Tag: Chabad Lubavitch
Orthodox Jewish Arizona council member uses family Bible for swearing-in ceremony
When he was sworn in as a new member of the Scottsdale City Council on Monday, Adam Kwasman used his family’s copy of a Hebrew Bible published by the late renowned Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz.
Kwasman...
Thousands of Chabad rabbis pose for ‘massive display of Jewish pride’
The thousands of Chabad rabbis who posed for a group photograph on Sunday during the international conference of shluchim ("emissaries") in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., created an image that "is not only a...
UAE IDs 3 Uzbek suspects in murder of Chabad Rabbi Zvi Kogan
The Emirati Ministry of Interior confirmed on Monday that the three suspects arrested for the murder of Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan are Uzbek nationals.
Security authorities identified the suspects as Olimpi Toirovich, 28, Makhmudjon...
White House denounces murder of Chabad rabbi in UAE ‘in strongest terms’
The White House National Security Council condemns the murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the United Arab Emirates "in the strongest terms," Sean Savett, a spokesman for the council, stated on Sunday evening.
"Our prayers...
Chabad rabbis give Netanyahu Chassidic text printed in Lebanon
In a symbolic move on Tuesday, a delegation of Chabad-Lubvitch rabbis presented Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an early work of Chassidic philosophy by the first Chabad rabbi printed in various places in...
Former President Trump marks Oct. 7 with prayer visit to Ohel in New York
Marking one year since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel, former president and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump paid a personal prayer visit on Monday afternoon to the Ohel in...
Chabad of Poland hosts summer retreat for 200 Ukrainian Jewish refugees
As the war in Ukraine continues into its third summer, Chabad of Poland hosted more than 200 Jewish Ukrainians, hailing from five communities, for a two-week summer experience focused on allowing children and their...
Living with purpose: Lessons from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Imagine there was something you could buy that would dramatically improve every aspect of your life. Everything you wish for—from financial success and physical health to happiness and self-esteem—would be granted or greatly enhanced....
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, 74, instrumental in Chabad’s global expansion
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, the energetic vice chairman of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch—the educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement—died after a lengthy illness on June 4. He was 74 years old, four days shy of his...
Chabad rabbi-rapper reaches top of the charts in Israel with ‘Red and Yellow’
Arap artist who turned around his hard-partying lifestyle after a near-death experience when he was a teenager and became a rabbi now sees surging success with his newest single.
Rabbi Moshe Reuven Sheradsky, 31, has hit the...