A request to change the name of a short street in northern Poway to honor Chabad of Poway shooting victim Lori Lynn Gilbert-Kaye will be considered by the City Council next week.

Amid widespread power outages and forced evacuations, Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky of Chabad of Sonoma County has been supporting those affected by the Kincade fire in Northern California. 

Holocaust survivor Jacob Eisenbach, 96, from Lodz, Poland, will be sharing his story of Hitler’s Third Reich and issues of hatred, discrimination and intolerance on Nov. 10 at Cal State Bakersfield.

WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann’s ties to the Kabbalah Centre have been in the media recently.

Schloss spoke about the importance of remembering events such as the Holocaust and addressed discrimination against minority groups.

Rabbi Zushe Cunin, spiritual leader of Chabad of Pacific Palisades, told the Journal in an email that Chabad’s staff has been reaching out to seniors who need assistance evacuating.

Then there is the new dynamic in US Jewish life where hundreds of thousands of Jews are active in Chabad. Most have strong communal ties, most are not fully observant, yet they lean towards tradition and slowly reconnecting with their heritage.

If we need a meal for someone at the last minute, we say: “if they don’t find anything they can go to Chabad.” Why is it more of a responsibility of Chabad than for any other Jew?

“He’s a US member of the Chabad religious movement, which is something nice, with songs at Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday and going to synagogue on Sabbaths and holidays,” she told Ayala Hasson-Nesher in an interview earlier this week.

Rabbi Yossi and Rifka Posen, together with their three young children, took up their new post in the Essex town six weeks ago, leading the area’s first Rosh Hashanah services last week.

First through fourth students in Morah Batya’s art elective created Origami shofars in preparation for Rosh Hashanah. 

“It survived such darkness and tragedy, and to have the opportunity to read and learn from it on Yom Kippur is tremendously exciting.”