Local resident Hillel Davidov holds the first Torah scroll to be dedicated in Stavropol, Russia, in close to a century, while Rabbi Zvi Herschovich and another community members dance around him.
THE FAR EAST Documenting Jewish Life in Vietnam Having traveled all over the world, there was one constant that filmmakers Ido and Yael Zand came across in their various journeys: the local Chabad House.
SOUTH AMERICA Brazil Teenagers Have a Blast When you’re staying at a resort smack dab between mountains and a river, it’s hard not to be inspired.
HOLIDAY WATCH Korea Prepares for High Holidays From this year on, Jewish residents of South Korea won’t need a ticket – or a permit – to attend High Holiday services.
NORTH AMERICA Rosh Hashanah Boot Camp Volunteers with Chabad-Lubavitch of Downtown Baltimore have spent the past week learning how to blow the shofar in order to bring the spirit of Rosh Hashanah to Jewish patients around the city.
CAMPUS LIFE Fall Means Back to School Campus-based Chabad-Lubavitch centers, whether they’re in large cities or small college towns, are joyfully rolling out the red carpet to embrace Jewish college students as they begin the new school year.
EUROPE Hearing the Shofar in Italy Hearing the blast of a ram’s horn to usher in the month before Rosh Hashanah is a big deal in the Italian seaside resort of S. Marinella.
ISRAEL Free Dental Care for Children The Mazal Kryss Children’s Dental Center in Migdal Ha’Emek is the second such clinic to open in the Galilee region in the past year.