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Rabbi Leibel Groner, Member of Secretariat to the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Rabbi Leibel Groner, long-time aide to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, passed away Tuesday evening from the covid-19 virus. He was 88.
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, April 8, 2020
DID YOU KNOW?
DID YOU KNOW? 10 FACTS ABOUT MATZAH
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, April 7, 2020
When Jewish Life Goes Viral: Solo Seder
In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part five, Chabad representatives have drawn on their creativity to empower those leading their own solo Seder.
Liba Rimler | News | Monday, April 6, 2020
Today In Jewish History:The Rebbe's Birthday
Today marks the 118th birthday of the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of blessed memory.
News | Sunday, April 5, 2020
When Jewish Life Goes Viral: A Quiet Goodbye
In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. As people die and are buried with no family to see them off, part four examines how CDC protocol is causing Judaism’s sacred burial societies, to dramatically alter traditional practice.
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, April 3, 2020
Seder In The Bar
It was past midnight. The grand communal Seder ended on a high note. But this rabbi wasn’t about to call it a night.
Rabbi Berel Levertov | News | Thursday, April 2, 2020
When Jewish Life Goes Viral: Baby Blues
In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part three, we look at the precautions taken while arranging a brit and the creative baby-naming ceremonies being held.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Alone But Not Abandoned: Initiatives Bring Relief to Individuals in Isolation
As the corona pandemic forces people homebound, those without support systems are worried. How they will procure basic daily necessities--as well as provisions for the upcoming Passover holiday--under the restraints of quarantine? In response, Chabad shluchim are mobilizing wherever possible.
Liba Rimler | News | Monday, March 30, 2020
When Jewish Life Goes Viral: What a Wedding!
In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part two, we look at how wedding celebrations continue while adhering to social distancing policies.
Ashira Weiss | News | Sunday, March 29, 2020
When Jewish Life Goes Viral: Home for Shabbat
In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part one, we look at how Chabad is revising its boisterous Shabbat celebrations
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, March 27, 2020
A NOVEL RECOVERY
We humans have a primordial need to know. When something happens that upends our reality, we feel great urgency to unravel the enigma. We need to comprehend the significance we trust is there. If only we could make sense of the madness, we could (try at least) to accept it with some equanimity.
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Demand Soars for DIY Seder Kits
The COVID-19 pandemic during the days leading up to Passover challenges Chabad to help people throughout the world celebrate the holiday while sheltering in place, at home.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Monday, March 23, 2020
EARTHQUAKE ROCKS ZAGREB
Panic swept residents of Zagreb Sunday morning when, while sheltering at home from the coronavirus, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake--the largest in 140 years--struck the city.
Staff Writer | News | Sunday, March 22, 2020
Amid School Shutdowns, Thousands Attend Virtual Hebrew School
With school closed in cities and countries around the world, thousands of Jewish children have logged in to the Virtual Hebrew School, a project of Merkos’s Chabad Kids Network-CKids.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Purim Makes it to Maryland VA Hospital Just in Time
This year, the threat of COVID-19 meant that Purim could not come soon enough, especially for seniors isolated in nursing homes.
Toby Trompeter | News | Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Aleph Gives Alternative Sentencing A Go
Rabbi Moshe Mayir Vogel is the Executive Director of the Aleph Institute-North East Region. Together, with a team of social workers, Vogel ensures that “No Jew is alone,” behind bars.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, March 16, 2020
STATEMENT BY CHABAD-LUBAVITCH HEADQUARTERS ON COVID-19
Specifically, the virus reminds us that none of us is an island; that each one of us affects others and is affected by others. And if something as small as a microbe is all it takes to trigger a global crisis, every deliberate act of goodness that we practice can create a positive universal transformation.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Sunday, March 15, 2020
Gleaning Jewish Wisdom Through Art
On the first Friday of every month, the quiet cobblestone streets of Old City Philadelphia are reborn into a bustling, contemporary art scene. Thousands of eager guests wander through, enjoying the wide variety of music and art exhibitions.
Lela Casey | News | Thursday, March 12, 2020
Purim in the Age of the Coronavirus
Those below a certain age do not remember a time like this—when there was no anti-vax movement because the fear of disease was so much greater than the fear of a possible adverse reaction; a time when the only recourse in the face of illness was to quarantine oneself or flee.
Chana Silberstein | News | Monday, March 9, 2020
Coronavirus Couldn't Stop This Pre-Purim Joy
On Wednesday, with a little help from technology, a coronavirus-related setback was averted for a group of seniors and children.
Ashira Weiss | News | Sunday, March 8, 2020
Teens Pledge Soul Support at Shabbaton
Saturday night, two thousand and seven hundred high school students, from six hundred and twenty cities in twenty-four countries around the world, gathered in Times Square, New York. As the iconic billboards streamed videos of the Lubavitcher Rebbe the crowd sang 'I'm a Jew and I'm proud.'
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, March 5, 2020
Conference Conversations
Once a year, Chabad leaders serving communities around the world, meet at the Annual International Conference of Shluchot (Chabad women emissaries). At the last Kinus, Lubavitch.com caught up with several of the three thousand sisters-in-arms.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, March 4, 2020
It's Never Over Even When It's Over
“Many of the girls come from dysfunctional homes or don’t have a home,” says one of the camp’s organizers, Sheva Rapoport. “YEKA is a safe, loving environment that provides the warmth and love they’re missing all year. It’s a lifeline for our girls.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, February 27, 2020
New Jewish Cemetery for Southwest Florida
A new Jewish cemetery was consecrated in Fort Myers last week under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Bay Area Mother and Daughter Released From Quarantine
Esther and Chaya put on their own masks and stayed inside with some challah and grape juice (the only kosher items they had) to see them through. But things didn’t get better.
Rhona Lewis | News | Sunday, February 23, 2020
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Inaugural Scroll For Island Nation
Uri Krauss was turning 50. His wife, Adina was determined to mark the occasion with a memorable surprise—the dedication of a brand new Torah scroll. But where would such a gift have the maximum impact?
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, February 21, 2020
A First for Canberra: Jewish School Opens
The first Jewish school for the Australian Capital Territory and region has opened its doors this week in what is being hailed as a historic milestone for the Canberra Jewish community.
Staff Writer | News | Friday, February 21, 2020
Chabad Unveils Memorial Sculpture to Marjory Stoneman Douglas Students
On Thursday, February 14, a sculpture immortalizing the story of 3,320 students was unveiled at Chabad of Parkland.
Rhona Lewis | News | Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Serving With Love, Focus At Gala Banquet
At finale banquet of five-day conference, Chabad representatives focus on serving their communities with love.
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, February 17, 2020
Today In Jewish History:The Passing Of The Rebbes Wife
Today marks a notable date in Chabad history: 22 (Chof-Beis) Shevat, the 32nd anniversary of the passing of Rebbetzin Chaya Moussia Schneerson, wife of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of blessed memory.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, February 17, 2020
International Conference Convenes In Brooklyn
They speak a variety of different languages, range in age from early twenties to late seventies, and hail from 100 different countries, but these 3,100 are convening in Brooklyn with one purpose in mind.
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, February 14, 2020
New Chabad Representatives In Cornhusker State
Rabbi Daniel and Chaya Blotner arrived in Omaha, Nebraska last Thursday morning. The couple join Rabbi Mendel and Shani Katzman in their work here in the Gateway to the West.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Reflections On Leadership
How would the Rebbe bring healing to survivors nursing shame and insecurity, wanting to hide their identity, to forget, to be left alone in their grief? Here, we share reflections on the Rebbe’s iconic leadership culled from interviews with thinkers and scholars who had direct experience with the Rebbe.
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Today in Jewish History: 10 (Yud) Shevat
Yud Shvat is the anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch, of blessed memory, (5710/1950). On the same day, one year later, his son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, assumed the mantle of leadership of Chabad.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, February 4, 2020
To Be The Rebbe's Emissary
In a 2014 interview with me, Rabbi Grunblatt shared his ideas about serving as the Rebbe’s emissary, and the attitudes and rigors that inform him, intellectually and practically, as he continues to execute his mission.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Masks for the Elderly in Shanghai
Monday, February 3, Rabbi Shalom Greenberg from Chabad-Lubavitch of Shanghai donned his mask and made his way to the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum with a provision of 10,000 masks.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, February 3, 2020
The Rebbe: He Wanted to Change Human Nature
How would the Rebbe pick up the reins in the aftermath of the Holocaust that left the Jewish people diminished by a third--millions exterminated by the hatred of madmen and the indifference of world leaders--and crushed in body and spirit?
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, February 3, 2020
1200 USC Students Reserve for Campus’s Shabbat Dinner for 1000
“What do you do when Shabbat 1000 becomes Shabbat 1200, and it's only Wednesday?” Rabbi Dov Wagner posted on Instagram and tweeted that evening.
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, January 31, 2020
Book Review: Torah From The Warsaw Ghetto
In 1950 a buried manuscript from the Warsaw ghetto was uncovered. "We live in an age in which faith is approached critically, as if it were a scientific equation to be proved and demonstrated—as if logic were its measuring stick and argument could brace it and make it stronger." Learn about faith from those who were forced through it.
Dr. Henry Abramson | News | Monday, January 27, 2020
It's Not A Hand-Out, It's A Hand-Up
The clothing drive was a project of Chabad of Markham’s sweeping Tikkun Olam program, a venture that brings suburban families into the lives, and hearts, of people from across greater Toronto.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, January 23, 2020
Still a Dollar
In the spring of 1981, the Lubavitcher Rebbe spoke about Jewish unity as an antidote to looming threat of warfare and terror at the time. Specifically, he addressed the power of Jewish children, when united through a Torah scroll.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Today in Jewish History: 24 Tevet, Passing of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad Lubavitch
The end of 1812 found Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, also known as the Alter Rebbe, journeying through small towns and villages, distancing himself and his family from the Napoleonic invasion of Russia.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Marathon Man
Jeremy Cooper, 26, is “running” a marathon, leining every Shabbat for the next 1,000 weeks. Weekday mornings, the Columbia University MBA candidate will get his leining fix at Chabad of the Upper West Side or some other minyan in the city. Cooper’s a newlywed, and he loves traveling with his wife Ellen, but he will never plan a weekend getaway unless he’s secured a leining gig.
Boruch Werdiger | News | Monday, January 20, 2020
Changing the Jewish Narrative
For many, Belgrade's Jewish community is defined by the tragedy of the Holocaust. But as a new movement devoted to changing the narrative grows, the city’s Jews are discovering the joys of a vibrant, sustainable Jewish experience.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, January 16, 2020
Mystery Donor
As Chabad events gained popularity, the Kaminetzkys’ rented apartment began to shrink. It was time to move forward. But with a weak economy and a community that struggles to get by, the prospects were dim.
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, January 15, 2020
European Chabad On Campus Reps Gather For Conference
Chabad representatives serving twenty university campuses Europe-wide met up in London last weekend for Chabad on Campus Europe’s annual conference
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Stranded In Halifax, El Al Passengers Spend Shabbat With Chabad
Flight attendants started running, there was a definite smell of smoke and suddenly the flight path screens showed the plane making a u-turn. It was just after 11pm last Thursday when the pilot declared an emergency on El Al flight 26 that was supposed to fly non-stop from Newark, New Jersey to Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, January 13, 2020
Monday is CTeen's Kippah Day: Answer to anti-Semitism
As Jewish organizations worldwide stand in solidarity and unite to fight anti-Semitism, Jewish teen boys all over the world are doing their part on January 13 by wearing a kippah the entire day—even if they don’t usually wear one.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Monday, January 13, 2020
Ideal Partnerships For An Ideal Cause
Studies tracking charitable contributions consistently find that the American Jewish community is overrepresented. Philanthropy is a tremendous point of Jewish pride, but all too often, the objects of our largesse are not Jewish causes.
Rena Udkoff | News | Thursday, January 9, 2020
Black Fire, White Fire
Although it’s a staple of the synagogue service, the reading of the Torah remains something of a mystery to many. Here’s an up-close look at some of the whys and hows that surround this esoteric tradition.
Boruch Werdiger | News | Wednesday, January 8, 2020
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Today in Jewish History: Asarah (10) B’Tevet
On the 10th of Tevet in the Hebrew year 3336 (425 BCE), the army of Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar surrounded Jerusalem’s stone walls and laid siege on the city.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Texas Chabad 'Mom' Receives "Be Remarkable" Award
Manya Lazaroff, director of Chabad at Texas A&M University, was caught by surprise. She was in the middle of a meeting when a crew from KBTX-TV arrived at the Rohr Chabad Jewish Center to present her with the ‘Be Remarkable’ award.
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, January 6, 2020
Ukraine Chabad Builds Apartment Complex For Emissaries
Yesterday, Chabad of Dnipro, Ukraine, laid the foundation for an apartment complex located near the iconic Menorah Center, one of the largest Jewish community centers in the world.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, January 2, 2020
Today in Jewish History: The Victory in Chabad Library Trial
On the 5th of Tevet (Hei Teves) in 1987, the extensive library of the sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, was declared as belonging to Agudas Chasidei Chabad Lubavitch.
lubavitch.com | News | Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Seven Menorahs in North East, London: A Grateful Man Gives Back
When Grant was a child in the sixties, living in Stamford Hill, in a non-observant home just two streets away from the Lubavitch Foundation of the United Kingdom.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Chanukah 2019 Story Roundup
A roundup of the stories and thought pieces that made up our Chanukah content for Chanukah 2019-5770.
News | Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Do We Need Anti-Semitism To Keep Us Jewish?
Swados asked the Rebbe whether it was his opinion, then, “that the tragedy was not a unique visitation upon the Jewish people, and that it could happen again?” chabad
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Soul Lights
Sitting with the Rebbe’s shluchim at the closing session of the Annual International Conference of Chabad Lubavitch Emissaries near the end of November, I felt the enormous spiritual power concentrated in the cavernous hall.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Monday, December 30, 2019
A Wink From Above
It’s happened to all of us. In this column, we asked readers to tell us about that uncanny experience that reminded them that sometimes, miracles happen . . . to us, here, now.
News | Saturday, December 28, 2019
At 100, Vet Who Fought The Nazis Lights Menorah For The First Time
When the rabbi visited Yeffim Isakovich at his home on Thursday, the fifth night of Chanukah, to celebrate the Red Army Veteran’s 100th birthday, Yeffim marked another milestone as he lit the menorah for the first time in his life.
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, December 27, 2019
A Rock From Dachau At A Massachusetts Menorah
He ran to his car parked nearby and I wondered what he could possibly be giving me. He returned with a small lucite box that contained a stone glued to a miniature pedestal. "This rock is from Dachau," he explained.
Rabbi Michoel Green | News | Thursday, December 26, 2019
When Kids Are The Lone Menorah
"On the one hand you know you’re different, and on the other hand, all you want is to fit in with your peers," explains Shachar Peleg. Her Israeli-raised parents initially weren’t sure how to support their children whose childhood experience was so different from their own. They just knew they didn’t want Chanukah to be secularized.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, December 26, 2019
A Little Boy Who Lit up His Town
“Why is there no menorah in Chadwick Lake Park next to the tree?” five-year-old Brandon asked. His Dad was impressed by the kid's thoughtfulness, but the question had him stumped.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Fun Chanukah Quiz!
Jewish tradition employs candle lighting to mark many important events, significant dates and Shabbat and festivals. Lighting candles is central to the observance of Chanukah. In this issue we look at Talmudic discussions that relate to light.
News | Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Is This Chanukah Story Too Violent For Children?
“Chanah and Her Seven Sons” is a classic Chanukah tale. It is a story of faith, courage, and resilience. But is also a story of violence—one in which children are tortured to death, and a grieving mother takes her own life. What place does this story have in contemporary Jewish parenting?
Chana Silberstein | News | Monday, December 23, 2019
The All for All Synagogue
Every Shabbat, Rabbi Anchelle Perl invites congregants to step forward with requests for prayers during the traditional Misheberach ceremony. What’s less traditional is the type of requests he solicits.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, December 19, 2019
You say Worrier, We'll Give you Warrior
The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute’s new course is turning worriers into warriors and attendees are suiting up in droves. JLI’s latest six-week syllabus is being praised by many students as the organization’s best yet, with record attendance to match
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, December 18, 2019
From the Czarist Archives
In honor of 19 Kislev, corresponding this year to December 17, lubavitch.com loosely translated segments of the file on Rabbi Schneur Zalman's secret interrogation.
News | Tuesday, December 17, 2019
19 Kislev: Rosh Hashana of Chassidut
Yud-Tes Kislev, also known as the "Chag HaGeulah—The Holiday of Redemption," or the "Rosh Hashana of Chassidut," begins tonight and continues until sundown tomorrow. On this day in 1798, the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, was finally freed after spending 53 days in prison.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, December 16, 2019
Chabad Opens at Israel's Newest Airport
Discussions to install a Chabad Center at the new airport began in 2017 as airport construction was underway. “The Chabad stand at Ben-Gurion is very popular so we wanted the same here,” Rabbi Yosef Hecht, Chief Rabbi of Eilat shared with Lubavitch.com
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, December 16, 2019
14 Kislev, 1928: Marriage of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin
14 Kislev, 1928: Marriage of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin It was on today’s Hebrew date in November of 1928 that the marriage of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin, Menachem Mendel and Chaya Mushka Schneerson, took place in Lubavitch Yeshiva of Warsaw, Poland.
News | Thursday, December 12, 2019
Should I Let My Kids Go Caroling?
My kids are part of a local choir, can I let them join their friends to go caroling around the neighborhood? If I add some Chanukah songs, does that make it sorta ok?
Rabbi Yarden Blumstein | News | Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Chabad Rabbis Join Substance Use Disorders Educational Initiative
Joining the fight against addiction are three Atlanta-area Chabad rabbis, who have been selected to participate in an eight-session opioid awareness and prevention seminar for interfaith leaders.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Power to the Children
Twenty passionate educators came together last month at a conference in Plano, Texas. Hosted by Rivkie Block, Chabad’s representative here, together with Chabad’s Early Childhood Education Network (CECE), the conference united directors for workshops, classroom tours, and networking.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, December 9, 2019
Today in Chabad History: 9 (Tes) Kislev
The 9th of Kislev marks both the birthday and passing of the Mitteler Rebbe (the second Chabad Rebbe), Rabbi Dov Ber of Lubavitch (1773-1827).
Staff Writer | News | Friday, December 6, 2019
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Do Menorahs Belong in the Public Square?
