Gathering focuses on serving Jewish communities despite all challenges EDISON N.J.—On a night that most often showcases the profound growth and success of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, this year’s International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim) paused to recognize and draw strength from the many difficulties emissaries meet and overcome in the course of their work. […]
International Conference Of Shluchim 2021 Gala Banquet
The 38th International Conference Of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries concluded with a gala banquet attended by Chabad Rabbis and their partners and supporters. The evening celebrated Chabad’s achievements over the past two years and reflected on the hardships emissaries encounter in the course of their work. Throughout the evening, stories were shared that drew into focus the […]
At the Rebbe’s Ohel, Emissaries Reconnect and Recommit
Praying on behalf of the communities they serve and the entire Jewish people QUEENS, N.Y. —They came from far and near, like children returning home. Single file, the thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries each passed through rows of tombstones to pray at the Ohel, the resting place of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous […]
Rabbi Schneur Zalman Blumenfeld, 58, Chief Chabad Emissary in Peru
Established Jewish programs for the nation’s 2,500 Jewish residents Rabbi Schneur Zalman Blumenfeld, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Peru, who served Jewish residents and visitors to Lima for more than three decades by establishing traditional Jewish institutions and programming for residents and visitors, passed away on 24 Cheshvan (Friday, Oct. 29) as thousands of his colleagues […]
Iran’s Chief Rabbi Meets Global Rabbinic Leaders on Visit to New York
Chief Rabbi Yehuda Gerami received brotherly reception from rabbinical colleagues from around the globe With Chief Rabbi of Iran Yehuda Gerami’s visit to the United States coinciding with the world’s largest rabbinic conference—theInternational Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries, being held this weekend in Brooklyn, N.Y.—the rabbi is taking the opportunity to meet with and share ideas […]
LIVE: Watch The Kinus
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Desert Wedding Seals a Year of Torah Learning for Young Eastern European Jews
Culminating a year of Torah study, six hundred young eastern European Jews enjoy a spectacular trip to Dubai. As the sun set on the sands of the Rub’ al Khali desert outside Dubai, six hundred young Russian Jews gathered there, around a chuppah, to celebrate the marriage of Alexander and Alina Rudenko. Despite a day […]
International Conference Of Chabad Emissaries Begins
Chabad Rabbis are known for bringing Judaism to the far corners of the globe. But for three days a year, they come back to where it all began. The annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (the Kinus Hashluchim) typically attracts some 6,000 rabbis and supporters to Brooklyn, New York. After having been held virtually last […]
Ep. 11: Solomon Is The First Rabbi Appointed To Western Australia’s Highest Court
In Episode 10 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, Reporter/Producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Justice Marcus Solomon, whose appointment to Western Australia’s highest court came after years of hard work in the legal profession. But he also worked during that time to vigorously build Jewish education … which […]
Mysterious Holocaust Survivor’s Skull Given Jewish Burial in California
Who was the man with the numbers on his arm? It’s a nightmarish image for most. Some time in the 1980s, Penelope Frey was sorting through her husband’s belongings in his Park Avenue clinic in Manhattan when she came across an old box. Brushing off the years of dust, she opened it to discover a […]