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Diaspora / France / Holidays & Observances

Paris Mayor’s Request Keeps Eiffel Tower Menorah Tradition Alive

By Chabad.org

Precautions would have to be taken and the event would be shorter than usual, but it would indeed take place.

Chabad / Diaspora / Featured / Gulf States / UAE

Chabad-Lubavitch Emissary Busy in the United Arab Emirates

By Chabad.org

Rabbi Levi Duchman first came to the UAE in the winter of 2015, following up months later to lead a Passover seder in the capital city of Abu Dhabi. He moved to the country later that year.

Coronavirus / Headline / Jewish

Remembering the Jewish Lives Lost to COVID-19

By Chabad.org

“Each Person, a World” pays tribute to 1,200 Jewish victims of the coronavirus from around the globe.

Chabad / Obituaries / US

John Lewis Drew Inspiration from the Lubavitcher Rebbe

By Chabad.org

In 1994, the staunch Democrat Lewis, together with arch-rival Congressman Newt Gingrich, sponsored the bill bestowing the Congressional Gold Medal for the Rebbe.

In Memoriam

Faiga Korenblit, 96, Holocaust Survivor and Quintessential Rebbetzin

By Chabad.org

Faiga Korenblit, who passed away last month at the age of 96, could not actually be described as a “survivor,” but rather a “thriver.”

Chabad / Coronavirus / Featured / US

Lubavitch Summer Camps Plan Around Coronavirus Pandemic

By Chabad.org

Given that some places may not lift their stay-at-home orders for weeks yet, just how would a “virtual” camp program work?

Antisemitism / Chabad / US

First Yahrtzeit of Chabad of Poway Shooting Victim Observed in Solitude

By Chabad.org

Rabbi Mendel Goldstein walked to synagogue in solitude in compliance with social-distancing measures, held Lori’s Torah and said a prayer for her and the community she left behind.

Coronavirus / Jewish / NY / Obituaries

Mix-Up Leads to Wrong Coronavirus Funeral in New York

By Chabad.org

“I’m sorry,” he told the shocked family. “We took out the wrong casket. Please wait while I return this casket and bring out Mr. Grunwald.”

Chabad

Astrakhan Gets a Mikvah

By Chabad.org

“The nearest mikvah to us was in Volgograd, a six-hour bus ride one way,” explained Deborah Melamed. “The other option was to take the 12-hour train ride to Saratov or a two-hour flight to Moscow.”

Chabad / Featured / US / Weather

They Were Supposed to Have Their Wedding in Houston this Sunday

By Chabad.org

“It was really hashgacha pratis [divine providence] because we had all this food, a lot more supplies than we usually have on hand, so we were able to make dinner” for many more people."

Chabad / Haredim & Hassidim / Headline / US / Weather

With Stores Flooded, Kosher Food Has Run Out in Houston

By Chabad.org

Hurricane Harvey flooded two of the few main supermarkets carrying kosher food and caused the other two to shut down as well—one has been turned into a shelter by authorities—and supplies are now beginning to run low.

Antisemitism / Eastern Europe / Headline / Terrorism

Jewish Man Attacked With Ax in Ukraine

By Chabad.org

Multiple sources in Dnipro are describing the Ukrainian attacker as someone with a violent past and a history of mental-health issues.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Police and Crime / Ukraine

Four Arrested in Ukraine in Attack on Chabad Rabbi

By Chabad.org

Two men and two women from the Carpathian mountain region attacked Rabbi Mendel Deitsch in Zhitomir.

Chabad / Global / Haredim & Hassidim / History / Israel / Media / News Briefs / US

How 1970s Hassidic Hackers Created Worldwide Broadcast Network

By Chabad.org

This is the story of how a handful of young Hassidim set out to build a global communications network in the era before Periscope, Skype, VoIP, or even satellite or Cable TV.

News Briefs

Thousands Visit Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Resting Place Despite Relentless Heat

By Chabad.org

"Let’s honor his life’s mission to bring goodness and kindness into this world. Let’s do one more mitzvah, one more good deed, to make this world a better place.”

Chabad / News Briefs / Police and Crime / Religion / The Courts / US

Only in Texas: Bar Mitzvah on Death Row

By Chabad.org

Providing spiritual sustenance to inmates, regardless of their crimes.

Chabad / News Briefs / Ukraine

Lubavitch Teacher Killed, Rockets Land Near Synagogue In The Ukraine

By Chabad.org

“This is yet another extraordinarily difficult day that we have endured, and sadly, we have recently known many especially difficult and terrible days."

Guest Blog

Student’s Commencement Speech in D.C. Emphasizes Torah Values

By Chabad.org

Felder said he and his fellow students learned well the teaching of the Rebbe.

Antisemitism / Europe / News Briefs

Chabad Center in Ukraine Firebombed

By Chabad.org

Chabad Rabbi Michael Oishie had left the building just 20 minutes before the attack.

Global / Jewish / News Briefs / Politics / Religion

Harper, Netanyahu Meet Chabad Rabbis

By Chabad.org

Canadian Chabad rabbis accompanied Harper on his trip.

Op-Eds

Chabad in South Africa: Mandela Brought the Country Together

By Chabad.org

“It was quite an institutionalized racism, and we didn't come to get involved in politics.”

Op-Eds

Permutations & Combinations

By Chabad.org

Gematria is more than random wordplay.

Op-Eds

The Rat Race

By Chabad.org

We are brought into this confusing, fascinating, infuriating world for such a short amount of time, and it’s our mission to accomplish what we can for the several decades we are allotted.

