Chabad

Grapevine: Jewish-Irish eyes are smiling

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 THE NEATLY tucked-away Antopol Martyrs Synagogue.
Schneur Zalman of Liadi

Grapevine: Commemorating a Chabad giant

Zalman Duchman ,Executive Director of Colel Chabad - Charities for Israel

Colel Chabad Director calls for constant love of Israel at Jerusalem Post Miami Conference 

The 16-story building at 9911 W. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles that Chabad plans to convert into the Chabad Campus for Jewish Life after a $100 million gift from real estate investor Alon Abady.

LA real estate investor donates $100M office tower to Chabad for largest Jewish center


Chabad in Bangkok confirmed safe after devastating earthquake kills nine in Thai capital

While the occupants of the Chabad building were safe, nine people were killed in the Thai capital.

People gather on a street after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, earthquake monitoring services said, which affected also Bangkok, with hundreds of people pouring out of buildings in panic after the tremors, March 28, 2025.

Second ‘Hatzinor’ low-cost supermarket opens in Rishon Lezion

The supermarket is able to offer reduced prices on key products by avoiding costs associated with overhead, branding, and marketing.

 Shelves carts in a supermarket

Chabad rabbi becomes most senior haredi engineer at Microsoft

Kesselman was born in Riga, Latvia and raised in the Israeli-Arab city of Ramle in Israel from the age of six.

Yitzhak Kesselman

Ukrainian Jewish man takes name Kfir Ariel in honor of Bibas brothers

The Ukrainian Jewish man took the name Kfir Ariel to honor the two child hostages murdered in Gaza captivity.

 Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, in Jerusalem, February 20, 2025

Fire injures seven near Chabad HQ, Brooklyn, one in critical condition

The fire was reportedly caused by a radiator plugged into an electrical outlet resulting in the apartment being completely engulfed in flames and the personal belongings of 19 students being burned.

 New York Fire Department attempts to control the blaze on Eastern Parkway, February 14, 2025.

Jake Paul reveals he is Jewish, celebrates bar mitzvah with Chabad rabbi

Paul recently discovered that his maternal grandmother was Jewish, making him Jewish according to Jewish law.

Farro's post on X/Twitter.

Two Hassidic men assaulted in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

The attacker attempted to stab one man in the neck and pushed the other to the ground, wounding the two.

 A New York City Police (NYPD) vehicle drives in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, US.

Memories of the blue box: A look at the history of the KKL-JNF tzedakah box

The ubiquitous KKL-JNF blue box has been part of our reality for generations, with a history stretching back through the ages.

 A KKL-JNF tzedakah box is seen on a first-grader’s desk, Moshav Tsofit, 1954.

Russian missile strike damages historic Jewish institutions in Odesa

A Russian missile attack in Odesa destroyed several UNESCO-protected areas.

 Scenes of damage after a Russian airstrike in Odesa, Ukraine, on January 312025.

Jimmy Carter eulogized for a lifetime of good deeds and spirituality

Breslover Hassidim recall he saved the mausoleum of their Rebbe in Uman, Ukraine.

 President Jimmy Carter and Prime Minister Menachem Begin reciting Friday night kiddish at the Camp David Presidential retreat, Maryland, September 1978