Tuesday, / June 17, 2025
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Mutual Respect Better Than Mutual Tolerance
At the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Conference on Tolerance and the Fight against Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, in Brussels, Jordan’s Prince…
A Torah is Dedicated by Jews of the European Union
It was a first for the Jewish community of the European Union last week when a Torah scroll was completed and dedicated to the synagogue…
400 Jews Forced To Conduct Rosh Hashana Services In The Cold
In contrast to events that barred 400 Jews from entering the only synagogue in Lithuania’s capital, forcing them to conduct Rosh Hashana services out in…
Of Hurricanes And Heroes
The images are familiar by now: windswept beaches, swaying palms, and miles of cars moving at a snail’s pace as their frightened passengers flee the…
Thousands Explore Jewish Life At International Moscow Book Fair
The 17th International Book Fair in Moscow came to a close today after giving some 10,000 Jews the opportunity to peruse books of Jewish interest.…
On The French Riviera With Chabad
If you wanted to spend some time this summer on the French Riviera, in Golfe-Juan, La Bocca, Cannes Californie, or the famous St. Tropez, but…
Olympics May Be Over, But Kol Tuv Stays Open
In a dramatic farewell extravaganza to the athletes and countries participating at the games, the Olympics XXVIII closed last night. The three weeks of competitive…
Jewish Communities in Russia Mourn Loss of Plane Crash Victims
As Russia observes an official day of mourning for the 89 people who died in the dual airplane crash earlier this week, leaders of the…
A Tale of Two Camps
There are hundreds of them around the world, with tens of thousands of campers. When the sun is at its zenith in every major city…
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…
Tefillin On First!
Can a proud Jew and a pair of tefillin affect the outcome of a World Series game? Rabbi Moshe Feller, director of Chabad Lubavitch of…
First Group of 1,000 Youth Land In Israel
Only three days after the Israeli embassy was bombed in Tashkent, several hundred Jewish teenagers from that city arrived in Israel for a 10-day tour.…
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…
Rabbinical Students Embark On World Tour
Shelby, Montana, with a population of 3,000 and, at most, a handful of Jews, is not high on the priority list of any Jewish organization.…
Olympics 2004: Kosher Served Here
Massive sports arenas starring Hercules-like heroes are not new to Athens, but the kosher restaurant being installed this summer will be a first for the…
Rabbi Steinsaltz on the Rebbe: He Wanted to Change Human Nature
Among the many events marking the 10th yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, was a lecture by Rabbi Adin (Even- Israel) Steinsaltz at the John F.…
Kehot Publishes New English Translation of Torah
A newly translated Chumash—the Book of Numbers—was released by Kehot Publication Society, the Lubavitch publishing house, on Tuesday, June 22. Translators and editors worked at…
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…
Taking a Global Approach to Helping Israel’s Littlest Victims
If it takes a village to raise a child, what does it take when a child is injured, maimed or G-d forbid killed, in an…
Education With Heart
What’s in a name? According to Rabbi Benny Zippel of Chabad of Utah, a lot. Having finally given “Project Heart” its official designation, he feels…
Remembering President Reagan
As the nation pays final tribute to President Ronald Reagan, Chabad-Lubavitch recalls a very warm, supportive rapport between the President and the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi…
Jewish Communities Prepare to Mark Rebbe’s 10th Yahrzeit
Hundreds of people are expected at the JFK Library and Museum on June 17th to mark the 10th anniversary of the passing of the Lubavitcher…
70 Bar/Bat Mitzvahs Celebrate in S. Petersburg Celebrate
The Great Choral Synagogue of S. Petersburg hosted a Bar and Bat Mitzva ceremony for about 70 girls and boys from the city’s Jewish schools…
Mitzvahs At The Cannes Film Festival
It’s all glitz and glamour at the Cannes Film Festival where the red carpet is rolled out for purveyors of the imaginary. Yet even here,…
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