When Jewish Life Goes Viral: Home for Shabbat
In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part one, we look at how Chabad is revising its boisterous Shabbat celebrations
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In the Media
communitynewspapers.com
March 4, 2020
jta.org
A 4th-generation Vermont Orthodox Jew is starting the state’s first Jewish day school
March 3, 2020
t2conline.com
Thousands of Jewish Teens Gather in Times Square For Havdalah
March 2, 2020
thejewishlink.com
March 2, 2020
dailyrepublic.com
Holocaust survivor tells of escape from a death march
March 2, 2020
wilmettebeacon.com
JewQ national competition motivates Hebrew school kids in Wilmette
February 18, 2020
http://brooklyn.news12.com/
Jewish leaders from around the world gather in Brooklyn for annual conference
February 18, 2020
Coronavirus Couldn't Stop This Pre-Purim Joy
On Wednesday, with a little help from technology, a coronavirus-related setback was averted for a group of seniors and children.
Ashira Weiss | News | Sunday, March 8
Teens Pledge Soul Support at Shabbaton
Saturday night, two thousand and seven hundred high school students, from six hundred and twenty cities in twenty-four countries around the world, gathered in Times Square, New York. As the iconic billboards streamed videos of the Lubavitcher Rebbe the crowd sang 'I'm a Jew and I'm proud.'
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, March 5
Conference Conversations
Once a year, Chabad leaders serving communities around the world, meet at the Annual International Conference of Shluchot (Chabad women emissaries). At the last Kinus, Lubavitch.com caught up with several of the three thousand sisters-in-arms.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, March 4
It's Never Over Even When It's Over
“Many of the girls come from dysfunctional homes or don’t have a home,” says one of the camp’s organizers, Sheva Rapoport. “YEKA is a safe, loving environment that provides the warmth and love they’re missing all year. It’s a lifeline for our girls.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, February 27
New Jewish Cemetery for Southwest Florida
A new Jewish cemetery was consecrated in Fort Myers last week under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, February 25
Bay Area Mother and Daughter Released From Quarantine
Esther and Chaya put on their own masks and stayed inside with some challah and grape juice (the only kosher items they had) to see them through. But things didn’t get better.
Rhona Lewis | News | Sunday, February 23
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- When Jewish Life Goes Viral: Home for ShabbatIn this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part one, we look at how Chabad is revising its boisterous Shabbat celebrations
- A NOVEL RECOVERYWe humans have a primordial need to know. When something happens that upends our reality, we feel great urgency to unravel the enigma. We need to comprehend the significance we trust is there. If only we could make sense of the madness, we could (try at least) to accept it with some equanimity.
- Demand Soars for DIY Seder Kits The COVID-19 pandemic during the days leading up to Passover challenges Chabad to help people throughout the world celebrate the holiday while sheltering in place, at home.
- EARTHQUAKE ROCKS ZAGREBPanic swept residents of Zagreb Sunday morning when, while sheltering at home from the coronavirus, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake--the largest in 140 years--struck the city.
- Amid School Shutdowns, Thousands Attend Virtual Hebrew SchoolWith school closed in cities and countries around the world, thousands of Jewish children have logged in to the Virtual Hebrew School, a project of Merkos’s Chabad Kids Network-CKids.
