News Archives | Anash.org https://anash.org/category/news/ Chabad News, Views, Inspiration Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:11:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Lubavitch Youth Organization Launches New Website https://anash.org/lubavitch-youth-organization-launches-new-website/ https://anash.org/lubavitch-youth-organization-launches-new-website/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110807 The Lubavitch Youth Organization (LYO), which recently marked its 70th anniversary, has launched a new website providing a comprehensive overview of the mosdos, programs and activities it sponsors throughout the year.]]> https://anash.org/lubavitch-youth-organization-launches-new-website/feed/ 0 Start Treating Your Yeshivah Like a Chabad House https://anash.org/start-treating-your-yeshivah-like-a-chabad-house/ https://anash.org/start-treating-your-yeshivah-like-a-chabad-house/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1109696 In a candid interview, Rabbi Uri Perlman, founder of the Wilkes Yeshiva, discusses why the tone and approach of yeshivos toward bochurim needs to shift, and explains how his yeshiva was built on a diffrent model.]]> https://anash.org/start-treating-your-yeshivah-like-a-chabad-house/feed/ 5 ‘Queens Mesivta’ Begins New Zman in Crown Heights https://anash.org/queens-mesivta-begins-new-zman-in-crown-heights/ https://anash.org/queens-mesivta-begins-new-zman-in-crown-heights/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110293 The blasts of the shofar ushered in the new Elul zman at Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Queens, which opened for the year freshly painted and newly furnished.]]> https://anash.org/queens-mesivta-begins-new-zman-in-crown-heights/feed/ 1 New Chabad House Opens on the Island of Corsica https://anash.org/new-chabad-house-opens-on-the-island-of-corsica/ https://anash.org/new-chabad-house-opens-on-the-island-of-corsica/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110487 A storefront on the main road in Calvi, on Corsica’s northwest coast, is now home to the island’s fourth Chabad center, something that longtime Jewish residents say they could never have imagined decades ago.]]> https://anash.org/new-chabad-house-opens-on-the-island-of-corsica/feed/ 0 Heavy Downpour Floods Parts of 770 https://anash.org/heavy-downpour-floods-parts-of-770/ https://anash.org/heavy-downpour-floods-parts-of-770/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110559 Heavy rain flooded several areas of 770 on Thursday evening, leaving portions of the main zal and downstairs areas soaked.]]> https://anash.org/heavy-downpour-floods-parts-of-770/feed/ 0 Last Missing Soldier Comes Home on the Day of Rebbe’s Bracha https://anash.org/last-missing-soldier-comes-home-on-the-day-of-rebbes-bracha/ https://anash.org/last-missing-soldier-comes-home-on-the-day-of-rebbes-bracha/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110476 Thirty-eight years to the day after his father tearfully asked the Rebbe for a bracha for his son who went missing in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub, Staff Sergeant Yehuda Katz will finally be brought to burial.]]> https://anash.org/last-missing-soldier-comes-home-on-the-day-of-rebbes-bracha/feed/ 2 Bochur Lightly Injured in Crown Heights Car Accident https://anash.org/bochur-lightly-injured-in-crown-heights-car-accident/ https://anash.org/bochur-lightly-injured-in-crown-heights-car-accident/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110502 A bochur from the kvutza currently learning in 770 sustained light injuries this afternoon in a car accident on Brooklyn Avenue and Eastern Parkway, down the street from 770. Baruch Hashem, it appears he sustained only light injuries, and he is reported to be expected to be fine.]]> https://anash.org/bochur-lightly-injured-in-crown-heights-car-accident/feed/ 0 Mother and Son Produce Tribute to Beloved Rebbi https://anash.org/mother-and-son-produce-tribute-to-beloved-rebbi/ https://anash.org/mother-and-son-produce-tribute-to-beloved-rebbi/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110480 As the new school year approaches, singer Rochel Gurkow releases her first mother-and-son duet, called "Little Moishy," dedicated to Rabbi Yossi Wilansky a"h, who cared so much for each of his talmidim.]]> https://anash.org/mother-and-son-produce-tribute-to-beloved-rebbi/feed/ 0 One Chossid’s Vision Continues to Illuminate Hundreds https://anash.org/one-chossids-vision-continues-to-illuminate-hundreds/ https://anash.org/one-chossids-vision-continues-to-illuminate-hundreds/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110421

More than sixty years ago, Rabbi Meir Roness ע"ה answered the Rebbe's call to spread the wellsprings of Chassidus. Today, through Keren Meir, that mission continues—and the community is once again invited to be a part of it.

