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NSW Parliament Hosts Third Annual Rally for Light One Week After Bondi Terror Attack
7+ hour, 20+ min ago (638+ words) Exactly one week after the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach that claimed the lives of 15 Jewish Australians and left more than 60 others injured during a Chanukah gathering, the Third Annual Rally for Light was held inside NSW Parliament House, after…...
Here's My Story: That's What Made Me A Chabadnik
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (547+ words) My mother fled from Germany to Argentina in 1940, and my father arrived there after the war, as a survivor of the Nazi labor camps. In Argentina they met and married and, although it wasn't common there in those years, they…...
A Tribute to the Rebbetzin
3+ week, 2+ day ago (64+ words) Aired at the International Kinus Hashluchos Gala event, a special Tribute to the Rebbetzin was played for the thousands of Shluchos in attendance. A Tribute to the Rebbetzin Aired at the International Kinus Hashluchos Gala event, a special Tribute to…...
Weekly Dvar Torah: A Queen, A Palace, and the Final Act
3+ week, 5+ day ago (986+ words) This week marks the 38th yahrzeit of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, the Rebbe's wife, who passed away on Chof-Beis Shvat 5748 (February 10, 1988). As a boy growing up in Crown Heights, the Rebbetzin was, to me, almost a mystery. I hardly ever saw her....
Yud Shvat Farbrengen Unites Sydney Community in Powerful Evening of Faith, Music, and Inspiration
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (242+ words) Sydney's Jewish community gathered in large numbers to mark Yud Shvat at a deeply moving communal farbrengen, jointly hosted by Chabad NSW, Chabad of Bondi, and Tzemach Tzedek, with the participation of the Lazaroff family, who co-hosted the evening as…...
Letter of the Frierdiker Rebbe from the Mindel Archives - In Honor of Yud Shvat
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (160+ words) Letter of the Frierdiker Rebbe from the Mindel Archives " In Honor of Yud Shvat'crownheights.info Letter of the Frierdiker Rebbe from the Mindel Archives " In Honor of Yud Shvat In honor of Yud Shvat " we share a letter of the…...
More Than 30 Kehillos Join as Marine Park Honors the Alter Rebbe
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (332+ words) On Chof Daled Teves, communities throughout Marine Park came together in a remarkable display of achdus to commemorate the yartzeit of the "Baal HaTanya, the Alter Rebbe, at the prestigious Ohr Yisroel Yeshiva Hall. The event was initiated by the…...
Weekly Story: The Rebbe's Shabbos Farbrengens Part 3
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1495+ words) by Rabbi Sholom DovBer Avtzon" As noted last week I am writing a third installment about the Rebbe's Shabbos farbrengens, and perhaps some other time we will continue this series. I thank those who brought to my attention a few…...
Despite the Odds, Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs Has Led Jews of the Netherlands for 50 Years
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1541+ words) by Mendel Scheiner " chabad.org In November 2024, following a Maccabi Tel Aviv football match, Israeli fans were ambushed across Amsterdam, the largest city in the Netherlands. Victims whom the attackers assumed were Jewish were chased, beaten and robbed. One man…...
Holocaust Survivor Killed in Kherson Shelling
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (410+ words) by Motti Wilhelm " chabad.org The Jewish community of Kherson is in shock and mourning following the death of Yevgeny Bondar, an 84-year-old Holocaust survivor who succumbed to injuries sustained in a shelling attack on the war-torn Ukrainian city. Born…...