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In Conversation: New Chabad Representatives To Mumbai
As a rabbinical student, I spent time in Mumbai helping the Holtzbergs. Gabi was a dear friend, and I knew Mumbai and the community. But after five months there, I knew I’d never want to live there. It’s not an easy place.
Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters Appoints Full Time Representatives to Mumbai
Lubavitch World Headquarters has appointed Rabbi Chanoch and Leah Gechtman of Israel to serve as full time Chabad representatives to Mumbai.
Mrs. Zlata Geisinsky, Chabad Representative, Age 49
Chabad-Lubavitch representatives, the Chabad-Lubavitch community, and the Jewish communities of Bethesda and Chevy Chase, MD, mourn the sudden passing of Mrs. Zlata Geisinsky, at the age of 49, following a brief illness.
Editorial: On The Biography of A Tzaddik
Biographies on the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, who passed away on the third day of Tammuz in 1994, are making appearances in mainstream bookstores.
Chabad Welcomes Israeli Heroes to the U.S.
Rabbi Uriel and Shevy Vigler welcomed ten Israeli soldiers to the Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side. All ten were wounded in combat and arrived to New York as part of a trip entitled Belev Echad, “With One Heart,”
First Jewish Senior Citizens Center To Open in Russia
On Wednesday June 2, several hundred Jewish community members participated at a historic groundbreaking in Vladimir, Russia, where the first Jewish senior citizens center in about 90 years...
Saturday Night Face-Off at Yankee Stadium
Foreman, a Yarmulka clad observant Jew, is part of the IYYUN Chabad community in Brooklyn. He wears Tzizit, and wraps Tefilin daily. He is also studying to become a rabbi and hopes to be finished within three years.
Rostov Jewish Community Calls For Survivors, Children to Remember Zmievskaya Balka
On August 11-12, 1942, German soldiers herded 27,000 residents of Rostov – most of them Jewish citizens – to a secluded area at the edge of the city, where they were summarily executed...
A First for Ukrainian City: Sumy Municipality Welcomes Torah Scroll
Hundreds of Jewish community residents joined the procession as they danced from the town’s main street to the Jewish community center.
Beating Dyslexia: Michael Zarchin’s Story
In 1960, when Michael Zarchin was six years old, he had yet to learn to speak normally. He could not read, write, or understand basic math. Psychiatric and medical diagnoses ranged from challenged
Boutique Dairy Farm in Germany Goes Kosher
Germany’s kosher consumers can now enjoy a full line of locally produced boutique cheeses and milk that come from a small dairy farm near the major Northern city of Hamburg
Jews Concerned, Not Intimidated By Vandalism at Jewish Cemetery in Salonica
Chabad representative to Salonica said he refuses to become intimidated after vandals desecrated the city’s Jewish cemetery...
Who Wrote the Bible: Reclaiming The Traditional View
According to tradition, Moses wrote the Five Books after the Sinaitic revelation, as transmitted to him by G-d, and gave it to the Jewish people
Miriam Peretz Visits With Chabad Reps in Moscow
Miriam Peretz, the Israeli woman who lost a second son in the IDF less than two months ago, accompanied Israel’s President Shimon Peres on a visit to Russia this week
Dutch Government Acknowledges Failure To Protect Jews
On Wednesday April 28, members of the Dutch government apologized to Holland's Jewish community at the site of the former Westerbork concentration
In Conversation: Natan Sharansky
Mr. Sharansky met with Baila Olidort at his office at the Jewish Agency’s headquarters in Jerusalem, where he talked about his vision, his respect for Chabad’s model of outreach, and the moral ambiguities he discovered in freedom.
Russian Jewish Community Remembers and Resolves
Holocaust survivors and Brooklyn community members commemorated Victory Day, Sunday, May 9, at the Holocaust Memorial Park on Emmons Avenue in Brooklyn
World Expo 2010 Jewish Visitors at Home With Chabad of Shanghai
Expo fever is raging in Shanghai. The World Expo of 2010—the largest to date—opened Saturday, May 1
Rabbi Pinchus Shmuel Krinsky, Age 82
Rabbi Pinchus Shmuel Krinsky, a pillar of the Boston Jewish community, passed away Monday, May 4, 2010, at age 82.
Reaching For Heaven: An Observant Jew Navigates the Skies
In the cockpit of an Air France Airbus 330, about an hour after takeoff, on a flight from Paris to Senegal...
Catholic Hospital Hangs 270 Mezuzahs on Facility, A California First
When Providence Tarzana Medical Center looked to become the first San Fernando Valley hospital to hang mezuzahs in all patient areas, they turned to Chabad of the Valley for assistance.
Lag B’Omer: Of Mystics and Merriment
More than a million people visit annually, but it is during the 24-hour period of Lag B’Omer that the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai really gets festive.
Baku Hosts World Interfaith Summit
Participants in the World Interfaith Summit expressed concern about the recent rise of extremism, terrorist acts committed world-wise, terrorists’ use of weapons of mass destruction, human rights violations, and the increase in narcotics.
Photo & Video
Holocaust survivor Helga Melmed is giving her time, energy, and priceless life experience to educate and care for Jewish children at Chabad of Venice, Florida’s Camp Gan Israel.
Mitzvahs at the World Cup
Mitzvahs at the ADL Never Is Now Summit in New York City
As 90,000 fans descend on Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara for this year’s Super Bowl, Chabad is welcoming hundreds of Jewish visitors with kosher food, prayer services, and mitzvah opportunities throughout the weekend.
New Chabad Center in Buckeye — The Gateway to Arizona’s West
Chabad Young Professionals Rabbis Gather For Convention in Raleigh
Texas Chabad Brings Aid To Flood Victims
Chabad Brings Kosher Food To Wimbeldon
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