]]> https://anash.org/one-chossids-vision-continues-to-illuminate-hundreds/feed/ 0 Special Trail at Detroit Camp Retraces Rebbe’s Historic Visit https://anash.org/special-trail-at-detroit-camp-retraces-rebbes-historic-visit/ https://anash.org/special-trail-at-detroit-camp-retraces-rebbes-historic-visit/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110140 Camp Gan Yisroel Detroit marked a historic milestone this week, commemorating 70 years since the Rebbe’s visit to Gan Yisroel with a day of special programming, including the ribbon cutting of a model of 770 and the opening of a unique Gan Yisroel Trail throughout the campgrounds.]]> https://anash.org/special-trail-at-detroit-camp-retraces-rebbes-historic-visit/feed/ 0 20 Bricks of Ice for a Mikvah in Lebanon https://anash.org/20-bricks-of-ice-for-a-mikvah-in-lebanon/ https://anash.org/20-bricks-of-ice-for-a-mikvah-in-lebanon/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110252 In a podcast interview, Rabbi Shlomo Bistritzky, shliach to North Ranch, California for nearly four decades, shares memories of his parents' humble devotion to others, the Rebbe's personal care, and reflects on raising children without panic.]]> https://anash.org/20-bricks-of-ice-for-a-mikvah-in-lebanon/feed/ 0 The Chossid Who Had a Heart Attack When His Beard Was Shaved https://anash.org/the-chossid-who-had-a-heart-attack-when-his-beard-was-shaved-2/ https://anash.org/the-chossid-who-had-a-heart-attack-when-his-beard-was-shaved-2/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1109714 Reb Berel Levertov, known among Lubavitcher chassidim as Berel Kabilaker, was a devoted chossid who gave his life for Yiddishkeit under Soviet rule. Arrested by the KGB in 1947, he died after guards forcibly shaved his beard in prison, a tragic end to a life of mesirus nefesh.]]> https://anash.org/the-chossid-who-had-a-heart-attack-when-his-beard-was-shaved-2/feed/ 2 Kasriel Nachman Keinan, 24, AH https://anash.org/kasriel-nachman-keinan-24-ah/ https://anash.org/kasriel-nachman-keinan-24-ah/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110412 After more than a week of intensive searches, the body of missing Lubavitcher bochur Kasriel Nachman Keinan was found Thursday afternoon in difficult terrain near the Swiss Forest outside Tiveria.]]> https://anash.org/kasriel-nachman-keinan-24-ah/feed/ 2 Structure Collapses at Camp Emunah, Campers Lightly Injured https://anash.org/structure-collapses-at-camp-emunah-two-lightly-injured/ https://anash.org/structure-collapses-at-camp-emunah-two-lightly-injured/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110121

A late-night activity at Camp Emunah turned frightening when part of the floor inside an abandoned wooden structure collapsed beneath a group of girls, leaving two lightly injured.

]]> https://anash.org/structure-collapses-at-camp-emunah-two-lightly-injured/feed/ 2 36 Mechanchim Complete Transformative Training https://anash.org/36-mechanchim-complete-transformative-teacher-training/ https://anash.org/36-mechanchim-complete-transformative-teacher-training/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110355 Thirty-six mechanchim completed the 12th annual Gold Star Teachers’ Training Course by Igud Hamelamdim, gaining practical classroom tools and a new perspective on how to approach chinuch with confidence and clarity.]]> https://anash.org/36-mechanchim-complete-transformative-teacher-training/feed/ 1 Judge Halts Bike Lane Project After Resident Sues https://anash.org/judge-halts-bike-lane-project-after-resident-sues/ https://anash.org/judge-halts-bike-lane-project-after-resident-sues/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110278 The controversial Kingston and Brooklyn Avenue bike lane project has been halted by a Kings County Supreme Court judge, stopping DOT from continuing construction while a lawsuit brought by a Crown Heights resident moves forward.]]> https://anash.org/judge-halts-bike-lane-project-after-resident-sues/feed/ 1 Search Intensifies for Missing Bochur, Surveillance Footage Found https://anash.org/search-intensifies-for-missing-bochur-surveillance-footage-found/ https://anash.org/search-intensifies-for-missing-bochur-surveillance-footage-found/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110198

