Tag: Chabad Lubavitch
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.
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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,...
Interior secretary Bernhardt helps light National Menorah for consecutive year
U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt helped light the National Menorah on the Ellipse across from the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday for the second year in a row.
The eight-day holiday of Hanukkah...
Largest city in Africa gets its first full-time rabbi
When Mendy Sternbach first traveled to Nigeria from Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2014 as a 21-year-old rabbinical student to help out for the High Holidays, he didn’t expect that one day he would be putting down...
Chabad virtual event to highlight triumph of Jewish resilience
The resilience of Jewish life amid the devastation wrought by the global coronavirus pandemic will be the major theme of this year’s Grand Event, the virtual stand-in for the Gala Banquet that annually caps...
Chabad-Lubavitch announces emissary to United Arab Emirates
Each new day seems to bring with it historic good news from the Middle East. August’s surprise announcement of the United States-brokered Abraham Accords between the United Arab Emirates and Israel was followed a...
Ivanka Trump prays at Lubavitcher Rebbe’s grave ahead of election
Ivanka Trump, daughter of and senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, made a late-night visit on Thursday to the Ohel in Queens, N.Y., to pray at the grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem...