Among the guests joining Chabad of Moscow’s Israeli community for Shabbat services and dinner last Friday night, were a group of Israeli realtors, bankers and lawyers who had come to participate in the city’s first real estate fair.

A popular speaker at Jewish functions worldwide, Luchins has been selected to present the keynote address at the banquet concluding the 25th annual International Conference of Shluchim

This past June, Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin received notice from Buckingham Palace that he was selected for a prestigious honor, to be bestowed upon him by Queen Elizabeth II

In this classroom, you can chew gum and sit with your feet up. And while the teacher is in your living room, your office, and seat 16F on your next flight, you can relax. He isn’t taking attendance.

Roughly 93% of teenagers use the internet today, with 70% regularly accessing social networking sites such as facebook and myspace. Three out of four teens carry their own cell phones, and even more communicate via email and instant messaging.

A simple melody can resonate more powerfully than the most profound sermon or even a moving service. So says Rabbi Avi Lesches, at least. Lesches and three other rabbis were in Seoul last month to assist with High Holiday activities at an American army base.

Eton College doesn’t sound like a place where you would expect to find a Chasidic rabbi helping boys wrap tefillin. In fact, the prestigious boarding school founded in the 15th century by Henry VI as “The King’s College,” counts a small population of Jews within its student body, and that precisely is what they were doing this Sunday morning with Rabbi Yossi Simon of Tzivos Hashem UK.

When Rabbi Yosef and Rochel Levertov moved to the Lone Star state in 1984, its capital, Austin, had only a fledgling Jewish community. Initially, the couple’s mission was to serve the student body of the University of Texas (Jewish population: 4,000). Since then, they have expanded their efforts to include the greater Austin area, and have hired a young rabbi (a UT alumnus) to serve as the campus representative. A highly-acclaimed elementary school, holiday and Shabbat offerings, and a full roster of classes are only a smidgen of what the Levertovs have provided the Austin community.

“What in the world are you doing here?” The truth is, Michoel Harari barely knew himself. As director of Yeshiva Outdoor Adventure Camp, Rabbi Harari is used to finding himself beyond the beaten path...

For her work, “Enhancing Language Skills Through Technology Driven Global Connections,” Hebrew Academy teacher Ms. Miriam Gold, a teacher at Chabad’s Huntington Beach Hebrew Academy...

Last year, the world watched in horror as a small, but organized group of terrorists hit Mumbai, India, with a series of coordinated attacks over the course of three frightening days.

(lubavitch.com) The would-be-rabbi waited until Shabbat was over before heading to the ring to knock out opponent Daniel Santos and claiming the WBA super welterweight title. Yuri Foreman,

(lubavitch.com) Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries at this year’s International Conference participated Thursday at a special session on security, presided over by leading security agencies.

Three youths will be arraigned Friday morning in connection with Tuesday’s break-in at the Chabad Jewish Center of Cape Cod. The local teenagers are accused of vandalizing the synagogue, pulling a charity box off the wall, smashing doors, and throwing phylacteries on the floor.

In a drastic measure adopted to combat the swine flu virus, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko ordered a three-week closure of Ukraine's schools.

(lubavitch.com) Family and friends of Rabbi Yossi and Hindel Swerdlov of Jerusalem, participated Tuesday, October 27th, in the launching of a new Torah scroll in honor of their daughter, Shula, who was killed October 19, when she was hit by a minivan.

Visiting Chicago last Monday to participate at a building dedication ceremony for the Ohel Shalom Torah Center, Rabbi Shlomo Amar, the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel took time to visit the Lubavitch Girls High School...

The Jewish Community of Zhitomir, under the leadership of Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm, has launched a project to restore and preserve approximately 1,500 Jewish cemeteries scattered throughout Ukraine.

Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters notes with grief and sorrow, the tragic death Monday of Shula Swerdlov, daughter of Chabad representatives Rabbi Yossi and Hindel Swerdlov.

Chabad representative in Marseille, France, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Labkowsky was presented with a medal of honor by the city’s police department for his work with Jewish inmates in the prisons of southern France.