The public menorah has become a ubiquitous symbol at shopping malls, parks and public spaces the world over. But arguments over holiday displays and the religious nature of their symbols have been waged in town halls, on city boards and have even reached the Supreme Court.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, December 5, 2019
Latte with a Side of Love
It smells like a cafe ought to. The rows of eclairs and tarts and cupcakes line the glass counter in perfect, high-caloric formation. Light streams in through large windows, dimpling the whipped cream on the flawlessly frothed drinks.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Miracle Minyan in Omaha
“Hey Rabbi, getting ready for takeoff at Newark. Found four other Jewish guys on board. Think we can get a minyan?” At 4:00 A.M. last Monday, Moshe Rosenblatt pressed send on the text, turned his phone off and settled in for the three-hour flight to Omaha, Nebraska.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Amidst A Decline in Synagogues, Chabad Builds in Stony Brook
Village Chabad Stony Brook just built a new $4.6 million, 13,000 sq. ft. Jewish center in the heart of the New York town. “We are optimistic that this will invigorate and rejuvenate the Jewish community,” says Stony Brook resident and SUNY Professor Emeritus, Dr. Bernie Dudock.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Monday, December 2, 2019
Prayers and Aid in Aftermath of Albanian Earthquake
An earthquake that hit Albania early Tuesday morning has left death and wreckage in its wake. “People stand around their collapsed homes searching for loved ones and processing the reality that they are now homeless.”
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, November 28, 2019
Dreams Come True: Himalayan Hike for the Blind
The experience, typical for many Israeli backpackers, was very different for this particular group. Betty, fifty-six, has low vision capability and the rest of the group of hikers are blind and visually impaired. chabad
Yossi Sirota | News | Thursday, November 28, 2019
Miami and Rostov Bat Mitzvah Girls Celebrate Together
When Ava Greenwald celebrated her bat mitzvah last September in Bal Harbour, Florida, her parents went all-out. The party included a DJ, a special dress, a catered dinner in a hotel hall—all standard for her community. But Ava wanted her special day to be about more than just the frills and fanfare. So the young girl searched for a special project she could undertake in honor of her milestone. She thought of many different options but nothing really resonated with her. Chabad
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Focus on the Individual at Chabad Banquet
Over 5,800 Chabad rabbis and lay leaders celebrated the culmination of the weekend International Conference of Chabad Shluchim with the grand Gala Banquet on Sunday night night.
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, November 25, 2019
Chabad Conference Goes All-Inclusive
A collaboration by the Ruderman Chabad Inclusion Initiative (RCII) and the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim will ensure that the conference, taking place this weekend in New York, is an example of inclusion.
Ashira Weiss | News | Sunday, November 24, 2019
Live Broadcast: Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries
Staff | News | Sunday, November 24, 2019
Chabad Counts Over 130 New Emissary Couples Since Last Year's Conference
The thirty-first annual International Conference of Shluchim is taking place this weekend in Brooklyn, New York. Among the 5,800 directors and lay leaders of Chabad centers in 100 countries who are expected to attend, over 130 of them are new emissaries.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, November 21, 2019
Hungarian Government Recognizes Chabad of Hungary
Today, the government of Hungary officially recognized EMIH, the Orthodox Jewish Communities Association, the umbrella organization of Chabad of Hungary, granting them “special status.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Birthday of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson in 1860 (5621)
20 Cheshvan Birthday of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson in 1860 (5621), the founder of the central Chabad-Lubavitch yeshivah, Tomchei Temimim.
News | Monday, November 18, 2019
Amid Unrest, New Emissaries Join Chabad of Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a battle zone now, with violent clashes and political protests crippling the colony. But Rabbi Mordechai and Goldie Avtzon at Chabad of Hong Kong are maintaining steady calm and focus. Last month, they recruited Rabbi Chaim and Menuchy Birnhack to serve the younger demographic of Asia’s World City.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, November 14, 2019
Digging the New Digs at Chabad of Indiana University
Chabad of Indiana University’s new home is only a short block away from its predecessor, but its central location acts as a magnet to the school’s 3,000 Jewish students. The new building boasts 7,000 square feet, almost double the space of its previous quarters, across tall-ceilinged, light-filled rooms. In most ways, it far surpasses Chabad’s home of 30 years
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, November 13, 2019
It's Just About Being Jewish
The ballroom pulsated with the energy of 1200 college students meeting, dancing, playing games and snacking at the penultimate event of the 2019 Chabad on Campus International Shabbaton this Saturday night.
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, November 11, 2019
The Israeli of Alamo
Together with Yossi Posner, Goldshmid spent the month of August visiting Jewish inmates in 32 prisons across the American South. The pair, both 25 years old, brought Judaism and hope to inmates on behalf of the Aleph Institute.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, November 11, 2019
Isolated, But Not Alone
What’s it like to keep a kosher home where kosher food isn’t available? Or to give your children a Jewish education where none exists? The geographic isolation experienced by growing numbers of Chabad representatives who serve in places far from Jewish life, has spawned a community of its own.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Friday, November 8, 2019
Poway Street Renamed For Terror Victim
Local policy doesn’t usually permit streets to be named for people (unless they were historic personalities) but the council made an exception for this case. “This is an important moment to pay tribute to a life ended far too soon and one more special than I think we will ever know,” says Vaus.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Montenegro Appoints Country’s First Chief Rabbi
On Thursday, Montenegro, in the Balkans, appointed its first Chief Rabbi, at the opening ceremony of the Mahar conference.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Monday, November 4, 2019
A Path Out of Poverty and Into Jewish Service
Fifty students from Odessa and abroad currently attend Chabad’s Jewish University in Odessa. The Jewish University is the only institution of higher learning in the region where students can earn accredited bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business, law, and humanities while also engaging in Jewish studies.
Rena Udkoff | News | Monday, November 4, 2019
As Getty Fire Burns in LA, Chabads Offer Assistance
At about 1:34 on Monday morning, in the hills of Brentwood, California, a eucalyptus branch fell onto a power line, sparking a fire that quickly burned more than 500 acres. By 3:15 10,000 homes were evacuated.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, October 31, 2019
University of Pittsburgh Marks One Year for Tree of Life
On October 27, 2018, the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh became the site of the worst mass killing of Jews in America. At the nearby University of Pittsburgh, the outpouring of support for the Jewish community on campus was instant and firm.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Odessa's Orphans
The Jewish community, which provides hundreds of the city’s Jewish children with daily meals, shelter, and the education they need to hope for a better future, is now fighting for its survival. Today, community leaders describe a crisis that has reached “catastrophic” levels, leaving them without the critical funding needed to continue the most basic humanitarian services.
Rena Udkoff | News | Monday, October 28, 2019
Hot Meals and Warm Jewish Spirit Uplift Stranded Passengers in Barcelona
After technical delays forced a Norwegian airline traveling from Israel to New York to land in Barcelona, Spain, more than 100 passengers found themselves stranded with nothing to eat. The passengers, returning from the Sukkot holiday in the Holy Land, had already experienced a delayed departure. Many of them, kosher consumers, and unable to to exit the airport without visas, left many adults and children had run out of food.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, October 24, 2019
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12 Hours in the Heart of the Hood
Members of 10 Atlanta Chabad centers met at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport for a six a.m. flight last Wednesday. The 83 travelers, ranging in age from four months to their mid-70s, took off into the sunrise for 12 hours of Soul travel.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, October 24, 2019
Treasures From the Chabad Library
The library’s collection was started by the founder of Chabad, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), and expanded with each subsequent Lubavitcher Rebbe. Throughout this timespan, it survived the ravages of Jewish travails—sustaining considerable losses in fires, confiscations by hostile governments, and relocations within Eastern Europe as Jews fled from one place to another—until it was finally smuggled out of communist Russia to the United States.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, October 24, 2019
Two Lesser-Known Jewish Holidays Occur this Week
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are the last two festivals during this month of the High Holidays. Shemini Atzeret is an extension of the Sukkot holiday, and will begin this year on Sunday evening, October 22 and is followed the following evening by Simchat Torah.
News | Sunday, October 20, 2019
Meet Hallandale's New CTeen Directors
That’s the winter I met the guy who would, some years later, become my husband. I met Joey at the CTeen International Shabbaton in New York.
Rachel Wilkes Goffstein as told to Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, October 17, 2019
How Can I Make This World A Better Place?
The plethora of biographical books and articles about the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, have typically summarized his impact on the Jewish community by emphasizing his love and care for every individual.
Chana Silberstein | News | Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Celebrating this Year: Sukkot
This week marks Sukkot, the holiday of booths (or huts). The seven-day Festival of Joy comes begins tonight, October 13, at sunset, commemorating the Clouds of Glory that G-d protected the Jewish people with during their travels in the desert following their exodus from Egypt 3,331 years ago.
Sheidle Fogelman | News | Sunday, October 13, 2019
Breaking Ground In Clearwater
One hundred and fifty community members gathered to break ground and lay the cornerstone of the new Feldman Campus for Jewish Life and the Tabacinic Chabad Center at Chabad of Clearwater, Florida
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, October 10, 2019
Learning Leadership, Life Skills, Love At South Florida Jewish Academy
They come from public schools, day schools, and yeshivahs, from homeschool and from no school. Fewer than half have diagnosed disabilities. Others are academically gifted, but socially challenged. Many are anxious or discouraged. And Baila Gansburg, principal of South Florida Jewish Academy (SFJA), believes in each of them.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Thursday, October 10, 2019
Yom Kippur With The Rebbe
The highest moment, for me, came at the end of Yom Kippur, when—after fasting for twenty-five hours—we affirmed loudly in unison, with all our energy, Shema Yisrael, and then, thrice, Baruch Shem, and finally, Hashem Hu HaElokim, seven times. This experience was unlike anything else I have ever experienced—the collective declaration of non-resistance, the articulated relinquishment of the illusion that life is in our control. It was profoundly liberating.
Mariashi Groner | News | Monday, October 7, 2019
Yom Kippur Escape . . . Nowhere To Hide
Humans have been trying to hide from G-d ever since the days of Adam and Eve. We know it can’t be done, but we try to do it anyway. In my own life, I procrastinate, letting duties of the heart pile up like unopened bills on the kitchen table. Eventually, I realize I’m just fooling myself. Futility of futilities, writes Ecclesiastes. Alas, it turns out that resistance, too, is futile!
Simcha Weinstein | News | Monday, October 7, 2019
Our Yom Kippur Prayers: Better Than The Angels
Somewhere in the middle of the cantor’s repetition of the Yom Kippur afternoon Mussaf service, I finally get to concentrate on the prayers for a few minutes. I didn’t really have the chance to do that until now. After all, in my role as a Chabad rabbi, I want to make sure that everyone who made it to synagogue on Yom Kippur is finding their way through the prayers with something that will linger and make a difference in to them well after the High Holidays season is over.
Levi Fogelman | News | Monday, October 7, 2019
Florida Community Steps Up to Bring Holiday Joy
In celebration of its 40th year, Chabad of South Broward, Florida, has launched a campaign to raise $40,000 for needy families in their area. Rabbi Raphael Tennenhaus, who oversees 23 Chabad centers in South Broward, said, “Maimonides taught that one does not fulfill the observance of celebrating the holidays without helping the less fortunate.”
Tzipora Reitman | News | Monday, October 7, 2019
$6 Million Dollar Chabad of Charlotte Grand Opening
Chabad of Charlotte welcomed dignitaries and locals to the “Grandest Opening” of their stately, six million dollar campus on a balmy Sunday evening in September. At its first official event, the Epstein Family Chabad Jewish Center hosted a chic reception for adults and a concurrent children’s carnival. Over 800 people participated.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, October 7, 2019
Fiftieth Chabad in the Lone Star State
In October, Rabbi Sholom and Chaya Block will be packing up the home they’ve lived in since their marriage eighteen months ago and setting out to serve the Jewish communities in Allen and McKinney, Texas. The Blocks will make history as the fiftieth Chabad couple serving the state of Texas.
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, October 4, 2019
Cteen Judaism 101 in University Today
This fall, some 100 teenagers are expected to register as Yeshiva University non-matriculated students in a ground-breaking course on the tenets of Judaism. In conjunction with CTeen, Chabad’s Teen Network, the two-credit pilot course will cover topics of history and faith over 14 classes.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, October 3, 2019
Plugged In & Disconnected
“Students put their headphones in, stare at their cell phones, and walk right by us. But I don’t think it’s Judaism necessarily that they are avoiding: the University struggles to engage them also. I think this generation is looking for connections but needs help actually connecting.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Rosh Hashanah, Not Only a Jewish Celebration
This week, Jewish people the world over will be marking Rosh Hashanah, a holiday commemorating the beginning of creation. In most locations, public schools and government offices will allow leave for the first of the two-day holiday, which begins this year on Sunday evening, September 29.
Sheindle Fogelman | News | Sunday, September 29, 2019
Ancient Texts That Speak To Me: A CRY IS HEARD IN RAMAH
In the emotionally charged story of Mother Rachel weeping for her children, which we read in the haftorah on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, there is a passage about G-d’s promise of redemption. Unique among her compatriots, it is Mother Rachel who is hailed in Jewish liturgy and source texts as the Jewish people’s principal...
Rabbi Mendel Kaplan | News | Friday, September 27, 2019
Counted & Blessed
As soon as we got into the car, the Rebbe expressed concern. Might the photographer have been offended by his blessing? After all, the Rebbe said, she wasn’t Jewish, and she would not be celebrating Rosh Hashanah as her new year. The Rebbe suggested that I call Mr. Goldman and ask him to explain to Ms. Washington that on the Jewish New Year we pray for all of humanity.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Friday, September 27, 2019
Historic: Two Synagogues and Two Torahs at the Banks of the Danube
At the shores of the Danube River, seventy-five years after 20,000 Jews were murdered there, the Jewish community of Budapest, Hungary celebrated this week the opening of two new Chabad centers and completion of two new Torahs.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, September 26, 2019
Chabad Regains Rights to Krakow Synagogue Before High Holy Days
Judge Jacek Blat of the court of Krakow ruled today that the Izaak synagogue must be returned to Chabad of Krakow and reopened to the Jewish community. Run by Chabad, the Izaak shul has become a hub for the local Jewish community and the thousands of visitors who come daily to pray, study, and procure kosher food, among a host of other community activities.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Sweet and Sweeter
Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah . . . the holidays in the Hebrew month of Tishrei are chock-full of traditions uniquely symbolic of our hopes and prayers for a year of forgiveness and sweet blessings. Here are some to consider:
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Chabad Makes it Easier Than Ever to Find a Service in Australia
As communities all over the world prepare for High Holy Day services, Chabad is looking out for the small towns, making sure cities of less that 1,000 Jews can celebrate as well. Chabad of Rural and Regional Australia (RARA) is organizing services and dinners for the tiny Australian Jewish populations in the cities of Newcastle, Darwin and the Sunshine Coast,.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Sixty Three Days
When she was almost two weeks old, Gila and I boarded an early morning Delta flight bound for my mother’s bedside. We repeated the trip twice more, visiting every two weeks like clockwork. I passed my sister and brother in transit during those two months; always someone at her side, as she had always been by ours. When Gila was eight weeks old, I drove my kids halfway across the country for what was unknowingly, and ultimately, goodbye.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, September 24, 2019
REPOST: Shofar in Kaluga, Russia
As this was our first Rosh Hashanah in Kaluga, we wanted to invite as many Jews as possible to celebrate the holiday with us. But all we had to go on was an old list that the community had not updated in years. Many of the people on these lists had long since died.
Michoel Oishie | News | Monday, September 23, 2019
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New $7 Million Chabad Center Opens in Flagstaff
Flagstaff, AZ - Dr. Merrill and Rhoda Abeshaus were among Northern Arizona’s pioneers of Jewish life back in the 1970s. When in 2006, they heard that Rabbi Dovie and Chaya Shapiro wanted to open Chabad of Flagstaff, they were skeptical. The Flagstaff Jewish community was too small, too uninvolved, they felt. But after taking into account the growing Jewish student enrollment at Northern Arizona University (NAU) and the city’s popularity among tourists, the Abeshauses changed their minds. They encouraged the Shapiros to come, and soon became their major supporters.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Friday, September 20, 2019
A Spiritual Injection for Azerbaijan's Hidden Jerusalem
Just about thirty miles from the Caspian Seashore, in the northeast of Azerbaijan, lies the only all-Jewish town outside of Israel and Kiryas Joel and New Square in the USA. Krasnaya Sloboda, or Qirmizi Qəsəbə in Azerbaijani was founded in 1742 by Fatah Ali Khan, the Muslim emir of the town of Quba, located on the other side of the river as a haven for the Mountain Jews. This Summer Chabad sent young Rabbi to invigorate the Jewish life there.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, September 19, 2019
In the Birthplace of Hippies: A New Chabad Center
It is known as the birthplace of the Hippie Movement (and counts some well-known Jewish hippies in its history), and on Sunday, the Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco celebrated the opening of its first permanent Chabad center.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Chabad Marks Birthday of Movement's Founder
On 18 Elul, Jewish communities the world over will mark the anniversary of the birthdate for Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of the Chabad movement.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Gan Izzy in the City
It’s mid-summer and somewhere in a train car way below New York City a group of ninety kids are playing a lively, volley-ball like game involving red balloons they are trying to keep in the air. The train rounds a bend, the game is over and some kids start singing a camp song while others chat happily with their counselors and friends.
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, September 16, 2019
Shabbat Brings Young Singles Together in Latin America
Over the last 30 years, every August the Peguisha has brought thousands of young Jews together for 4 day of workshops, lectures, kumzits and inspiration. 230 eighteen to thirty five year-olds from Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile and Brazil joined this year’s weekend held at a beachfront hotel in Carilo, Buenos Aires.
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, September 13, 2019
Kids Spend a Day Cleaning a Cemetery
The idea of a visit to the cemetery was hatched when Rabbi Nochum and Chyena Yusewitz of Chabad of Grass Valley were called to the bedside of a synagogue member on life support. The family was open to hearing about Jewish burial but had already decided to cremate. It took an agonizing few days before the family finally chose a Jewish burial for their loved one.
Aidel Cohen | News | Thursday, September 12, 2019
What's Joe DiMaggio Got To Do With Chabad?
Joe DiMaggio walks into a Chabad synagogue. This is not a joke. Although he died years ago, Joe has become a friend of our center. We even named our social hall in his honor.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Come From Away: A 9/11 Broadway Musical's Holy Message
Sudak’s ordeal is dramatized in Come From Away, a Tony award-winning musical in which his character plays a key role. The show is still running on Broadway, and after a sold-out streak in Dublin, it recently opened in London to standing-room-only audiences.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Historic Belarus Synagogue Restored To Jewish Hands
Two weeks ago, after years of unsuccessful recovery attempts that included a 1992 lengthy legal battle that failed, Chabad of Brest purchased the city’s second largest historic synagogue, the Hekdesh Shul. Built in 1886, the synagogue had been confiscated by the Nazis, together with the neighboring Jewish hospital, and housed wounded soldiers. When the Soviets reclaimed the city, it became a nightclub. It has since passed from hand to hand eventually being owned by a private individual and used as an office space. The iconic facade and inside architecture had been destroyed by the various occupiers but the original building remained.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, September 10, 2019
They Biked Across America for Friendship
Chaim Weiss is about to enter his junior year of high school at a yeshivah in Far Rockaway, New York, with a summer experience under his belt that will rival that of most of his classmates. The sixteen-year-old was the youngest of a team of four cyclists who completed a six week, 3,100 mile ride across the breadth of the USA last Sunday raising $33,000.
