“I’m thrilled that Rabbi Zalman will be joining me for the President’s speech this evening,” Congresswoman Cheney said. “I am blessed to call Rabbi Zalman and his wife Raizy my friends and humbled by their service to people all across our state.

Davida Murray, co-director of Middlebury Chabad, was scheduled to join more than 3,000 women leaders from all 50 U.S. states and 100 countries, hailing from as far away as Laos, Angola, Ghana and Uzbekistan, at the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchos) last week in Brooklyn, N.Y.

“There’s no City in the world that does not have Jews,” said Rabbi Choli Mishulovin, a co-founder of the Chabad of the South Bronx. “And what we’ve noticed in the Bronx is that there are so many of them that are, were just neglected for such a long time.”

Chabad of North Orlando is launching a new initiative with the Aleph Institute, a Tikun Olam focused organization that works in the critical field of criminal justice and advocates for those incarcerated.

When members of the Jewish community moved out of the cramped East End and into Islington in the 18th and 19th centuries some said “Heichner Fenster”: a Yiddish term which, in German dialect, means tall window.
This inspired Rabbi Mendy Korer, of the charity Chabad Lubavitch Islington (CBI), to start leading his sell-out Jewish Islington Walking Tour a few years ago.

Last weekend, 10 representatives from Orlando joined more than 3,000 women leaders from all 50 U.S. states and 100 countries.

It is well known, that the hardest demographic to involve in Jewish life are teens. After bar/bat mitzvah many feel they have completed their Jewish education, not to mention the many after school programs and extra curricular activities.

The Jewish community of South Florida will take an important step in incorporating inclusion of individuals with disabilities and mental health conditions in the synagogue and throughout Jewish life Friday, Feb. 8 – Saturday, Feb. 9 at The Family Shul, in conjunction with Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM), which is February.

What do you get when you gather Jewish Orthodox Lubavitch Hasidic women from all over the world together for a weekend in Crown Heights, Brooklyn?

A new Chabad initiative encourages student to ditch technology for a day and enjoy one another’s company.

Rebbetzin was considered a leader in the women’s Hasidic movement, bringing “strength and leadership” to the women from around the world, one pilgrim said. Others said she “empowered” women and made their roles in the family more important.

More than 3,000 women from all over the world attended the conference of Chabad-Lubavitch women emissaries in New York.