Purim is a joyful Jewish holiday (this year on Thursday, March 20) celebrating the end of frosty winter as well as the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia thanks to the bravery and intelligence of beautiful Queen Esther. The celebration is always marked by high spirits and plenty of refreshments and fun. And […]
Global Jewish Business Community Rallies For Chabad Of China
If you are a Jewish person on business in China, chances are you’ve been serviced by one of the country’s thirteen chabad houses. Today, in the wake of the coronavirus, hundreds of these business people, and many others, are paying it forward with awe inspiring support. And you can too. Five days into its campaign, […]
Staging the Power Play
As the King and Haman arrive at the second feast, a foul mood pervades. The wine flows, alcohol providing temporary respite and relief, as the queen sips gingerly to maintain careful control as she sets the stage for the climatic power play that’ll trigger Haman’s final downfall! Weaving historical dates, fascinating parallels, and commemorative observances, […]
Mother of All Prophetic Superiority
After elucidating the reason a (relatively) small number of Prophets were cited (in juxtaposing lackluster spiritual awakenings they engendered, in comparison with the tsunami of Teshuva caused by Haman), the Talmud seeks to identity the seven Prophetesses – also cast as less impactful. Interestingly, the distinction of prophetic posterity isn’t overtly invoked, and there seems […]
Contemporary Artist Colors Crown Heights
Our People’ – New Anash.org feature: Pop-Art Rabbi Yitzchok Moully talked with us about chassidus through artistic expression, and the Rebbe’s instruction that changed his life forever. A new Anash.org column puts the spotlight on the men and women who live in, work with, and inspire anash communities. By Anash.org writer If you’ve walked through […]
How the Jews in Italy are coping with coronavirus, 50,000 in quarantine
While Jewish institutions are closely monitoring the coronavirus epidemic, and while everyone worries about the impact of the situation on the city, Jews in northern Italy aren’t panicking. A Talmud class was canceled, as well as a conference on the history of Zionism and a book presentation at the Holocaust Memorial. Jewish life in Milan […]
Rabbi With ALS Pens Heartfelt Plea For Good Deeds
Using only his eyes and a computer screen to communicate his heartfelt wishes, Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz, who has inspired and uplifted people around the world since being immobilized by ALS in 2013, wrote a deeply personal message describing his joy that thousands of Jewish people around the world are doing mitzvahs in honor of his […]
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 […]
5 Shluchim Consecrate a New Jewish Cemetery for the Southwest Florida Jewish Community.
Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida under the leadership of Shliach Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz consecrated a new Jewish cemetery for the Southwest Florida Jewish Community. The Cemetery is being dedicated by Dr. James & Betty Rubenstein in Memory of Betty’s mother Chava Rabinowitz & will be named Chava’s Garden. To concentrate the Garden 5 Shluchim, Rabbi […]
It Doesn’t Matter What The Goyim Say, It Matters What the Jews Do! By Uriel Vigler
It has become blatantly obvious that we are witnessing a full-fledged epidemic of Anti-Semitic attacks. In the last week alone, there has been at least one incident each day. For the first time in modern US history, Jews are afraid to shop at kosher stores, afraid to go to shul, afraid to send their kids […]