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, September 9, 2019
Buenos Aires: Tarnished Synagogue Returned to Former Glory
Knesset Israel Boca Barracas is a synagogue once more. Occupied by a squatter for the better part of two decades, the synagogue built in 1907 was desecrated when Rabbi Shneor Mizrahi discovered it six years ago. The Chabad representative to Barracas, a neighboring Buenos Aires district, determined to return the tarnished sanctuary to its former glory.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Twenty Five Years After Genocide, Rwanda Rebounds
One of the fastest growing economies in Central Africa, and now one of the safest too, Rwanda has of late become a popular tourist destination. Chabad’s opening in Kigali, following the recent opening of the Israeli embassy there, makes it even more attractive to visiting Israelis, and Jewish travelers.
Chabad Headquarters | News | Tuesday, September 3, 2019
LifeTown: Reimagining Society, Redefining Inclusion
Set on five sprawling acres and surrounded by New Jersey’s hills and parks, LifeTown offers children and adults with special needs the opportunity to work, play, and learn together with their peers, with and without disabilities, in a rarefied setting of true integration.
Baila Olidort with Tzipora Reitman | News | Tuesday, September 3, 2019
For Tbilisi Students, this New School Year Heralds a New Building
It isn’t only a new school year for Tbilisi’s Jewish students. It’s an entirely new experience. On September 16, the first day of the Georgian school year, 107 students will sit at their shiny new desks at Or Avner Kiryat Moshe. Dedicated in May, the 40,000 square foot campus boasts side by side kindergarten and elementary buildings.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, August 29, 2019
Williamsburg Hosts Inaugural Jewish Arts Festival
When Rabbi Shmuly and Devorah Leah Lein arrived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the area’s palindrome ZIP code, 11211 was the address of a thriving art scene. “I had a dream from that moment to create a Jewish event that would be a fusion of Judaism and art,” Rabbi Shmuly says.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Florida Chabad Tackles Mental Health Conditions
“I was shaken,” Ella remembers. “She told me how her mother walked in as she was swallowing pills, intent on ending her life. And I felt terrible that I had not noticed that this teen was struggling.” The warning signs were all there, Ella says, “But I didn’t recognize them.”
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, August 22, 2019
Under the Umbrella: the Orthodox Rabbi and the Irish Catholic Walk to Shul
It was raining that Shabbat and I would not be driving. And the Torah prohibits us from carrying on Shabbat, so I didn't have an umbrella either. What I did have was a nice Italian suit and a score of congregants waiting for me at the synagogue.
Rabbi Yizhak Hecht | News | Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Students And Stress On Campus: Chabad at Texas A&M
This fall, Chabad will partner with Houston’s Jewish Family Services to offer a comprehensive Mental Health First Aid Training Day. The eight-hour CPR-style course will cover depression, substance abuse, trauma, psychosis, and mood disorders. Trainees will learn how to identify and triage these issues in themselves and among their peers.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, August 15, 2019
Five New Books For End-of-Summer Reading
There's lots of new books on the market this summer. Many of them have been created especially for the 25th anniversary of the Rebbe's passing. Below is a selection you can't miss!
News | Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Greenpoint, Brooklyn Gets First Permanent Center
High-rises are going up along the waterfront of Brooklyn's northernmost neighborhood, and now the eclectic locale has got its own Greenpoint Chabad House—Jewish Center. Rabbi Yisroel and Raizel Nissim have been serving the Greenpoint community for five years from just as many rented apartments and even the occasional AirBNB. “We’re excited to have reached this milestone so we can cater to a larger number of people, entertain more and add more programming from our own event space,” Rabbi Yisroel shared with Lubavitch.com.
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, August 9, 2019
Hug in a Jug: Lovingkindness in Southern California
If you could put friendship in a dish, which food would you choose? The volunteers of “Hug in a Jug” have chosen chicken soup, and they serve it with smiles to seniors in Aliso Viejo, California. “We send chicken soup to Jews, many of whom are Holocaust survivors,” said Stillerman. “We send to non-Jewish seniors in the area also, and sometimes our volunteers ask for extras to deliver to the homeless.”
Aidel Cohen | News | Thursday, August 8, 2019
No More Tuna and Crackers ala Suitcase: Kosher is on the House
Chabad emissaries around the world are increasingly opening restaurants within, or near to, their centers. Mostly located in tourist spots, they offer a kosher meal and a welcoming environment for Jews who may otherwise balk at entering a synagogue. It’s also a great place to meet other travelers of the tribe.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, August 6, 2019
President of Germany Visits Berlin Rabbi After Attack
But this week, Germany showed its intolerance of the incident when President Frank-Walter Steinmeier showed up on the rabbi’s doorstep. "I have come here to say that there is no place for anti-Semitism in Germany. I am here to declare this, as well as to visit a friend,” said the president.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Monday, August 5, 2019
Essay: On Vulnerability and Trust
When did it become fashionable to talk about the power of vulnerability as if it were something positive rather than an inevitable fact of life? We know our vulnerability, but we do not amplify it, and we do not become identified with it.
Chana Silberstein | News | Monday, August 5, 2019
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Aeroflot Passengers Stranded on Shabbat No More
For the typical traveler, a delay will cause an important event to be missed, vacation days cut short, and work to be postponed. But Shabbat observant Jews have a whole host of larger, more intricate concerns. Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar met this week with Aeroflot CEO Villin Halichenko to tackle the issue. As the largest and most established airline carrier in the country, with many of its passengers observant Jews, Aeroflot may be in the unique position to accommodate.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Friday, August 2, 2019
Communist-Era Torah Uplifts Small Colonie, NY, Community
After years of waiting, an over 100-year-old Torah that was smuggled from communist Belarus finally found a home in a suburb of Albany, New York, at Chabad of Colonie. The Torah was donated by Tony (Naftoli) and Klara German, Colonie residents. “It was through true sacrifice that Tony managed to smuggle the Torah out of the Soviet Union,” says Rabbi Mordechai Rubin, who directs Chabad of Colonie with his wife, Chana.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, August 1, 2019
14th Annual Jewish Cultural Festival Draws Thousands to Guilford, CT
Rabbi Yossi and Rochel Baila Yaffe of the Shoreline have created an experience offering people the opportunity “to taste a little, listen a little and enjoy a little Jewish culture.”
Aidel Cohen | News | Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Poway: Healing in the Aftermath
The Yizkor service on the last day of Passover was to be Lori’s first opportunity to memorialize her mother who had died some months back. Instead, the Yizkor prayer was said for Lori. Just three months after Poway: a glimpse into the city, the Jewish community and the effect of a synagogue shooting on communities worldwide.
Rena Udkoff | News | Tuesday, July 30, 2019
After Two Torahs Stolen, Hawaii Community Writes Four More
She’ll never forget the night the Torah scrolls were stolen from the Chabad Center of Honolulu, Hawaii. “It was traumatic,” remembers Perel Krasnjansky, director of the center with her husband Rabbi Itchel. “It rocked the entire Island. Things like this just don’t happen in Hawaii.”
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Monday, July 29, 2019
Shall We Have Another?
Large families which emphasize the joy, and the immense opportunity of bringing children into the world, may even present a kind of “counter culture” wherein commonly held truisms about the burdens of parenting might be re-evaluated or even overturned.
Sarah Rindner | News | Thursday, July 25, 2019
10 Things to Know Before Sending Your Kid to Chabad Camp
Summer is here, school is out and if you’re one of the thousands of parents who have enrolled their kids at your local Chabad camp, we think there are some things you should know.
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, July 19, 2019
Chabad School in Azerbaijan Ranked Among Top Twenty In The Country
Last week, Chabad’s Or Avner school in Baku was ranked by the State Examination Center (SEC) among the top twenty schools in Azerbaijan. The annual assessment is based on pedagogical and educational criteria established by the SEC and pronounced the Jewish school (K-12) one of the best for quality of education among all the schools in the Muslim-majority country.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Wednesday, July 17, 2019
First Jewish Youth Center Opened in Russia’s Far East
250 members of the Jewish community of Birobidzhan, Russia, celebrated the opening this month of Chabad’s 25 million ruble ($400,000), 6,500 square feet Jewish youth center.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Monday, July 15, 2019
Anniversary of Rebbe's Liberation from Soviet Prison
Today, on the Jewish calendar, marks the 91st anniversary of the miraculous liberation of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn, from Soviet prison.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, July 15, 2019
A Lone and Destitute Jewish Woman Gets A Jewish Burial
A convivial funeral home owner, a retired insurance investigator and a Massachusetts rabbi teamed up to bring an abandoned body to Jewish burial this morning. A bevy of volunteers joined the two-week long search that brought this seven-month ordeal to a close.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, July 11, 2019
When Friendship Isn't Only For Kids: The Circle Expands to 21 Plus
Friendship Circle for adults, which piloted this past year, will provide monthly opportunities for social and educational engagement for adults between twenty and thirty-five. The bi-weekly programs will include trips, holiday functions, and creative activities. Aside from a more mature bent, participants will have a say in choosing and planning their slate of programming. Like its parent organization, each participant will be paired with an adult volunteer with on-site therapists facilitating.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, July 11, 2019
Heirs to the Rebbe's Legacy
To anyone familiar with the Rebbe’s teachings, the principles of positive psychology that are so popular today echo the Torah-based ideals that the Rebbe advanced: training our eyes, our thoughts, our speech, and our actions toward the positive. In his countless interactions—often with people who were philosophically or ideologically in disagreement with the Rebbe—we observed this principle at work.
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Jewish and Canadian Law Contrasted at Westmount Symposium
A lawyer and a rabbi come together in the opening line of many a joke, but at Chabad of Westmount they come together twice annually for some serious discussion.
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, July 8, 2019
STATEMENT BY CHABAD-LUBAVITCH WORLD HEADQUARTERS
Every day that Jews are barred from entering the synagogue by armed guards is an unforgivable violation of the Jewish people!
News | Friday, July 5, 2019
10 Perspectives of the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Society in 2019
10 perspectives for present-day living, in the words of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, garnered from the extensive collection of his talks, writings and in-person conversations.
News | Friday, July 5, 2019
In the Numbers: Chabad's Growth in the Past 25 Years
"Will Chabad survive?" asked a headline in a leading Jewish journal in the days following the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1994. At the time there were 1,325 Chabad institutions worldwide.
News | Thursday, July 4, 2019
The Lubavitcher Rebbe, A Master of the Spirit
What was it about the Rebbe, I am often asked, that set him apart as the Jewish leader par excellence of our generation?
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Thursday, July 4, 2019
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Lubavitcher Rebbe's Passing to be Marked Worldwide
July 6 (Tammuz 3) will mark twenty-five years since the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s passing in 1994. To commemorate, Chabad centers worldwide celebrated the Rebbe’s life and lasting legacy with community Shabbat dinners, events, lectures, and farbrengens. Here’s a round-up of some of the larger events:
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Russia: Humanitarian Aid During Flooding Disaster in Irkutsk
Torrential rains hit the Russian region of Irkutsk this week, causing the area to declare an immediate state of emergency. In response, volunteers in nearby Jewish communities mobilized to help the victims using local resources to assist those displaced. Irkutsk’s Chief Rabbi Aharon Wagner led the initiative, arranging food and drink shipments to the disaster areas.
News | Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Prison Reform Summit Brings Together 350 Leaders In Criminal Justice System
Three hundred and fifty people gathered together this week at Columbia Law School for Rewriting the Sentence, a two-day, high-level summit on alternatives to incarceration.
News | Tuesday, July 2, 2019
In Conversation with Nobel Prize Winner Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel, one of the most passionate Jewish voices of our time, enjoyed an enduring correspondence and personal relationship with the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Mr. Wiesel, a professor at Boston University, spoke with Baila Olidort in May of 2013.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, July 1, 2019
Serving Up Kosher at Wimbledon Tennis
Wimbledon Tennis starts this Monday and for the eleventh year, a kosher food stand will serve the needs of Jewish patrons.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, June 27, 2019
Poway Rabbi Addresses UN Session on Anti-Semitism
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein of Chabad of Poway addressed the UN General Assembly this morning during a special session on combating anti-Semitism. “Anti-Semitism is not a Jewish problem, this is a problem for the world,” said the rabbi, his left hand still bandaged where his index finger was blown off in an anti-Semitic attack on his synagogue eight weeks ago. He discussed recognizing the value of every human life, using social media as a platform for love and flooding the world with practical good deeds.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Illness Doesn't Disrupt Israeli Children's Summer Fun
It’s Firefighting Day at the Lev Chabad day camp at Meir Hospital, and four-year-old Shira Maatuf is impatient for activities to begin. She has been in the hospital for a few days with a lung infection and while it interrupted her carefree summer vacation, for Shira, the Lev Chabad activities at Meir Hospital are more than an acceptable substitute. The organization’s day camps offer a fun and meaningful alternative to what would otherwise be long, tedious and lonely days spent in a hospital ward.
Frayda Kaplan | News | Friday, June 21, 2019
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It's Forty Years for Chabad of the Conejo
Over 1,300 people gathered at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza to celebrate forty years of Chabad in the Conejo, California. Headed by Rabbi Moshe and Matty Bryski with Rabbi Yisroel and Leah Levine and two other emissary couples and several assistants, Chabad of Conejo serves thousands of Jews. They often mark milestones with galas, but this one surpassed the norm.
Aidel Cohen | News | Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Summer Is Conference Season for Chabad Emissaries
Summer is conference season for Chabad emissaries. Whether they serve college students, teenagers, the elderly, the ill, or the professionals, a tailor-made conference provides them with tools to hone their skills, network with colleagues, and swap ideas.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Tennis Capital Gets New Center and Scores "Advantage Chabad"
It's a little over thirty years in the making, but Chabad of Wimbledon now has its very own center! Original concern: regulations in England specify that only properties designated with D1 certification are allowed to be used for non-residential use. After a year of exhaustive searching, the only D1 property they could find was rundown and significantly beyond their budget.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, June 18, 2019
Limmud FSU Conference Addresses Anti-Semitism
Leading the commemoration for victims of recent anti-Semitic attacks at Limmud FSU’s second annual conference for Jewish Russian-speakers was Rabbi Avi Bukiet, director of the Center for Jewish Life in Arlington-Belmont. Several hundred Jewish young adults attended the event this Sunday, as part of Limmud FSU’s (Former Soviet Union) mission to strengthen Jewish identity for Russian-speakers.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Monday, June 17, 2019
Hamas Rocket Falls Outside the Chabad Center in Sderot
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Thursday night fell less than fifteen meters (fifty feet) from the Chabad center in Sderot and hit a neighboring yeshivah building. No students were in the building at the time as they had already left to spend Shabbat with their families.
Frayda Kaplan | News | Friday, June 14, 2019
A Compact Study Routine
On a recent flight somewhere over the Rocky Mountains, Doug Revere pulled out his trusty Chayenu, a weekly compilation of Torah lessons and thoughts. When he noticed his acquaintance’s interest, he passed the publication over the armrest. Then he pulled out a second copy for himself.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, June 13, 2019
Two New Jersey Teens Honored for Meal Program Initiative
It’s not very common for teenagers to be the honorees at a gala event, but that’s exactly what happened on May 22 at Chabad of Southeast Morris County in New Jersey. Oliver Simon and Sophia Smith, a high school junior and senior respectively, were awarded the first Teen Visionary Award at the annual Chabad Cares Gala, alongside three adult leaders.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Union College Chabad Celebrates First Shavuot with a Torah of its Own
When Sara Covelli walked across the stage at Union College last spring and accepted a rolled parchment proclaiming that she had earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Policy and Climate Change, her parents, Robin Laveman and Irwin Krasnow, sat in the audience, poised to give a graduation gift of a different rolled parchment of great significance.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Thursday, June 6, 2019
Massachusetts Rally Combats Anti-Semitism
Hundreds bearing supportive signs and Israeli flags gathered at City Hall in Peabody, MA on Wednesday for a peace rally. The event was the community’s response to an anti-Semitic incident that occurred on Memorial Day weekend.
Aidel Cohen | News | Thursday, June 6, 2019
South London's First Kosher Shop Honors Memory of Rabbi's Slain Brother
London's new kosher shop had previously operated informally out of the home of Rabbi Nissan and Sarah Dubov, who founded Chabad of Wimbledon in 1988. An expanded version of the shop, now called Kosher Corner, opened last month at the new Chabad center, and is run by the Dubovs’ son-in-law and daughter, Rabbi Yossi and Leah Zlata Moscowitz.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Leadership Training Trip to Begin for Young, Jewish Professionals
This upcoming June 16-23, Chabad's Young Professionals program is organizing a leadership trip to Russia for a select group of "ambassadors." Eligibility is restricted to 25-35 year-olds who are active members of the local CYP chapter and who are employed on a career track. The program seeks participants who demonstrate a passion for creating a sustainable Jewish community and who have previously held leadership and volunteering roles.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Aleph Institute to Host National Summit for Alternative Sentencing
This June 17-18, Aleph Institute will partner with Columbia Law School to host Rewriting the Sentence, a summit on alternatives to incarceration. The high-level summit at Columbia University in New York City will highlight the range of alternative sentencing policies and the variety of incarceration alternatives presently available in the U.S. and abroad. Participants will identify cultural and political shifts in sentencing practices and evaluate the efficacy of incarceration alternatives.
Rena Udkoff | News | Monday, June 3, 2019
New Mikvah Opened In Gaithersburg, Maryland
At an event before Mother’s Day called “Mindfulness and Mikvah”, ninety women met to celebrate the opening of the Be’er Rachel Mikvah with a mix of yoga, meditation, song and dance. “The crowd was mix of those who had background knowledge of the mikvah and others who were really just curious,” says Barbara Friedlander, one of the four event organizers.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Sunday, June 2, 2019
Poway Ceremonies Mark One Month
Last month, darkness made its way into the foyer at Chabad of Poway, California. On Wednesday, it was a scene of joyous celebration.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, May 30, 2019
Itzhak Perlman, Ehud Barak Celebrate Opening of Campus/Community Chabad Center
Jewish college students in Jacksonville, Florida, and the city’s Southside Jewish community celebrated the opening of their new $3.8 million Morris and Lillian Tabacinic Chabad campus and Finker-Frenkel Chabad center earlier this winter, in style. Rabbi Shmuli and Chana Novack, of Chabad Southside, have been family to the area’s 500 Jewish college students and Southside community, and this new space provides a welcoming and more permanent home for them.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Monday, May 27, 2019
A (Permanent) Place to Call Home
Though it doesn’t have a synagogue or other Jewish infrastructure, Darwin, Australia now boasts one important Jewish edifice: a cemetery.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, May 23, 2019
20 Years in Oklahoma City and the Frontier is Friendly
When Rabbi Ovadia and Nechoma Goldman came to town in 1998, they were told Oklahoma City was reform country. “Nice thought, but you won’t last long here,” was the polite yet clear message. The couple, then in their twenties, was not deterred. Today, two decades later, the community is united around their presence.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, May 22, 2019
Texting Teens Compete in Jewish Knowledge
For better or for worse, teenagers spend much of their time on their phones—nine hours a day on average—making it an effective way to reach them. At seven o’clock, every Monday and Thursday evening, the cell phones of over 3,000 Jewish teens around the United States and Canada buzz as they receive a text message with a Jewish question and a multiple-choice answer. JText, as the program is called, engages teens using the medium most comfortable to them, offering an opportunity to learn more about Judaism with a tap on their phones.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Monday, May 20, 2019
Police Investigating Third Suspicious Fire Set At A Massachusetts Chabad Center
Massachusetts law enforcement is investigating three arson incidents that occurred at two Chabad centers.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Friday, May 17, 2019
Chabad of Galloway Bridges the Generations
In October of 2016, Rabbi Meir and Shaina (Matusof) Rapoport arrived to Galloway township to serve Jewish students at Stockton University. They purchased a property on the main street in town, a central location for students. “Chabad House–Jewish Student Center” read they hung a sign on their new door on Jimmie Leeds Road.
