To Whom Does a U.S. President Bow?

President Biden’s kneeling represented so much to me, a mother of nine Last week we witnessed the leader of the free world, U.S. President Joe Biden, going down on one knee in the Oval Office before Rivka Ravitz, the chief of staff of Israel’s outgoing President Reuven Rivlin. The moment was triggered when Biden was […]

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On the Frontline in Surfside with Miami-Dade Police Chaplain Rabbi Yossi Harlig

‘It’s a very difficult situation,’ says Harlig, who also directs Chabad of Kendall and Pinecrest SURFSIDE, Fla.—Suit jacket slung over his arm and badge around his neck, Miami-Dade police chaplain Rabbi Yossi Harlig walks briskly down Collins Avenue. He’s heading back towards the pile, the Surfside site where hundreds of emergency workers have been desperately […]

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Ep. 5: Treating And Saving Jewish Drug Users

In Episode 5 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, Rabbi Mordechai Abraham, Chabad shliach to Johannesburg, tells the story of how he found his “niche” finding and treating drug users in South Africa. Reporter Gary Waleik is also joined by a man Rabbi Abraham helped in his recovery. The “Addicts’ Rabbi” […]

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President Joe Biden Meets With Surfside Rabbis

Together with First Lady, Commander-in-Chief meets with families, thanks Jewish community President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited Surfside, Florida, yesterday to meet with families of those who perished or are still missing in last week’s devastating Champlain Towers collapse, encourage first responders who have been working without stop for a week, and […]

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Chabad Rabbi Stabbed Outside of Boston’s Shaloh House Jewish Day School

Rabbi Shlomo Noginski at home after being treated at a local hospital; suspect in custody Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shlomo Noginski was repeatedly stabbed today outside of the Shaloh House Jewish Day School in Brighton, Mass. Noginski serves as a rabbi and teacher at Shaloh House, a Chabad institution serving the Boston-area’s Russian Jewish community, and their […]

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‘Yossi Tenenboim Day’ Celebrates Young Shliach’s Bar Mitzvah

Hempstead, New York, Town Supervisor proclaimed June 16, 2021, “Yossi Tenenboim Day” in recognition of 13-year-old’s contribution to the community Hempstead Town Council Member Bruce Blakeman and Town Supervisor Don Clavin presented a citation to Yossi Tenenboim on June 16th, honoring the occasion of his bar mitzvah celebration. The 13-year-old son of Rabbi Nochum and […]

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Chabad Representative Stabbed, Assailant in Custody

This afternoon, Chabad representative Rabbi Shlomo Noginski was stabbed multiple times outside the Shaloh House Chabad Center in Brighton, Mass. Rabbi Noginski serves as a Rabbi and teacher at the Shaloh House. The suspect allegedly approached him, drew a firearm and attempted to force him to his car. After a struggle, the assailant stabbed Rabbi […]

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