Tag: Chabad Lubavitch
5,800 rabbis and communal leaders celebrate Jewish life at Chabad conference banquet
Lettered and numbered circular tables lined the 150,000-square-foot New Jersey Convention Center, each one filled with a dozen rabbis and Jewish communal leaders, close to 6,000 people in all. They came together for the...
Hungary recognizes Orthodox Jewish community for first time since World War II
The Hungarian government signed a special agreement with the Orthodox Jewish Communities Association (EMIH) to officially grant the country’s Orthodox community with “special status” for the first time since World War II.
The title, which...
Four Ukrainians sentenced for fatal beating of Chabad rabbi in 2016
A Ukrainian court has reportedly sentenced four people to prison for the fatal assault and robbery in 2016 of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Menachem Mendel Deitsch in Zhytomyr, Ukraine.
Two Ukrainian men were sentenced to nine and...
Rwanda gets Chabad center, nation’s first synagogue and first permanent rabbi
A new Chabad-Lubavitch center is set to open in Kigali, Rwanda, that will include the nation’s first synagogue, served by the country’s first permanent rabbi, reported Chabad.org.
Rabbi Chaim and Dina Bar Sella, who arrived in...
Buenos Aires synagogue now being reclaimed after being overrun for decades by squatters
Its hallowed walls smeared with sordid anti-Semitic graffiti after being taken over by squatters for the past two decades, one of Buenos Aires’s oldest synagogues has been reclaimed through the efforts of a local Chabad-Lubavitch emissary,...
Twenty-five years later: Three new books introduce the Lubavitcher Rebbe to a new generation
When Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson—known universally as “the Rebbe”—passed away 25 years ago, skeptics predicted the end of the forward growth and momentum of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement he had led for four decades.
It seems...
A quarter-century after his passing, the Rebbe’s sphere of influence continues to grow
For the Lubavitcher Rebbe, rather than his memory and influence shrinking in the 25 years since his passing, his legacy has only served to create a phenomenal growth in the movement he nurtured, inspired...
The Rebbe fought anti-Semitism by spreading pro-Semitism
We take it for granted that the way to address the evil of anti-Semitism is to fight it. It’s a natural part of our vocabulary. We fight, we confront, we condemn, we call out....
Supermodel Naomi Campbell praises Lubavitcher Rebbe on 25th anniversary of his death
International supermodel Naomi Campbell on Sunday remembered Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, on the 25th anniversary of his death, which this year corresponded to July 6.
“An inspirational leader, scholar and...
Gatherings worldwide mark the 25th anniversary of the Rebbe’s passing
All across the globe—from the more than 50,000 visitors expected at the Ohel in Queens, N.Y., to gatherings and study groups in community centers, synagogues, camps and private homes—people from all walks of Jewish life, in...