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New Representatives to Prague
Rabbi Manis Barash, Chabad representative to the Czech Republic, announced the appointment of new Chabad representatives to Prague. Rabbi and Moshe and Rivka Mayzlesh will…
New Representative to Plano, Texas
Rabbi and Mrs. Baruch Alevsky from New Haven, CT, will be serving as Chabad Shluchim to the Jewish community of Plano, Texas. The couple was…
New Representative to Tomsk
The Siberian Jewish community of Tomsk, Russia, will soon welcome new Chabad-Lubavitch representatives, Rabbi Levi and Gitty Kaminetzki. Appointed by Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar,…
The Priest In The Sukkah
The photographs that continue to come into the offices of Lubavitch.com, tell colorful stories of Chabad’s sukkot activities, penetrating every segment of Jewish society, and…
. . . and For Those Who Couldn’t Come . . .
For those who couldn’t make out to the fairgrounds–like the elderly and the bed-bound at the Merwick Nursing Home in Princeton, NJ, Chabad brought the…
Bikers Take To The Lulav
Jewish bikers identifying as The Tribe Motorcycle Club (DC), Chai Riders (NY), Hillel’s Angels (NJ), The Stars of Davidson, King David Bikers (FL) and the…
. . . and at the University of Arizona at Tucson
Chabad rabbinical students in Tuscon, Arizona set a sukkah up on campus at the University of Arizona, Tucson. A curious sight, the sukkah was visited…
Pizza-in-a-Hut: Sukkot in Clarks Summit
Move over Pizza Hut. This one’s the real thing. Chabad of the Abingtons, in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, ran a “Pizza in-the-Hut” carnival. Kids and adults…
Sukkot and The New Europe: Parallel Themes
Father and son, Chabad representatives Rabbis Shimon and Mendel Samama, put up the first sukkah in Strasbourg, home to the European Parliament. Joining them in…
. . . and in Lithuania
With no full-time rabbi in Vilnius‘s neighboring cities of Kaunas (Kovno) and Klaipeda, Chabad of Vilnius with help from students of Beis Menachem Jewish Day…
Sukkot With Chabad in: Riga, Latvia
It’s a week of merrymaking in sukkahs everywhere. On college campuses, in the center of every metropolitan city, in suburban towns, and, well, even on…
A Yom Kippur Tradition Returns to the Former Soviet Union
In the custom of kapparot, Jewish people prepare for Yom Kippur by purchasing a hen, and reciting the prayer: “This is my exchange, this is…
More New Appointments
Chabad activities in Dallas, Texas, expand with the new appointments of: Rabbi Peretz and Michal Shapiro. Rabbi Zvi and Aidy Drizin. Plano, Texas: Rabbi and…
New Appointments
Lubavitch World Headquarters announces the following new appointments of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim: Bala Cynwyd, PA: Rabbi Moshe and Mrs. Brennan Rome (Libyan Quarter), Italy: Rabbi &…
Despite the Sorrow: A Boy Becomes Bar-Mitzvah
When Guy Massad’s father was killed by a suicide bomber in 2002, the young boy and his dad were counting down to the adolescent’s Bar…
Chabad Helps Provide Jewish Content At Macabbi Games
The Macabbi Games have begun, bringing thousands of Jewish teenagers, coaches and family members to the Greater Washington area for a week of competitive sports…
New Shluchim To London
Lubavitch Foundation UK announced the arrival of Rabbi Mendy and Sarit Vogel to London to assist in its activities. The young couple will be working…
From Israel to Ottawa, With Love
Americans have always sent care packages to Israel, but in a reverse twist, Camp Gan Israel in Ottawa, Ontario recently received a wonderful “care” package…
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Rabbi Returns to Roots in Mid-Suffolk Chabad
“Like father like son” goes the old adage and no where is it more appropriate than in this transfer of directorship from a father to…
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Thousands Lay Tefillin
It’s tourist season in Europe, and Budapest, Hungary, is a magnet for thousands daily. Many of the tourists to this city are Jewish and come…
Ukrainian Foreign Minister: “Thanks to Chabad Shluchim . . .”
Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Kostyantyn Gryshchenko was in Israel yesterday, on an official visit. Accompanying him was Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetzki, Chabad-Lubavitch representative to Dnepropetrovsk. Mr. Lev…
Chabad House at Chestnut Hill Dedicates New Sanctuary
While the outdoor grills were heating up all over New England this July 4, some 300 people spent a good part of the day dedicating…
Rebbe’s Gift To Humankind Remembered in Senate
It wasn’t only Jews and Jewish communities that marked the Rebbe’s 10th yahrzeit on Tuesday, June 22. In Washington D.C. the senate session opened with…
One Community, Three Torahs
Three Chabad centers,three Torah dedications, three weeks in May. It’s a joyous trilogy for the Jewish community of Boca Raton, Florida. The city of Boca…
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