Living in the Bush

Off The Beaten Path: Chabad Houses You Didn’t Know Existed, Part 3 Chabad Of Byron Shire, Australia Like your typical secular Israeli, Inbar joined the Israeli Defense Forces as a teen. When she hung up her olive-green uniform and rifle for the last time, she headed east, trekking through the outlying towns and teeming cities […]

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At Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, IDF Chief of Staff Meets U.S. Jewish Chaplain

U.S. Army Chaplain (Capt.) Menachem Stern invited to Arlington ceremony In Washington D.C. for high-level talks at the Pentagon, Israel Defense Forces Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi participated Wednesday in a U.S. Armed Forces full honors wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Va. He was joined there […]

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A Jewish Community in Central Florida Passes the Torch

Brevard County, nestled on the east coast of central Florida, has seen tremendous population growth over the past decade. Recently, Temple Israel, a mainstay Reform congregation in the area, sold eight acres of their ideally located ten-acre property to Chabad of the Space and Treasure Coasts. The changeover represents a unique moment of cooperation toward […]

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Planting Jewish Seeds in Atwater

Jonathan found a shock close to home. The sixty-year-old occupant of Atwater Village, a suburb toward the upper east of Los Angeles inspected the blessing bin containing an apple, a little container of nectar, and some writing. Jonathan had never known about Rosh Hashanah, so he called the number he found on a going with […]

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In Homes, in Some Synagogues and on the Streets, Shavuot Celebrated Worldwide

Shavuot-to-go kits, such as these in St. Charles County, Miss., are being distributed to thousands in advance of the holiday. (Photo: Bill Motchan)

Rabbis counsel caution during pandemic, even when following local government guidelines In a normal year, Chabad-Lubavitch of Eilat, Israel, on the shores of the Red Sea, would host hundreds of children in their synagogue for the reading of the Ten Commandments, in keeping with the call of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—that […]

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