Russia’s Rabbis Gather for a Regional Shabbaton
Community rabbis from across Russia gathered this past weekend for in Rostov-on-don for a regional Shabbaton hosted by local community rabbis Rabbi Chaim Danzinger and Rabbi Shmuel Stolin.
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The Origins of Life: How Chai Was Born
Chai means Life! Where did this life begin? Who started this life? Where did the vibrant chayos being celebrated all this week come from?
Gone But Never Forgotten: 26 Years Since The Murder of Ari Halberstam, HY”D
On the 23rd of Adar, 1994, a Lebanese terrorist named Rashid Baz opened fire on a van full of Lubavitcher Bochurim on the Brooklyn Bridge. In the attack, Ari Halberstam, HYD, was killed. 26 years after the murder, which shocked the world, we present a collection of videos and news broadcasts which gave broad coverage to the incident.
Rudy Vogel, left, with Rabbi Chaim Kosofsky, center and fellow students who completed the study of Apples from the Orchard—a tome of 1,117 pages of “Gleanings from the Mystical Teachings of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria (the Arizal) on the Weekly Torah Portion.”
A Journey in Mystical Study From a DP Camp to Longmeadow, Mass.
by Aharon Loschak – chabad.org As World War II drew to a close, Margarete Miller found herself lost and disoriented in a displaced persons (DP) camp somewhere in Europe, her home town of Bremen, Germany, flattened by Allied carpet bombing. […]
Celebrants danced down the streets of Reykjavik, Iceland, to mark the first-ever completion and inauguration of a Torah scroll on the European island.
Iceland Welcomes Its First Native-Born Torah Scroll
History was made in Iceland as celebrants danced down the streets of Reykjavik Feb. 16, to mark the first-ever completion and inauguration of a Torah scroll on the European island, following a reception last Thursday at the home of the U.S. Ambassador to Iceland.
A Tale of Two Solomons
Rabbi Meir Shimon Moscowitz, regional director of Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois, says he avoids perusing the extensive files of his late father, Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, who served as regional director until his untimely passing in 2014, because “once I start reading, I’ll get sucked into it, and before I know it the entire day will have passed.” But this time, it was worth it.
GWU Hosts Event to Commemorate 75 Years Since Liberation of Auschwitz
On Sunday January 26th, the Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Life at GW held a screening of a Holocaust documentary followed by a Question & Answer session with survivors to commemorate 75th anniversary of the liberation of Aushwitz-Birkenau by the Russian army on January 27th, 1945.
500 Communities to Promote Inclusion in Mental Health and Disability at ShabbaTTogether
Honoring February’s designation as “Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month,” more than 500 communities will be participating in ShabbaTTogether, an annual weekend focused on championing inclusion. This year, a focus will be placed on mental health and supporting and welcoming those who live with mental illness.
Seth Frydberg was sworn in as the newest deputy sheriff in Bexar County, Texas, with the help of his father, Felix Frydberg, center, the son of Holocaust survivors, as Sheriff Javier Salazar, left, looked on.
There’s a New Sheriff In Town—and He’s Wearing a Kippah
San Antonio’s new sheriff’s deputy visibly and proudly displayed his Judaism at graduation through a kippah and his new uniform.
1200 USC Students Reserve for Campus’s Shabbat Dinner for 1000
On Friday night, January 31st, more than 1200 Trojans will dine al fresco at the University of Southern California, where the day’s forecast is a balmy 80. The West Coast’s largest annual Shabbat dinner brings together Jewish undergrad and graduate students at this prestigious research university. Four giant tents, set up in the parking lot of Sigma Pi, a neighboring fraternity, will feature 120 round tables and dozens of spare chairs.
Photo: Sholem Srugo
Young Professionals Take in Jewish Pride on the Streets of Brooklyn
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 […]
Controversy Swirls Around Alleged New Picture of the Rebbe Rashab
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.
Ukrainian Parliament Marks Holocaust Day With Shliach
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.
Chabad Providing Food to Firefighters and Aid to Australian Bush Fire’s Evacuees
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.
Judge Ruchie Freier Meets Israeli President Reuven Rivlin
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.
Moroccan government officials joined the Jewish community's Chanukah festivities for the first time. (L-R: Rabbi Levi Banon, director of Jeunesse Chabad of Morocco; Armand Azeroual, president of Chabad institutions in Morocco; Gabriel Ruimy, president of David Hamelech Synagogue of Casablanca; Said Ahmidouch, wali of Casablanca-Settat region; Serge Berdugo, ambassador-at-large and president of the Council of Jewish Communities; Rachid Afirat, the governor of Casablanca-Anfa prefecture; and Pierre Sibony, president of the SOC.)
In Historic First, Moroccan Gov. Officials Headline Casablanca Hanukkah Festivities
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.
5th Annual Chanukah on the Park For Chabad of Forest Hills North
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.
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