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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 […]
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 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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Holocaust Survivors, Both in Their 90’s Get Married in Israel An elderly Jewish Russian couple got married at the Chabad synagogue for Soviet immigrants located on Herzl Street in Haifa. The groom is 96 years old and the bride is 91. They are both Holocaust survivors. Both became widows during the Holocaust. The groom was […]
Tuesday Chabad‘s weekly Bagels Lox and Teffilin starting at 8:00 am. Chabad’s weekly class featuring teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe starts at 12:00 pm. Wednesday Hillel‘s Bagel Table offers bagels, schmear, lox and fixings every week from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm between the VAC and Atlas buildings. Chabad is hosting a text-based Talmud study […]