Op-Eds

Is Hanukkah a Minor Holiday?

By Chabad.org

If one has only enough money to afford either a cup of wine for Shabbat kiddush or oil for his Hanukkah lamp, the mitzvah of Hanukkah takes precedence.

Global / Judaism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Religion / US

5,200 to Attend Annual Chabad Gathering in New York

By Chabad.org

Originally published at Chabad.org. Chabad Lubavitch emissaries will begin arriving in New York next week from all parts of the world for the Kinus Hashluchim—the annual get-together of emissaries, their parents, friends and supporters, and a record number are expected to attend this year. Organizers have spent more than six months planning for the Chabad […]

Global / Judaism / News Briefs / Religion

Sefer Torah Represents a First for Canadian City

By Chabad.org

The Torah they got “is a piece of art. It is one of the most beautiful Torahs anyone's ever seen…”

Local / News Briefs / Religion / US

Yom Kippur Inspires Determination in Wake of Colorado Floods

By Chabad.org

Some 300 people came specifically because of the floods.

Op-Eds

About Selichot

By Chabad.org

Most Jewish communities continue reciting Selichot throughout the Ten Days of Repentance.

Op-Eds

Tossing a Jewish Lasso over Wyoming’s Wild West

By Chabad.org

The rabbi, in his early 30s, hails from Miami, Fla., and Raizy, in her late 20s, grew up in Israel. What’s it like to live in the least populated state in the nation?

Op-Eds

What Would Stalin Say?

By Chabad.org

Sami Rohr’s impetus for building Jewish community in the former Soviet Union.

Analysis

Is the Lab-Created Burger Kosher?

By Chabad.org

Preliminary thoughts on the halachic status of lab-created meat: it's kosher--if you started the process kosher. but no final words yet.

News Briefs

Talmud Takes to Jewish.tv

By Chabad.org

A class on Talmudic ethics in Vancouver, B.C., praised by regulars, is going virtual in a new series on Jewish.tv, the multimedia portal of the Judaism website Chabad.org. In the hour-long class, Rabbi Binyomin Bitton, director of Chabad of Downtown Vancouver and dean of the Jewish Academy there, dissects a complex Talmudic narrative and shows […]

News Briefs

Women behind Bars Get Three Days of Jewish Studies

By Chabad.org

“Some of the women were doctors, and lawyers—educated women with tears running down their faces in gratitude..."

News Briefs

Oklahoma Legislature Lauds Jewish Assistance After Tornado

By Chabad.org

Showing its gratitude for the immediate and ongoing support and assistance offered by Jewish groups and individuals from around the country, the Oklahoma House of Representatives gave a standing ovation Thursday to Rabbi Ovadia Goldman, co-director of The Chabad Community Center of Southern Oklahoma, and New York State Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder. Introduced by Oklahoma Legislator […]

Jewish / News Briefs / US

Chabad Continues Relief Efforts in Oklahoma

By Chabad.org

Let everyone know of the shelter at Chabad

Jewish / News Briefs / Religion / Terrorism / US

On the Scene, Boston Rabbi Offering 'Some Sense of Serenity'

By Chabad.org

“You can imagine the pandemonium. Everyone was running, and glass was flying around."

News Briefs

Tokyo Jewish Community Celebrates New Mikvah

By Chabad.org

Celebrating what Israel’s ambassador to Japan called a “miracle,” friends and supporters of Chabad-Lubavitch of Tokyo gathered at the opening and dedication of the metropolis’ new Jewish ritual bath called mikvah last week, a project which spanned more than four years. Rabbi Mendi and Chana Sudakevich, co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Tokyo, moved here from Israel […]

News Briefs

After Sandy, Volunteers Crisscross Manhattan to Help

By Chabad.org

In a nearly dark corner of lower Manhattan, in an area otherwise known as Tribeca, Rabbi Zalman Paris stands tall, cellular phone in hand, to answer another call from a young volunteer eager to offer assistance. Days after Hurricane Sandy left millions across New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New Jersey without electricity, food or water, […]

News Briefs

Germany Proposes Legislation to Protect Bris Milah

By Chabad.org

After a court ruling, that brought the future of Germany's Jewish community into question, and reminded some of a darker time in German history, proposed legislation to bring resolution. After months of debate, today the German cabinet decided to establish a new legislation which will clearly enable and support the religious practice of circumcision. "It […]

News Briefs

Icelanders Ready for Yom Kippur

By Chabad.org

Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students are on the ground in Iceland finishing up preparations for one of the northernmost celebrations of Yom Kippur in the world. The holiest day on the Jewish calendar, the holiday and its central fast begins Tuesday night, or 7 PM local time in Reykjavik. According to Rabbi Berel Pewzner, a native of […]

News Briefs

278 Rabbis Ordained in NJ

By Chabad.org

More than 280 graduates, their family members and friends joined together at the Rabbinical College of America in New Jersey to celebrate the hard work and dedication of a group of rising young Jewish leaders. Some 14 countries were represented in the student body of newly-minted rabbis, who over the last few years have been […]

News Briefs

Young Jewish Man Murdered in Moscow

By Chabad.org

A young Jewish lay leader was murdered in Moscow over the weekend after attempting to stop a brawl between two rival, non-Jewish gangs. According to a statement from the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, Yaakov Manasharshivili, 26, encountered the melee on Friday. When he tried to intervene, he was shot at point-blank range. Moscow […]

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