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Rabbi Yeshaya HaLevi Horowitz (1883–1978), a Safad-born direct descendant of Rabbi Yeshaya Horowitz, author of the Shnei Luchot HaBrit, served as the rabbi of the Chabad community in Safad from 1908 until his immigration to the U.S. during World War I. [62] Members of the Chabad community run a number of outreach efforts during the Jewish ...
The growing number of Muslims in the Detroit area in the mid-20th century sought out a religious leader from the Middle East to serve the community. [4] Imam Muhammad Chirri of Lebanon was invited to lead the newly-formed Islamic Center Foundation Society, which would later turn into the Islamic Center of Detroit, and later the Islamic Center ...
In a Chabad house, the shaliach (a Chabad rabbi) and shalucha (often his wife) host programs, activities, and services for the local Jewish community and tourists. [ 4 ] Chabad centers exist around the world and serve as Jewish community centers that provide educational and outreach activities for the entire Jewish community regardless of ...
In order to accommodate its large community, the congregation constructed a new building on the Potomac site in 1994. [22] In 1999, the second phase of the building was completed. In 2005, the synagogue became the first Orthodox congregation in Washington to elect a woman as president of the congregation. [ 23 ]
Chabad.org has a Jewish knowledge base which includes over 100,000 articles of information ranging from basic Judaism to Hasidic philosophy taught from the Chabad point of view. The major categories are the human being, God and man, concepts and ideas, the Torah, the physical world, the Jewish calendar, science and technology, people and events ...
Congregation Beth Israel, Berkeley; Beyt Tikkun Synagogue, Berkeley; Peninsula Temple Sholom, Burlingame; Congregation B'nai Israel, Daly City; Temple Beth Israel, Fresno; Temple Ahavat Shalom Northridge, Los Angeles
Metropolitan area Country Number % of Jews out of total population Tel Aviv Israel 3,891,000 94.8 New York City United States 2,109,300 10.8 Jerusalem Israel 992,800 72.3
Society Hill's Jewish population contracted in the 1960s and 1970s, and B'nai Abraham identified as a Conservative congregation by 1974. [11] Rabbi Ezekiel Musleah (1927-2020), from Kolkata served as rabbi from 1979 until 1982. [12] Rabbi Yochonon Goldman became the congregation's rabbi in 2000 and continues to serve in this capacity in 2019.