Mayor Villaraigosa joins Chabad at Menorah lighting

By Ryan Torok
Published on December 12, 2012

On Dec. 7, the dancing rabbis of Chabad and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa came together at Los Angeles City Hall to celebrate the Festival of Lights.

Mayor Villaraigosa joins Chabad to illuminate the City of Angels

Published on December 10, 2012

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined West Coast Chabad, city officials and community leaders on Friday to usher in the Festival of Lights by illuminating the historic Katowitz Menorah at LA City Hall.

Top Ten Celebrity Moments:  Chabad Telethon

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on August 26, 2010

New Chabad telethon chief follows in his father’s footsteps

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on September 8, 2007

Rabbi Chaim Cunin, 33, executive producer of the telethon and CEO of Chabad of California, may represent a movement that dates back to the 1700s, but on a recent August day he wasn't wearing a dark frock coat. Instead, he sported casual attire: a blue button-down shirt, a brown tie and a yarmulke, that, when flipped around, bore the trademark dancing rabbi logo.

Yomtov Pleads Guilty

By Wendy J. Madnick
Published on February 7, 2002

Teacher Mordechai Yomtov stood sobbing in his orange prison jumpsuit Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court as he pleaded guilty to two counts of committing continuous sexual abuse on a minor and one count of lewd act on a minor.

Spontaneous Expansion

By Mike Levy
Published on July 12, 2001

Of the seven West Coast Chabad centers scheduled to open this week, five do not even have office space yet. Still, they open.