Merkos 302 News

An Everlasting Friendship

The term “chavrusa” traditionally refers to a small group of students who learn Torah together. For Aura Chaya Gispan (Bitton) and Barbara Freedman, two chavrusas who were paired together by JNet in 2007, their learning partnership quickly evolved into the…
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MyShliach Shabbaton in Frankfurt

21 Children of shluchim from across German cities (Hamburg Nirenberg Cologne Essen Frankfurt Hanover Podstem Berlin Karlsruhe) had a special Shabbaton in Frankfurt together with bochurim who flew in from New York. Running the Shabbaton were bochurim Lazer Katz, Mendy Katan and Shauli Deitsch, who were flown in…
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The Great Parade-a-Thon

The Great Parade-a-Thon This Lag B’omer, Ckids bases are driving the future. Jake Rosen is a ten year old kid who knew nothing about Judaism. “We never did Shabbat at home—I had never heard of Moses,” says Carol, his mom.…
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May 10, 2019

Bring the Torah to Rural America

https://donate.thechesedfund.com/cause/bring-the-torah-to-rural-america-21658 “Without this program, we wouldn’t have had a Minyan on Shavuos!” said Rabbi Menachem Andrusier, Chabad shliach in the rustic town of Manchester, Vermont.…

May 8, 2019

Shmurah Matzah in Ceilandia Sul, Brazil

by Rabbi Yehuda Dukes A couple of weeks before Pesach I reached out to Rabbi Dovid A. Polter at Lubavitch Youth Organization, as usual,…

May 3, 2019

Kinus L’Chizuk V’Hisorerus

An online "Kinus L'Chizuk V'Hisorerus" was held for shluchim on erev Chof Ches Nissan, featuring words of chizuk as well as a call to action.…

April 12, 2019

Pesach Merkos Shlichus: 712 Bochurim covering hundreds of cities around the globe

April 8, 2019

Thousands of children participate in the CKids 4D Pesach Experience

By Yakir Havin This past week, CKids put an entirely new spin on the famous directive to view ourselves as if we had been personally…

April 2, 2019

JNet yud Alef Nissan campaign

In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, JNet has partnered with Rabbi Avrohom Katz from learnchassidus.com to lead a mivtza whereby participants learn a Maamar on Pesach from Lekutei…

April 1, 2019

Virtual Farbrengen for Chabad House Communities

In honor of Yud Alef Nissan, Merkos 302 has launched a unique project. A ready-to-go-farbrengen package, featuring a professionally filmed farbrengen with high-quality niggunim for…

March 15, 2019

‘Educator of the Year’ Award given to Hebrew School Director and Shlucha, Mrs Sarah Alevsky

By Yakir Havin Apart from the excitement of the live game show quiz at the JewQ International Championship, one woman was singled out for her…

March 5, 2019

Winners of the JewQ International Torah Championship

By Yakir Havin At the JewQ International Championship held on Sunday at New Heights Middle School, the four final champions were crowned. After rounds of…

March 1, 2019

JewQ Contestants Arrive in NYC for the CKids Shabbaton and international championship

By Yakir Havin For thousands of Hebrew School kids around the world, the last few months haven’t been exactly ordinary. On top of regular classes,…

February 26, 2019

Judges of JewQ Finals Announced

By Yakir Havin JewQ, the international quiz on Jewish general knowledge, has arrived at its final stage: the International Championship. 80 students from Hebrew Schools…

February 24, 2019

CTeen Tours NYC

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