Shterna Karp | News | Thursday, May 16, 2019
Hundreds Expected to Shabbat in the Heights
This weekend, hundreds of adults and children from seventy five cities around the world will spend Shabbat in Crown Heights exploring the Chabad heartland.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Your Place Is Here: An Emissary Reflects With Candor
On the day of the mikvah inauguration, Reizy Zaklas took a break from all the hoopla to reflect as we sat in her kitchen. I began by asking her if she would be willing to share some of her personal experiences leading up to this happy moment. She did, at first with the caveat that she did not want these stories published. But after some persuading, she agreed. The following is an excerpt of our conversation.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, May 13, 2019
Nurturing Leaders and Influencers at Chabad of Princeton University
“Chabad at Princeton was the first place I saw a Jewish community that was truly and equally open to Jews of all kinds—Jews whose theory and praxis were all over the place,” says Hoffman. “The Webbs provided me with a model for a radically inclusive definition of Jewish community irrespective of individual practice.”
Tzipora Reitman | News | Monday, May 13, 2019
The Lamplighters of Zagreb
"For the first time in Croatia, we have the experience of a Jewish community that is practicing all the traditions. And this has changed everything. Chabad is the rebuilding of Jewish life here.”
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, May 9, 2019
Bat Mitzvah Club Ladies' Edition
Twelve young women and their families gathered around the Shabbat dinner table last month at Chabad of Whitefield in Manchester, England, to celebrate the completion of their bat mitzvah experience
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, May 8, 2019
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Wanted in Prison: Volunteers To Visit Inmates
Prison inmates are allotted a limited amount of visiting hours from family and friends. But for too many, visitors are rare. For some prisoners, years can pass before they receive a personal visit—whether it’s because they’re too far from family and friends for regular visitation or because their relationships have frayed. Contact with the world beyond the prison bars is often critical in the reintegration of prisoners into society once they've been released.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Wednesday, May 8, 2019
When is a Hill Not Just a Hill?
The natural playground is a living outdoor classroom where the children’s natural curiosity leads them to study caterpillars and collect millipedes. The playground uses materials like plants, boulders, logs, and earth mounds to provide a creative, interactive play experience. The environment facilitates the type of play that kept earlier generations occupied--a type of play that is becoming increasingly rare today.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Giving Back: New Jersey Teens Partner With Local Crisis Helpline
Last year, the New Jersey teens packed care packages that were personally delivered to needy children in Mozambique by Posner. But there are needy people just around the block too, and Posner believed it would mean a lot for the teens to see the direct effect of their giving. So this year, they partnered with Hunterdon Helpline, a local twenty-four-hour support service that responds to the at-risk population.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, May 2, 2019
#ShareShabbat: When a Hashtag is an Invitation to Services and Solidarity
This Shabbat, several thousand synagogues around the globe will throw open their doors to hundreds of thousands of Jews who will show, through presence and solidarity, “am yisrael chai.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, May 2, 2019
Why is Chabad Hosting an Anti-Israel Activist?
It was terribly upsetting for me to learn about a Jewish pro-Palestinian activist who was feeling right at home at Chabad. American campuses are so hostile to Israel today. As Jews, I believe we must speak in support of Israel, and that we must speak out against the organizations that threaten its survival.
Mendel Matusof | News | Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Nature Rules, but Miracles Happen
Do you believe in miracles? To ask a Jew this question is like asking a raindrop whether it believes in clouds.
Baruch S. Davidson | News | Monday, April 29, 2019
STATEMENT BY CHABAD-LUBAVITCH HEADQUARTERS ON THE POWAY SHOOTING
“Stop the dangerous downward spiral of anti-Semitism”
News | Saturday, April 27, 2019
Getting High on Jewish Pride
Did someone say Jewish teens are feeling intimidated? Not the two-thousand-five hundred who converged on Manhattan’s Times Square for a spectacular havdalah and Jewish concert in February. They came from 450 cities around the world and Times Square was rocking with Jewish pride.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, April 18, 2019
Five Communal Leaders Share Their Dream Seder Guest
Some of us would have loved to be a fly on the wall at the Seder described in the Haggadah: It happened that Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Elazar ben Azaryah, Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Tarphon were reclining [at a Seder] in Bnei Brak. They were discussing the exodus from Egypt all that night . . . We asked Chabad representatives to tell us which biblical, Talmudic or medieval personality they’d like to have at their Seder table.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, April 18, 2019
Rabbi Aharon Serebryanski, 86
The Chabad-Lubavitch community world-wide mourns the passing of Rabbi Aaron Serebryanski, director of Australia's Chabad educational arm. Serebryanski, born in Ukraine, escaped the horrors of WWII by leaving to Asia and France with his parents and siblings. The family was sent to Melbourne in 1948 by the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, April 17, 2019
A First for Jamaica: Governor-General Declares Education and Sharing Day
Jamaica, a tiny 4,000 sq. mi. island in the Caribbean, declared April 16, 2019 as Education and Sharing Day. “This is incredibly historic,” says Rabbi Yaakov Raskin, Chabad rabbi and emissary to the island, of this first.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Monday, April 15, 2019
Minding the Mission: Jewish Education
The old hatreds that we imagined had ended with the Holocaust have now resurfaced. The anti-Semitic rhetoric and the anti-Semitic violence are back, both in the U.S and abroad.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Monday, April 15, 2019
Dreading the Seder: When Dad is in Prison
They are hidden victims. Humiliated and financially devastated, the children, spouses, and sometimes parents, of Jewish inmates are left to struggle silently for their survival when the unthinkable has happened to them.
Rena Udkoff | News | Thursday, April 11, 2019
National Recognition for LA Preschool
A Chabad preschool in the heart of urban Los Angeles, California has recently received certification and commendation from the organization Nature Explore for “fostering highly effective, nature-based outdoor learning.”
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, April 11, 2019
Chabad on Call Distributes Seder Kits To Hospitalized And Homebound
There are more Jews attending Passover Seders than Yom Kippur services, according to a Pew Research study, but those spending the Holiday of Freedom in hospitals are usually unable to participate. Not anymore! With the new Seder-to-Go kit produced by Chabad on Call, chaplains and rabbis within the medical community now have a great resource for individual or hospital-friendly celebrations.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Two New Centers Open in Japan in Time for Passover
Two new Chabad centers opened in Japan, just in time for Passover this year, bringing the total in the country up to four. Rabbi Shalom Duber and Rachel Vaisfiche moved to Takayama from Israel, and Rabbi Dovid and Chaya Mushka Posner with their toddler, Mendel, moved to Kyoto from the U.S. Both centers, like many others in Asia, will be dedicated to serving Japan’s Jewish travelers, mostly young Israeli backpackers.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, April 4, 2019
Chabad of Sarasota Florida Presents Geriatric Compassionate Care Symposium
This prompted the rabbi to arrange the Dr. Schwartzbaum Geriatric Compassionate Care Symposium, taking place this Sunday. A half-day event, the program features four prominent speakers with the goal of helping the community make better decisions and spreading awareness about geriatric care and end-of-life. Steinmetz expects 250 people, 75 percent of whom aren’t members or friends of Chabad, including staff of local senior centers.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, April 4, 2019
Chabad for the Deaf Celebrates One Year
Based in the central Israeli city of Rishon Lezion and directed by California-born Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff and his Israeli wife Cheftziba, this unique Chabad center serves a large, but niche, community.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, April 3, 2019
After Hate Crime, People of Flagstaff Show their Hearts
On Monday, March 25, Rabbi Dovie Shapiro, director of Chabad of Flagstaff with his wife Chaya, was horrified to discover vandalism at the construction site of the Molly Blank Jewish Community Center. Swastikas had been painted and carved into walls, black paint and plaster dumped on the grounds, and thousands of dollars worth of valuable equipment, tools, and supplies were irreparably damaged.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Historic Village in Mexico Welcomes Chabad Presence
There are no traffic lights in the historic village of S. Miguel de Allende, Mexico, but now there is Chabad. Rabbi Daniel and Raizel Huebner, and their three children, moved to the city just before last Chanukah and have begun producing programs for the Jewish community.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, March 28, 2019
Chabad Opens in Chicago Suburb
Illinois just got a new Chabad center! The Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights now has its own Chabad presence. Since moving to the area at the beginning of this year, Rabbi Yaakov and Chaikie (née Weingarten) Kotlarsky and their daughter, Rochel, have hosted Chanukah events and even a recent Purim party—advertised as “magical”—as part of their inaugural events.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Monday, March 25, 2019
A Jewish Response to The Hamans and The Haters
I write these words days before Purim, and in light of current events, the story takes on new resonance. Our history is filled with attempts to reduce anti-Semitism by changing our approach to the world outside: be erased by keeping a low profile, or by excelling and contributing double: by integrating and assimilating with the greater society (even to the point of intermarriage) or by keeping to ourselves. Each strategy has sometimes seemed effective in the short-term. But none has consistently worked.
Chana Silberstein | News | Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Holocaust Survivor Meets With Students Pictured In Swastika Photo
The rabbi invited Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of the famous diarist Anne Frank, to share her story of survival and her message of tolerance with the pictured students and their families in a private meeting. Schloss was around their age when she was liberated from the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Rashi's Campus Rises
The event brought a measure of consolation and optimism to the 800 people who came to celebrate the grand opening of Rashi’s Campus, the magnificent new Chabad center named in Rashi Minkowicz's memory. Five years after her tragic passing, Rashi’s vitality is missed. But her energy continues to inspire.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Young Professionals Encounter Crown Heights
Two hundred and fifty Jewish young professionals arrived in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY last week for a weekend dubbed "Encounter: Crown Heights."
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, March 11, 2019
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A Mezuzah for the Minister
He wouldn’t be the Chabad rabbi if he didn’t remember to offer the Jewish minister a mezuzah for her door.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Kids Torah Competition Crowns Championship Winners
Zachary Shapiro, 10, looked out from the stage to his family in the crowd. His hand hovered over the buzzer. The questions came fast, and he was ready: What are the names of the Hebrew months of the year in sequence? What blessing do you recite over freshly squeezed orange juice? What are Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles of Faith?
Staff Writer | News | Monday, March 4, 2019
New Pop-Up Restaurant in California Staffed by Adults with Special Needs
The kosher restaurant, which is open for dinner once a month at Chabad of Poway, is an opportunity for individuals with special needs to learn life skills. Through being responsible for its management, the hosts are taught skills for greeting, serving, cooking,and clearing.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, February 21, 2019
Princeton Chabad Breaks Bread — And Barriers
For the first time in the Princeton Club’s history, a kosher caterer took full charge of the facility, serving a kosher sit-down dinner for 130 guests. Although previously one could order individual kosher meals, and the Webbs had organized kosher buffets there for a few years, the December gala broke precedent.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Emerging From the Shadows, Zagreb's Jews Celebrate a New Mikvah
“It’s been a festival here all month leading up to the opening,” Raizy Zaklas, Chabad’s representative to Zagreb, Croatia told me Wednesday morning. She and her husband, Rabbi Pini Zaklas, were preparing for the formal inauguration of Zagreb’s new mikvah, the first in seventy years. Aromas were wafting out of Chabad’s kitchen, where a chef was preparing food for a crowd. Raizy was wrapping up a private Torah class with a local woman, and the rabbi was greeting guests who had come from abroad for the occasion.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, February 18, 2019
Center City, Philly: New Mikvah in Old Synagogue
Center City, Philadelphia is home to some of the oldest synagogues in the United States, like the first Ashkenazic congregation established in the Western Hemisphere in 1795. One of these historic synagogues, the 100-year-old Vilna shul, known for its warm, inclusive services, is renovating its vintage sanctuary and moving weekly prayer services to the third floor to allow a new women’s mikvah to be built in its place.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Monday, February 18, 2019
We Fought For Their Freedom, But Where Are Russian-American Jews Today?
In the 1970s and ‘80s, many segments of American Jewry led protests and rallies under the banner, “Let My People Go,” agitating to bring Russian Jews out of the former Soviet Union. Where do these Russian transplants and their children and grandchildren figure today in the American Jewish community?
Rena Udkoff | News | Friday, February 15, 2019
Parkland and Coral Springs Teens Mark One Year from Tragic Shooting
As the first anniversary of last year’s tragic Parkland, Florida shooting arrives, memorial services and events are being held across Parkland and the Coral Springs area. “The mood has again become increasingly somber,” says Rabbi Mendy Gutnick of Chabad of Parkland.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, February 14, 2019
Atlanta Coworking Space By Day, Addiction Recovery At Night
Awareness about mental illness and addiction has grown in the Jewish community, but there is yet stigma associated with these issues. Jeff’s Place, a cafe and coworking space that hosts support groups and twelve-step meetings after hours, newly opened by Chabad Intown in Atlanta, hopes to change that.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Wednesday, February 13, 2019
New Book Celebrates Women
Tapping into the current public focus on women’s empowerment, Boca Beach Chabad in Florida launched a new platform where women’s life journeys, stories, and lessons are celebrated, shared, and given over to the next generation. The Women of Valor project includes a website for publishing these stories, events to highlight individual women’s achievements, and, the crown jewel, a Women of Valor Tribute coffee-table book for the preservation of these stories.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Shabbat of Inclusion to be Celebrated on Six Continents
This weekend hundreds of communities around the world will celebrate a global Shabbat of disability-inclusion and mental-health awareness. Dubbed ‘ShabbaTTogether,’ it is set for the second weekend of February, the designated Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month, or JDAIM for short.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, February 7, 2019
A Magnet for Millenials: Chabad Builds on Atlanta's Beltline
“The growth of Intown Atlanta points to the need for a reimagined urban Jewish community center,” says Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman, who, together with his wife, Dena, founded Chabad Intown in 1997 and built it into a thriving Jewish center.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Thursday, February 7, 2019
Families of Parkland Victims Mark Anniversary in Quiet Service
Memorial services were held this week at the Star of David Cemetery in North Lauderdale, Florida and at Chabad of Parkland for some of the Jewish victims of the Parkland school shooting.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, February 6, 2019
For Pittsburgh, New Jersey Kids Design Mezuzah Cases
In the days after the tragic synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, an email from a Chabad rabbi in Pennsylvania helped a New Jersey teacher channel her students’ concerns.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Somebody Has It, Somebody Needs It
The goods and clothing donation exchange is marking thirteen years of humanitarian aid in the tri-state area. They match donors to recipients for almost any household item imaginable. Directed by Rabbi Mordechai Hecht, Chabad emissary and rabbi at Anshe Sholom Chabad JCC, the organization aims to provide the material needs of the Jewish community.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, January 31, 2019
1,000 Expected at 10th Annual Russian Shabbaton
Three generations of Russian-speaking Jews will travel from twelve states to celebrate Jewish pride and identity at this year’s Connecticut-based Shabbaton. Rabbi Kasriel Kastel, program director at Lubavitch Youth Organization, is optimistic about the impact that the Shabbaton continues to have: “The knowledge that they are a part of a large community that cherishes their Jewish and Russian heritage is empowering to them.”
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, January 30, 2019
From 100 Countries: Chabad’s Female Emissaries Celebrate Success and Empowerment
Thousands of women—Chabad emissaries and their guests—gathered at the U.S. Armory in Brooklyn last night for a gala banquet, the finale of the five-day International Conference of Shluchos.
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, January 28, 2019
3,000 Chabad Women Leaders Convene For International Conference
The thirtieth annual International Conference of Shluchos, known as “The Kinus,” begins today in Brooklyn, New York. Over 3,000 women—directors and lay leaders of Chabad centers in 100 countries—are expected to attend.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, January 24, 2019
Thousands of Children "Grow" Goodness for Tu BiSh'vat
“We are each responsible for the atmosphere around us,” said Mrs. Altie Wolvovsky to the group of twenty 5- to 11-year-olds gathered around her. A lively discussion about the environment and their impact on it ensued.
Ashira Weiss | News | Sunday, January 20, 2019
Belgian Rabbis Resolute Despite Kosher Slaughter Ban
For many of Belgium’s 30,000 Jews, 2019 brings with it some uncomfortable restrictions. A law proposed in June 2017, now implemented after a unanimous vote, has outlawed ritual Kosher slaughter in their country.
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, January 18, 2019
Art and Design Meet in Chabad of Korea’s New Mikvah
Designed by the emissaries, the mikvah is uniquely Korean. Its roof is reminiscent of the curved, tiled designs that feature prominently in royal Korean architecture, and the waved aluminium panels on the left side of the building are a nod to the modern, high-tech vibe currently sweeping the country. The mikvah pool features intricate mosaic tiles placed along the walls that were artfully formed in the shape of a single droplet of water, encouraging one to contemplate the sanctity and rebirth associated with the waters of the mikvah.
Frayda Kaplan | News | Thursday, January 17, 2019
A Testament to the Rebbe's Exhaustive and Far-Reaching Scholarship
For most readers, the fascinating meanderings and careful reconciliations of apparently contradictory details will obscure the big insight that brackets the Rebbe’s writing: the “theory of everything”—the profound unity that pervades all of Torah thought. Block carefully prunes the Rebbe’s winding tendrils of thought to help the reader see the recurring themes in the Rebbe’s writings.
Dr. Chana Silberstein | News | Tuesday, January 15, 2019
An Undying Commitment: A Premature Passing, A Community's Resolve
A convoy of one hundred cars rolls solemnly through Akron’s Jewish community. People of every affiliation are coming to pay their last respects to the man “who built this community.” Over the course of thirty years, Rabbi Mendy Sasonkin managed to bridge the centuries-old gaps dividing Akron’s diverse Jewish population, promoting the culture of warmth and unity that has come to define the city’s Jewish community. How will the center hold without him?