Drones, jeeps, search dogs, and dozens of volunteers are continuing to search across Tiveria, the Kinneret and Beit Shemesh for the missing Chabad bochur, as investigators and search teams follow every available lead but have yet to find a breakthrough.

]]> https://anash.org/search-intensifies-for-missing-bochur-surveillance-footage-found/feed/ 1 California Boy Credits Camp With Strength to Face Antisemitism https://anash.org/california-boy-credits-camp-with-strength-to-face-antisemitism/ https://anash.org/california-boy-credits-camp-with-strength-to-face-antisemitism/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110022

At L’man Achai’s farewell banquet, a Northern California camper recalled facing antisemitism at public school: “I remembered that my counselor would have told me, ‘Go to school wearing a kippah.’” He did, and said there was never another incident.

]]> https://anash.org/california-boy-credits-camp-with-strength-to-face-antisemitism/feed/ 0 First Crown Heights Cheder Opens for the New Year https://anash.org/first-crown-heights-cheder-opens-for-the-new-year/ https://anash.org/first-crown-heights-cheder-opens-for-the-new-year/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1109999 On a hot summer day, boys in dress shirts ran to start their first day in cheder, following the Rebbe’s wishes that Chadorim open at the onset of Chodesh Elul.]]> https://anash.org/first-crown-heights-cheder-opens-for-the-new-year/feed/ 0 Secret File Reveals Rebbe’s Aliyah Permit to Eretz Yisroel https://anash.org/secret-file-reveals-rebbes-aliyah-permit-to-eretz-yisroel/ https://anash.org/secret-file-reveals-rebbes-aliyah-permit-to-eretz-yisroel/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110234 A rare discovery, unveiled for the first time at the Moreshet auction house, is sending shockwaves through researchers of the Rebbe's history: a collection of original documents that vanished from sight for a hundred years (!) and are now seeing the light of day. ]]> https://anash.org/secret-file-reveals-rebbes-aliyah-permit-to-eretz-yisroel/feed/ 0 Two Chabad Candidates Fall Short in Likud Primaries https://anash.org/two-chabad-candidates-fall-short-in-likud-primaries/ https://anash.org/two-chabad-candidates-fall-short-in-likud-primaries/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1110133

Two Lubavitchers from Lod, MK Shabtai Katash and attorney Dror Legali, failed to secure their respective slots in this week’s Likud primaries, ending their bids for assured positions on the party’s list for the upcoming Knesset elections.

