75th Anniversary of 770’s Purchase
Yesterday, August 16, marks 75 years since the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe bought the building of 770 Eastern Parkway, which subsequently became the headquarters – and a symbol – of the Chabad movement.
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Family to Hold Shloshim for R’ Mottel Sharfstein, OBM
Rabbi Mottel Sharfstein, a long time resident of Crown Heights, will be remembered, this coming Wednesday at the Jewish Children’s Museum, for his humble demeanor, wonderful sense of humor and self effacing personality.
Author Previews Book on Chabad’s Success
The Young Leadership Committee of Cheder Menachem in Los Angeles hosted a preview event and book signing launch of veteran Shliach Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie’s new work, “The Secret of Chabad: Inside the world’s most successful Jewish movement.”
Torah Dedicated to ‘Lone Soldier’ Who Died for Israel
Max Steinberg was determined to make a difference in the world. A native of California, he was 22 when he went to Israel for the first time in the summer of 2012 on a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip for young adults, along with his siblings Jake and Paige.
Where Will ‘Roving Rabbis’ Observe Tisha B’Av? Just About Everywhere
The summertime travels of “Roving Rabbis”—young Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students and newly minted rabbis who visit isolated Jews and small Jewish communities all over the globe—are filled with exciting, hectic days and nights in which they share the joys of Judaism with others. But on Tisha B’Av, they have a unique opportunity for a relatively quiet day of reflection, in which they can learn more about the local Jewish community and deepen their times with them.
Serial Shoplifter Apprehended by Store Owner
A career criminal with a long history of shoplifting from Kingston Avenue stores was apprehended earlier this week by a shop owner after he stole a pack of teeth whiteners.
Pioneers Seek to Create New Chabad Village in Israel
A group of ambitious young Lubavitch families are on the cusp of making history: the founding of a new Chabad village in Israel’s formidable but beautiful Negev Desert.
Letter & Spirit: Jewish Approach to Tragedy
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, in a timely message for the nine days, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he reflects on the recent tragedy of the holocaust and those earlier ones – our horrific slavery in Egypt, as witnessed by Moshe Rebbeinu, and the destruction of the Second Bais Hamikdash, as witnessed by Yirmiyahu and others – and how to view the suffering of the righteous and the prospering of the wicked. The letter was written in English through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
A group photo following prayer services in Munich, Germany.
In Once-Judenrein Germany, Jewish Life Blossoms
Robby Rajber is president of the Maccabi Games in Munich and the owner of a film production company. He is also the son of Holocaust survivors who “got stuck” in Germany after the war. Twenty five years ago, he says speaking perfect English, the attitude was that “Jewish life should be kept in the backyard,” and he didn’t see a need for Chabad in Germany.
Letter & Spirit: Where Was G-d During the Holocaust?
In this week’s edition of Letter and Spirit, in honor of the three weeks – a time of reflection on the tragedies which befell the Jewish people over the centuries – we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he addresses the question regarding the terrible fate that overcame European Jewry two decades earlier, and how to reconcile this with the basic beliefs of Judaism. The letter was written in English through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.
A Look Into the Lives of Young Chabad Women
In this third installment in a series of articles on the unique lives of Chabad-Lubavitch yeshivah students, Chabad.org writer Menachem Posner examines the daily life of young Chabad women.
North Carolinians Join Chabad for Unforgettable Trip to Israel
As school vacation kicked into full gear in the US, twelve families from Charlotte, North Carolina, traveled across the globe and arrived in Israel for an unforgettable 10 day journey.
Jewish Life Thrives in Chattanooga Once Again
The South holds fast to its roots and traditions, an ideal practically synonymous with the Jewish people. So it’s not too surprising, then, that a population dwindling in the 1990s has re-emerged in the 2000s—so much so that the Chabad-Lubavitch couple on the ground there had to find more room to accommodate the community’s budding needs.
Students celebrate Torah study at Chabad’s Wolfsohn-Tabacinic School in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
School Turns Jewish Educational Tide in Argentina
A broad, barrel-chested man, Gabi Levinsky rose to address 150 fellow parents gathered in the cafeteria of the Wolfsohn-Tabacinic School. It was Friday night, and children ran freely around the room as Shabbat dinner stretched late into the muggy Argentine evening. With tears in his eyes, Levinsky thanked the Wolfsohn community for standing with his family following the sudden passing of their daughter a year earlier. By the time his short speech was over, there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.
A Torah rededication in honor of the memory of Alan Kaplan took place on June 7 at Chabad of the North Shore in Swampscott, Mass.
North Shore of Massachusetts Rides a New Wave of Jewish Life
From its idyllic seaside communities to a score of inland villages, towns and small cities founded during the Colonial era, Massachusetts’ North Shore is a region that’s both proud of its history and poised for future growth.
New Book to Explore Chabad’s Early Years in America
Just in time for Gimmel Tammuz, Nissan Mindel Publications is pleased to introduce the soon-to be-published book, Chabadin America through the Folders of Nissan MIndel, which will detail the origins of Chabad in America through the archives of Rabbi Dr. Nissan Mindel, a trusted secretary of the Previous Rebbe after his arrival in the U.S., and later of the Rebbe.
Torah Welcomed to Its New Home in Medford
Dozens of people gathered in the Chabad Jewish Community Center in Medford, NJ, this past Sunday to celebrate the completion of a brand new Sefer Torah. It was the first time in history that a Torah had been completed in Medford, a suburb of Philadelphia that has never had a large Jewish presence.
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