Purim festivities at Chabad of St. Augustine will take “center ring” this year when participants enjoy kosher circus favorites while masquerading in their favorite ringleader costume. “Purim in the Circus” is Chabad’s creative twist to this year’s community celebration of Purim, the holiday commemorating the Jewish people’s salvation in Persia of old. The festivities will […]
Chabad executive director becomes certified Holocaust educator
Chabad executive director and Rabbi Moshe Leib Gray became a certified Holocaust educator for college campuses earlier this year. His certification followed his participation alongside other Chabad rabbis in an intensive week-long seminar at Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial for the Holocaust. According to Gray, this was the first time Yad Vashem organized a program […]
The Day My Best Friend Called Me a ‘Dirty Jew’
was born in another world, in a country that is no longer on the map. In a way, I am still a Soviet child transitioning into the world of mysterious Hebrew texts, holy Torah scrolls, the chanting of prayers and the cycles of the Jewish year. This week, when I walked into the synagogue on […]
Preaching with Conviction
Since 1954, I have served as the Rebbe’s emissary in Boston, and this is where I met Rabbi Yosef Ber Soloveitchik from whose lips I heard the story I am about to relate. Rabbi Soloveitchik – who for many years headed RIETS, the rabbinic school of Yeshiva University – had studied at the University of […]
As Global Health Crisis Worsens, Chabad of China Asks for Help
As the coronavirus, or COVID-19, continues its worrisome spread around the globe with more than 80 affected countries and territories, China, where the virus originated in late December, has been deeply impacted with more than 80,000 infected and almost 3,000 deaths. Normally home to about 10,000 Jews, China has seen its Jewish population—a largely transient […]
Putting together the Purim packages at the Chabad of Hewlett
At least a baker’s dozen of children, who are part of the Chabad of Hewlett’s after-school program for fourth- and fifth-graders Jewish Kids Club of Hewlett, packed Purim packages that will be sent to Israel Defense Forces soldiers and children who live at the Mishpacha Jewish Orphanage in Odessa, a port city in the southern […]
Chabad offers ‘Purim in Israel’ community party on March 10
Chabad of Orange County, led by Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston, invites the community to a grand Purim in Israel party on Tuesday, March 10, 5:30 p.m., at the Monroe Town Senior Center, 101 Mine Road in Monroe. The Israel-themed party will offer a buffet dinner – including falafel, shawarma, bourekas, hummus and more. The […]
Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, recounts her Holocaust story
Four decades passed before Anne Frank’s stepsister began talking publicly about her life during and after the Holocaust. It happened during an Anne Frank memorial event in England. “Everything I had repressed for over 40 years came blabbing out,” Eva Schloss, 90, said during a talk Thursday night at the JW Marriott Las Vegas. Frank […]
Celebrate Purim With Chabad of West Orange
Everyone is welcome to join Chabad of West Orange for a community Purim seudah, on Tuesday, March 10, at Chabad of West Orange, located at 401 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange. The evening will open with a 5:30 p.m. Megillah reading, followed by the seudah/feast at 6:00 p.m.. Entertainment will feature Jewish rap artist Jesse […]
Israeli On El Al Flight Has Coronavirus; Was Recently In Italy; Israel Bans Entry To All Italians
The first case of an Israeli diagnosed with the coronavirus who was not in quarantine was confirmed on Thursday in a man who returned from Italy on Sunday, the Health Ministry announced on Thursday morning. He was on El Al flight LY 382 from Milan, which landed at 4:10 p.m. on Sunday at Ben Gurion […]