For the first time a Jew in Darwin or for that matter a Jew from anywhere in the rest of the Northern Territory can now be buried according to the Jewish law.
Broome County officials have declared April 16th a day of Education and Sharing in honor of what would have been the 117th birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Nicknamed “Rebbe,” the Rabbi is described as the most influential in modern history.
Some religious and cultural groups on Chapman’s campus like Chapman Chabad and the Iranian Student Cultural Organization (ISCO) feel “unsupported” and say they have gone through an “annoying” process when working with Chapman’s food supplier, Sodexo, to cater to their religious and cultural food needs.
Roving Rabbis, based in New York, are dispatched from the Merkos Shlichus Chabad-Lubavitch Student Visitation Program to go out into communities around the world to spread the word of Judaism and provide services for local Jews who might not otherwise have access to be involved in holiday events.
North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and Councilmember Dina De Giorgio celebrated the 28th anniversary of the Chabad of Port Washington on March 31 at the Chabad of Port Washington.
South London’s first dedicated kosher shop will be in memory of Chabad Rabbi Yossi Moscowitz’s brother, Eliyahu, who was murdered last year
Hackensack is gearing up to join citizens worldwide in recognizing the crucial importance of ethical and moral education on April 16 of this year as Mayor John Labrosse and the city council proclaimed Education Day in the Hackensack as a day of increased focus on education in a time of increasing concern over moral standards.
The Chabad House Lubavitch of CNY hosted its Model Matzah Bakery and Passover Experience giving families the chance to learn about the holiday and make their own Matzah.
In fact, the same rabbi — Rabbi Schneur Oirechman of ChabadLubavitch of the Panhandle-Tallahassee — also put a mezuzah on the doorjamb of the public entrance to the Governor’s Office at the request of then-Gov. Charlie Crist in 2007.
According to the Chabad website, last year’s seder in Kathmandu, Nepal was attended by about 2,000 guests. However, this year the seder planned on the Thai island of Koh Samui may draw as many as 3,000 participants.
For three days in late April, a Holocaust Memorial Exhibit will be offered at the Bothwell Art Center sponsored by the Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, in conjunction with the Tri-Valley Chabad Center of Pleasanton.
Children’s eyes grew wider and wider as they saw wheat come off the stem of the plant, ground into flour and mixed with water to become dough before they rolled it, poked it and saw it placed in an oven to be baked into matzo.