Women Emissaries in Israel Celebrate Shabbat Together
Tamar Runyan – Chabad.org More than 200 Chabad-Lubavitch women emissaries attended a weekend conference at a hotel in the northern Israel village of Ner Etzion.
February 2008 news archive
New headlines available — refreshKinus Talmidim Hashluchim in Israel, Big Success!
TZFAT, Israel [CHI] — The Kinus Talmidim Hashluchim which took place this past Shabbos in Tzfas turned out to be a great success! Lerech 45 Bochurim took part in the Kinus (from Maya’anot-Yerushalayim, Arad / Rostov, Migdal Aimek, Kiryat Gat, Kfar Chabad, Tzfas and Tel Aviv)…
Being a Jew Requires Constant Action
by Ed Spilka – Chabad.org Master of ceremonies Jeff Marinstein, lef, presents a gag gift to Ed Spilka at the recent dinner of Chabad-Lubavitch of Fairfield County in Stamford, Conn.
Two Years After Wedding, Couple Are Parents to a Dozen Children
Tali Farkash – Chabad.org Furnished with all of a child’s needs, the dormitories at the Ohr Simcha educational complex in Kfar Chabad, Israel, give children from unstable families the opportunity to become part of a new home. (Photos: Y.
Fourth FJC Russia Congress Concludes in Moscow
FJC.ru MOSCOW, Russia — The Fourth Congress of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia has concluded in Moscow, involving leaders from 181 communities.
Australia’s Prime Minister salutes Chabad!
by Michelle Coleman – The Australian Jewish News Sydney, Australia — In a video broadcast to the Yeshiva Centre’s annual gala dinner on Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd reaffirmed his government’s pre-election pledges to the Jewish community on security and funding for…
All-New Program and All-New Website at the Shluchim Online School
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The Chinuch Yaldei Hashluchim’s Shluchim Online School, one of the hottest developments in the world of Shlichus in recent years, has taken it to the next level with two new initiatives: the Australia/Africa/Asia Division, which will offer a weekly…
Zelig Sharfstein Rabbi to Hasidics – Authority on Jewish Law Widely Consulted
Rebecca Goodman – The Enquirer ROSELAWN, OH — Rabbi Zelig Sharfstein, chief rabbi of the Vaad Hoier of Cincinnati and an international authority on Jewish law, died Feb. 11 of a heart ailment at Regency Hospital in University Heights. The Roselawn resident was 79.
Fifth Annual Kinus Talmidim-Hashluchim in Detroit
Last Year Annual Kinus Talmidim-Hashluchim in Florida DETROIT, MI [CHI] — As in previous years, the Vaad-Talmidei-Hatmimim announced the regional conventions for Talmidim-Hashluchim, serving in yeshivas around the world.
Convention Generates New Initiatives and Fresh Inspiration
Bradford Wiss – Chabad.com RUNNING SPRINGS, CA — This weekend, hundreds of Chabad emissaries serving communities across California and Nevada gathered at the Kiryas Schneerson mountaintop campus for the 2008 West Coast Chabad convention.
Major Book on the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Schneerson, Released
By Hallie Cantor Among the contributors, Clockwise: Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Rabbi Shmuel Lew, Mr. Eli Wiesel and Professor Dr. Lawrence Schiffman. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, fled a wartorn Europe to build up in the U.S.
A Bochurs Experience Learning Smicha
By Yanky Kopfstein MIAMI, FL [CHI] — After four months of learning Smicha from inside the Sforim we have reached a point where we now need to go out to see the practical applications of what we have been studying. More pictures in the Extended Article!
Accident Injures Child
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — This morning at around 11:00am, a car accident left a few people injured, including two children. The incident took place at the intersection of President Street and New York Avenue where according to witnesses a Toyota Sedan took a red light and…
Academic Community Takes a Long Look at Archival Project
Avi Webb – Chabad.org Rabbi Elkanah Shmotkin, director of Jewish Educational Media, leads a discussion at a meeting of New York University’s Working Group on Jews, Media and Religion.
Chabad to Enhance Birthright Experience
Camille Fisher – Jewish in St Louis JERUSALEM, Israel — It is estimated that one in three young American Jews will go on a Taglit-birthright israel trip, according to Rabbi Hershey Novack of Chabad on Campus.
Many Accidents across Brooklyn, One Fatal
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — As snow began falling Tuesday afternoon the accident reports came flooding in, the first in Crown Heights was involving a police car from the 73rd Precinct on Eastern Parkway and another vehicle which collided head on.
Legal Scholar and Rabbi to Rabbis Passes Away at 79
Dovid Zaklikowski – Chabad.org Rabbi Zelig Sharfstein talks to Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries about contemporary questions in Jewish law. CINCINNATI, OH — Associates of Rabbi Zelig Sharfstein, the chief rabbi of Cincinnati, Ohio’s Vaad Hoeir rabbinical authority who died on Monday,…
Woman to Honor Late Parents at Grand Opening of Jewish School
Anna Chang-Yen -Ventura County Star Zev and Rochel Simons were killed in December when their minivan collided with a tanker truck in Australia. The parents of 10 children, had been educators for 30 years. CAMARILLO, CA — On Dec.
AskMoses Launches New Website
LOS ANGELES, CA [CHI] — AskMoses.com, the world’s leading website for Jewish information and the only one offering live chat services with scholars 24 hours-a-day, 6 days a week, has now launched a new website to better serve its visitors.
Taibel Lipskier, Soviet Survivor Who Cared for the Neglected
Naftali Silberberg – Chabad.org Taibel Lipskier on her 25th wedding anniversary in 1959 BROOKLYN, NY — Taibel Lipskier, who witnessed some of the worst of Soviet persecution and made her way to Brooklyn, N.Y., from where she catered to society’s neediest, passed away Jan.
JNet Grand Raffle Launched at Kinus Volunteer Appreciation Event
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — In honor of Chof Beis Shevat the Rebbetzin’s yahrzeit, JNet, The Jewish Learning Network, hosted their Volunteer Appreciation Event and Grand Raffle for women.
Parents, Students, and Teachers gather at the Shluchim Online School’s annual Celebration
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Hand in hand with the concurrent Kinus Tzeirei Hashluchos, dozens of young Shluchos who attend The Shluchim Office’s Online School converged on Chovevei Torah’s social hall on Thursday January 24th, 2008 for a grand luncheon and class reunion, with many…
Torah Inauguration in Memory of Yosef Zaklos
NAPLES, FL [CHI] — HaTomim Yosef Yitzchok Zaklos was a close friend to so many. Throughout his years in Yeshiva, Camp and everywhere in between that people got to know him, every single person that he came in contact with felt like they were Yossi’s best friend.
Chabad of the Valley’s regional Kinus Hashluchim
TARZANA, CA [CHI] — Chabad of the Valley’s regional Kinus Hashluchim took place last night, Motzai Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Mishpotim, in attendance were multitude Shluchim (Kein Yirbu), representing the 21 Mosdos Chabad under its banner. More pictures in the Extended Article