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Chabad-Lubavitch in the Media
Stories and reports that have appeared in the media during the past two weeks
| From Abraham to human rights: Chabad launches four week course Australian Jewish News,Tuesday, October 6, 2026 |
| Chabad North Shore has launched a free four-session course in St Ives exploring how foundational Jewish ethical ideas helped shape the moral values held by wider society. The course, For All Humankind, will run on Thursdays from October 8 to 29 and is open to members of the public from all backgrounds. Led by Rabbi Nochum Schapiro, the course is being delivered as a pilot program and explores Judaism’s universal values and how timeless principles can help build better lives, stronger communities and a more cohesive society. |
| Historic Milestone in Pervomaisk: New Mikvah Opens After More Than 80 Years - The Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS The Federation of Jewish Communties of the CIS,Tuesday, October 6, 2026 |
| The local Chabad emissary, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Perlstein, who leads the community together with his wife, Chana, shared the remarkable story behind the project. Construction of the mikvah began before the COVID-19 pandemic and continued through years of considerable challenges. Its completion at this time, amid the ongoing crisis, was made possible through the broad support and partnership of numerous donors and organizations. The ceremony was attended by Rabbi Shalom Gottlieb, Chabad emissary and Chief Rabbi of Mykolaiv and the surrounding region. |
| Rolling into Sukkot With Sukkah Mobiles Washington Jewish Week,Friday, October 2, 2026 |
| Rabbi Yossi Kagan of Chabad of Clarksburg-Germantown built a sukkah on the truck bed of a pickup he rented for the seven days. A canvas banner, which doubles as one of the walls, reads “Welcome Aboard the Sukkah Mobile” and “Happy Sukkot.” “It’s a mitzvah to eat at the sukkah and shake the lulav and etrog,” the rabbi said. “So we go around with a lulav and etrog, offering the Jewish people we know, people we don’t know, [the opportunity to] shake the lulav and etrog.” |
| Chabad’s Kitchen of Kindness delivers meals and a community hug Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle,Friday, October 2, 2026 |
| A new South Hills-based program is delivering kosher food as a quasi-communal hug. Kitchen of Kindness, an initiative of Chabad of the South Hills, enables volunteers to cook and deliver homemade meals to individuals experiencing hardship. The program, which started Sept. 6 at Chabad of the South Hills, is intended to provide community members with nourishment and “show them that they’re not alone and we’re here for them,” Rabbi Levi Rosenblum, a youth director at Chabad of the South Hills, told the Chronicle. |

