The penny in question gained relevance — and was bestowed as an instrument of blessing — in St. Louis one spring day in 1930 during a historic visit by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe and leader of Chabad.
On the fields of a private-school campus in northwestern New Jersey, two girls sit on white wooden chairs in the mid-morning sun sharing stories.
Under the auspices of Bais Chana Women International—a Chabad-affiliated program that provides educational opportunities and retreats for Jewish women—UnCamp began in 1992.
He never urged his followers to hit the streets to spread anger and rage. Instead, he urged them to hit the streets to spread goodness and kindness. Marches, Mitzvah drives and rallies with positive messages were held across the country. Including here in Houston.
Chabad of Yonkers Rabbi Mendy Hurwitz said, “This was an event not to be missed, the first dedication of a new Torah to our community in the past 60 years.”
According to a report by the Federation of Jewish Communities of the Commonwealth of Independent States (FJC), in summer 2019 their Gan Israel branch has run over 80 community camps in seven countries.
Rabbi Ahron and Chaya Blasberg, formerly of both Jerusalem and Leeds, England now reside on the quaint island of Aruba in the Carribean running the Chabad Jewish Center of Arub
As part of a seven-decade old program dubbed the “Roving Rabbis,” two Chabad rabbinical students are visiting cities in St. Charles County this July and August as part of their community outreach training.
The Colonie Chabad Jewish Center recently celebrated the restoration of a beautiful Torah originally used in a synagogue in Gomel, Belarus.
Read the moving story behind MP Georgiy Logvinsky’s distribution of chocolate bars to the children of Kfar Chabad.
Marthe has visited more than one thousand of the over 4500 Chabad Centre’s around the world and is very supportive of their educational and outreach work.
Pakistani police have arrested the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks which killed six Jews including a rabbi and his pregnant wife.
Palomar Health Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. James Bried received a Certificate of Recognition from the State of California for his compassionate community service to the victims of the Chabad of Poway shooting.