Jonathan Zalman with Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Vanderbilt: An American Campus Where Jewish Students Feel Safe and Welcome
When the Chabad rabbi walks the streets of Nashville, he’ll often be greeted by strangers. “Bless you, rabbi!” or “Bless Israel, we pray for you,” they’ll say. The friendly reception towards Shlomo Rothstein, Chabad emissary at Vanderbilt University, and his wife Nechama, also prevails on campus, where the college community values the presence of Chabad. In this regard, Vanderbilt stands in sharp contrast to many other universities where anti-Israel demonstrations, anti-Semitic vandalism, and a general disdain for religious beliefs and practice make life difficult for Jewish students.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Monday, January 14, 2019
Building Communities: An Answer to The Loneliness Epidemic
How does a young couple begin to build a community? That question has been on my mind since my daughter and son-in-law became Chabad emissaries to an expansive rural town on the East Coast. For all its landmass, the town has a small population and is home to fewer than a thousand Jews. I couldn’t imagine how my daughter and her husband would go about creating a community there. Perhaps they should reconsider, I said, and look for a place where there is a greater need.
Baila Olidort | News | Friday, January 11, 2019
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New In Adult Education: Crime And Consequence
Crime, punishment and justice from a distinctly Jewish perspective will be the topic of a new course launched by the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI). With criminal justice reform now center-stage in the United States, the course, a six-part series that will be offered beginning in February, at more than 400 locations worldwide, is well timed.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, January 10, 2019
In the Suburbs of Sao Paulo: A Jewish Community Opens a Synagogue
This ritzy S. Paulo suburb is home to one thousand Jewish families. Since 2005, Rabbi Eliyahu and Rivky Rosenfeld have been holding services, running a Hebrew school, and teaching classes in a small rented home here. The people were interested; the leaders passionate. But their success quickly became their greatest obstacle: there simply wasn’t enough room.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Blog: But First Come For Shabbat
Learning about the People of the Book from the lived life: I can’t remember my first day of Hebrew school. My bar mitzvah portion is a blur. But I’ll never forget the day a rabbi told me to stop reading so many Jewish books.
Scott Hirsch | News | Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Partnering With Chabad On The Next Frontier
Chabad shluchim typically finance this work by fundraising inside the communities they serve. The practice fosters dynamic partnerships between local residents and shluchim who work together to build vibrant communities. But when three hundred Jews are scattered across a wide terrain as in some locations, they generally don’t have the resources to build the infrastructure that a Jewish community requires.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Monday, January 7, 2019
Not Your Parents' Hebrew School
For generations of American Jews, Hebrew School has meant long, boring Sunday afternoons of tedious classroom lectures and Hebrew instruction. “If you are a working parent, you have to enroll your child in an after-school program,” says Rabbi Moishe Kievman, of Highland Lakes, Florida. As parents are already searching for premium after-school care for their children, they are only too happy to have it include a substantive Jewish education.
Rena Udkoff | News | Sunday, January 6, 2019
Jewish Revival in the Birthplace of Hip-Hop
When Rabbi Choli and Chana Mushka (Alevsky) Mishulovin first drove through the neighborhoods of South Bronx, they weren’t sure about setting up a Chabad center among the graffitied buildings. In the 1960’s, South Bronx had been a thriving, middle-class neighborhood where close to half of the population was Jewish. As crime rose, Jews began leaving. Twelve years ago, the last surviving shul closed its doors. Choli says it’s hard to know how many of today’s South Bronx residents are Jewish.
Shterna Karp | News | Thursday, January 3, 2019
Amos Oz And The Rabbi of Rivne
Four years ago, Amos Oz began an unlikely friendship with the Chabad representative to Rivne (Rovno), Ukraine.
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Chabad of Short Hills Opens New Space
After decades of running activities out of two small family homes, Chabad of Short Hills, New Jersey opened a state-of-the-art 28,000-square-foot center on a nostalgic landmark on the city’s main street.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Friday, December 28, 2018
Jewish Leader in the Bronx Inducted into Local Jewish Hall of Fame
This November, the Bronx Jewish Historical Initiative, in conjunction with the Bronx Borough President’s office, inducted its Hall of Fame class of 2018. One of in the six Jewish notables inducted was Rabbi Levi Shemtov who directs Chabad of the Bronx with his wife, Sarah, for the past twenty-seven years.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Friday, December 28, 2018
Teens and Toys, Bringing Smiles to Montreal Hospitals
For children who are unwell during a holiday, the pain of a hospital stay can impede on the joy of the season. Rabbi Naftoli and Nechama Perlstein, directors of the Chabad Chai Center in Montreal, Canada, have worked to bring back the joy for more than twenty years. Through the Chai Center’s Toys for a Smile program, thousands of gifts are donated to hospitalized children for Chanukah.
Shterna Karp | News | Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Old Books Find New Home
In a casual conversation with the inmate librarian at the Grafton Correctional Institute in Ohio, Rabbi Shlomo Elkan learned that the library was in dire need of books. The prison volunteer chaplain and director of Chabad at Oberlin college realized that he could help. He and his wife, Devorah, began the People of the Book initiative, advertising all over campus that Chabad was asking students and faculty members to donate books they didn’t need anymore.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Sunday, December 23, 2018
500 Honor 40 Years of Chabad School on the French Riviera
Over 500 people gathered in the iconic Negresco Hotel this past November to celebrate forty years of the Chabad Kerem Menachem school, directed by Sara Pinson, in the French Riviera.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, December 20, 2018
New Chabad Center for America's Fastest Changing City
With an eye on the upward trending growth of the local population, Chabad House of Asheville recently celebrated the opening of a new, permanent center. “As people move in, we want them to know where to find us,” says Rabbi Shaya Susskind.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, December 19, 2018
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Joins Chabad in Packing Staples for the Needy
Every day, dozens of local and visiting volunteers head to the Colel Chabad warehouse in Jerusalem to pack food staples to be distributed to thousands of needy families all over Israel. This month, the division of Colel Chabad known as Pantry Packers was joined by U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, his wife, Tammy, and the embassy staff.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Today in Jewish History: Asarah (10) B’Tevet
On the 10th of Tevet in the Hebrew year 3336 (425 BCE), the army of Babylonian emperor Nebuchadnezzar surrounded Jerusalem’s stone walls and laid siege on the city. This was the beginning of the end of the first Beit Hamikdash; on the 17th of Tammuz, 3338, the city walls were breached, and three weeks later, on 9 Av of that year, the Temple was destroyed and the Jews were sent into exile.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, December 17, 2018
Tackling the Text in Braille, JLI Teaches Torah to the Blind
Not one to shy away from a challenge, Rabbi Rivkin called up the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI), the course creators, known for their cutting-edge content and inclusive environment, and asked if they had any textbooks in Braille. They did. Already ten years earlier, Rabbi Mendel Bluming of Chabad of Potomac, Maryland, had helped arrange a partnership between JLI and the Jewish Braille Institute (JBI) to translate the standard JLI textbooks into Braille.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Monday, December 17, 2018
Latkes and Lights at the Oregon Zoo
Rachel is a program manager at the Union for Reform Judaism. She works to build inclusivity daily and is responsible for bringing diversity and equity to the Portland area. “It’s important for our children to have their faith and culture represented in public events,” she says, noting that the breakfast was part of Zoolights, a program that runs from November to January, outside of the zoo’s regular opening times, and allows members and visitors to view its more than 1.5 million speciality lights.
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, December 14, 2018
Today in Chabad History: 5 Tevet
On the 5th of Tevet (Hei Teves) in 1987, the extensive library of the sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, was declared as belonging to Agudas Chasidei Chabad Lubavitch. The U.S. Federal court issued this ruling after a lengthy, highly-publicized trial. The anniversary of this event is marked annually, by purchasing new sefarim (Jewish books) and studying them.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, December 13, 2018
Chabad House Bowery Goes Apping
A new app was launched by Chabad House Bowery, providing students and young professionals in the Bowery area of Manhattan (including students at NYU) with easier access to Chabad’s programming. A one-stop-shop, the app displays a full schedule of upcoming events, and allows users to order kosher food.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Germany: Light in the Footprint of Hate
As a light drizzle fell, thousands gathered for a historic Menorah lighting in Berlin, Germany. “I just watched a light extinguish a dark history at the foot of the Brandenburg Gate,” tweeted Richard Grenell, US Ambassador to Germany.
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, December 7, 2018
NBA Teams Partner with Chabad for a Night of Jewish Pride
The American Airlines Arena in Miami, was transformed into a Chanukah celebration this Sunday as the Miami Heat hosted their tenth annual Jewish Heritage Night with Chabad of Florida. They join teams in all divisions of both the Eastern and Western Conferences hosting similar events this Chanukah.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Four Days of Chanukah Fun in Queens
Families in Queens, New York, once again have something to look forward as the annual Queens Chanukah Experience opens for four days of interactive, thematic fun beginning Sunday, Dec. 2. Every hour, children will be invited to watch an olive press demonstration or take part in a lively game show competition. In teams, they’ll compete to solve Chanukah riddles and memory puzzles.
Ashira Weiss | News | Sunday, December 2, 2018
60,000 Participants Celebrate Chabad Founder’s Holiday in Jerusalem
Over 350,000 books on Jewish and Chasidic themes were sold in less than ninety-six hours during Israel’s largest Chasidic book fair, hosted at Jerusalem’s Binyanei HaUma Convention Center. The sale was part of a four-day convention commemorating the nineteenth day of the Hebrew month of Kislev.
Frayda Kaplan | News | Thursday, November 29, 2018
Chabad Waterloo Celebrates Ten
The room erupted with a standing ovation at the tenth anniversary gala for Chabad of Waterloo as Rivky Goldman was presented with a bouquet of flowers “for all the cooking, counseling, and love you give to each student.”
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, November 28, 2018
From Imprisonment To Freedom
It’s a 220 year old celebration. And it happens all over the world. The 19th of Kislev, beginning at sunset on Monday evening and lasting through Tuesday, Nov. 27, will be marked globally with lectures and farbrengens—gatherings of people dedicated to the study of Chabad Chasidut—the mystical inner dimension of Torah study.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Tuesday, November 27, 2018
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TanyaClass.com Celebrates Completion of Fourteen-Year Series
What started as a class of ten people studying the Tanya at Chabad of the Upper East Side in Manhattan became a global network of thousands, from every walk of life, studying the foundational text of Chabad online. This week, fourteen years later, TanyaClass.com will celebrate the completion of the entire five-volume work at a grand farbrengen on November 27.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Monday, November 26, 2018
Why I Support Chabad
“Chabad is the only proactive outreach Jewish organization that I’ve seen in my adult life and that’s something I want to support ... I’m a son of Holocaust survivors—my mother was orphaned in the Holocaust, and my father escaped the Ghetto, so I have an opinion about the importance of Jewish continuity."
Staff Writer | News | Monday, November 26, 2018
The Case for Religious Freedom: the Struggle to Expand a NJ Synagogue
Rabbi Dov Drizin never imagined that his Chabad House would become the centerpiece of a federal lawsuit. Arriving in suburban Pascack Valley, New Jersey, he and his wife, Hindy, found “an incredibly welcoming and gracious community” that was very receptive.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Sunday, November 25, 2018
Mumbai: On Tenth Anniversary, Nariman House Becomes Nariman Lighthouse
In the decade since Islamic terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba left 166 people in Mumbai dead, including Chabad representatives Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg, the city has seen little growth. The Nariman Chabad House, however, has undergone changes.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Saturday, November 24, 2018
Grateful or Entitled?
I am concerned about what kind of people are we raising, and I want to reverse this shift in our family that is making our children self-absorbed and entitled. How do we not spoil them? How do you teach children who “have it all” to appreciate what they have?
Sarah Alevsky | News | Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Jewish Life Thaws in Remote Arkhangelsk
Government archives show that Arkhangelsk, some 750 miles north of Moscow and more than three degrees higher than Anchorage, Alaska, was once home to two synagogues. Last month, the city’s small Jewish community inaugurated a new synagogue and community center.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Chabad Comes to Rescue of Diverted Flights
The Hendels weren’t the only emissaries to host stranded passengers that week: an Aeroflot flight to Israel was also delayed by the New York weather, and twenty Shabbat-observant passengers had to stay behind at the layover in Moscow. Rabbi Yakov and Sashi Fridman, who run a Chabad center out of a hotel near the airport, hosted them in royal fashion, together with their other sixty guests.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, November 19, 2018
How To Help Victims of California's Most Destructive Fire
“The Zwiebels provided us with food and some gelt just to tide us over,” said Randy, who likes to pepper his sentences with Yiddish phrases. “The moral support they have given us,” he adds, “has been tremendous.” The Chabad house has been turned into a refuge for displaced families. “We are appealing to your readers,” Rabbi Zwiebel told Lubavitch.com, “to help us help people who have suffered such terrible losses.”
Tzipora Reitman | News | Monday, November 19, 2018
California's Blaze Begins to Contain, Chabad's Help Expands
There are people who lost everything, people who lost a great deal, and people who are still under mandatory evacuation orders who are in need of material and emotional support. Chabad centers respond to reach all of them.
News | Friday, November 16, 2018
Synagogue Confiscated By Soviets Now A Jewish Orphanage
In a place where Jewish activities-were once conducted in secret, the Jewish community of Dnipro, Ukraine celebrated the renovation and reopening of its orphanage for boys on November 11.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, November 15, 2018
Ottawa Student Gives Back
More than ten years after he first met the local Chabad representatives, Harley Finkelstein and his wife Lindsay Taub, have decided to give back to the center, donating half a million dollars to purchase a permanent home for the Rohr Chabad Student Network.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Open Hearts, Helping Hands at UMass Amherst
When hackers broke into university printers and distributed anti-Semitic flyers two years ago, the University of Amherst community was shaken by the spike in blatant hatred.
Shterna Karp | News | Tuesday, November 13, 2018
A Veteran Torah for Veteran Soldiers
What was once an unused, invalid Torah scroll, dedicated to army veterans, is now fully-restored and being used at a Chabad center serving Jewish uniformed officers. Rather than sitting in disuse, an inspired rabbi from Flatbush found the perfect new home for this Torah just down the road.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Sunday, November 11, 2018
They Come With Hate; We Bring Joy
“When I saw the swastika and the infamous Nazi slogan ‘Arbeit macht frei’ (work sets one free), I was shocked and hurt,” Rabbi Benjy Brackman wrote in an email to his congregants at Chabad of NW Metro Denver.
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, November 9, 2018
Historic Synagogue Rises Once Again, Eighty Years After Destruction
Destroyed by the Nazis, one of Europe’s most impressive Jewish monuments, the New Synagogue of Konigsberg, has now been restored to its former glory.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, November 8, 2018
Chabad Opens in Morgan Hill
The city where a winning $3.5 million Mega Millions ticket, that matched five of the six numbers, was sold last month is hitting the spiritual jackpot too. The rapidly growing city of Morgan Hill will be welcoming a new Chabad presence in December. Chabad of California’s newest recruits, Rabbi Mendel and Chani (née Dalfin) Liberow and their toddler son Sadya, will be opening a Chabad center in Morgan Hill.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, November 8, 2018
Seventy-Five Years Later, Danish Locals Re-Enact Holocaust History
Seventy-five years after Denmark’s Jews were saved from the Holocaust, 100 people joined Chabad of Copenhagen’s rescue re-enactment at a Sukkot event on September 26.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Largest-Ever International Conference of Chabad Rabbis Concludes in New York
“Unbelievable to be at the world’s largest kosher dinner,” tweeted Michael Snow, Director of Jewish Affairs for NY Governor Andrew Cuomo. And as #kinus, trended on twitter, some 5,600 attended the annual Gala Banquet of the International Conference of Chabad Rabbis, last night.
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, November 5, 2018
Seven In The Sunshine State: New Chabad Families In Florida
Since the last November, the state of Florida has welcomed thirteen Chabad families. Lubavitch.com caught up with seven of the most recent of these young idealists, to hear about their goals and challenges, and how they’re impacting the Sunshine State.
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, November 2, 2018
North Carolina Towns Welcome Chabad Presence
Thirty five miles north of Charlotte, suburban Lake Norman, named as one of “the best places in North Carolina to bring up a family,” is a fast-growing area that now features a Chabad center for the area’s Jewish families.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Statement From Chabad Lubavitch HQ On Pittsburgh Massacre
The Chabad movement mourns for those who were murdered while in synagogue on Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest. To the survivors and families of the individuals cut down by vile hatred, we extend our heartfelt condolences. May G-d give you solace and comfort in the days and weeks ahead as you negotiate the unexpected and vicious loss of your loved ones.
News | Sunday, October 28, 2018
Shining a Light in Pittsburgh
As Shabbat ended, Chabad centers around Pittsburgh began to react to the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue, this morning. Eleven people are said to have been killed, and six injured.
Ashira Weiss | News | Sunday, October 28, 2018
In Jerusalem, Special Residents Get New Home
In the heart of Jerusalem, a stone’s throw from the famous Machaneh Yehuda outdoor market, stands Beis Finger Rehab Center. A state-of-the-art residence, it was opened earlier this year by Colel Chabad, Israel’s longest running social services organization (established 1788).
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, October 25, 2018
Running to Renton: A New Jewish Center Opens in a Seattle Suburb
Situated a half hour drive from downtown Seattle, Renton, borders Lake Washington and has become the go-to suburb for families looking to escape Seattle’s rising housing prices and big-city environment, yet live close enough to commute for work.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Creating a Home For the Young and Professional in Jerusalem
As a young, single, immigrant to Israel, Levi Margolin struggled to find a community he felt comfortable calling his own. Now, eight years later, Levi and his wife Aidel, a native Jerusalemite, work to create that community for young professionals in the holy city they have made their home.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, October 23, 2018
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Branching Out to Southern Utah
Chabad has been in Utah since 1992 and is now opening a third branch in the state. Rabbi Mendy and Chaya Cohen, and their two young children, are setting up shop in St. George.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, October 18, 2018
$3.2 Million Student Hub for Dartmouth Chabad
The details fell into place like the pieces of a puzzle perfectly completed. That, say those in the know, is how last weekend’s grand opening of the Hillary Chana Chabad House of the Rohr Chabad Center at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, came to be.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Site of New Hebron Neighborhood Was Purchased By Chabad In 1909
In January 1909, the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn (known as the Rebbe Rashab), purchased Beit Romano, a mansion and its surrounding courtyard, located in the heart of the Hebron Jewish community for 22,000 silver rubles—10,000 of that as the down payment.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Chabad of Hunterdon County Breaks Ground
Last week, the Hunterdon County’s Jewish residents broke ground on a $4.7 million Jewish community center. The 17,000-square-foot Yakov and Hava Telyas Chabad Jewish Center facility, featuring a synagogue, social hall, library and kosher kitchen, will go up on ten acres of land.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Long Island Rabbi Receives Senator's Award
This afternoon, October 15, Senator John E. Brooks stopped by the Chabad Center for Jewish Life on Hewlett Avenue with a delivery for Rabbi Shimon and Chanie Kramer. The couple received a NYS Commendation Award in recognition of their contribution to the community.
