Judaism Comes To Former Industrial Hub, Now A Top Neighborhood At the turn of the 20th century, there were so many factories in River North on the north bank of the Chicago River that the smoke billowing from their chimneys often blocked the sunlight. From the 1920s to the 1960s, it was known as a […]
Montenegro President and 500 Attend Investiture of New Chief Rabbi
The small Balkan nation of Montenegro, home to a diverse group of about 500 Jewish people, now has its first resident chief rabbi. Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Ari Edelkopf was formally appointed to the post last week in the presence of the nation’s president, Israel’s religious affairs minister, members of government, rabbis from Israel and Europe, […]
Hasidic Jews chased and punched in series of attacks in Brooklyn’s Borough Park
Assaults come amid an uptick in anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City, with at least 163 so far this year JTA — Several identifiably Jewish men and boys were attacked in a string of assaults in the Borough Park community of Brooklyn on the same night. Three of the attacks late Friday night involved […]
Local Jewish Community Gives To #fitforschool Initiative To Assist Hurricane Dorian-Impacted School Children
Nassau, Bahamas – On behalf of the local Jewish community, Rabbi Sholom Bluming of the Chabad of the Bahamas (a Jewish centre), presented to Mrs. Patricia Minnis, wife of the Prime Minister, and Khrystle Rutherford-Ferguson, Chairman of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation (BCCEC), a $10,000 cheque that will go towards the BCCEC’s-led […]
A Path Out of Poverty and Into Jewish Service
Fifty students from Odessa and abroad currently attend Chabad’s Jewish University in Odessa. The Jewish University is the only institution of higher learning in the region where students can earn accredited bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business, law, and humanities while also engaging in Jewish studies. Tuition, including room and board, is paid for by […]
Stranded by California Wildfires, Rabbi, Yeshivah Boys, Learn Torah and Offer Tefillin
Stuck In Wildfires, They Find An Opportunity To Help Others Rabbi Chaim Bryski was carpooling a group of yeshivah boys, his son among them, from Thousand Oaks, Calif., to their school in Los Angeles this week when he found road after road closed because of the raging Getty Fire. They spent six hours on the […]
As Getty Fire Burns in LA, Chabads Offer Assistance
At about 1:34 on Monday morning, a eucalyptus branch fell onto a power line in the hills of Brentwood, California, sparking a fire that quickly burned more than 500 acres. By 3:15 the LA Fire Department’s emergency system had ordered the evacuation of some 10,000 homes. As Rabbi Baruch Yosef and Channa Hecht at Chabad […]
Israeli Air Force One unveiled, malfunctions during test run
Emergency briefly declared at Ben Gurion Airport during brake mishap; first test flight planned for Sunday An Israeli version of Air Force One, the codename for a plane carrying the US president, was revealed on Thursday for the first time, but a test run at Ben Gurion Airport ahead of its first takeoff — which […]
A Chabad Couple In New Jersey Built An Immersive Village For Kids With Autism
LIVINGSTON, N.J. (JTA) — A new 11,000-square-foot shopping center here is home to 15 storefronts, including a bank, pet shop and clothing store. There’s a health center with a dentist and doctor’s office and a ShopRite supermarket. A traffic guard monitors the crosswalk, which is bisected by a plant and tree-lined strip. After a day […]
As California Fires Rage, Postponed Funeral, Support for Firefighters and Residents
Rabbis Reach Out As Tragedy And Loss Spread Across The State As the Kincade Fire in Northern California continues to grow to 76,000 acres, Rabbi Mendel Wolvovsky attempted to bring some relief to weary residents and emergency personnel on Tuesday morning, offering homemade breakfast and conversation even as he had to reschedule a congregant’s funeral […]