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 […]
In Teeming Yangon, Myanmar, a Young Jewish Couple Makes Their Mark
New appointment announced at International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries Rabbi Schneur and Yehudis Raitport arrived in the bustling Southeast Asian metropolis of Yangon, Myanmar, on a Monday in late 2018. The only kosher food they had in their luggage were spices. Still jet-lagged, on Wednesday morning the rabbi, also a shochet (trained ritual slaughterer), left […]
1,000 Boys Join Their Dads at International Rabbinic Conference
A camp-like experience for children of emissaries from around the world Mendel Plotkin, 11, is getting ready for an adventure. He’s headed to New York City to participate in the kids’ division programming of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim), a once-a-year gathering that brings rabbis and guests in from around the world […]
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis Gather for 2019 Group Photo
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Thousands of Rabbis From Around the World at the Rebbe’s Resting Place
Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries gather at the Ohel in Queens, N.Y. Thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in New York for the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim) visited the Ohel in Queens, N.Y., the resting place of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneersohn, of righteous memory. Having traveled to New York from throughout the United States and […]
Fighting Hate With Jewish Pride: 5,800 Rabbis and Communal Leaders Empower New York
Thousands of rabbis and communal leaders from around the world are converging on New York City over the next few days for an annual conference that celebrates Jewish pride and unity. Hailing from 100 countries, the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim), which started Wednesday and runs through Monday, will give these rabbis an […]