Posts Tagged: chabad
Chabad Heads to Iceland as 3,000 Female Emissaries Celebrate at ‘Day of Strength for All the Mushkas’
JNS.org - For the more than 3,000 women who filled each table -- every inch of the ballroom at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel -- it came as no surprise...
Chabad’s Massive Growth Is Pragmatic, Yet ‘Defies Logic’
JNS.org - How do you go about feeding a crowd of 5,600 hungry rabbis and other guests, many of whom have just traveled across the globe? If...
Chabad Centers to Open in Uganda, Laos, Montenegro
JNS.org – The Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement on Sunday announced that it will open three new centers -- in Uganda, Montenegro and Laos. The announcement was made at...
How Chabad Electrifies the World
Recently, my daughter Shaina got engaged to a young Chabad activist who works with at-risk Orthodox youth. His students came in droves to the engagement...
Israeli Visitor Recounts Trauma of Mexico Earthquake: ‘We Felt Everything Shaking, There Was a Bit of Panic and Hysteria’
An Israeli man visiting Mexico recounted for the Hebrew news site nrg on Friday the traumatic experience he went through the previous night when the...
In First Act as Chaplain, Newly Assigned US Air Force Rabbi Fulfills Wish of Jewish Soldier Killed in WWII to Have Star of David on Headstone
At a ceremony last week, the rabbi chaplain recently assigned to the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, honored an American Jewish soldier killed in...
CNN Panel Discusses Influence of Jared Kushner’s Shabbat Observance on Father-in-Law President Donald Trump’s Behavior
The influence of Jared Kushner’s Shabbat observance on his father-in-law President Donald Trump’s behavior was the subject of a brief discussion earlier this week by...
Jewish Students at UC Riverside Fear Spike in Antisemitism Will Follow Vote to Boycott Sabra Hummus
Jewish students at University of California, Riverside are bracing for an increase in antisemitism on campus following a landslide vote by the student government to boycott the...
Chabad Emissaries Coming to Small Jewish Community of South Dakota
JNS.org -- A state boasting just 400 Jews is about to receive its first full-time Jewish leadership, in an historic move for the community and the Chabad-Lubavitch...
Israel Advocate Disappointed by Lack of ‘Jewish Establishment’ Participation in Peaceful Protest Against Annual Anti-Zionist Conference at George Mason U
The head of a pro-Israel NGO bemoaned the absence of Jewish support for a counter-demonstration -- spearheaded by Christian and conservative groups -- against the annual conference...
Chabad Rabbi Found Unconscious, Bleeding After Brutal Beating at Ukrainian Train Station
A Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi who serves as an emissary for the movement was brutally attacked early Friday morning at the central train station in Zhitomir, Ukraine, the Lubavitch...
Why Is Israel Paying US Jewish Groups to Shy From Fighting BDS?
Imagine if the US government were to earmark millions of dollars for fostering democracy in the developing world, but neglected to require that the NGOs receiving the...
Rabbi Turns Personal Tragedy Into Inspirational Message for America Suffering From ‘Racial Divide’ (VIDEO)
A Brooklyn-raised rabbi whose mother was murdered in the wake of the 1991 Crown Heights race riots has turned his personal tragedy into a source for inspiration, amid...
Sometimes You Already Have the Answers
To whom do you listen? It’s a question that I often ask myself as an entrepreneur, a father and a man. One of the strongest answers...
