With a crowd of both teens and their families in attendance, Chabad of Hunterdon County’s Teen Network (CTeen) held its annual end of year award ceremony to celebrate and recognize a year of dedicated community work.
The ceremony was addressed by the Mayor of Flemington, Phil Greiner, who shared his encouragement and recognition for the amazing work the teens do.
n behalf of 36 orphan girls and their families, Colel Chabad hosted the seventh annual Bat Mitzvah celebration in Jerusalem this week.
Dressed in their finest and surrounded by family and close friends, the Bat Mitzvah girls were able to celebrate in style at the newly renovated Gutnik Hall in Jerusalem with all the arrangements and costs handled by Colel Chabad.
f Rostov-on-Don Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Chaim Danzinger has his way, thousands of Jewish soccer fans who will descend on his storied town and 10 other historic cities for the upcoming World Cup games in Russia will leave inspired not only by the sporting extravaganza, but by a taste of the ever-burgeoning Jewish communal life in the post-Soviet era.
On May 14, Valley Chabad hosted its 2018 Teen Leadership Appreciation, honoring more than 160 teen volunteers from the Pascack and Saddle River Valley communities. Each of those teens participated in at least one of Valley Chabad’s four Teen Leadership Initiative programs.
Chabad of the Conejo will present its annual banquet gala and primary fundraising event at 5 p.m. Sun., June 10 at the Four Seasons Westlake Hotel, Two Dole Drive, Westlake Village.
Naomi Rosenfeld threw herself into projects in a way that inspired others. “Naomi’s can-do spirit was infectious,” said Rivkah Slonim of Chabad of Binghamton, N.Y., with whom Rosenfeld forged a deep relationship while she was a student at Binghamton University; Rosenfeld graduated in 1997. She also had what Slonim called a “deep, real, and robust relationship” with God.
Chabad of Southampton, under the direction of the Shluchim, Rabbi Rafe and Chany Konikov celebrated the beautiful milestone of the dedication of the Third Sefer Torah for the Southampton Village community.
Member of the Southampton community holding Sifrei Torah
The Sefer Torah was donated by Ron and Janie Kupferman and dedicated to
their children and grandchildren. The dedication was in honor of “The Eternal Truth Of The Torah!”
The Chabad emissary in Taiwan, Rabbi Shlomi Tabib, has lived with his wife Racheli and their five children for seven years in Taipei, Taiwan.
Tabib was previously Chabad emissary in Hong Kong and after a request from the Jewish community, the Chabad House in Taipei, the capital city of Taiwan, opened for the first time in the summer of 2011.
The Horensteins participate in many of the organization’s programs along with their two children, and also support Chabad financially and “aspire to inspire” their friends to get involved.
Two of Philly’s most prominent culinary names will join a special “Taste of Israel” event this weekend that will feature the flavors of Israel cuisine.
Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook, of CookNSolo Restaurant Partners, will oversee the exclusive kosher, modern Israeli cuisine at B’nai Abraham Chabad’s “A Taste of Israel” gathering at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 10.
Twenty-five years ago, Rabbi Benny Zippel had more to worry about than how to launch a new congregation. He’d been instructed by his religious leader to go to Utah, and he had no idea where that was.
In Jewish communities across Long Island, interest is growing in an ancient ritual with intricate rules in which women immerse themselves in small, elegant indoor pools.
Known as mikvahs, the pools traditionally are used by observant Jewish women to purify themselves seven days after each menstrual cycle, providing a deeply spiritual experience.