JText helps young people learn and be inspired Come 7 p.m. every Monday and Thursday, Hannah Wise of West Bloomfield, Mich., puts everything on hold. For the past year, the 16-year-old has been joining thousands of high school and college students across the United States and Canada who have been connecting to their Jewish heritage […]
Power to the Children
CECE Hosts Annual Retreat in Chabad of Plano If it takes a village to raise a child, a global community is necessary to raise its teachers. To that end, twenty passionate educators came together last month at a conference in Plano, Texas. Hosted by Rivkie Block, Chabad’s representative here, together with Chabad’s Early Childhood Education […]
Grand Menorah Lighting at The Summit returns for 5th year
The Chabad of Alabama will host its fifth annual Grand Menorah Lighting at The Summit on Sunday, Dec. 22, at Saks Plaza. The event will begin at 4:30 p.m. and guests can enjoy traditional Chanukah treats including latkes, donuts, chocolate gelt (coins) drops, as well as entertainment for the whole family and traditional Chanukah songs. […]
70 Days For 70 Years: Day 11
Moshiach: Not Just a Jewish Event!
70 Days For 70 Years: Day 10
Moshiach: a Different Kind of Redemption, because No Jew will be Left Behind —version 3
70 Days For 70 Years: Day 9
Absolute Moshiach: No Jew will be Left Behind — version 2
Today in Chabad History: 9 (Tes) Kislev
The 9th of Kislev marks both the birthday and passing of the Mitteler Rebbe (the second Chabad Rebbe), Rabbi Dov Ber of Lubavitch (1773-1827). Rabbi Dov Ber was a prolific author who published many scholarly books during the course of his lifetime, including Toras Chaim, Imrei Bina, and Peirush Hamilos. Rabbi Dov Ber constantly advocated […]
70 Days For 70 Years: Day 8
Moshiach No Jew will be Left Behind – Version 1
The Only Known Brazilian-Born Holocaust Survivor Celebrates a Bar Mitzvah at 91
São Paulo ceremony brings together family, friends and community Andor Stern, the only known Holocaust survivor to have been born in Brazil, celebrated his bar mitzvah at the age of 91 in a moving ceremony at Kehilat Israel, São Paulo’s oldest Jewish synagogue. The celebration took place exactly 81 years after Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken […]
Q&A: The Holocaust’s Jewish Calendars: Keeping Time Sacred, Making Time Holy
Historian Avraham Rosen discusses his groundbreaking new book that holds relevance for all In “The Holocaust’s Jewish Calendars,” historian Avraham (Alan) Rosen presents a groundbreaking and richly illustrated exposition on the Jewish concept of time by examining handwritten, typed and printed calendars that Jewish men and women created during the Holocaust in ghettos, in concentration […]