During one of the most difficult periods the Jewish people have known – IDF soldiers, deep in the field and the fighting in Gaza, sat in abandoned houses, armed not only with weapons but also with faith, and in their hands were round, handmade Shmura Matzahs, celebrating the Pesach holiday.
Rabbi Yossi and Zelda Rodal (née Amar), along with their son Mendel were appointed by Rabbi Sholom Ber and Chanie Levitin as the new shluchim to Northeast Seattle, Washington. The area is home to a large Jewish population, and the Rodals are excited to connect with them and strengthen their connection to Yiddishkeit.
On Motzai Shabbos, the 2nd of Shevat, Shluchim from across Connecticut gathered at Chabad in Harbor Point, Stamford, for a shiur followed by a farbrengen in preparation for Yud Shvat.
The dawn of a new era: Rabbi Levi and Mussi Marasow, along with their baby Chana, will I”YH be moving to Paramus to broaden and develop the scope and reach of Chabad activities.
Rabbi Levi and Chana Sputz, along with their son Pinny, will be moving on Shlichus to Reno, Nevada to establish the Chabad Learning Center of Northern Nevada.
Today! A shliach and visiting bochur drove 250 miles to a Natural Burial Ground to take care of a Mes Mitzvah and give him Taharah and Kevuras Yisroel.
Rabbi Dovid Ginsburg, of Myrtle Beach, SC and his wife Mushky of Kiryat Shmuel, Israel have brought their collective experiences to the fore in bringing the Rebbe’s message of Yiddishkeit and Ahavas Yisroel to every Jew in Carmit.
An initiative, started 8 years ago as an email campaign, has grown into a full fledged effort to assist shluchos from all over the world who cannot afford the airfare to join their fellow shluchos at the annual Kinus Convention.
Dovid and Mushky (nee Sirota) Caytak and their family will soon be moving on Shlichus to the Westboro area of Ottawa, under the Head Shliach, Rabbi Dovid Hayes.
Sunday at Chabad of Georgetown, Brooklyn, a large Purim Party for kids was organized by Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Holtzberg. Hundreds of kids gathered, all dressed up in accordance with the Purim spirit.
The annual Chof Beis Shvat Women’s Dinner at Chabad of Georgetown, Brooklyn filled Rabbi Avrohom Holtzberg’s Shul with the many community women. Speakers at the event included Mrs. Miriam Lipskier, co-founder and director of the Chabad Student Center at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and former Lieutenant Commander Mrs. Laurie Lans who has served multiple tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Persian Gulf.
Los Angeles and Boston are homes to the second- and seventh-largest Jewish communities in the United States, respectively, and many fans of the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots attending the Superbowl on Sunday plan to go to synagogue on Shabbat. Chabad of Atlanta, run by Rabbi Isser New, will be there to fill the need.
Rabbi Avromy and Sternie Super recently moved to the island to open Chabad of St. Lucia. The Supers, who first visited in December 2017, have begun to assemble an eclectic Jewish community of locals, snowbirds and tourists. Their posting was formally announced at the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries in New York.
On Sunday evening January 13, 2019, Friends and family members, students and Shluchim, took part in the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Shlichus of Rabbi Shalom and Rebbetzin Gitel Eidelman to Morocco.
The Shluchim Raffle, drawn on Tuesday January 8th, Beis Shvat, announced its winner. The Raffle, done twice a year, helps shluchim raise money from their constituents, while giving the donors a chance of winning $10,000.
A conference of Chabad emissaries in Israel was launched Monday at the Nir Etzion Hotel in the Carmel Mountains, with the participation of hundreds of emissaries working for the Young Chabad Association.
This November, the Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative, in conjunction with the Bronx Borough President’s office, inducted its Hall of Fame class of 2018. One of in the six Jewish notables inducted was Rabbi Levi Shemtov who directs Chabad of the Bronx with his wife, Sarah, for the past twenty-seven years.
