Gifted with prodigious memory, spent lifetime absorbing and disseminating the Rebbe’s teachings to the world Rabbi Yoel HaKohen Kahn, known to all simply as Reb Yoel, was a leading disciple of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, and his oral scribe. Blessed with unique intellectual gifts and a once-in-a-generation memory, Reb Yoel […]

Rabbi Yossy Goldman made Sydenham Shul into one of the world’s great synagogues For more than 30 years, people coming to pray in Johannesburg’s largest synagogue have been greeted by a familiar sight: Rabbi Yossy Goldman sitting by his dais, ready to lead the service. Be it a Friday night, Shabbat day or Yom Kippur. […]

18-year-old hopes to be a role model for Jewish life in the major leagues On a bus with his teammates on Israel’s Olympic baseball team heading to Hartford, Conn., 18-year-old Elie Kligman received a call he had long been hoping for. The Washington Nationals had just selected the Las Vegas native in the 20th round […]

Randolph community rallies behind Rabbi Avraham Bekhor Following a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured their rabbi, the Jewish community of Randolph, N.J., has been rallying together to get as many mitzvah pledges as they can. The effort started in May and is still going strong. Rabbi Avraham Bekhor, co-director with his wife, Chava, of Chabad-Lubavitch […]

The worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement mourns the passing of Rabbi Yoel Kahan, its preeminent Chasidic scholar and teacher, and a protégé of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe. He passed away Thursday after a prolonged illness at age 91.   Known as “Reb Yoel,” he was revered by generations of Chabad students and scholars for his brilliance and his […]

As the Delta Variant fueled South Africa’s third and most severe Covid-19 outbreak this year, the Jewish Community in Johannesburg went into shutdown. Gedaliah Kievman, the son of Chabad emissaries, looked forward to his bar mitzvah on Shabbat July 3. He had spent a year preparing to read his Torah portion on the Shabbat. But […]

CKids Gan Israel brings together 60 boys from diverse backgrounds It’s evening at CKids Gan Israel in Lakeworth, Fla., and the sound of children singing songs of Jewish pride can be heard throughout its sprawling campgrounds. There, on a glistening lakefront set among the expanses of nature, 60 Jewish boys from diverse backgrounds have united […]

The double crisis of a pandemic and a wave of antisemitism has highlighted the essential work of Chabad do on behalf of our people.Op-ed. As cities and countries rush to erect statues that honor frontline and essential workers, as we fittingly laud the IDF for its invaluable, professional and caring aid at Surfside, it is […]

‘Pidyon haben’ ceremony turned out to be a multi-generational affair Michael and Hannah Mandler, proud first-time parents, had another less common mitzvah to do after circumcising their bundle of joy, whom they had named Zev Mordechai. They had to redeem their firstborn son from a Kohen, in a ceremony known as pidyon haben, or the […]