Friday, April 19, 2024 - 11:38 AM The news over the last few days has certainly been challenging, as the dramatic attacks on Israel from Iran on Saturday Night unfolded. Yet together with the worry and drama, it ended up being a night of miracles as the hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles fell short or were knocked out the sky. As we spoke and had a video call with my sister in law in Jerusalem after Shabbat who was wide awake from seeing and hearing the huge explosions in the sky overhead, we couldn't help but be so grateful for the modern day miracles which unfolded over Israel's sky i ..read more

Monday, April 22, 2024 - 11:30 AM Why is this Year different than so many other years? Israel and the Jewish people are under attack! Why is the joy of the Seder this year, tinged with pain and sadness? We are still missing over 130 hostages and we are thinking of the many hundreds of Seder Tables who are missing loved ones this year. Why do the messages of "in every generation they arise to destroy us" touch a different chord this year? Since antisemitism is running rampant in so many institutions that supposedly represent tolerance and sophisticated education, among many other places. Why do ..read more

The Jews were facing rising antisemitism all over the world.  The forces of evil held tremendous sway over the sentiment on the street, media, educational campuses and even the leadership of the world superpower. Many Jews were intimidated and lowered their heads, hid their identity, or bowed down to the antisemites in fear and trepidation, in the vein hope that somehow this would make them fit in and be likable. Many even attended events in which they themselves, the Jewish people, were denigrated, made fun of, and had their religious symbols mocked in public.  P ..read more

Friday, March 1, 2024 - 12:32 PM This past Saturday night, thousands of Jewish teenagers from Chabad Centers around the globe, including Sudbury, celebrated a musical Havdallah and Concert in Times Square, NY. You can see a video of one powerful moment  To see the images of thousands of teens dancing and celebrating their Jewish pride, praying for peace in Israel and the return of the hostages, and full of incredible joy and happiness, was truly uplifting. We have an action packed few weeks ahead full of meaningful activities for Purim, Adult Ed, Classes, Israel related events, Shabbat &a ..read more

Friday, February 16, 2024 - 3:55 PM Thank you to the huge crowd who showed up last night to hear Daniel & Neria Sharabi, two survivors and heroes from the Nova Festival, who fought back and held off the terrorists for five hours, while giving life saving medical treatment to wounded, and who ultimately helped save dozens of people on Oct 7th. Hearing from people who ran back into the fray and for hours teetered between being killed and continuing to save so many, was mind blowing. They spoke of their friends who were murdered before their eyes, and of their very close friend Yosef Ohana (Y ..read more

Friday, December 22, 2023 - 8:05 AM Did you shed tears since Oct 7th? How many tears I have only seen and heard over the last few months....  and not all of the tears were the tears of others.... Painful situations, cause us grief and bring emotions that can overwhelm us, and we cry in pain and in grief. Sometimes, it is the opposite and it is joy that causes us to cry as we shed tears of joy from an uplifting and powerful moment. I remember when we told our four oldest children that they were going to have a new sibling, and some of them cried tears of joy, as their faces ..read more

Sunday, December 24, 2023 - 8:09 PM Join us for our new course "Advice for Life": The Lubavitcher Rebbe's Guidance for Leading a More Purposeful LifeMuch has been written about the impact of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Schnersohn, on the global Jewish community, and indeed on the wider public. National Education Day in America is dedicated in honor of the Rebbe's work on behalf of education and the Rebbe would meet with political leaders, laymen and so many others from across a huge spectrum of the population. In the new course "Advice for Life", we will be exploring the Rebbe's ..read more

Friday, December 22, 2023 - 8:10 AM Thanks to over 200 Donors, we managed to raise 92% of our Goal in the Celebrating Chai Fundraiser. We are tremendously grateful to each and every one of you and all of the beautiful heartwarming notes and messages that come along with each donation. It takes a community and we are grateful for the tremendous support which everyone provides to help us work together to build a stronger Jewish future for the Sudbury area. A huge thank you to our principle matchers Richard & Gabrielle Henken for their tremendous generosity and support in making this fun ..read more

Friday, January 5, 2024 - 11:01 AM Not necessarily your legal name, but your Hebrew name. Does it matter and is it even important to have a Hebrew name, after all my legal name is good enough, why make things more confusing? Yet the truth is, names matter, and Hebrew names certainly matter. As a people, we are referred to with different names, sometimes we are called the children of Israel, referencing the fact that we are descendants of Jacob, who had his name changed to Israel, and sometimes we are referred to as Yehudim, Jews, or Yidden in Yiddish, which all come from the name Jud ..read more

Yesterday I visited a business whose services I use from time to time, which I hadn't visited in at least three months. When I entered their first words were "how are you and your family doing during these challenging times and how are your loved ones and friends in Israel all doing"? I started talking to them and we ended up speaking for less than five minutes, and then I looked at all three of these people, two women and one man of different backgrounds, and they all had tears in their eyes and they were all crying as I was speaking and telling them what had been happening. Th ..read more