Roving Rabbis Visit Rural Ontario Jewish Families
Strolling through Elmira and St. Jacobs, rabbis-in-training Dovid Lepkivker and Levi Weingarten got a few stares.
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ShlichusShlichus >Roving Rabbis Visit Rural Ontario Jewish FamiliesVisiting
American Rabbis, Levi Weingarten (left) and Dovid Lepkivker, display
religious items that they are sharing with local Jewish families who may
be isolated and not located in Jewish communities. While they are
staying in Waterloo, they are being hosted by Rabbi Moshe Goldman. Strolling through Elmira and St. Jacobs, rabbis-in-training Dovid Lepkivker and Levi Weingarten got a few stares. Shlichus >Chabad of Naperville Expands to New SiteRabbi Mendy Goldstein (right) and his wife, Alta Goldstein, lead the Chabad Jewish Center of Naperville. Their hearts are big, their reach is long, and they offer an endless supply of hospitality and welcome. Rabbi Mendy Goldstein and his wife, Alta, leaders of the Chabad Jewish Center of Naperville are fulfilling the decree of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as “the Rebbe.” Shlichus >Plantation Rabbi at Ease in Front of CameraRabbi
Pinchas Taylor is as comfortable in front of the camera as he is when
he is teaching adult education classes at Chabad of Plantation. Rabbi Pinchas Taylor was at ease in front of the camera as it recorded his lecture on “Dreams in the Jewish Tradition” during an adult education class at Chabad of Plantation. The 27-year-old rabbi's presentation was being taped for Torah Café, an Internet-based collection of video lectures, classes and presentations by Torah scholars and experts operated by the Chabad-Lubavitch's Rohr Jewish Learning Institute. Shlichus >Judaism in a Suitcase Visits BanffThey call it Judaism in a suitcase. And it's a good description when Rabbi Yossi Matusof opens up his bag and starts to pull out all the items he and fellow Rabbi Chaim Itkin are hauling with them all over Alberta. Shlichus >Rest Stop: Tourists, Truckers, Soldiers, Seekers Refresh in Chabad's Mack TruckIDF soldier Matan Cohen, serving at Shimshon base in the lower Galilee, climbs into the trailer of a 16-wheeler truck to wrap tefillin on his taut, tanned forearm, opposite the black beret tucked into his epaulets. He will be on leave at the end of the week and off to Sri Lanka for a two week break. Shlichus >All Jew's Are WelcomeAn interview with Rabbi Yankie Denburg, Chabad of Southwest Coral Springs: Shlichus >Maccabi Games Conclude in Lower MerionThe 2011 JCC Maccabi games concluded Thursday, August 18, in Philadelphia. The games are designed to provide Jewish athletes the world over the opportunity to share their heritage and customs in a competitive athletic settings. Shlichus >Roving Rabbis Share Spiritual Training, Reach OutRabbinical
student Ari Walters, 16, blows a shofar, used on the Jewish New Year,
before teaching children at Chabad of Augusta how to make them out of
goat horns. As Ari Walters and Benyomin Klipper switched on a power saw and tore through the tip of a ram’s horn, about 18 Hebrew school pupils at Chabad of Augusta looked on with awe. Shlichus >Shluchim's ‘Do as I Do’ Approach in Raising ChildrenEvery morning, 11-year old Mendel Vilenkin wakes up with a kippah on his head. He climbs down from his top bunk, sits next to his bed and pours water over his hands, alternating three times in a ritual washing — known as negel vasser or “nail water” — to begin the day of service to God. Eight-year-old Shmuel also knows the morning rhythm. Shlichus >A Member From Chabad Sponsors Jon Voight Visit to Terror VictimsHollywood actor Jon Voight visited Soroka Hospital in Beersheba Sunday in an effort to cheer up victims of the recent violence from Gaza – Thursday's terror attacks as well as the still ongoing rocket attacks that followed. Shlichus >Shluchim at Satmar Reception
Shluchim in Hungary Rabbis Boruch Oberlander and Shlomo Koves were invited to a Williamsburg reception for a State Minister.
