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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Jewish outreach

A man holds the source sheet for that day’s Torah study. (NYC Department of Corrections)
April 23, 2024, 10:01 am
At Rikers Island, Jewish volunteers connect with inmates by leading prayer services
Joining grassroots efforts to alleviate the notoriously brutal conditions at NY State’s largest jail is a group from the UWS Base that learns, prays and spends time with prisoners
By julia GERGELY
Rabbi Mendel Zarchi helps Howard Rother lay tefillin at his cotton farm in Cecil Plains, in the Australian state of Queensland. (Courtesy of Rabbi Menachem Aron via JTA)
September 15, 2023, 4:34 pm
How roving rabbis help the few Jews of rural Australia celebrate Rosh Hashanah
Known for its religious outreach, the Chabad movement often sets up outposts in towns with small Jewish populations, but this effort in the outback takes the (honey) cake
By Nomi Kaltmann
Rabbi Mark Borovitz kisses Harriet Rossetto. (Courtesy)
May 5, 2023, 10:10 pm
Film tracks the match made in prison that turned a convict into a rabbi on a mission
‘The Jewish Jail Lady and the Holy Thief’ tells feel-good true story of Harriet Rossetto and Mark Borovitz, who turned over a new leaf to help former convicts and addicts in LA
By Julie Masis
Attendees of a Chabad teen convention in Times Square pose next to the mezuzah affixed to the doorpost of American Eagle Outfitters' flagship store. (Courtesy of Chabad via JTA)
March 5, 2023, 2:34 pm
American Eagle now has a mezuzah at its Times Square flagship
The popular apparel brand’s CEO Jay L. Schottenstein is well-known for his charitable Jewish contributions, including to Chabad, whose teen program engineered the affixing event
By Jacob Henry
Esther Hecht, the emissary to Auckland, New Zealand, speaks at the annual conference for Chabad women emissaries in New Jersey, February 2023. (Courtesy of Chabad via JTA)
February 17, 2023, 4:17 am
Chabad women gather in the US once a year. The rest of the time, there’s Instagram
Over 4,000 of the Hasidic group’s emissaries from far-flung locales around the globe meet for annual event in NJ to share strategies and enjoy a moment of in-person connection
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: In addition to no heat and light in Chernivtsi, lack of electricity means lack of TV and radio use, along with spotty internet service. (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images via JTA)
December 17, 2022, 4:41 pm
In Ukraine, Hanukkah candles are a lifeline in the midst of power outages
As Israeli emissaries of Conservative Judaism arrive with supplies in the western city of Chernivtsi, they find fellow Jews in the cold and dark hoping for a miracle to end the war
By Steve Lipman
A student takes a picture of a graduate of Milton Friedman University in Budapest, Hungary, July 15, 2017. (Milton Friedman University/via JTA)
October 24, 2022, 11:54 pm
A secular Budapest university run by Chabad is eyeing a major expansion
Milton Friedman University, operated by the Lubavitch-affiliated EMIH, is using a $22 million government grant to raise enrollment — and it hopes to attract more Jewish students
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jews 'have special emotions toward the Chinese,' Rabbi Matt Trusch explains in a Douyin video aimed at the vast Chinese audience. (Courtesy/ via JTA)
August 26, 2022, 5:40 am
A Texas rabbi is fighting Jewish stereotypes on China’s TikTok
Matt Trusch lived in China for years, but it’s been tough to go back to visit during the pandemic era. Now he’s found a way to connect with Chinese speakers that has gone viral
By Jordyn Haime
The Lehrhaus is inspired in part by Frankfurt's Jewish House of Free Study, where intellectuals of the early 20th century like Bertha Pappenheim, Leo Lowenthal, and Martin Buber lectured and learned. (Getty Images. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)
August 21, 2022, 2:54 am
Boston’s Jews are getting a ‘Jewish tavern’ – to study religious texts, drink beer
Combining the Old Country secular Torah study house and the kretshme, or Yiddish pub, the Boston Lehrhaus seeks to woo all denominations with food, cocktails and meaningful classes
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi Motl Gordon in Jerusalem. (Nathan Lazovnikov)
April 11, 2022, 4:00 am
Rabbi who fled Moscow: ‘Jewish life in Russia as I knew it was coming to an end’
When war in Ukraine broke out, Motl Gordon moved to Israel, where he’s working with Russian-speaking Jews ‘as they are’ to nurture a vision of an audaciously welcoming new diaspora
By David Stromberg
A three-dimensional virtual model of Chabad's MANA Jewish Center ahead of its placement in Decentraland. (Courtesy)
February 4, 2022, 7:25 am
Enter the metaverse: Chabad pioneers the first Jewish outpost in a virtual world
Movement’s MANA house will offer education and other services in the Decentraland digital realm, combining new technology and traditional outreach
By Luke Tress
Chabad bought a historic church in Chicago last year and converted it into a Jewish center known as Chabad of East Lakeview. (Courtesy of Chabad/ via JTA)
November 4, 2021, 1:51 am
As pandemic drove Judaism online, Chabad bet on over $137 million in real estate
While many non-Orthodox institutions are unsure about their physical spaces after 1.5 years of mostly digital engagement, droves attend the Hasidic stream’s in-person programming
By Asaf Shalev
Festival of Resilience participants watch a presentation. (Debi Simon for Hillel Deutschland/ via JTA)
October 6, 2021, 1:50 am
2 years after Halle synagogue attack, young Jews gather to celebrate Jewish life
The heads of Base Hillel Deutschland, an organization for young Jews in Berlin, were present at the deadly 2019 shooting. Now, they mark the event with a Festival of Resilience
By Joe Baur
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and Rabbi Sholom Lipskar participate in a moment of silence, June 14, 2021, at The Shul of Bal Harbour, Florida. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
September 14, 2021, 5:36 am
For a Surfside-area rabbi, these High Holidays are for processing communal grief
Sholom Lipskar built his community from the ground up and keenly feels the loss of several members in a high-rise collapse in June. But that doesn’t stop him from moving forward
By Shira Hanau
Bitcoin Rabbi Michael Caras (photo courtesy/ via JTA) and a visual representation of Bitcoin, at the 'Bitcoin Change' shop in Tel Aviv, February 6, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP)
July 12, 2021, 4:10 am
Beloved ‘Bitcoin Rabbi’ tends to religious, financial-minded flocks on Twitter
Michael Caras says serving as a bridge between the Jewish and cryptocurrency worlds gives him the opportunity to provide guidance to some who would never have sought it otherwise
By Leigh Cuen
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