Matzah And A Priest
A tenacious attempt to bring students matzah leads to a Jewish priest. In a small Canadian city sits an exclusive boarding high school, home to many international students from Brazil, Mexico, Russia and elsewhere. Though no longer an official faith school, the priests on staff and the ornate chapel are lingering evidence of its strong […]
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Mitzvah Tanks Deliver Matzah to Those Hunkered Down in New York
Repurposed RVs as “Mitzvah Tanks” are a familiar sight on the streets of New York City every year during the days before Passover. Staffed by young yeshivah students armed with shmurah matzah, these “tanks” roll through the city and deliver the traditional handmade discs to thousands of Jews across the metropolis. This year, the repurposed […]
Rabbi Yehudah Leib Groner, 88, Aided the Rebbe for More than Four Decades
Rabbi Yehudah Leib Groner spent decades serving as an aide to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. Over that span of time, Rabbi Groner was a firsthand witness to many of the events that sent ripples of transformation from the Rebbe’s office in New York in ever expanding circles across the […]
Happy Passover Wishes from Bahrain Royal Family
Warmest well-wishes to the #Jewish community in #Bahrain, and those throughout the world, at this holy time of Passover. Pic: The inside of the Synagogue in Bahrain. pic.twitter.com/JE7AfLFl1f — Abdulla R Al-Khalifa (@AbdullaRAK) April 8, 2020
Amid Global Crisis, Education Day Brings Ethics to the Forefront in U.S. States and Cities
As the United States and the world combats the global COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. states and cities will follow the lead of the President in taking a moment to mark the 118th anniversary of the birth of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—on 11 Nissan, corresponding this year to Sunday, April 5—as “Education […]
Deliveroo Partners With Chabad in UK to Deliver Seders-to-Go
Helping people celebrate in the As Jews across the United Kingdom prepare for the upcoming festival of Passover, which starts on the evening of April 8, Chabad-Lubavitch of the UK has partnered with popular food-delivery app Deliveroo to ensure that every Jew across the United Kingdom and Ireland can conduct a Seder. The “Seder-to-Go” kits […]
Crown Heights: A Jewish Community Under Attack From Coronavirus
Kindness abounds from behind closed doors, even though its streets are silent The streets of the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., during the weeks before Passover are usually busy and boisterous—those of a modern-day shtetl preparing for one of the biggest events of the year. Children ride their scooters and bikes after school, meeting […]
Last-Minute Seder Deliveries to Medical Staff in Chicago Treating Thousands
Some 3,000 patients are being treated at cavernous convention center When the State of Illinois and the city of Chicago decided to transform the largest convention center in North America into a field hospital to stem the flow of patients suffering from the coronavirus (COVID-19), Passover plans for the Jewish personnel was not the first […]