A new Torah scroll is in place in Slovakia, the first to be completed in the Central European country since the Nazis murdered most of its Jewish population during World War II, while one proud Jewish boy will live to tell the tale of having celebrated his bar Mitzvah amid the fanfare of a city-wide celebration.

After following up with a few leads in town, we went to the Saskatchewan Penitentiary.
Chabad sends two young Rabbis to uncover a forgotten Jewish community.

Bangkok… 2019 will be remembered as the most travelled summer season in memory. While Israelis made up most of the kosher travel around the world, Americans and Europeans were not far behind.

“That’s why we all gathered around him and we support his mission of making sure that he represents the Rebbe the way he always dreamed of doing since he was a little boy, to go out into the world and make this world a much better place,” said Rabbi Shlomo Bistritsky of the Chabad of North Ranch in California.

None of the women and girls seemed to know exactly what they were doing, but they were all game to give it a go at the annual Mega Challah Bake run by Chabad of Contra Costa.

“The one silver lining in this whole tragedy is I’ve been receiving phone calls from people in Twin Cities, people I know out east and many, many rabbis have reached out to say, ‘How can I help?’” said Rabbi Mendy Ross, with Chabad of Duluth.

Now with Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur coming up, the Chabad Jewish Center and the University of Montana University Center held a cultural celebration.

Chabad of Peachtree City and the Southside is offering their friendly and welcoming services free of charge for individuals of all ages in the Southside Jewish community.

Rabbi Myers, who also serves as Bratislava’s chief rabbi, and his wife Chanie have dedicated themselves to rebuilding the once flourishing Jewish community in Slovakia, which was decimated during the Holocaust.

Yiddish was the first language for Rabbi Zalman Wolowik, of the Chabad of the Five Towns. “Yiddish is my mother tongue — I was raised talking Yiddish, and my father only speaks Yiddish,” he said, adding that when Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, the founder of the Chabad movement, spoke, it was in Yiddish.

Sure, there will be a bouncy house, live music and a petting zoo at Chabad of the North Peninsula’s “Groundbreaking Hoedown” on Sunday, Sept. 8. But the key to the event is the groundbreaking.

A grand opening was held Thursday at the Molly Blank Jewish Community Center. The community center, which is located on West University Avenue, will serve Chabad at NAU and Chabad of Flagstaff.