Tag: Chabad
Chabad’s annual Kinus HaShluchos draws 4,000 women emissaries
From Feb. 8-13, some 4,000 shluchos, Chabad women emissaries, from more than 100 countries gathered in and around the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn for the annual Kinus HaShluchos, whose agenda included workshops, speeches and Shabbat gatherings. It...
As storm batters Israel, Chabad program brings warmth to Holocaust survivors
With storm Barbara bringing freezing winds, rain and snow to Israel, over 200 volunteers braved the conditions to deliver portable heaters, blankets and prepared meals to 300 elderly and Holocaust survivors living in Jerusalem.
The...
From China to Mexico, Message at Chabad Women’s Banquet Was Love
Two weeks ago to the day, as the COVID-19 coronavirus was rapidly spreading through the Chinese city of Wuhan, Rochel Kalmenson and her husband, Rabbi Yekutiel Kalmenson, co-directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Ningbo, China, and their three young children, boarded...
Providing economic, spiritual and emotional support to those afflicted by terror
Terrorism has been a fact of life in what’s now the Jewish state since the earliest days of modern Zionism. Even when it’s calmer, work is being done to help those affected by an...
Chabad heads to Iceland as 3,000 women emissaries celebrate at ‘day of strength for...
For the more than 3,000 women who filled each table—every inch of the ballroom at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel—it came as no surprise that such significant news would be announced the same...
As waters rise, here’s how Chabad is helping Houston Jews keep Kosher
When the leader of Houston’s Chabad Teen Network (CTeen) was forced from her home by floodwaters, she took shelter with friends who happened to live near the local Chabad house, Chabad of Uptown. Naomi Bier,...
Hungary emissary presents Netanyahu with translated Talmud
For the first time in the history of the country, a sitting Israeli prime minister paid a diplomatic visit to the Hungarian capital of Budapest.
Last Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu met the heads of Hungary’s...
Belated Bar Mitzvahs for five college students in Vienna
Joined by their families from Switzerland, Germany, Hungary and Ukraine—and their friends and fraternity brothers from around the world—five young men from the Lauder Business School in Vienna were called to the Torahand celebrated their bar...
At Wesleyan University, jewish life sees progress
In 2014, the Connecticut Jewish Ledger listed Rabbi Levi and Chanie Schectman on their annual “Movers and Shakers” list. For those who knew them, this didn’t come as a surprise; since the couple had...