On Thursday, February 14, a sculpture immortalizing the story of 3,320 students was unveiled at Chabad of Parkland. “Every student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was affected by the shooting two years ago,” says Rabbi Shuey Biston, the Chabad center’s outreach and program director. Last year, on the first anniversary of the shooting, in […]
Iceland Welcomes Its First Native-Born Torah Scroll
History was made in Iceland today as celebrants danced down the streets of Reykjavik Feb. 16, to mark the first-ever completion and inauguration of a Torah scroll on the European island, following a reception last Thursday at the home of the U.S. Ambassador to Iceland. For more than 1,000 years of its recorded history up […]
New Mexico, Peru, Israel, Boston: The Faces of Contemporary Jewish Life
As more than 3,000 women from across the globe return home from the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchos), some of the women who participated in the conference’s guest program reflected on their experiences at the five-day conference. Martha Schlenger, Santa Fe, N.M. “Thought-provoking, heartwarming, inspiring” are just some of the adjectives that […]
From China to Mexico, Message at Chabad Women’s Banquet Was Love
Two weeks ago to the day, as the COVID-19 coronavirus was rapidly spreading through the Chinese city of Wuhan, Rochel Kalmenson and her husband, Rabbi Yekutiel Kalmenson, co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Ningbo, China, and their three young children, boarded a flight to Shanghai and then on to New York. “Until then, it wasn’t obvious what […]
Thousands of female Chabad leaders gather for annual leadership convention
“As women, we have every ability to be part of the mission and dream of the Rebbe [Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson],” said Dini Freundlich, keynote speaker. Over 3,000 Chabad-Lubavitch female leaders gathered in Brooklyn, New York for the multi-day Kinus Hashluchos, the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries. omen attending come from all across […]
70 Days For 70 Years: Day 66
More on Moshiach Era accelerated growth and miracle harvests —Part Two!!
70 Days For 70 Years: Day 64
Moshiach’s Era: when we’ll see speed-growth yielded in real time!
70 Days For 70 Years: Day 63
The final resolution to the Moshiach Era Sanctuary City Conundrum!
Jewish Communities in China Face Spread of Deadly Virus
As the death toll and emergency measures increase daily, Jewish communities in cities across China joined the population at large in the struggle to protect themselves against the new deadly coronavirus and cope with the extreme precautions being taken to guard against the spread of the flu-like respiratory disease. As of Tuesday, the virus has […]
Research: Stigmas regarding religious Jews don’t apply to Chabad
New research shows Israelis have deep emotional connection to Chabad, don’t stigmatize Lubavitchers the way they do other religious Jews. The most comprehensive research to date regarding content for Chabad Houses in Israel was presented Monday night at the annual Israeli “Shluchim Conference” organized by Tze’irei Agudat Chabad. The research included three comprehensive surveys, as […]