Photos by Dee Voch Shlichus >Chabad Leads New Wave Jewish OutreachRabbi Mayshe Schwartz, Chabad representatives to Brookline, MA. They are not seeking spirituality, but the 400 young professionals who filled the trendy Splash club in downtown Boston Tuesday night know how to enjoy a good party. Shlichus >A New Chabad House Is Opening!Rabbi Mendy Korer, who will run the Canonbury centre, with his wife Hadasa and their two daughters. Chabad is opening a house in Islington with the aim of reaching the influx of young Jewish professionals and families moving to that part of London. Shlichus >Daily News Profiles C.A.Y. Tu B'av Celebration
Women beat drums as part of a Tu B’Av celebration in Ahavas Yisroel synagogue in Crown Heights. Men also were taking part, but the genders were divided by a curtain. Photo: NY Daily NewsThe following is an excerpt from a piece the Daily News ran today on the “off-the-radar” Jewish holiday of Tu-B'av, referring to it as the Jewish equivalent to (lehavdil) Valentines day:
More Photos In The Full Story! Shlichus >Daily Kosher Meals Coming to University of FloridaUniversity of Florida undergrads enjoy a kosher meal at the Tabacinic Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center in Gainesville. An 18-wheeler semi frequently pulls up in front of the Tabacinic Lubavitch-Chabad Jewish Student & Community Center at the University of Florida, delivering massive amounts of kosher food. During the school year, Rabbi Berl and Chanie Goldman serve upwards of 400 students for Sabbath dinner – that number drops to about 150 each week during the summer – and their weekly Café Chabad draws between 30 and 60 students every Tuesday night. Shlichus >The Shlucha That Wanted Out!
From the CrownHeights.CH inbox: A Shlucha on campus burdened by a medical issue in the family decides to leave and planned their final Shabbos with the students. Until...
Shlichus >Jewish Communities Reflect on 17th Anniversary of Rebbe’s PassingFormer Israeli Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau addresses a Michigan event commemorating the anniversary of the Rebbe’s passing. Jewish communities around the world are preparing for commemorative events celebrating the life and leadership of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. Timed to coincide with the 17th anniversary of the Rebbe’s passing on the third day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, the myriad Chasidic gatherings, study sessions and inspirational lectures will focus on different aspects of teachings and work, but will all reflect the Rebbe’s clarion call for Jewish unity. Shlichus >The Beauty of CircumcisionMark and Liat Gilbert with baby Simon resting You don't have to be Jewish to celebrate the 3700 year practice of circumcision of Jewish male infants, according to Rabbi Yisrael Rice, executive director of Chabad of Marin. Rabbi Rice spoke at the bris of Shimon Gilbert, which occurred last Sunday at Chabad House in San Rafael. Shlichus >New Shluchim to Florida [Rabbi Aryeh and Etty Schwartz]Rabbi Aryeh and Etty Schwartz were appointed the Directors of Community Development for Chabad of Southwest Broward, Florida. Shlichus >Friendship House Gets The New 'Recovery RabbiRabbi Yarden Blumstein If Rabbi Yisrael Pinson, outgoing director of the Daniel B. Sobel Friendship House, had known how difficult his job was going to be, he would not have taken it. Now, he is grateful that he did not pass up the opportunity. Rabbi Yarden Blumstein has taken Pinson's place. Shlichus >The Jewish Women's Circle Comes to play TodayRabbi Shmuly and Shaina Feldman, shown here with son Mendel, age 2 and daughter Mushka, 7 months, welcome involvement from local Jewish families into the Jewish Community of Clay County, FL. Shaina Feldman grew up the daughter of a Rabbi, in a Chabad community. Today she is the wife of Rabbi Shmuly Feldman, working together in an outreach to Jews in Clay County, Florida. “We want to build the Jewish community here,” she said. |
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