Chumash Pardes with Peshat, Remez, Derush and Sod. Yeshivat HaChen together with some prominent Rabbis from Sharei Shamaim and Targum Publishers had produced a new set of Chumash Mikros Gdolos style that include 18 Meforshim from Kabbalistic/ Chassidic commentaries. ( Ari”ZL, Zohar, Besht, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Chabad – Sichos, R.NAchman of Breslov, Baal HaTania, Ben […]
New Jewish Cemetery for Southwest Florida
A new Jewish cemetery was consecrated in Fort Myers last week under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida. Named Chava’s Garden by donors Dr. James and Betty Rubenstein in memory of Betty’s mother, Chava Rabinowitz, the cemetery has space for 200 plots. Mrs. Rubenstein, an activist in the Jewish […]
Bomb threats against JCCs, including La Jolla’s, not credible
SAN DIEGO – The Lawrence Family JCC in La Jolla was among a group of JCCs across the United States that received a non-specific, general bomb threat via email on Sunday morning, according to Betzy Lynch, its chief executive officer. She said the staff immediately notified the San Diego Police, which has a substation right […]
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 […]
Senior Hungarian official: Netanyahu and Orban belong to same political family
PARIS — A senior Hungarian official and close ally of President Victor Orban said Monday that his premier and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “belong to the same political family,” in a speech lauding Budapest’s efforts to combat anti-Semitism. “Relations [between our countries] are quite strong. The Israeli government knows very well that Hungary is doing […]
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 […]
New Director for Cheder Menachem in Pennsylvania
The Cheder Menachem school in the thriving Chabad community of Kingston, Pennsylvania, has announced the hiring of a new Director. Rabbi Yossi Baumgarten, who served as the Assistant Director of Development at Bais Rivkah School in Crown Heights for the past 3 years, will be assuming the title of Director at the school which currently […]
Jewish Agency Hears About Chabads in Small Towns
The Board of Governors Meeting of the Jewish Agency for Israel held in Tel Aviv hosted a Chabad Shliach to speak about Chabad’s activities and growth in small towns and communities around America. The Board of Governors Meeting of the Jewish Agency for Israel, the largest Jewish nonprofit organization in the world, is currently being […]
Orphaned Israelis celebrate bat mitzvah in Jerusalem
For most girls, bat mitzvah is a time to look forward to. But for 42 Israeli girls who have lost a parent – for most, a father, killed in war or from terror – coming of age could have been a miserable time. But on Feb. 17, Colel Chabad welcomed the girls to a gala […]
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 […]