Shterna Karp | News | Monday, October 15, 2018
Russian Chief Rabbi Alarmed by Treatment of Chabad Representatives
In an urgent letter to Sweden’s government officials, Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar expressed “grave concern” for the wellbeing of its Sweden’s Chabad emissaries, Rabbi Alexander and Leah Namdar, and their family. The Namdars have raised their family of 11 in Gothenburg and were fined €73,000 as a penalty for homeschooling their children.
Baila Olidort | News | Friday, October 12, 2018
Texas-Sized Hospitality At Chabad For Medical Patients And Their Families
Rabbi Lazer and Rochel Lazaroff take care of patients and their families who come for treatment to any of the twenty-one hospitals in Texas Medical Center: lodging, hot meals, commutes, and other support services relieve families of some stress during their difficult ordeal.
Sarah Ogince | News | Thursday, October 11, 2018
The Future Is Here: Tuition-Free Jewish Day School in Myrtle Beach
Under her leadership as Chabad representative in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Leah Aizenman and her community developed a model for free Jewish education. Now in its third year the program, called Jewish Education Myrtle Beach, is giving 75 percent of the city’s Jewish children a first-rate, tuition-free Jewish education.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Wednesday, October 10, 2018
A Bereavement Minyan Group On Whatsapp in Montreal
Some mitzvahs are all about acts of kindness. These are performed without any expectations of a “thank you.” Paying last respects is one of them. So when Rabbi Levi New of the Montreal Torah Center in suburban Hampstead, Quebec, reached out asking for help to complete a minyan [quorum of ten men] for the Kaddish to be recited at a burial site, the positive response surprised him.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Chicago Mayor Proclaims Day in Honor of Holocaust Survivor
Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel has proclaimed Tuesday, October 9th, Eva Schloss Day in Chicago. Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, has been sharing her personal story and will speak this evening at an event hosted by Chabad of Lakeview.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Full Exposure: Pittsburgh University Executives See Israel For Themselves
American colleges and universities are in the grip of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel propaganda. Here’s what Chabad leaders at Pittsburgh colleges have done to create a safer environment for Jewish students, and foster thoughtful conversation on campus.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, October 8, 2018
In Arizona, a New Center for a New Year
As the Jewish New Year opened in Fountain Hills, Arizona, so did its new community center. Rabbi Mendy and Tzipi Lipskier inaugurated 4,500 square-foot center just in time for Rosh Hashana.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Come, Pray, Connect: Minyan, Millenials and Why Services Matter
Over the past two decades, synagogue membership has declined across the United States, with less than one-third of American Jews choosing to affiliate with a congregation. According to the 2013 Pew Research Center Study, only twenty-three percent of U.S. Jews attend synagogue on a regular basis. And many rabbis suspect that self-reporting inflates that number.
Rena Udkoff | News | Thursday, September 20, 2018
The Abiding Optimism of Chabad Emissaries in Africa
When Paul told the visiting students about his father’s situation, they arranged to visit him after the holiday. “According to the map, Kitengela seemed to be about a 50 minute drive away,” says Plotkin. The trip turned out to be twice as long as expected, with multiple twists and turns on rough dirt roads and prolonged delays for sheep crossings.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Thursday, September 20, 2018
Simple Shtieble, Soaring Sanctuary, Yom Kippur Is Calling
There is a “synagogue crisis” at large, and Chabad is not unaffected. Chabad rabbis and rebbetzins do draw crowds to their community events. Shabbat dinners and adult educational courses are well attended. Jews are engaging with us, and often in impressive numbers. But that’s not davening.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Four Communal Leaders Share Personal Regrets and Resolutions
The High Holidays are a time dedicated to repentance and reflection. We’ve asked four Chabad leaders to share with us some of the regrets they feel as communal leaders, and what resolutions within the scope of their leadership responsibilities they’d like to make in the coming year.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Friday, September 14, 2018
New Chabad Representatives to Duluth, Edge of the Great Lakes
Minnesota’s port city on the shores of Lake Superior is will soon have new Chabad representatives. Rabbi Mendy and Tirtza Ross and their two children will move shortly after the conclusion of the Sukkot holiday. Duluth’s Jewish population is small. Rabbi Mendy Ross estimates about 1,000 Jews living in the region. “But who knows? There could be even more.” But small is fine. “We’re not looking to attract thousands of participants to a big event."
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Friday, September 14, 2018
Sitting Next To Your Spouse In An Orthodox Synagogue
This time of year, when people may feel more motivated to attend synagogue for High Holiday services, the mechitzah separating the men and women sometimes becomes a sticking point. The world is evolving with more equal rights for everyone. If Chabad would accommodate mixed gender seating, it would have wider acceptance. Why don’t you adopt this practice to better fit with the times?
Rivka Slonim | News | Thursday, September 13, 2018
Have We Become Too Sophisticated For Yom Kippur?
Something has changed. In our minds, Yom Kippur has become complicated. The service doesn’t speak to us—the idea of sin no longer resonates. Praying all day in a foreign language seems alienating, fasting uncomfortable. And anyway, isn’t change something personal that can’t be scheduled, but has to happen on our own timetable?
Chana Silberstein | News | Thursday, September 13, 2018
Helping Hearing-Impaired Hear the Sound of the Shofar
When the time to sound the shofar arrived, one man approached me and, through the interpreter, asked if he was permitted to touch the shofar. I didn’t initially understand the meaning behind his request, but it became clear when I saw him stretch out his hand and lightly hold the shofar with me each time it was sounded, his eyes closed in deep concentration.
Tzvi Lipinski | News | Friday, September 7, 2018
Taking Stock Before the New Year
We are in the final month of the Jewish calendar year—traditionally a time dedicated to taking spiritual stock of the year past. Examining our successes and failures, we need to look at those areas of life that are in our control. Have we given our relationships the time they require? Have we been more thoughtful and kind to our parents, our spouses, our neighbors? Has our bond with our people, our heritage, and our G-d grown stronger this year?
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Tuition-Free Hebrew School Offered in Orange County, NY
Beginning this fall season, enrollment will be tuition-free for all new students at Chabad Hebrew School in Orange County, NY. The Hebrew School meets every Sunday morning for two hours of what Chana Burston terms, “FUNdamental Jewish experience that will last a lifetime.” Through hands-on activities and projects, 5-13 year old students are invited to engage in Jewish discovery.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Public Jewish Hour: 88 Years, Going Strong
It’s Wednesday afternoon and young men are streaming out of the yeshivah on Brooklyn’s leafy Eastern Parkway. Armed with snacks, crafts, and sheafs of paper, 180 instructors head to 90 public schools around New York City. Released Time is an offshoot of the National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE). Their “Jewish Hour,” as it’s often called, was instituted by the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, in 1941.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Book Review: The Scientist Who Is A Chosid
Book Review: Both Brawer and Green are scientists who came to Chabad as adults. Both bring their scientific background to the table as they reflect on how they grapple with truth; both share some of the insights that have been most instrumental to their own thinking; both share their spiritual inspirations and journeys of growth with extraordinary candor.
Dr. Chana Silberstein | News | Thursday, August 30, 2018
Rohr Chabad House University of Wisconsin Nearly Triples Its Space
The new construction gives students 10,000 sq. feet of space over the current 4,000. The $4 million project gained major support from the Irwin A. & Robert D. Goodman Foundation, the Rohr Family Foundation, and local donors.
Tzipora Reitman | News | Tuesday, August 28, 2018
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New Chabad Opens In Downtown Raleigh, North Carolina's Capital City
What motivates young couples to pick up and move from their families and comfort zones to an unfamiliar place—without convenient access to Jewish resources—to build a community from scratch? It’s the Rebbe, they’ll all tell you.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Monday, August 27, 2018
Kulanu Circle: An All-Inclusive Hebrew School
“Is today Hebrew School?” Mendel Mann asks hopefully each Sunday morning. For the last three years on Sunday mornings, Mendel’s mother Devorah Leah has made the fifty-mile drive from South Beach to Kendall, Florida so the twelve-year-old can be part of the Kulanu Circle.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, August 23, 2018
Traveling to Aruba? Check out Chabad.
Traveling to Aruba? Meet the Blasbergs. Here's some information that will make your kosher island stay a little easier.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, August 22, 2018
From The Frat House to The Chabad House
Today, a third generation of Chabad representatives are serving Jewish students on American campuses. An alumnus of The University of Texas, Austin, Rabbi Zev Johnson has a high relatability factor. He’s been there, done that.
Sarah Ogince | News | Monday, August 20, 2018
In Florida, Plans Underway For a 100,000 Square-Foot All-Kosher Assisted Living Facility
When Rabbi Aron Lieberman moved to the small city of Lauderhill, Florida, thirty seven years ago, the city’s Jewish community was made up of mostly older people, many Holocaust survivors among them. This year, the Aishel House—an assisted living community—is about to become a reality.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, August 16, 2018
A Living, Thriving Judaism: How Our Personal and Global Impact Starts at Home
I am not sure that my children knowing about Jewish ritual, history and lore will make them better people, and yet a part of me feels they should have it in their lives. How can I make it relevant to them? The Torah begins with the creation story, and it is really a story lived by every human being, every day.
Sarah Alevsky | News | Tuesday, August 14, 2018
In Venice, FL, a City of Seniors Establishes a Jewish Future
It’s got one of the most senior populations in the country. But growing up in Venice, Florida, the children of Chabad representatives are bringing new life to the city’s elderly. In the process, they learn to relate with compassion and kindness.
Sarah Ogince | News | Monday, August 6, 2018
Where There's Peet's Coffee, There You'll Also Find Chabad
On their first wedding anniversary, next month, Rabbi Mendy and Menucha Blank will be moving to the S. Francisco Bay area to open Chabad of Emeryville. It’s an up-and-coming commercial city, headquarters to companies like Pixar and LeapFrog, nestled between Oakland and Berkeley and directly across the Golden Gate Bridge.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Thursday, August 2, 2018
Remembering the Rebbe’s Father
Today in Jewish History, the passing of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1878-1944), father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. After being arrested by Soviet authorities and interrogated for his activism on behalf of the Jewish community, he was sentenced to five years of exile and sent to Chi’ili, Kazakhstan, in the remote Aqtobe region in Central Asia. He passed away in Almaty, Kazakhstan, physically weakened by the hardship of his exile
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Florida Rabbi Speaks on DOJ Religious Liberty Panel
Chabad's Rabbi Ruvi New shared his 10-year battle to build a synagogue at the U.S. Department of Justice event Religious Liberty: Our First Freedom and Why it Matters. Opening remarks were made by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, after which Rabbi New and a panel of religious leaders examined the state of religious justice in the United States.
News | Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Empowered to Choose, Even Behind Bars
Prison reform is a buzzword among politicians and lawmakers, but one rabbi who can report on the efficacy of rehabilitation from within, says the impact cannot be overstated. “A prisoner’s existence is painful, but these guys are on fire with the idea that by looking for opportunities to give they can choose to live.”
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, July 30, 2018
Chabad on Campus Accepts ZBT Fraternity Award
Chabad on Campus International received the prestigious Richard J.H. Gottheil Award, alongside Hillel International, from the Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) fraternity on Saturday night. Zeta Beta Tau is the world’s oldest Jewish fraternity.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, July 25, 2018
First Chabad for Singer Island
It’s a long way from Sweden’s cold winters where Rabbi Berel Namdar grew up. He and his wife Tzivia, originally from Tennessee, are moving to Singer Island, Florida, where they will be opening Chabad of Singer Island and the Beaches, the 18th center in the Palm Beach area.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Auschwitz, The Polin Museum, The Chabad Tent
When was the last time Jews sparred over Talmudic arguments in Polish? Thousands of visitors encountered this scene in April, awed to discover that "faith didn't die in the Auschwitz" (Nissen Mangel). Judaism in Poland is alive and thriving. Baila Olidort, Director of Communications at Chabad-Lubavitch HQ, reflects on a visit to Poland...
Baila Olidort | News | Sunday, July 22, 2018
The House That Miriam and Meir Built
The countercultural movement of the sixties and seventies was the segue to a period of great spiritual ferment. Inspired by the zeitgeist, young Jewish rebels struck out in search of their own truth. Outriders of the baal-teshuvah movement, Meir and Miriam Rhodes reflect on their life journey.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, July 19, 2018
Arizona State To Add Kosher Option For Jewish Students
Arizona State University (ASU) is becoming especially friendly to Jewish students. The research university, made up of five campuses across the Phoenix metropolitan area, is home to 3,500 Jewish students. Thanks to the efforts of Chabad representatives Rabbi Shmuel and Chana Tiechtel, kosher lunches and dinners will now allow Jewish students to more easily follow the dietary laws.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Washing Cars For Charity
Instead of spending their summer break traveling, relaxing, or taking a seasonal job, the teens at Chabad of Orange County’s CTeen are using their free time to give back. In tribute to Adi Wolff, a friend and active member of their CTeen chapter who tragically passed away earlier this year at the age of 14, teens in the area took time off from their vacations for a week of community service.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Tuesday, July 17, 2018
FIFA Fans Score Shabbat at Chabad
As players and fans gear up for the FIFA World Cup Finals to be held this weekend, Chabad centers around the host country are making their own preparations.
Ashira Weiss | News | Friday, July 13, 2018
Chabad Women Talk About Life in Their New Digs
The story of four Chabad women who land in four new places. Is "culture shock" the right word?
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, July 13, 2018
Chabad Female Composer Aims For the Heights
“If words are the pen of the heart,” wrote Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Chabad Rebbe, “then music is the pen of the soul.” Though Sarah Dukes' music has played all over the world, and has even made it to the first-round ballot of the GRAMMYs, Sarah views her music from a Chassidic perspective, with the belief that it can make a positive impact on the world.
Mushkie Engel | News | Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Chabad on Call
Among the many resources Chabad on Call offered at the event—like specialty prayer pamphlets, psalms booklets and meaningful cards—a new cultural sensitivity course was introduced. Designed for rabbis to present to local medical staff, the course covers key topics like kosher and Shabbat restrictions or the Torah's view on end-of-life.
Mussi Sharfstein | News | Monday, July 9, 2018
Hikers go the Extra Mile for Kids with Special Needs
Upwards of five million people visit the Grand Canyon each year, but at least one group came for more than just the scenery. Earlier this month, thirty-six women took time away from work and family commitments for a three-day hike to raise funds for Friendship Circle.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, July 4, 2018
The Best Traveled Teenagers in the World
When she turned 16, Nechama Zukin of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, caught the travel bug. Summer stints as a camp counselor in Pennsylvania; Chernigov, Ukraine; London; and S. Paulo, Brazil gave her wings. Her itinerary would land her in places that people twice and three times her age still have on their bucket lists.
Rena Udkoff | News | Monday, July 2, 2018
Jerusalem, A City of Peace
This Sunday (July 1) is the 17th of Tammuz, a day of fasting and prayer that commemorates the destruction of Jerusalem. Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Educational/Social Services, shares the significance of the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, from a biblical perspective.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Thursday, June 28, 2018
It Started With A Shmooze
Affectionately named “The Shmooze,” this group meets at the Highpoint Condos, a retirement village where most of its members reside. Rabbi Silverman agreed to make the arrangements for Joshua's bar mitzva at the nearby Children's Village youth rehabilitation, but members of The Shmooze also wanted to participate.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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Jewish Teens Meet in Pennsylvania For Leadership Training
The fifth annual CTeen retreat hosted thirty-five teenage leaders from chapters in twenty-five U.S. cities and Quincy from the U.K this weekend. Along with their CTeen directors, leaders are responsible for creating innovative programing that aim to instill their peers with Jewish values. In addition, chapter leaders are given the opportunity to collaborate with each other to coordinate international CTeen events.
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, June 25, 2018
Camp Gan Israel: Why They Keep Coming Back
It’s a new season at the largest Jewish camp network in the world. Former campers are coming back with their own children, hoping to impart the Jewish joy and pride they received at Camp Gan Israel to the next generation.
Rena Udkoff | News | Thursday, June 21, 2018
The Rebbe Created a Culture
It is easier, of course, to stay within our safe spheres. So we speak mostly of the Rebbe’s love and acceptance. But that doesn’t convey the experience of the Rebbe honestly. We need only look at how he responded to people who sought his advice, to see that he always pushed the boundaries, relentlessly goading them out of their comfort zones.
Baila Olidort | News | Friday, June 15, 2018
Jewish Tourists will Celebrate Shabbat and Kosher in the FIFA Capital
This year, Russia hosts the The 2018 FIFA World Cup June 14-July 15. Local Chabad centers are prepared to welcome Jewish soccer (football) fans and spectators. In Moscow alone, 32 Chabad centers served by more than a hundred Chabad emissaries are on the ready. Two halls in the city center have been set up to accommodate 1,000 Shabbat guests for the two weeks the games will be held in Moscow. A Shabbat-friendly hotel, recently opened by emissaries Rabbi Yakov and Sashi Fridman, will also offer hundreds of visitors and locals alike a Shabbat oasis in the Russian capital.
Rena Udkoff | News | Thursday, June 14, 2018
In the Shadow of Hate, a Display of Jewish Pride
As the anti-Israel Al Quds Day parade marched through the streets of central London this Sunday, an event celebrating Jewish pride was in full swing in the neighboring district of Islington.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, June 14, 2018
The Story of Jewish Learning Partnerships Across the Seas
When Meryl Abrams of Princeville, Kauai was preparing for her son’s bar mitzvah last year, she reached out for support from over 5,000 miles away. “I needed someone to teach him, so I asked Malka if she could help,” says Meryl.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Jewish Life Grows on the Cayman Islands
Steve Cummins is a local Jewish businessman who grew up attending the Isaac M Wise Reform Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio. After years of hosting communal events and doing his best to keep Jewish life alive on the Cayman Islands, he knew he needed to bring in an expert.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, June 12, 2018
In Zhitomir, A Community Celebrates Life With A New Torah
A traveling Chabad emissary was left for dead last winter when beaten in an anti-semitic attack at the Zhitomir central train station in Ukraine. This month, a Torah is being celebrated in his name.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Russia Welcomes the Young and the Jewish
Twenty six Jewish, young professionals, hailing from nine cities in the US, Canada and Europe, met last week in Moscow for a global summit. Beginning in St Petersburg, the program traced the footsteps of Soviet refuseniks who kept Jewish life under Communist rule alive at great personal risk. The tour highlighted the small Jewish network that sustained itself during Russia’s dark days, and from which Russia’s flourishing Jewish communities today have emerged.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Is Bitcoin The New Charity?
