For parents of children with special needs, day-to-day activities come with a host of challenges. Balancing various therapies can eat up hours and energy. When it comes time for the traditional Jewish rite of passage for boys, a bar mitzvah, it sometimes seems like an insurmountable challenge. “I had assumed that all my children would […]
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Miami and Rostov Bat Mitzvah Girls Celebrate Together
Experience moves twelve bat mitzvah girls from different backgrounds When Ava Greenwald celebrated her bat mitzvah last September in Bal Harbour, Florida, her parents went all-out. The party included a DJ, a special dress, a catered dinner in a hotel hall—all standard for her community. But Ava wanted her special day to be about more than just […]
Eli Marcus – Veniflinu ( ונפלינו )
Produced by: The Kinus Tzeirei HashluchimThe Shluchim OfficeLyrics: Shneur Zalman MinkowitzMusic: Music Studio NYC | musicstudio.nycVocals: Eli MarcusT.T.T.O. Ata Vechartanu Lyrics: http://jewishsongbook.com/song.php?s=872
New Chabad center in Myanmar is home away from home for Jews
Since arriving in 2018, Schneur Raitport and his wife Yehudis have set up a synagogue and Myanmar’s first kosher restaurant. Jews visiting Myanmar now have a welcoming home away from home, where they can enjoy an authentic Shabbat, thanks to a young couple from Argentina, Rabbi Schneur Raitport and his wife, Yehudis. According to an […]
Tragedy and Resolve: 11 Years After Mumbai Terror
Remembering the murder and legacy of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg Editor’s Note: Eleven years ago, on Nov. 26, 2008, the city of Mumbai, India, was rocked by a coordinated attack in which Pakistani terrorists murdered 164 innocent men, women and children in hotels, cafes and on the street. Targeted with a special vengeance were […]
Focus on the Individual at Chabad Banquet
Evening of camaraderie and inspiration concludes International Chabad Conference Over 5,800 Chabad rabbis and lay leaders celebrated the culmination of the weekend International Conference of Chabad Shluchim with the grand Gala Banquet on Sunday night. Held at the New Jersey Expo Center, the banquet featured talks and multimedia presentations that highlighted the personal impact of […]
Judaism, Jails and Justice: A Conversation With Judge Jack B. Weinstein
On a rainy afternoon this summer, Judge Jack B. Weinstein called a recess on the case he was presiding over at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, N. Y., to meet with an old friend and comrade-in-arms, Rabbi Sholom Lipskar. The two have known each other since 1981, when Lipskar, spurred on by the Rebbe, Rabbi […]
5,800 Celebrate Jewish Life at Massive Chabad Conference Banquet
EDISON, N.J.—Lettered and numbered circular tables lined the 150,000-square-foot New Jersey Convention Center, each one filled with a dozen rabbis and Jewish communal leaders, close to 6,000 people in all. They came together for the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim), which brings together Chabad rabbis and lay leaders from all 50 states […]
Chabad Conference Goes All-Inclusive
A collaboration by the Ruderman Chabad Inclusion Initiative (RCII) and the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim will ensure that the conference, taking place this weekend in New York, is an example of inclusion. These measures were initiated at the sister conference held in February of this year for Chabad women representatives and are being expanded […]