Between serving as the rabbi at the Chabad of Oceanside, a chaplain for Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital and the Oceanside Fire Department, and a member of the chevra kadisha, or “secret society” that ensures that the bodies of deceased Jews are prepared for burial according to Jewish tradition, Levi Gurkov rarely has time to himself.
It is a question I have struggled with for years. I proudly identify as a Jewish person. I attend a Conservative synagogue on the High Holidays, keep kosher in my house and recite the Shabbat prayers on Friday night. I attended Jewish day school as a child and continue to speak Hebrew (albeit not well).
The police investigation into the vandalism of a menorah display at Dartmouth College continues to gain steam while New Hampshire Jewish leaders see a continued problem of anti-Semitism.
The result is “Dress for Recovery,” a clothing bank that officially opened Tuesday in connection with the “Circle of Hope” wig bank at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life on Hewlett Avenue in Merrick.
As Jews across the country light their menorahs to celebrate the final night of Hanukkah, Hanover Police are investigating the vandalism of the large menorah installed on the Dartmouth Green.
The iconic and world-famous menorah-lighting ceremony in Paris’s Eiffel Tower was all set to be canceled this Hanukkah – until the timely intervention of the city’s mayor.
Chabad of Vero Beach shed some light on a centuries-old, commemorative festival during Chanukah at the Park.
Filling nearly two dozen cars with friends, supporters and members of the Chabad of Pasadena staged their first-ever Hanukkah parade Wednesday night.
A bucket truck dreidel drop greeted the 154 cars driving through the carnival, as attendees held 5-foot nets outside their cars to catch the falling dreidels and Chanukah gelt.
There was music, a twirler and loads of community bonding.
Police are close to identifying a suspect in an attack on a Jewish man outside the Chabad of the Bluegrass last Saturday, a spokesperson told LEX 18 Wednesday.
Three Sumter County Sheriff’s Office vehicles briefly stopped traffic on Morse Boulevard at the Mariposa Way roundabout, allowing the parade vehicles to circle and enter Mariposa Way for their short drive to the Annex.