Debates on the virtues and fragilities of cryptocurrencies pepper the public conversation. Some of the more tech-savvy among Chabad’s shluchim are adding bitcoin and cryptocurrency wallets to the donation pages of their websites to keep their fundraising options on the cutting edge.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, May 30, 2018
The Bar Mitzvah Boy Who Gave Back
Hebrew school attendance is a struggle for many Jewish kids who’d rather not give up their free time to attend extra classes. For one boy preparing to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah in Highland Mills, NY, the struggle was how to give back to the Hebrew School he’d attended the past few years.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Historic Newtown Wins Approval to Build First Mikvah
Steeped in historical value, Newtown, Pennsylvania’s entire business district is part of the National Register of Historic Places. Despite the hurdles involved in building in such a district, Lubavitch of Bucks County has secured approval to build the county’s first mikvah.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Prayers and Mitzvahs for A Four Year Old Boy
Four-year-old Shmuly Oirechman was seriously injured when an arrow struck him in the eye. It was a family fun day in honor of Lag B’Omer when children play with bows and arrows. Shmuly’s right eye was severely damaged
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, May 28, 2018
Saved During Kristallnacht, A Torah Scroll Comes To Colorado
For Jewish parents and educators in the twenty first century, there is a constant need to find the balance between celebrating our history and living in the present. A small Torah scroll currently being taken to visit communities around the world is helping to fuse that gap.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, May 23, 2018
A New Documentary Features Jews in The Bush
Untold Australia is Australia's latest SBS series—featuring the lives of ordinary, and sometimes extraordinary, citizens. Today, a new documentary airs. Outback Rabbis follows the lives of the two families who direct Chabad of RARA (Rural and Regional Australia).
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Jewish Women In Long Island Live With Hope
When Cindy Knoll was diagnosed with breast cancer at 31, her youngest had just celebrated her first birthday. Her husband and family kicked in to care for her, and Cindy credits her survival to the tremendous support she received. But not everyone has a system that heals and cares and does the dishes. Based at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Merrick, Long Island, the Circle offers support groups, financial backing, home cooked meals, and a shoulder to cry on.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Granite State Opens New Chabad Space
Chabad of New Hampshire had been sharing space with Rabbi Levi and Shternie Krinsky and their nine children. Community events were held in rented venues. Yom Kippur services meant a few mile walk to a downtown location that was big enough to house their congregation.
Ashira Weiss | News | Monday, May 14, 2018
Protesting the Protesters, Changing the Face of BDS on Campus
A student who had an entire class curriculum changed due to its anti-Israel bias, has been honored at last month’s 7th Annual Jerusalem Post Conference.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, May 10, 2018
Frontier Fund Offers Small Chabad Centers Some Relief
In 2009, help came in the form of a grant by The Frontier Fund of Machne Israel, the social-services division at Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters. “Heaven-sent” is how Wilhelm describes the two-year grant. “It freed me up to dedicate more time and energy to our real objective—to reach out to more Jews in Norway. The programs we established using these funds are successful still today.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Not For Perks And Benefits
Chabad moved to Iceland this month, marking the 100th country/territory exposed to Chabad's reach. Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of Chabad-Lubavitch Educational/Social Services, describes the motivation behind establishing centers all over the world.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Monday, May 7, 2018
Despite Emigration, A Jewish Center Opens in France
The rise of anti-Semitism in France has been driving many Jews from the country. Most leave for Israel. Others are fleeing the bigger cities and heading south to the French Riviera. Le Cannet, a small suburb on the northern border of Cannes is home to two hundred fifty Jewish families. Last month, Chabad of Cannes opened Le Cannet’s first synagogue.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, May 2, 2018
It's Not All Greek Over Here
Run by Chabad’s representatives to Athens, Rabbi Mendel and Nechama Hendel, Gostijo prepares traditional Sephardic and Greek foods that are popular with natives and tourists, Jewish and not. The restaurant, in the city’s hip center, boasts a talented chef and a trendy menu. Many of Gostijo’s reviews highlight the surprise diners feel upon receiving such a warm welcome. For Hendel, the restaurant is more than the antidote to a kosher tourist’s suitcase of matzah and tuna. “It’s not only a place to eat. It’s a warm place for people to get together, it’s a home away from home.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, April 30, 2018
Uncovered in Germany? Chabad Rabbis Say No Way!
The rally featured local politicians and supporters of all nationalities and religions. Topped with kippahs of all stripes, materials, and styles, Berlin stood to attention, loudly demonstrating, “Never again.” Chabad's emissary, Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal stood on the dais at the event.
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, April 27, 2018
Tefillin, Prayer and A Piano
When community members heard about Alan’s special Bar Mitzva, they came together to make it “a Bar Mitzva to remember.” “I don’t know a lot of people, so I had been planning a very small family event,” shares Inna. “But Alan has touched a lot of people through his music. A lot of people know him, and they all came together to make it into something very special.”
Frayda Kaplan | News | Thursday, April 26, 2018
When it rained, it poured
It’s the “wettest spot on earth,” but last week, Kauai received more precipitation than even it could handle. Rabbi Michoel and Zisel Goldman coordinate Jewish life on Kauai where they have been living with their family for the past five years. Since the flooding began last weekend, they have been in touch with Jewish residents in isolated areas, fielding calls for help and support. They are also providing something to all northern residents that no one else is.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, April 25, 2018
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New Initiative Challenges Anti-Israel BDS on American Campuses
In response to the anti-Israel BDS movement on American university campuses, Chabad on Campus and Belev Echad have formed a partnership. Together they are bringing IDF veterans to visit campuses across the country and share their stories with faculty and students.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Drawing Lines of Private Space, Women Explore Jewish Intimacy
From April 18 to 26, Chabad representatives on Long Island will be celebrating the “Week of the Jewish Woman.” As society grapples with questions of appropriate behavior and gender equality, it may be a good time to return to the Rebbe’s vision, and to ask what it was exactly that he saw.
Sarah Ogince | News | Monday, April 23, 2018
The G-d I Believe In Can Upend Nature . . .
A Chabad rabbi shares his thoughts on Creationism. The Torah says that the world was created in six days, about 6,000 years ago. How can I relate to a Torah (and to religious leaders) that insist on interpreting Genesis literally? As someone who respects science, how can I invest in a religion teeming with Creationists?
Joshua A. Krisch | News | Thursday, April 19, 2018
Building Blocks of A Community In Gwinnett County, GA
Some years back, Chabad purchased a property in the Peachtree Corners neighborhood with the dream of one day building a full center to serve the local community. Now Rabbi Yossi Lerman, director of Chabad of Gwinnett has launched a novel, pre-building Legacy Bricks campaign.
News | Wednesday, April 18, 2018
When Politics and Religion Don't Mix: Chabad at Oberlin College
This October, fliers calling for an end to “Jewish privilege” appeared all over the Oberlin College campus. Promoting Jewish observance in that kind of environment might seem a daunting task, but Rabbi Shlomo and Devorah Elkan are not intimidated. Chabad representatives to the Ohio college town since 2010, they would get to know Oberlin’s long history of progressive politics on the job. The learning curve was steep.
Sarah Ogince | News | Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Everything Is Illuminated
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Food Distribution Helps Families in Need
For a family living on an already tight budget, the added expense of preparing for Passover can seem insurmountable. This struggle is what motivated Rabbi David Okunov of Brooklyn, New York to initiate a free Passover food distibution for the needy.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, March 29, 2018
More Questions For The Seder Table
Jewish people love to ask questions. As part of the Passover tradition, we ask four at the Seder table. But if you pay attention, there’s usually a question in every statement and every answer. In honor of Passover, we asked four Chabad representatives our own set of questions.
News | Thursday, March 29, 2018
Israel's President Rivlin Makes A Wish
Remarks by Israel’s President, Reuven Rivlin on March 19, 2018 at a conference sponsored by TheMarker, an Israeli daily business newspaper published by Haaretz. "I’ve come here in honor of Israel’s 70th birthday with a rather unusual wish, namely, that we succeed to build up the “middle”; that we learn to love and value the attribute of the 'beinoni.' Remarks of this nature, I admit, would have been out of place at an economic conference some years back. But thanks to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Chabad’s conceptual ideas have made it into our modern day vernacular."
News | Tuesday, March 27, 2018
States Proclaim Education and Sharing Day
Governors in States all across the Union are proclaiming March 27th 2018, Education and Sharing Day “in recognition of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s outstanding and lasting contributions toward education, morality and acts of charity throughout the world.”
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Sacrilegious in Scandinavia
You could be forgiven for thinking that the bans on circumcision, kosher slaughter, and religious education are coming from the governments of Soviet Russia or Germany of the 1930s. But you would be mistaken. As Jews worldwide celebrate the festival of freedom this year, some of Europe’s most progressive, secular countries are challenging the fundamentals of Jewish faith and practice.
Sarah Ogince | News | Thursday, March 22, 2018
An Intergenerational Passover Experience
In this age of smart technology, the messaging and information children absorb often leave parents out of the loop. Chabad representatives around the world see the seder as a time to bridge the generational gap.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, March 21, 2018
How Matzah Created An Attitude Shift
The noise is amped up, the kids are animated. Rabbi Levi Landa is dressed up as Moses. Elaborate backdrops and props depict the story of the Exodus from Egypt. And then Landa notices a little boy at the back of the room. The child with autism is sitting at the far end, his hands tightly covering his ears. It all started with a matzah.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, March 19, 2018
Shabbat of Meaning for Texas Students
The BDS movement on campuses has intimidated Jewish students who are often afraid to openly identify. Working to combat that, Chabad representatives from across the Lone Star State inspired Jewish Pride last weekend, celebrating a spirited Shabbat with more than 150 students.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, March 15, 2018
Diaspora Jews Explore Israel, Uncover A Richer Jewish Identity
American Jews, recent studies report, are increasingly feeling that Israel is just not all that important to them. But eight days of sightseeing and soul searching in the Holy Land may have been a game-changer for many, if not all of the 800 participants at the the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute’s recent tour of Israel.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, March 15, 2018
Why Won't You Call My Daughter Up To The Torah?
The prevailing myth of bar and bat mitzvah as being the finale of their Jewish education marked by the memorization and chanting of a Torah portion is one of those ineffective practices I’d like to replace with something more meaningful. When did this begin and how did become the hallmark of bar/bat mitzvah?
Sarah Alevsky | News | Thursday, March 15, 2018
KOSHER DINING COMES TO KU CAMPUS
Jewish students and professors make up about eight percent of the general population at the University of Kansas. Following the fall college break, they were welcomed back with the opening of its first ever entirely kosher kitchen at Oliver Hall.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, March 7, 2018
New Jewish Cemetery Inaugurated in Moscow
A new Jewish cemetery has recently been inaugurated in Moscow’s Vastrikovsky neighborhood. The nearby old Jewish cemetery is nearly full, and remaining plots are costly.
Ashira Weiss | News | Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Can An Underfunded School Actually Transform a Community?
Small Jewish day schools—those with less than 100 students—occupy a fragile place in our society. Located outside of centralized Jewish communities, these schools must fight for recognition, not only from foundations, but also Jewish Federations, potential donors, and prospective parents. With no endowment funds, they still accept every Jewish student regardless of financial ability. Working on shoestring budgets, they must compensate with creativity to develop cutting-edge curriculum on par with local private schools. Welcome to the new frontier of Jewish education.
Chava Lieba Witkes | News | Sunday, March 4, 2018
Students at Yale, Vanderbilt and UF Dedicate Purim to Parkland Victims
With news of the Parkland school shooting so fresh in their minds Carly Weiss, 21, and Rebecca Papilsky, 22, both students at University of Florida felt the need to do something to support the victims and their families.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, March 1, 2018
Teenagers and a Giving Purim Spirit
Maybe it’s because the news has been so heartbreaking lately, but Jewish teens at CTeen chapters around the USA are looking to make their Purim as meaningful as it is fun.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Students to Bring Purim Joy to Israel's Northern Border
In Israel, dressing as a soldier is a popular choice of Purim costume. But living as a soldier on an isolated base during this holiday is not as popular. Purim, the most joyful day on the Jewish calendar, usually coincides with early March. The holiday this year takes place on the eve of February 28 and lasts through Thursday, March 1st on the Gregorian calendar. While the Israeli army makes every effort to help its members observe Purim, IDF soldiers in the border patrol units can have a lonely time of it.
Frayda Kaplan | News | Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Kosher in Corsica
In 2017, Chabad’s representative to Corsica, Levi Pinson, approached Jean Michel about opening a kosher kitchen to serve the growing number of Jewish tourists, holiday home owners and destination weddings on the French island. With Chabad on the island, Corsica has become an alluring vacation destination for the kosher consumer. Jean-Michel thought Pinson’s proposal for a kosher catering service a wise investment and opened a second kitchen, certified kosher by Rabbi Pinson.
Frayda Kaplan | News | Thursday, February 22, 2018
Florida Governor Meets With Parkland Chabad Community Leaders
“We cannot just wait to respond to the next crisis. We need to deal with the fundamental moral void and emotional darkness that currently exists and is causing so much violence and suffering.”
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Monday, February 19, 2018
February Is Jewish Inclusion Month
Inclusion seems to be the buzzword of the year. But what does it mean? This February the Ruderman Chabad Inclusion Initiative has partnered with Friendship Circle International to get this word into the limelight.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Monday, February 19, 2018
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A "Jewish Embassy" In South Korea
Since 2008, Rabbi Osher and Mussy Litzman, South Korea’s first permanent rabbi, have been the address for all things Jewish to the 500-1000 Jews living in Seoul at any given time. To Jewish diplomats, English teachers, businessmen, students and US army families living in South Korea’s capital, the Chabad House is a “Jewish Embassy.”
Frayda Kaplan | News | Monday, February 19, 2018
Young Jewish Professionals Down Unda' Create A Community
Chabad Young Professionals of Melbourne celebrated their two-year milestone this week with a gala at the River Room in the chic Crown Towers downtown. Members of CYP were joined by friends, supporters, local rabbis and community leaders as they marked another successful year of a fledgling organization with their first annual gala.
Ashira Weiss | News | Thursday, February 15, 2018
A New Chabad To Open In The Granite State
Rabbi Berel and Rochy Slavaticki and newborn son Mendel are moving to the town of Durham, home to the University of New Hampshire. UNH, a liberal arts college and public research university, comprises of 15,000 students. 600 of them are Jewish.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Chabad To Open in Iceland
But there’s been a growing interest among a diverse group of local Jews, particularly young families, to cultivate a Jewish community in Reykjavik. And a recent tourism boom has been bringing millions of visitors (outnumbering the country’s population of seven to one) to experience its northern lights, its volcanoes and lava fields. It seems a good time, say Avi and Mushky Feldman, to be setting down roots in the land of fire and ice.
Baila Olidort | News | Sunday, February 11, 2018
Hot Meals in Cold Snow
Rather than slowing down during this latest snowfall, in which Moscow saw over half of their monthly snowfall come down in one day, Shaarei Tzedek Chessed Center has kicked their activities into high gear. The regular distribution of food packages to the homebound and elderly, have been supplemented with blankets, portable heaters and window sealing kits.
Ashira Weiss | News | Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Gearing Up For SuperBowl Sunday With A Kosher Tailgate Party
“Patriots and Eagles fans may find themselves in Vikings territory, but Chabad’s kosher tailgate party will be their Jewish home away from home,”
Frayda Kaplan | News | Friday, February 2, 2018
When the Taps Run Dry
Cape Town, South Africa’s second largest city, is facing a drought so severe that city officials are planning to turn off all water on April 12. Sarah Wineberg doesn’t remember the last time her kids had a normal bath. They’ve been bathing in a bucket, one after the next, using the same water.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, February 1, 2018
Wounded IDF Soldiers Feted In New York
B’Lev Echad (translated as “with one heart”) was founded by Rabbi Uriel and Shevy Vigler of Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side in 2009. Many members of the Chabad Israel Center community served in the IDF, inspiring the rabbi and rebbetzin to honor the wounded veterans for their sacrifice and service.
Frayda Kaplan | News | Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Tu B'Shevat: Where's the Fruit?
But in fact this plant-based holiday takes place in the middle of winter. Considering that the fruits of the trees haven’t yet begun to grow, why celebrate the occasion by eating them?
Rena Greenberg | News | Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Moscow's Jewish Museum Remembers Sobibor
Today in Moscow, Israel’s Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to the Sobibor uprising. At an exhibition hosted at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center titled Sobibor: Victorious over Death, they joined in marking seventy-five years since the historic day.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Monday, January 29, 2018
In Love With My Neighbor . . .
For many college students who visit Chabad on Campus, this sense of pluralism and sensitivity is a draw. But once the Chabad emissary introduces the idea of marrying Jewish, all that talk of acceptance flies out the window. Wouldn’t it be more ethical, even more Jewish, to support intermarriage?
Joshua A. Krisch | News | Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Kosher At NFC Championship
Last night’s NFC Championship in Philadelphia gave Kosher football fans something to chew on. As the Philadelphia Eagles headed off against the Minnesota Vikings in a last game before the Super Bowl.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Monday, January 22, 2018
Vienna's Jewish Renaissance
The revival is arresting. Fritz Bittman, one of few remaining Jews born in the shadows of the Holocaust, offers a rarefied perspective. He considers the arc of change from the post-Holocaust years when young Jews had only negative associations with their Jewish heritage. “Without the work of Chabad in Vienna, a lot of youngsters here would not know what Judaism is. The Lubavitcher Rebbe has released a lot of sparks.”
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, January 18, 2018
Israel's PM Unveils Memorial at Mumbai Chabad House
The Living Memorial will include the couple’s apartment, where signs of devastation were preserved for posterity. The floor above will showcase exhibits commemorating the entire siege, and all its victims. It will be the only such museum in the country.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, January 18, 2018
Moshe Holtzberg Returns to Mumbai
Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited the preteen to visit Mumbai when he was in Israel this past July. In an emotional meeting in a Tel Aviv hotel, the two embraced warmly. “I love you and your people in India,” Holtzberg told the prime minister, sharing his dream of returning to his birthplace. He vowed to continue what his parents had begun. “I will be the director of our Chabad House,” the adolescent promised.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, January 16, 2018
When Swiping Left Falls Short
What does the world at large have to learn from Chasidic dating? That is the question Evan Beloff and Oscar-winning producer Frederic Bohbot, two young, secular, Jewish filmmakers from Montreal, set out to answer with their documentary “Kosher Love.” In under forty-five minutes, the audience is introduced to a happily-married couple who met through a matchmaker, a Jewish hip-hop artist looking for a lifetime companion, and Yisroel Bernath, who’s been called “The Love Rabbi” by Montreal Gazette.
Chava Lieba Witkes | News | Monday, January 15, 2018
Pilgrimage to Historic Landmark in Ukraine
The early 90’s brought the fall of communism and the refurbishing of Judaism’s iconic sites in Eastern Ukraine. One of these is the small town and resting place of Chabad’s founder, Rabbi Shneur Zalman, famously known for authoring “Tanya” and the “Code of Jewish Law."
Mendel Levin | News | Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Book Review: Teaching The Teachers
If secular models of education have seen the teacher move from being the sage on the stage to the guide on the side to the peer in the rear, the Jewish model is one in which our teachers remain always present, their words of guidance and encouragement echoing on our ears and steadying our course even years after we have gone off on our own.
