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Authors » K » Chana Kroll
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Chana Kroll is an alumna of Machon Chana Yeshiva for Women in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Prior to moving to New York, she studied poetry with Gerald Stern and taught writing, and other subjects, at a boarding school/shelter for runaways and young people whose families were homeless. Today, she is a proud mother living, and sometimes writing, in Israel. |
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Students Campaign to Bring Thousands to Global Shabbat
By Chana Kroll, Chabad.edu
Seeking to bring more light into the world one year after the Mumbai, India, terror attacks, thousands of Jewish students around the world will be inviting one friend each to the Shabbat table this Friday night.
News » Stories » Students Campaign to Bring Thousands to Global Shabbat
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Chabad Emissaries Inspire Each Other After Turbulent Year
By Chana Kroll
Celebrating 70 years of their movement being directed from the United States, almost 4,000 Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries from around the globe are making their way to the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y., for an annual conference exploring ...
News » Stories » Chabad Emissaries Inspire Each Other After Turbulent Year
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Cruise Exemplifies New Chapter in Puerto Rican Jewish History
By Chana Kroll, ChabadPR.com
Celebrations have a way of bringing people together, and in the case of one recent bar mitzvah, a cruise ship stocked with kosher food helped ensure a large crowd.
News » Stories » Cruise Exemplifies New Chapter in Puerto Rican Jewish History
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Distinctly Religious Offerings Earn Praise at Israeli Film Festival
By Chana Kroll
The sixth annual Jewish Eye film festival hosted the official Israeli premiere of “A Light for Greytowers,” a full-length production by women and for women.
News » Stories » Distinctly Religious Offerings Earn Praise at Israeli Film Festival
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Jewish “Heroes” Praise Communities’ Dedication to Those in Need
By Chana Kroll
Organized by the umbrella organization of North American Jewish communities, the Jewish Communities Heroes contest asked rank-and-file Jews to nominate individuals who have positively affected the lives of others.
News » Stories » Jewish “Heroes” Praise Communities’ Dedication to Those in Need
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Manchester Students Take Holiday Celebrations to the Homebound
By Chana Kroll
Coming off of one of the busiest times of the year, Jewish community members and yeshiva students said that a campaign to bring the fall season to homebound and hospitalized individuals resulted in hundreds of people getting a chance to celebrate the ...
News » Stories » Manchester Students Take Holiday Celebrations to the Homebound
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Tens of Thousands Take to the Outdoors for Holiday
By Chana Kroll, Chabad.edu
Reflecting one of the themes of the weeklong holiday itself, Sukkot celebrations in communities around the world emphasized that the unity and diversity of the Jewish people go hand in hand.
News » Stories » Tens of Thousands Take to the Outdoors for Holiday
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Expanding Network Nurtures Exotic Jewish Communities
By Chana Kroll, ChabadPR.com
When Rabbi Mendel and Rochie Zarchi opened the first Chabad House in the Caribbean, they could barely get the necessary quorum for public prayer services. Today, several such centers operate throughout the region.
News » Stories » Expanding Network Nurtures Exotic Jewish Communities
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Worldwide Events Make Fall Holiday a Public Affair
By Chana Kroll
For the first time in its long, storied history, Rome’s Jewish community is taking the fall holiday of Sukkot to the streets by erecting a biblically-mandated temporary dwelling at a public piazza in the heart of the Italian capital.
News » Stories » Worldwide Events Make Fall Holiday a Public Affair
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Renovated Ritual Bath Looks to Mystical Surroundings in its Spiritual Touch
By Chana Kroll
A spate of renovations not seen in two decades has brought back some of the original shine, and then some, to a ritual bath used by hundreds of Jewish women in the holy Israeli city of Safed.
News » Stories » Renovated Ritual Bath Looks to Mystical Surroundings in its Spiritual Touch
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