Tag: Chabad Lubavitch
Chabad center in Salt Lake City defaced with swastika
A swastika was scratched onto the front-door glass last weekend of Chabad Lubavitch of Utah in Salt Lake City.
Police are searching for a suspect seen in surveillance footage from the building’s security cameras. The...
Jews in Nigeria to distribute 250,000 meals in five cities during Ramadan food rush
Amid food shortages among the poorest and most vulnerable in Nigeria as Ramadan comes to an end for the majority Muslim population, Chabad Lubavitch of Nigeria has launched its annual food drive to distribute...
Words of hate scrawled on Yom Hashoah on Vancouver Island Chabad House
Law enforcement in Canada has identified a person of interest, one of two, who vandalized the Chabad House on Vancouver Island on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
“A suspect has come forward and been identified in relation...
New Chabad Haggadah becomes No. 1 bestselling Jewish book on Amazon
The Passover Haggadah has seen more editions than any other Jewish book in history.
Still, the recently released Chabad.org Haggadah, which is faithful to tradition, has already set a new standard for the times.
Written and...
Coming home: 65-year-old hidden Jew celebrates his bar mitzvah
“My family were hidden Jews, but not anymore. With this coming of age ritual, I’m proudly reclaiming my Jewish heritage,” said Robert Powell, a 65-year-old Wisconsinite about his recent bar mitzvah at Chabad of...
Rabbi Abraham Twerski, psychologist, author and Torah scholar, dies at age 90
Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski, a renowned psychologist, author and Torah scholar, passed away yesterday in Israel at the age of 90.
Twerski, proudly identified as Chassidic, was strongly involved with the Chabad-Lubavitch community.
A Wisconsin native, he...
FBI, ADL offer rewards for leads to vandalized Jewish institutions in Alabama
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man captured on surveillance video last year vandalizing a synagogue and Chabad House in Huntsville, Ala.
Swastikas...
US Interior secretary tests positive for COVID following National Menorah lighting
U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has tested positive for coronavirus, a department spokesman confirmed to The Washington Post on Wednesday.
The diagnosis came less than a week after Bernhardt helped light the National Menorah on Dec. 10 across from the White...
Paris mayor’s request keeps Eiffel Tower menorah tradition alive
In most years, the Eiffel Tower menorah-lighting in Paris is an awe-inspiring event that draws crowds in the thousands and is seen by millions on international broadcasts. But with the city in the midst...
For first time, Hanukkah lights brighten Arabian nights in UAE
For the first time in history, a giant public menorah has been raised in the United Arab Emirates. The 12-foot metal menorah was designed and constructed locally and stands at the foot of the Burj Khalifa,...