| Rabbi Nochum Labkowski
A First for Hudson Area |  | | Photograph: Gazette, Jim Duff | Never could I have imagined having a synagogue within walking distance, but that, too, came to pass when Chabad Lubavitch Organization sent Rabbi Nachum Labkowski and his young family to our area.
I am thrilled at the arrival of the Rabbi because I believe the Chabad philosophy is appropriate to our area ■ more
| | | |
| |
| London, UK
A Double Celebration |  | | Photograph: Shturem | The double simcha was a Tu B'Shvat gathering, and the upsherenish of little Mendy, son of Shluchim Rabbi Schneur and Chani Glitzenstein ■ Everyone left with a feeling that this was only a taste of great things to come ■ more 
| | | |
| |
| Chabad Vancouver Ready
From Gold Rush To Rush For Gold |  | Chabad, which operates five “outposts” in the greater Vancouver area, recently renovated one of its centers in time for the Olympics, and the chasidic movement has assigned eight out-of-town emissaries to Vancouver for the Olympics ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Big Kitchen,Big Stars
NSW: Avrohom Fried in Concert |  | They're the oddest of trios: three equally accomplished musicians who wouldn’t usually appear on the same concert bill, but are being brought together in the name of charity ■ The founder of Our Big Kitchen, Rabbi Dovid Slavin, said the event would replace the Yeshiva Centre’s annual dinner ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Chabad Disaster Relief
Rabbi Pelman Sends Supply Trucks |  | | Photograph: Chabad.org | Trucks stocked with emergency supplies, dispatched by Chabad-Lubavitch of the Dominican Republic crossed the border into Haiti Friday morning, travelling as part of a convoy of disaster relief ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Bondi, NSW
School Rankings In, Lubavitch in Top 12% |  | | Photograph: CHI | Yeshiva ranked ahead of the largest Jewish School in Sydney, Moriah College and the Modern Orthodox, Kesser Torah. It also came ahead of the select Reddam College which has a large Jewish student population ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Attention Anash and Tmimim
Please Say Tehillim and Give Tzedoko |  | Anash and Tmimim are urgently requested to please say Thillim and increase in tzedoko l'zchus Rabbi Chaim Yaakov ben Shaindel ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin Leads
Respects Paid to Holocaust Victims |  | | Photograph: Ilford Recorder | Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin, of Chabad Lubavitch, Eastern Avenue, Gants Hill, said next year he wants to see every school in the borough represented at the ceremony, which marks the day Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Celebration 60
Ottawa Yeshiva Reunion Farbrengen |  | Close to 40 Tmimim and staff of the renowned Ottawa yeshiva founded in 5759 came together to farbreng in honor of Yud Shvat at the home of their former teacher Berel Zaklikofsky ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Chabad Berlin
Shluchim Attend Welcome Reception |  | | Photograph: Shmais | Before the reception, the Shluchim spoke with Mr. Peres about their shlichus and how they are spreading Yiddishkeit according to the directives of the Rebbe ■ more
| | | |
| |
| The PM at Chabad
Picture of the Day: Poland |  | Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is visiting in Poland in conjunction with the International Holocaust Day ■ The visit was made possible by R' Menachem Geshaid ■ more | | | |
| |
| Mazel Tov!
Shliach Celebrates Baby's Bris In Bulgaria |  | | Rabbi Bergman, Sandek | Photograph: Shturem | | This week the Rebbe's Shluchim in Bulgaria, Rabbi Yossi and Tami Solomon, celebrated the Bris of their newborn son ■ Rabbi Meir Dovid Bergman, from Anash in Yerushalayim, and an uncle of the Shluchim, was honored to be sandek ■ more | | | |
| |
| Another First for NSW
"Bosi Legani" In Sydney Australia |  | Sunday night, Eve of Yud Shvat, the Yortzait of the Previous Rebbe,following Maariv in the Yeshiva Centre - Chabad Headquarters of NSW, Australia, the Talmid Hashliach Refoel Harkham chazzered the first two chapters of the Maamer ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Lubavitch UK
100,000 Hours of Tel-Torah |  | Chabad Lubavitch is celebrating an educational landmark ‑— 100,000 hours of learning by telephone through its Tel-Torah project ■ It is available in English and Yiddish, the programme offers 19 topics as well as a daily shiur, children’s stories and “pick a mishnah” facility ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Coming Full Circle
British Royal at Chabad Bombay |  | | Photograph: Lubavitch.com | Before leaving, the prince remarked that his great-great-grandfather was Czar Alexander II of Russia at the time that the Rebbe’s ancestors were working tirelessly to strengthen Russian Jewry ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Rabbi & Mrs. Nochum Labkowski
New Shluchim Enlist in Rebbe's Army |  | | Photograph: Shmais | Just in time for Shnas Hashishim: New enlistees in the Rebbe's Army. Rabbi Nochum & Malki Labkowski and their children Mendele and Ita, have moved to S. Lazare, Quebec, Canada ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Chabad India
Headley Told do Surveillance |  | The fresh indictment filed against Headley along with his school friend Tahawwur Hussein Rana, alleged that in March 2009, Headley conducted surveillance of various targets in India, including the National Defence College in New Delhi and Chabad houses in several cities of the country ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Chabad of the Dominican Republic
Reaching out to Earthquake Victims |  | Rabbi Mendel Zarchi of Chabad of the Caribbean is coordinating its relief efforts in conjunction with the Chabad representative Rabbi Shimon Pelman in Santo Domingo. “Santo Domingo has become a hub for volunteers attempting to get into Haiti,” Rabbi Zarchi told Lubavitch.com ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Bombay, India
Minister Ben- Eliezer Visits Chabad House |  | | Photograph: Meir Alfasi & Berele Scheiner | | During an emotional ceremony, Ben Eliezer spoke in front of dozens of Jewish community members and Mumbai residents, who gathered in the renovated Chabad house and said that "they were all murdered simply for being Israelis or Jews ■ more | | | |
| |
| Rabbi Shimon Pelman
The Rebbe's Shliach Reports |  | | Photograph: Shturem, CNN | The Rebbe's Shliach in the Domincan Republic spoke with Galei Tzahal about the horrific earthquake that hit Haiti last night ■ The Israeli ambassador hasn't been able to contact the local Jewish families due to disrupted communications services ■ more
| | | |
| |
| Antwerp, Belgium
Rabbi Y. Hager Joins Farbrengen |  | | Photograph: Shturem | Rabbi Hager shared an insight from his father regarding the Tanya. "My father has said many times that the Tanya is the 'sefer yesod" -foundation- of all Chassidius, and the key to learning all other sifrei Chassidus ■ more
| | | |
| |
