Rabbi Tzemach Menachem Mendel Lieberman speaks with ILTV about program providing hospitalized kids with summer camps.
A program started in mid-March by Chabad South County Jewish Center to offer care packages to local families and senior citizens sheltering in place has been so helpful that the effort has expanded to include anyone in need or isolated due to the restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rabbi Mendy Hurwitz and his wife Rebbetzin Chanie Hurwitz celebrated his 37th birthday with their daughters by serving a BBQ to the community who drove through the Chabad of Yonkers/ Greystone Synagogue Yonkers driveway.
Chabad moves closer to breaking ground on new center for Jewish life.
A rabbi who sermonizes in rap? Really?
Apparently, the answer is yes.
“Think good, it will be good.”
Or in other words, stay positive.
That’s the message Chabad of Hackensack is sharing with the thousands of Route 80 drivers on a billboard that will go live this Sunday night, alternating on both sides of the digital sign near River Street in Hackensack.
As part of Chabad Naples‘ COVID-19 Crisis Assistance efforts, the community center will host a drive-thru food distribution open to all on Thursday, July 16, beginning at 4 p.m.
The July 7 Gala featured not only a celebration of Chabad and its accomplishments, but also a concert featuring renowned cantor and Broadway performer Dudu Fisher live from Jerusalem. Chabad President Don Oettinger, Lou D’Angelo, and Tami Starkman served as the event committee.
It was a chocolate-filled Shabbat for over dozens of families across Orange County. “Chocolate lifts everyone’s spirits,” says Chana Burston, who baked more than 60 chocolate crumb challahs for the Chocolate-themed Shabbat care packages.
So far, there are three Chabad distribution sites for fresh produce: in Berkeley, at the Schneerson Center that serves San Francisco’s Russian-speaking Jewish community, and at Chabad of S.F. in Pacific Heights. Several other Chabad houses are waiting to be approved.