Chabad News

Opened in 1907 as one of the first in Argentina, the synagogue is located in the La Boca area, the city’s original port, where its first European Jewish immigrants settled.

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, backed by an order of law issued by a municipal judge.

An ambitious project spanning a number of years, involving dozens of knowledgeable translators and editors throughout Russia, has finally succeded in spreading Yiddishkeit and Chassidus to Russia’s knowledge-thirsty Jews.

Law enforcement officials are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying an individual who may have information relevant to the investigation into several arsons at Chabad Centers in Massachusetts.

When did it become fashionable to talk about the power of vulnerability as if it were something positive rather than an inevitable fact of life?

Rabbi Yisroel Greenberg, director of Chabad of El Paso, Texas, shared pamphlets containing prayers for healing with victims of a massacre that claimed twenty lives.

As soon as the Jewish Sabbath ended, Rabbi Yisroel Greenberg of Chabad of El Paso rushed to a local hospital where some of the victims of the massacre at a Walmart that left 20 dead and dozens injured had been taken, to see what comfort he could give to the injured and to the families of those who had lost loved ones.

Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar, met with the CEO of Aeroflot, the largest airline in Russia, and spoke about the special needs of religious Jews while flying, and the challenges they face when stranded mid in Moscow.

Three major events took place last week in Cannes and its area, with guest of honor Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv and Former Chief Rabbi of Israel, and in the presence of many personalities and guest. Chief Rabbi Lau was invited by Rabbis Yehuda Leib and Mendel Matusof, Chabad Emissaries to Cannes and region.

Russian Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar, arrived from Moscow last week Thursday for a brief visit marking the 25th yartzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Although Rabbi Lazar was aware of CAMP HASC, he recently became personally acquainted with Camp HASC and their amazing Summer program, and decided on his very brief visit to the United States to allocate some of his precious time to visit the camp.

Chabad steps in with humanitarian aid following flooding in the Irkutsk district of Siberia, Russia. The flooding was the worst in the cities of Nizhnyudinsk and Tulin, both cities with a Jewish presence.

The Jewish holiday of Purim had a double dose of joy at Chabad of Orange County this year. The community celebrated together at “Purim in Paris” as well as the Bar Mitzvah Ceremony of Yossi Burston, son of Chabad directors Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston.