Historical Synagogue in Bad Homburg Germany is being revitalized by Shliach Rabbi Shalom and Mina Rabinovitz. The synagogue, destroyed on Kristallnacht, now is the center of Judaism in Bad Homburg.
While Hebron is not a cakewalk for any soldier in terms of tensions and prevailing threats, especially with the recent spate of terrorist acts against soldiers and civilians, the assignment is cushioned by the presence of Rabbi Danny Cohen, who with his wife, Batsheva, have been providing a spiritual and emotional buffer for soldiers there for the past 16 years as Hebron’s head Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries.
A Visit to Chicago’s Oldest Chabad Congregation. Founded in 1875, Anshei Lubavitch lives on in a kosher nursing home
The eight days of Chanukah saw thousands of Jews at menorah lightings, hundreds of homes lit with the Chanukah flames and pride rekindled in the hearts of the Jews in Kharkov.
Yosef Hershkop is a young member of the Crown Heights community, who has seen the ignorance and apathy of our community in regards to political and governing concepts. In an attempt to educate the members of our community, he penned the following Op-Ed on an important bill that effects us all.
An awe inspiring site. A giant menorah in a place that once held only hate. This year, thousands gathered at the Brandenburg Gate, where a speech full of hate once sparked the infamous Kristellnacht, and now hosts one of Chabads’ public menorahs.
Through the years and the courts, a small spark in Philadelphia now lights up the world through public menorahs. Across the globe public menorahs stand on the legs of this history, and this fight.
Did you know that Chabad.org not only predates Amazon.com (and its briefly floated original name, Cadabra), but also such other early tech titans as Yahoo, eBay and The New York Times’ web presence? Launched in the fall of 1993, Chabad.org was one of the first 500 websites created after the birth of web in 1991.
Even as the Woolsey Fire – the largest wildfire on record for Los Angeles County, which has thus-far burned through 97,620 acres, destroyed at least 483 structures and damaged 86 others with thousands more still threatened – hovers at 50 percent containment, the fallout of the massive blaze continues to impact the lives of thousands throughout the affected areas.
As Mumbai’s Jewish school, the brain child of Gabi and Rivki Holtzberg, has expanded since its inception, and now another Shliach will be joining the Chabad House in Mumbai India.
The “deadliest fires in California history” continued to spread in both Northern and Southern California over the weekend. To date, 25 have been reported killed in the blazes, and entire communities have been decimated as high winds continued to fan the flames throughout the day.
Two Israeli Bochurim were mugged late last night at knife point outside the Bank of America on Eastern Parkway and Kingston Ave. NYPD has people in custody in regards to the incident.
Until about 70 years ago, Malta and its smaller islands accommodated mikvah-observant Jews for centuries with specially built stone structures near the shoreline. Now the island nation is getting its first luxury mikvah.
Last week, the county’s Jewish residents broke ground on a $4.7 million Jewish community center. The 17,000-square-foot Yakov and Hava Telyas Chabad Jewish Center facility, featuring a synagogue, social hall, library and kosher kitchen, will go up on ten acres of land acquired by Chabad in 2014.
A new fun sing along DVD that makes learning the Parsha a joy for kids and parents alike! When deciding what content to create next, Producer Chaim Hershkowitz knew that it would have to be about the Parshios. “I knew it was time to create something that was new, fresh and upbeat.” With that goal, Chaim’s first choice was Chanaleh Fellig-Harrel; who has written songs for him in the past. He asked her to come up with new songs for each Parsha.
The Israeli cabinet this week approved the establishment of a new neighborhood for Jewish residents of Hebron. The decision gives Israelis living in caravans permission—a first after sixteen years—to build new homes in Hebron. The 99,000 square foot lot of the new neighborhood was part of a piece of land purchased by Chabad in 1909.
The Chabad center in Helsinki, Finland, was undergoing renovations when an excavation shovel struck what are believed to be wooden beams of a Russian fortress, according to state archaeologists.
