In honor of Rabbi Tzemach Cunin, OB”M, 43 new Shluchim will be moving to communities throughout California within the year of his passing to find Yiden that have not yet been lit up. In Silicon Valley, where the tech industry has attracted tens of thousands of Jews, Rabbi Mendel and Mussi Weinfeld will be moving down to open up a Chabad House in Almaden Valley • Full Story

The L’Chaim of Levi Cunin of Larchmont, CA and Sheina Chincholker of Bloomington, IN took place last night at the Jewish Children’s Museum of Crown Heights. Photos by ChabadInfo.com photographer Avi Pro • Photos

This Sunday, Maayon Yisroel of Los Angeles, will be having a full day of learning on the topics of the Geulah and the third Beis Hamikdash. The classes will be delivered by Rabbi Reuven Wolf and Rabbi Mendel Zirkind. For those who cannot make it in person, there will be a live broadcast available online • Full Details

A bill to ensure the right of Californians to hang mezuzahs on their door frames is moving through the state legislature, and looks primed to pass in the coming months, J. The Jewish News of Northern California reported • Full Story

More than 1,300 enthusiastic friends and supporters of Chabad of the Conejo attended the organization’s 40th Anniversary Gala-Concert on Wednesday, June 12, at the Civic Arts Plaza Theater in Thousand Oaks, California • Full Story, Photos

The rabbi of a California synagogue that was the scene of a mass shooting recalls the moment the suspected shooter pointed a gun at him. Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, just out of surgery for a gunshot wound, continues to speak about the synagogue shooting. “As soon as (the gunman) saw me, he started to shoot towards me and I just sort of put my hands up and my fingers got blown away” • Watch

It is painfully fitting, even if wholly coincidental, that the murderous anti-Semitic assault on Jewish worshipers celebrating the end of Passover at a California synagogue on Saturday occurred only days after the New York Times published a grotesquely anti-Semitic cartoon • Full Story

While in California for a family Simcha, Rabbi Zalman Chanin, Director of Va’ad Lihafotzas Sichos, made a visit to the Chabad House of California’s senior Shliach, Rabbi Shlomo Cunin. Rabbi Cunin gave him a warm welcome and showed him around the Chabad House • More Photos

In the hot Bay Area real estate market, sometimes you need more than money to expand a Chabad center. Just ask Rabbi Yossi Marcus of Chabad of the North Peninsula. “It was a very long process of finding the property,” Marcus said. “Finding an available property in the right location. And raising the funds” • Full Story

At the ‘West Coast Kinus Hashluchim’, more than one hundred Shluchim stood in front of California’s replica of 770 for a group picture.

Even as the Woolsey Fire hovers at 50 percent containment, the fallout of the massive blaze continues to impact the lives of thousands throughout the affected areas. Among those primary areas are the communities of Agoura Hills, Westlake Village and Oak Park in the Conejo Valley • Full Story, Photos

Bais Toras Menachem Smicha Program celebrates grand reception for its Smicha graduates! Mazal Tov upon the eleventh Celebration of Bais Toras Menachem saluting its graduates of the past year of Limudim 5778! On Tuesday evening, Chof Tes Sivan, community members, friends, and relatives of the bachurim gathered for a unique evening of pride and joy • Full Story, Photos

A capacity crowd exceeding 500 guests joined with Chabad of the Conejo and friends on Sunday, June 10th, at the world-class Four Seasons Hotel in Westlake, California, for a memorable Banquet-Gala event, titled “Aspire to Inspire” • Full Story, Photos

During the current trip to California of Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef, the Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Eretz Yisroel, also known as the Rishon LeZion, he visited with some of the Rebbe’s Shluchim of California and delivered a Shiur to the Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad.

Chabad of Oakland has announced it’s buying a building, but moving day won’t cause too much hassle: The new place is right next door to the one Chabad is currently leasing. “We’ve had our eye on this place for a year,” said Rabbi Dovid Labkowski • Full Story

On cusp of its tenth year, alumni students of Bais Toras Menachem speak out about their beloved Yeshiva, the “best kept secret” around. Enjoy this video which gives you somewhat of a glimpse into an exceptional program geared towards Yeshiva students looking to study Semicha in a warm, supportive and fun environment • Watch

Rabbi Yitzchok Schochet, Rabbi of the Mill Hill Synagogue in London, England, was the guest speaker at the “Anash Lecture Series” in Los Angeles, CA. A crowd of 190 men and women came to hear Rabbi Schochet talk about how to maintain a happy disposition in daily life • Watch

In its largest gala to date, friends of Chabad of the Conejo filled the large banquet-hall of the Four Seasons Westlake Hotel from wall to wall to partake in a program replete with inspiring highlights, including a segment devoted to the 50th Anniversary of the Six-Day War • Full Story, Photos

Once the most famous Gold Mining District, Grass Valley, is excited to welcome Chabad! Rabbi Nochum and Chyena Yusewitz are the new Shluchim to the northern California city of Grass Valley • Watch

With great sadness we inform you of the untimely passing of Rabbi Menachem Aharon HaKohen Rodal, OB”M. He was a Shliach for many years, in Pittsburgh and then in Los Angeles. Rabbi Rodal passed away on Monday, 28 Nissan. He was 68-years-old • Full Story

A short video clip was put together over the day of the Kinus for Shluchim from across the State of California. The Kinus took place in in Orange County, in the affluent city of Irvine • Watch

Chabad of Petaluma, CA had an exciting Purim party themed ‘Purim in the Stadium’. The concession stands buffet was a hit, Lou Seal was the star of the show, and the kids got to make their very own sports graggers and in true Purim spirit bounced upside down on the moon bounce. Photos by Bruce Cohn • Photos

We have all had those days, weeks or even months when we were just ‘not feeling it’. At the very least, we all know someone apathetic towards yiddishkeit. Please enjoy the inaugural lecture in the Anash Lecture Series by Rabbi Simon Jacobson, as he speaks in his erudite and entertaining style • Watch

Chof-Tes Teves marked the first Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yehoshua Binyomin Gordon, OB”M. Hundreds turned out in person and thousands more tuned in online live to participate in a special commemoration event that rounded off an inspirational weekend • Full Story, Photos