Tag: Chabad Lubavitch
In wake of anti-Semitic incidents, Hanukkah menorah-lightings evoke Jewish pride
The North MoPac Expressway runs up Austin’s west side, a busy, eight-lane artery that speaks to the city’s expanding suburbs and the extravagant consumption of space that is uniquely Texan. It’s not a place...
A floating Chabad center on the River Seine
In the 13th arrondissement of the City of Light, where classic Baroque and Belle Époque architecture meets modern high-risers, boats of all kinds dot the left bank of the River Seine.
The Paris neighborhood, home...
Former anti-Semitism envoys, leaders coach students on reversing Jew-hatred on campus
As anti-Semitism continues to rise in the United States, especially on college campuses, speakers at George Washington University who attended an event last week showed students that they have allies against anti-Semitism in both...
In era of social acrimony, the Rebbe’s words and wisdom provide insight into bridging...
Chabad may be synonymous with Jewish outreach, but once a year, for three days, the movement reaches in.
The International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim) usually draws as many as 6,000 rabbis and lay...
Sukkot guide to help those at home celebrate holiday
Along with spending time in the sukkah and waving the “Four Species” or “Four Kinds” (etrog, lulav, arava and hadass) a central observance of the holiday of Sukkot is holding festive evening-time celebrations.
Known as Simchat Beit Hashoeva, they harken back to the...
‘Cholent Festival’ brings Jewish culture to Hungary via food, music, traditions
Thousands of people took part in the Sixth Hungarian ‘Cholent Festival’ (“Sólet” in Hungarian) at the Újbuda outdoor theater in Budapest before the start of the High Holidays, organized by the Chabad Lubavitch organization...
Police arrest suspect for Chabad vandalism, stolen Torah scrolls remain missing
Authorities arrested a man and charged him with burglary in connection to the vandalism of a Chabad synagogue in Long Beach, N.Y., according to LIHearld.com.
On Saturday afternoon, Rabbi Eli Goodman of Chabad of the Beaches...
Taiwan to open extensive Jewish community center, kosher restaurant
Taiwan’s Jewish community announced the expected December opening of an extensive center to serve tourists and locals alike.
The Jeffrey D. Schwartz Jewish Community Center will house a synagogue that can hold more than 100...
‘Hate can’t stop us’: Boston’s Shaloh House fights back after anti-Semitic attack
No one ever expected a pile of Gan Israel camp T-shirts to be used to stop the bleeding of one of the campers’ teachers—certainly not Rabbi Shlomo Noginski himself.
But on July 1, that was...
Chabad rabbi stabbed outside of a Boston Jewish day school
A male suspect repeatedly stabbed Chabad emissary, Rabbi, Shlomo Noginsky, outside of the Shaloh House Jewish Day School in Brighton, Massachusetts, which primarily serves the Boston area’s Russian Jewish community.
Noginsky is a rabbi and...