Guests From Around the World Heading to Grieving Couple’s Wedding

It would have been understandable if Sarah Techiya Litman and Ariel Biegel of Israel decided to have a private, low-key wedding. After all, their original wedding date, Nov. 17, had to be postponed after Sarah’s father and 18-year-old brother, Yaakov and Netanel Litman, were killed by terrorists just days before the wedding while en route to a pre-wedding celebration.

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Brooklyn Exhibits ‘Jewish-Syrian Metal Works: The Lost Art of Damascus’

When Sharon Shriqui attended the opening of the featured exhibit on display at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, N.Y., she hoped to reconnect to her family’s Syrian heritage. She sought to do this amid glass displays featuring large plates, small chests, ornamental vases and Arabian coffee sets designed by Maurice Nseiri, the acclaimed Syrian artist who recently arrived from Israel to join his family living in New York.

Kosher Products Continue to Shine at Kosherfest

With over 400 booths featuring products from around the globe, cooking demonstrations, cookbook signings, exhibits, samples and much more, Kosherfest continues to be a huge draw, both for those in the kosher food business as well as those in related industries. Event organizers estimated a turnout of 6,000 visitors at the two day trade show, held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Meadowlands Exhibition Center in Secaucus, NJ.

New in the Midst of the Amazon Rainforest: A Kosher Mikvah

Living Jewishly deep in the Amazon jungle has its fair share of challenges, acknowledges Tatiana Azulay, whose husband, Dr. Rafael Azulay, practices medicine in Manaus, Brazil, the incongruous pocket of old Europe surrounded by thick rainforest.

Wales Rabbi Builds Sukkah Awareness on BBC Radio

When Jewish people the world over begin putting up sukkahs—the temporary dwellings used during the week-long holiday of Sukkot, which this year begins on the evening of Sunday, Sept. 27—Rabbi Michoel Rose will be adding an additional task to his pre-holiday checklist.

CSSY Makes Urgent Appeal for Tishrei Needs

On Rosh Hashana 5738 (1977) at a farbrengen, the Rebbe spoke about the mitzvah of Ma’os Chittim, pointing out that the needs of the poor during Tishrei are even greater than during Nissan. He suggested that a fund be established supplying Shabbos and Yom Tov necessities to the needy. Hours later, CSSY – The Organization to Bring Joy on Shabbos and Yom Tov – was born.

In the Ancient City of Hebron, Chabad Center Celebrates a Special Bar Mitzvah: Its Own

It’s impossible to know how many bar mitzvahs have been celebrated in this most ancient of Jewish cities in the last 3,700 years since the patriarch Abraham purchased his family’s burial plot here. It’s just as difficult to determine how many Chassidic celebrations and milestones have been marked since the second Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe—Rabbi Dov Ber, known as the Mittler Rebbe—purchased property in this holy city more than 200 years ago.