Markovitch.
Our Big Kitchen, a kitchen established to feed the needy is at the forefront of providing meals to firefighters battling bush fires in Australia. The kitchen has been hosting upward of 200 volunteers per day in two shifts as Australia battles the worst bush fires in its history.
Hon. Ruchie Freier, the first Hasidic Female Judge in US History, was invited for Chanukah to visit the Israeli Presidents Residence where she was given an exclusive tour in the Presidents Chambers, and then had a meeting with President Reuven Rivlin.
History was made in Muslim Morocco on Sunday evening when for the first time ever two prominent government officials attended the Jewish community’s Chanukah festivities.
On the first night of Chanukah hundreds of locals and visitors, ranging from children to seniors attended “Chanukah on the Park,” a Chabad of Forest Hills North tradition since 2015.
On a blustery first night of Chanukah in 1975, more than 1,000 Jews crowded into San Francisco’s Union Square to witness the first giant public menorah-lighting in modern history. Here is the story and history.
The eight day Jewish festival of Chanukah commenced in Canberra with festive community events – the highlights being the 6th annual ceremony in Canberra Parliament’s Reception Room as well as a community fair including the lighting of the National Menorah at Chabad ACT’s HQ. This year’s theme was “Bringing World Peace”.
For more than 200 years in Chabad-Lubavitch communities around the world—in the best of circumstances and the worst—these early winter days have been dedicated to preparing for the Chassidic holiday of Yud Tes Kislev, the 19th day of the Hebrew month of Kislev. here are some examples from throughout Chabad History.
Robin Levin from Lander, Wyoming, drove 3 hours to Jackson Hole to partake in the simcha of young Shlucha, Chayale Mendelsohn, the first Chassidic Bas Mitzvah in the State of Wyoming. Here’s how she summed up her experience in an email she sent to her Shluchim, Rabbi Zalman and Raizy Mendelsohn:
The Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Miami in Florida announced that it will be traveling to Rostov-on-Don, Russia, to commemorate the 100th yartzeit of the Rebbe Rashab, the 5th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch.
The people of Modi’in have some pretty big shoes to fill come every Chanukah. The city, located in Israel’s center midway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, is the illustrious epicenter of the Chanukah story and hometown of its heroes—the larger-than-life Maccabees and their emboldened leader and father, Matisyahu, the Hasmonean priest.
Mr. Avi Piamenta is a virtuoso flutist and singer who performs around the world. He lives in Israel, where he was interviewed in December of 2018. The full text of the Rebbe’s letter can be found in Likkutei Sichot volume 38 page 179.
Rabbi Ceitlin, Shliach to Metairie, Louisiana, shares a story of helping a Jewish woman find a proper burial, with lots of Hashgacha Pratis.
JText, a new and innovative method of engaging teenagers, has met major success. With the challenge of competing against the brightly lit screens of today’s technology, JText is a breakthrough.
JLI’s new course this fall, Worrier to Warrior, has struck a chord with the public across the country and the globe with many shluchim seeing unusually high numbers of participants. Multiple shluchim report a significant increase in student enrollment, with some experiencing their largest turnout in JLI history.
