https://www.chabad.org/search/keyword.asp?kid=24052 Newest articles written by Mordechai Kirschenbaum Copyright 2026, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. Mon, 01 Jan, 0001 12:00:00 EST Mon, 01 Jan 0001 12:00:00 EST https://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=5022941 https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/5022941/jewish/When-Larry-King-Was-Filmed-in-Tefillin.htm With the passing of Larry King, the iconic television personality and radio host, many outlets have been hashing out his lifelong relationship with Judaism and Jewish organizations. To add to that conversation, I want to share my experience, which I believe may be the one time that Larry—a proud Jew with a warm place for Yiddishkeit in his heart—put on tefillin on camera. Here is how it happened. Every year on the Friday on or near the birthday of Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz, Jews around the world do mitzvahs in his honor. It is a special gift for Rabbi Yitzi, whose body has been immobilized by ALS. Using the hashtag #tefillinforyitzi, thousands of men put on tefillinand recite a small prayer, while thousands of women commit to light Shabbat candles that afternoon in his merit. As the co-direct Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:00:00 EST