]]> https://anash.org/two-chabad-candidates-fall-short-in-likud-primaries/feed/ 0 Elul in Lubavitch Sparks First Tefillin at Age 70 https://anash.org/elul-in-lubavitch-sparks-first-tefillin-at-age-70/ https://anash.org/elul-in-lubavitch-sparks-first-tefillin-at-age-70/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1109847 A 70-year-old Jew who arrived in Lubavitch with his children on Rosh Chodesh Elul put on tefillin for the first time in his life, following an encounter with Moscow shliach Rabbi Yakim Yagudayev.]]> https://anash.org/elul-in-lubavitch-sparks-first-tefillin-at-age-70/feed/ 0 Honey Prepared for Rosh Hashana in Russia’s Jewish Country https://anash.org/honey-prepared-for-rosh-hashana-in-russias-jewish-country/ https://anash.org/honey-prepared-for-rosh-hashana-in-russias-jewish-country/#respond Wed, 19 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1108539 Ahead of Rosh Hashana, shluchim oversaw the production of mehadrin honey in Russia’s remote Jewish Autonomous Region of Birobidzhan, where Yiddishkeit continues to grow.]]> https://anash.org/honey-prepared-for-rosh-hashana-in-russias-jewish-country/feed/ 0 Folsom Chabad Breaks Ground on 23,000-Square-Foot Center https://anash.org/folsom-chabad-breaks-ground-on-23000-square-foot-center/ https://anash.org/folsom-chabad-breaks-ground-on-23000-square-foot-center/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1109938 Hundreds gathered Sunday to mark the next chapter of Chabad in Folsom, CA, as a community built family by family over nearly 20 years broke ground on an expansive new center that will serve Jews across Folsom, El Dorado Hills and beyond.]]> https://anash.org/folsom-chabad-breaks-ground-on-23000-square-foot-center/feed/ 0 Enable a Kallah to Arrive at Her Chuppah in Dignity https://anash.org/enable-a-kallah-to-arrive-at-her-chuppah-in-dignity/ https://anash.org/enable-a-kallah-to-arrive-at-her-chuppah-in-dignity/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1109972 During these days of Elul, Chodesh Harachamim Vehaselichos, please help a kallah take care of many basic expenses we’d all wish a Kallah to have.]]> https://anash.org/enable-a-kallah-to-arrive-at-her-chuppah-in-dignity/feed/ 0 New Yiddish Initiative Opens Elul Zman at Antwerp Yeshiva https://anash.org/new-yiddish-initiative-opens-elul-zman-at-antwerp-yeshiva/ https://anash.org/new-yiddish-initiative-opens-elul-zman-at-antwerp-yeshiva/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1109814 Bochurim at the Antwerp yeshiva will begin learning Chassidus in Yiddish, "dem Rebbin's shprach," as the growing yeshiva opens the new shnas halimudim with an expanded staff and talmidim from across Europe.]]> https://anash.org/new-yiddish-initiative-opens-elul-zman-at-antwerp-yeshiva/feed/ 0 Kids’ Art Festival Returns for 3rd Year at JCM https://anash.org/kids-art-festival-returns-for-3rd-year-at-jcm/ https://anash.org/kids-art-festival-returns-for-3rd-year-at-jcm/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1109937 After two successful years, the JCM summer community event has become a special tradition for local families. The Jewish Children’s Museum’s Kids’ Art Festival is back for a third year, bringing an afternoon of creativity, excitement, and family fun to the JCM Plaza!]]> https://anash.org/kids-art-festival-returns-for-3rd-year-at-jcm/feed/ 0 My Memories of Living in the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s Building https://anash.org/my-memories-of-living-in-the-rebbe-and-rebbetzins-building/ https://anash.org/my-memories-of-living-in-the-rebbe-and-rebbetzins-building/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1109692 In a video interview, Rabbi Chaim Levi Goldstein of Crown Heights, a veteran mechanech, shares fascinating stories and memories spanning his family's roots in Lubavitch, his childhood living in the same apartment building as the Rebbe and Rebbetzin, and decades of guidance and personal encounters with the Rebbe.]]> https://anash.org/my-memories-of-living-in-the-rebbe-and-rebbetzins-building/feed/ 0 ‘Parking Stickers of Shame’ Return to NYC https://anash.org/parking-stickers-of-shame-return-to-nyc/ https://anash.org/parking-stickers-of-shame-return-to-nyc/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1109782 A newly enacted city law allowing hard-to-remove stickers to be placed on vehicles violating Alternate Side Parking rules is drawing anger in Crown Heights, where two local council members voted in favor of the measure.]]> https://anash.org/parking-stickers-of-shame-return-to-nyc/feed/ 7 Boy Rescued From Tanzania Celebrates Emotional Bar Mitzvah https://anash.org/boy-rescued-from-tanzania-celebrates-emotional-bar-mitzvah/ https://anash.org/boy-rescued-from-tanzania-celebrates-emotional-bar-mitzvah/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2026 https://anash.org/?p=1104917

A Jewish boy who was rescued from an abusive Muslim household in Tanzania six years ago celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in Eretz Yisroel this week, marking the latest stage in a complex rescue and rehabilitation operation led by Yad L’Achim with the assistance of the Rebbe's shliach in Tanzania.

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