Israel

A Bar Mitzvah on Water in Tiberias

This year, the student shluchim in Tiberias ran a special summer camp for around 40 local boys of bar mitzvah age.   From the morning until late in the evening, the boys enjo Continue Reading

Not So Smooth Start to Academic Year for Chabad Girls’ Schools

For the past few weeks, a quiet argument has been raging over the status of Chabad high schools, which educate thousands of Chabad girl students around Israel.   The situati Continue Reading

Rabbi Abouchatzeira and the Rebbe

On Mondayy, a special ceremony was held in the Chabad House in Sderot in the memory of the late Chief Rabbi of the city, Rabbi David Yosef Bar Chen, who passed away eleven months Continue Reading

New Therapy and Treatment Center Opens in Memory of Rabbi Zilberstrom

An event held for the shloshim of Rabbi Aharon Mordechai Zilberstrom and a dedication ceremony for Hamaor, a department providing educational and personal therapy at Mercaz Ohr H Continue Reading

Sudanese Youth Arrested on Suspicion of Breaking Into Eilat Chabad School

A 13-year-old Sudanese boy was arrested this week on suspicion of breaking into the Chabad school in Eilat, as well as into a café in the city center. Property was stolen fro Continue Reading

A Mashpia in Every....

The Ezrat Menachem Fund, which is run by Beis Din Rabbanei Chabad in Israel, has launched a new project, through which there must be a mashpia in every Chabad Talmud Torah in Isr Continue Reading

NEW ENGAGEMENT

Daniel Bamberger (south Africa / Israel) to Esthy Narboni (Brunoy, France)   Continue Reading

‘Amazing’ Birthright trip caters to special needs

  If Max Zwain had to describe his trip to Israel in one word, he would choose “amazing.” The 24-year-old Livingston resident recently participated in a one-of-a-kind progra Continue Reading

Beis Chana Grads Get Together

This week, graduates of the Beis Chana seminary in Tzefat gathered, reuniting years after they completed their studies there. Other graduates watched the ceremony live from abroa Continue Reading

New Chabad Yeshiva Opens in Shomron

On Shabbos, a special program was held for the students of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch of Emanuel in Shomron in preparation for its opening this year.   The students h Continue Reading

Beitar Camp Doubles Its Numbers

Last Wednesday, Camp Gan Israel opened its third summer camp in Beitar Ilit for a total of 150 children. It was divided into a mini camp for those going into first to third grade Continue Reading

Young Shluchim Have Fun in Ashdod

The participants at this year’s camp for young shluchim enjoyed a fun program on Thursday. It began with some challenging learning, before the boys set off for the Blue Marina Continue Reading

Beitar Cheder Gears Up For New Year

Staff at the Oholei Menachem Yiddish cheder in Beitar Ilit gathered at the 770 building in Kfar Chabad for a special meeting in preparation for the coming academic year.   Th Continue Reading

Heads of Mercantile Bank Visit Kfar Chabad

Senior officials from the Mercantile Bank visited Kfar Chabad on Tuesday. Their first stop was the 770 building, where they were greeted by Rabbi Menachem Lattar, who knows the o Continue Reading

A Tribute to Nurse Tamar

This week, a special tribute evening was held to honor Nurse Tamar Michaelshvili, who is retiring after 38 years of hard work at the Meuchedet clinic in Kfar Chabad.   During Continue Reading
By ben Sales - JTA.org

Draft of haredi men begins

  TEL AVIV (JTA) – The controversy had sparked a national debate, raucous protests in the streets and the collapse of a historic government. That came in the months after the Continue Reading

The Thief Who Repaid His Debt

This week, a young yeshiva bochur walked into the Makolet Avraham grocery store in Bnei Brak and handed the storekeeper a closed envelope before running away very quickly. Avraha Continue Reading

NEW ENGAGEMENT

  Berele Yeruslavsky (Kiryat Malachi, Israel) to Mushky Rosenfeld (Tzfas, Israel)   Continue Reading
by Mordechai Lightstone

Chabad of Kiryat Arba-Hebron Dedicates New Center

(lubavitch.com) About one thousand visitors and members of the Kiryat Arba community in Israel joined the dedication of the new Beis Chaya Mushka House, Tuesday, August 7. Perched Continue Reading

Semicha at the Yeshiva in Ramat Aviv

Students of the Chabad yeshiva in Ramat Aviv successfully passed their semicha test this week.   They were tested by Rabbi Mordechai Ashkenazy of Kfar Chabad, who praised their Continue Reading

28 Boys Celebrate Their Bar Mitzvah in Rishon Letzion

This week, 28 boys of Ethiopian origin celebrated their bar mitzvah at the Ramat Eliyahu Chabad House in Rishon Letzion, which is run by Rabbi Chanan Kochonovsky.   At the c Continue Reading

Shfela ZAKA Unit Gains 45 New Volunteers

At a ceremony held this week in Palmachim, attended by top police brass, the ZAKA unit of the Shfela, supervised by Rabbi Mendy Chaviv of Kfar Chabad, inducted 46 new volunteers Continue Reading

Hiskashrus Seminar A Great Success

A summer seminar on the subject of the Jewish home, run by the Hiskashrus organization, has just drawn to a close.   The four-day seminar, which was held at the Kinar Hotel, att Continue Reading

School Bags and Stationery for Every Child

As part of a special project run by the Yad b’Yad chessed organization, 25,000 schoolbags and sets of writing implements have been given to needy children throughout Israel. Th Continue Reading
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