Chana Silberstein | News | Tuesday, January 9, 2018
It Takes A (Jewish) Village
In a place where the Chanukah aisle at Target is tiny, like the kosher aisle in the local supermarket, Jewish parenting means being proactive. “Here in Portland, we constantly have to analyze and ask ourselves, ‘If it’s so hard, why am I doing it? Does Judaism really matter to me?’” It’s a question that many Jewish parents ask, and one that has brought three leading Jewish organizations together to help parents explore.
Chava Leiba Witkes | News | Tuesday, January 2, 2018
The Chabad Tanya And The Nigerian Flag
Rabbinical students in Nigeria created a makeshift publishing house earlier this year, transporting paper and printers across six cities in the western African country. Often they flew from city to city. Sometimes a pickup truck was their method of transport.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, January 1, 2018
Everyone’s Birthright
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Critical Thinking Meets Chanukah Fun
STEM is a new-age curriculum designed to engage children in science, technology, engineering and math. This Chanukah, it was integrated in children’s programming at Chabad centers around the world.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Helping Seniors Get Cyber-Savvy
The Cyber-Seniors program began in 2009, when two teenage sisters noticed how much technology had improved their grandparents’ lives, allowing them to keep in closer touch with their children and grandchildren. The sisters developed a training manual and recruited their friends to visit nursing homes, where they taught seniors how to use email, Facebook, and YouTube.
Sarah Ogince | News | Monday, December 18, 2017
Chanukah Lights at the Polish Parliament
Poland’s new Prime Minister was sworn in Tuesday evening, December 12, as Chabad kindled the first light of Chanukah, in the Polish Sejm (Parliament), where the two events were hosted back-to-back.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Home Depot Partners With Chabad For Inclusive Chanukah Experience
You wouldn't think that Home Depot's aisles of plumbing supplies and construction materials would be an attractive Chanukah hang-out for Jewish families. In fact, Jewish comedian Modi quips that Home Depot is Latin for “Jews you have no business shopping in this store."
Frayda Kaplan | News | Tuesday, December 12, 2017
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Chabad Mumbai: Remembering, Rebuilding
Nine years ago this week, terrorists stormed the Nariman Chabad House in Mumbai. Members of the Islamic terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba held Chabad representatives Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg and four of their guests hostage, before brutally murdering them. Two-year-old Moshe Holtzberg was saved by his nanny.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Thinking About Giving Thanks
What are you thankful for? At the 6th annual International TGIS Shabbaton, the hundreds of teenagers who participated said they’re thankful for Shabbat. High school students who participated locally in cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles and Manchester in the UK, united in their regions for a phone-free 25-hours.
Shaindle Fogelman | News | Thursday, November 23, 2017
Chabad To Open in Uganda
30th Annual Conference Ends
Staff Writer | News | Monday, November 20, 2017
Book Review: My Story
My Story: Forty-one individuals share their personal encounters with the Rebbe, Published by Jewish Educational Media
Miri Birk | News | Wednesday, November 15, 2017
From Air Force to Arizona Emissary
If I ever had any doubt that events in my life are divinely ordained, that certainly is a tapestry showing that I am, now, exactly where I'm supposed to be.
Mushkie Engel | News | Thursday, November 9, 2017
Jewish Students' Shabbat in NY
More than 1,200 students from 120 universities from around the world converged on Crown Heights last weekend for the annual Chabad on Campus Pegisha.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, November 9, 2017
Oh, Barcelona!
In a country where religion is often met with skepticism, and where being a tiny minority makes Jewish life “not easy,” this is remarkable, observes Axel Santilo a local businessman who has been involved with Chabad for many years. “We are up against a lot of prejudices.” Anti-Semitism. And ignorance. There are a lot of people who just don’t know. “People are always asking me, ‘What is a Jew? What is kosher?”
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, November 7, 2017
IL Governor Rauner Joins Chabad Emissaries in Prayer at Western Wall
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner was joined by Rabbi Avraham Kagan of Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois on a visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem Tuesday night.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, November 2, 2017
Wordsmith: Tamim
The tamim is unflappable. He does not sway with the winds of change, nor bend to meet the expectations of others. He is a simple and straightforward person. What you see is what you get.
Shmuel Loebenstein | News | Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Keeping That Daily Appointment with G-d
What these books will do is give you the roadmap to find your own “Mezherich” so that you too can learn how to daven.
Chana Silberstein | News | Thursday, October 26, 2017
Israeli Minorities Find A Platform at Stanford University Chabad
Less than twenty-four hours before it was due to begin, an event scheduled to take place at Stanford University’s Hillel facility earlier this week was abruptly cancelled.
Ruthy Procaccia | News | Friday, October 20, 2017
A Shabbat Dinner for Wine Country Survivors
With California’s wine country reeling from this week’s horrific wildfires—the most destructive of their type in California’s history—Chabad of Sonoma County is rallying the forces to bring comfort and unity to a community ravaged by disaster.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, October 19, 2017
It Happened At The Dinner Table
It’s the only state in the U.S. where support for Israel is as official as its state-issued motor-vehicle license plates. In 2014, when entrenched hostility toward the Jewish state inhibited pro-Israel Americans from speaking out, South Carolina dug its wheels in.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, October 17, 2017
For motorists stuck in traffic, a sukkah mobile sweetens the delay
The site of the illuminated musical mobile Sukkah amidst the standstill brought a smile to frustrated drivers crawling through the traffic.
News | Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Moving Out
To get her sukkah to Inwood Park in Manhattan on Sunday, artist Shaina Denburg detached its walls. But even in pieces, it didn’t fit in her rented U-Haul.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Kathmandu Emissary Organizes Rescue on Yom Kippur
It was the night of Yom Kippur, and Rabbi Chezky Lifshitz was not in shul.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, October 2, 2017
Puerto Rico Chabad Coordinates Private Relief Planes
With Puerto Rico reeling from Hurricane Maria and island residents struggling to find basic items such as fresh water, food, and fuel, Chabad of Puerto Rico has been arranging shipments of supplies from the US mainland.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, September 28, 2017
Our Kitchen Hand
Brittany Karpin, 21, has autism and is non-verbal, yet feels right at home in this bustling kitchen that serves up 70,000 meals a year to the needy.
Mushkie Engel | News | Thursday, September 28, 2017
Remembering Rebbetzin Chana: Jewish Feminine Role Model
Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, a feminine role model of Jewish activism and proponent of Jewish scholarship, mother of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and wife of Rabbi Levi Yitzchok, is being remembered today, on her yahrzeit.
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, September 26, 2017
A First for Sukkot in Shanghai
Rabbi Shalom Greenberg has celebrated Sukkot in Shanghai every year since 1998, but this year’s the first that he’s been able to legally import the traditional arbaah minim—four species—into Mainland China.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, September 25, 2017
Puerto Rico Chabad Rabbi Appeals For Help
It was the morning of Rosh Hashana, and the folks over at Chabad of Puerto Rico were preparing for the holiday as a category four hurricane moved in fast and furious.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, September 25, 2017
Dinner Raises Money for Free Meals in South Florida
How to raise money for dinner? Why, host a dinner, of course.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, September 19, 2017
A Mikvah in the Dominican Republic—Seventy Years Later
The newly-inaugurated mikvah in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic looks like any other Jewish ritual bath. Bricks of Jerusalem stone line the walls, the water is blue and clear, and the decor features light pastels.
Mushkie Engel | News | Tuesday, September 19, 2017
In Irma Aftermath, Campus Chabad Stays Put and Open
"A disaster like Hurricane Irma can be frightening, but it also brings people together and highlights the wonderful community on campus."
Staff Writer | News | Monday, September 18, 2017
Finding Their Place: Israelis in America
It was the winter of 2011, and Rabbi Shmulik Gurary was driving up and down the streets of suburban Baltimore looking for a sign.
Rena Udkoff | News | Wednesday, September 13, 2017
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St. Thomas: Preparing for Rosh Hashana Amid Irma Recovery
It’s been nearly a week since Hurricane Irma smashed through St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands on September 6, and Chabad Rabbi Asher Federman is making the rounds, surveying the damage as he speaks by phone.
Esther Gopin | News | Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Battered by Irma, Chabad of Florida Organizes Relief Efforts
It was Friday morning as Floridians were bracing for Hurricane Irma, when Rabbi Mendy Dubrowski, director of Tampa’s Chabad Young Professionals chapter, received a call from his colleague.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, September 11, 2017
Chabad of Bakersfield Cuts the Ribbon
After fifteen years of fostering Jewish life in sunny California, Rabbi Shmuly Schlanger and his wife Esther have finally opened the doors to the permanent home of Chabad of Bakersfield.
Nehama Silvers | News | Monday, September 11, 2017
Repost: Chabad Marks Birthdate of Movement's Founder
On 18 Elul, Jewish communities the world over will mark the anniversary of the birthdate Rabbi Schneur Zalman on Liadi...
Staff Writer | News | Friday, September 8, 2017
CTeen Takes On Summer 2017
With four travel programs and a new initiative assisting chapters in facilitating local road trips, CTeen has used the summer months to reach and engage with over 200 teens by providing them with immersive overnight experiences.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, September 7, 2017
Illinois CTeen Organizes Houston Food Drive
Teens around Northbrook, IL geared up last week to help those in need in Texas with food drives, fundraisers, and bake sales.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Colorado Governor Vows Zero Tolerance for Anti-Semitism
After a recent rash of anti-Semitic attacks in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper showed his support for the Jewish community with a visit to Chabad of Colorado Springs.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Jewish Cemetery Vandalized in Ukraine
A few days before UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pronounced anti-Semitism “alive and well,” the Jewish cemetery of Svalyava, Ukraine, was vandalized.
Chava Leiba Witkes | News | Monday, September 4, 2017
Emerging From the Flood Waters: True Kindness
Chava Leiba Sneiderman | News | Sunday, September 3, 2017
Holy Cow!
Until last July, Downtown Brooklyn, the third largest business district in New York and home to five local universities with many Jewish students, did not have any local kosher eateries.
Nehama Silvers | News | Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Small Town, Big Dreams
In a small corner of southwestern New Jersey lies little known Gloucester County. In 2007, with a Jewish population of about 1,000, the sleepy town was not the most promising destination for a rabbi looking to build.
Chava Leiba Witkes | News | Wednesday, August 23, 2017
The Great American Jewclipse
“The world will be getting dark for two minutes. It’s a great opportunity for us mortals to add light to this universe.”
Mushkie Engel | News | Friday, August 18, 2017
The Kitchen Table and Other Sacred Spaces
As I spoke to the people who collaborated with their Chabad representatives on this project, I understood: they are not visitors and this was not a dispensary. Chabad, it was clear, had become their home.
Baila Olidort | News | Friday, August 18, 2017
Jewish Community of Curitiba, Brazil, Honors IDF Soldiers
Nearly 400 members of the Jewish community of Curitiba, Paraná, in South Brazil packed a lavish hall last Monday evening to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the victory of the Six Day War and the launching of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s tefillin campaign.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Teens and Seniors Link Hearts
At a time when most middle-schoolers and teenagers are preoccupied with their Snapchat stories or the latest Adidas shoe, Shelly Klein finds it a refreshing shift to see her son “slow down” and be committed to bringing joy to the elderly and the community at large.
Chava Leiba Witkes | News | Monday, August 14, 2017
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson
The 20th of Av marks the 734d year since the passing of the Rebbe's father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson.
Staff Writer | News | Friday, August 11, 2017
Remembering Summer 1956
Sixty one years ago this summer, Friday morning, July 13,1956, concluding the two weeks in Europe, we flew from Rome to the Holy Land.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Thursday, August 10, 2017
Torah Receives Royal Welcome in Queensland, AUS
Two hundred people danced through Kewarra Beach’s streets Sunday accompanied by a live band, a passel of photographers, and a ritual canopy. The center of all that attention? A brand new Torah scroll.
E. Gopin | News | Thursday, August 10, 2017
Chabad Unveils New Tech Innovation Lab on Campus
In their latest move, Illini Chabad has unveiled a purpose-built innovation and study co-working space.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, August 7, 2017
Tisha B'Av: Remembering for a Better Future
The idea of remembering, and the traditions that facilitate remembering are everywhere embedded in Jewish life, enabling us to bridge the wide gap between past and present, not for the sake of keeping us tethered to the past, but so that we will have a future to look forward to as Jews.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, July 31, 2017
“Talmud Day” Commemorates Years of Learning in Sacramento
Five years ago, Rick Brodovsky, a Sacramento, California native, was at a crossroads. Confronted with difficult decisions and an unclear future, Brodovsky turned to his local Chabad rabbi for advice.
Nehama Silvers | News | Friday, July 28, 2017
Kosher Comes to Jamaica—in the Form of Jerk Falafel
With the opening of the Kosher Hot Spot & Welcome Center in Montego Bay, Chabad of Jamaica is fusing two different food styles into an incredible Israeli-Jamaican culinary experience.
Esther Gopin | News | Thursday, July 27, 2017
History in the Making: A Jewish Revival Sweeps Yiddish-Speaking Birobidzhan
A mikvah under construction in Birobidzhan? Yes, and it will be the first for the Jews of the Jewish Autonomous Region in Russia’s Far East, where Chabad is leading a revival.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, July 24, 2017
Meet Randy Kersh
Meet Randy Kersh. A 22-year old student at the University of North Florida, Randy dreams of becoming a Reform rabbi. He was prom king at his high school in Cooper City, and he’s the co-president of his campus Chabad student group, the Jewish Ospreys. Randy also has Down syndrome.
Mushkie Engel | News | Monday, July 24, 2017
A Bar Mitzvah in Laos
Nestled between Thailand and Vietnam, Laos presents a daunting challenge to new Chabad reps Rabbi Shalom and Tammy Glitzenstein.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, July 13, 2017
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Breaking Bread in Buenos Aires—With 1,499 Friends
Students and young Jewish professionals celebrated Shabbat dinner at the La Rural convention center. They talked and sang and bonded over a three-course catered dinner that lasted until the wee hours of the morning.
Esther Gopin | News | Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Chabad Teams Up with AEPi in Vienna for Mass Fraternity Bar Mitzvah
Earlier this month, five university students from the Lauder Business School in Vienna were joined by their families from Switzerland, Germany, Hungary and Ukraine as they celebrated their bar mitzvahs.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, July 11, 2017
Today in Chabad History: 12-13 Tammuz
The twelfth of Tammuz (this year: July 6) is the birthday of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of blessed memory. It is also the day when the Rabbi received a notice of freedom from his exile in Kastroma, Russia.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Survivor Moshe Holtzberg Pledges to Return to Mumbai
“I want to ask you something from all my heart… please continue to remember my parents.”
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, July 5, 2017
Knesset Speaker Visits Site of Former Incarceration
Israeli Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein recently paid a visit to a place where he was once kept captive: the infamous Butyrka prison in Moscow, the site of his three-months-long incarceration in 1984.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, July 4, 2017
A First for Forsyth
Most synagogues don’t hold press conferences to announce the purchase of a permanent location, and most synagogue press conferences aren’t attended by the mayor, the chief of police, three county commissioners, state and local representatives, and members of the Chamber of Commerce.
Mushkie Engel | News | Monday, July 3, 2017
Chabad Keeps Up at Kent State University
Rabbi Moshe and Mussie Sasonkin, who opened a campus Chabad center in May, recognize the opportunity that presents for interfacing with students individually.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, June 26, 2017
The Rebbe's Yahrtzeit
The life of a tzaddik is not a life of the flesh, but a spiritual life consisting wholly of faith, awe, and love of G‑d. - Tanya
Staff Writer | News | Monday, June 26, 2017
Jewish Youth Center Opens in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia
A new children’s educational center opened its doors in FJC’s Jewish community of Krasnoyarsk, Southern Siberia this week.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, June 22, 2017
Small-Town Jewish Communities Get a Holiday Boost
While many American Jews spent the days leading up to Shavuot baking cheesecakes, 110 Chabad rabbis were busy boarding planes and busses to different remote locations across North America.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Lubavitch International Wins Rockower Award
Lubavitch International won two awards in AJPA (American Jewish Press Association) Simon Rockower Awards Competition for Excellence in Jewish Journalism.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, June 19, 2017
Jewish Life Blooms in Boquete, Panama
Boquete, Panama is a small town in the Chiriqui province in Panama’s interior, little more than thirty miles away from the Costa Rican border.
Nehama Silvers | News | Monday, June 19, 2017
Locals Work Together to Build Merrick’s First Mikvah
It seemed an unlikely prospect that the women of the small suburban community of Merrick-Bellmore-Wantagh in Long Island would one day have their own mikvah.
Esther Gopin | News | Monday, June 19, 2017
“Mi Ani? Modeh Ani!”
A clever advertising campaign in Tel Aviv has put oomph and dazzle into a traditional Jewish ritual. Slick video clips appearing on Chabad of Tel Aviv’s “Modeh Ani” social media pages feature singers and actors celebrating the morning ritual of giving thanks.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Small-City Chabad Emissaries Convene in Catalonia
A picturesque city in northeastern Catalonia famous for its medieval architecture and the old Jewish Quarter, Girona was host to the first-ever European and Central African Regional Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries earlier this week.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Stained Glass Windows Shine Light on Mitzvah Campaign
It was a hot August morning in Mequon, Wisconsin, when Rabbi Dovid Rapoport completed the Shacharit services and gently closed his siddur. “I don’t mind leading services,” the senior Chabad emissary joked, shielding his eyes against the sunlight streaming into the synagogue, “but some stained glass windows would sure be nice.”
Esther Gopin | News | Friday, June 9, 2017
At Wesleyan University, Jewish Life Sees Progress
In 2014, the Connecticut Jewish Ledger listed Rabbi Levi and Chanie Schectman on their annual “Movers and Shakers” list. For those who knew them, this didn’t come as a surprise; since the couple had opened Chabad at Wesleyan in 2011, they had had an increasing impact on Jewish students at Wesleyan University
Nehama Silvers | News | Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Wordsmith: Chayut
Chayut in this sense means a combination of verve, liveliness, spirit, enthusiasm, vigor. Pour all those words into a pot, stir on high until you get chayut, a useful new addition to your vocabulary that is ready to be used immediately in everyday conversation with your local Chasid.
Shmuel Loebenstein | News | Monday, June 5, 2017
The Shluchim Office Relaunches International Tefillin Bank
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the tefillin campaign, the Shluchim Office will reopen the International Tefillin Bank.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, May 29, 2017
Estonian Jewry Celebrates 10 Years of First Jewish Center Since WWII
Last Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of the Jewish Community Center in Tallinn, Estonia, celebrating ten years of the first Jewish establishment built in the country since the Holocaust and a decade since Estonia became the last European country to finally get its own synagogue.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, May 29, 2017
Crown Heights Street to Be Named After Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, May 24, 2017
1967 News Piece: Half Million Jews Observe Tefillin at Western Wall
In honor of Yom Yerushalayim and 50 years since the reunification of Israel, we present this article, which was originally published by Lubavitch News Service in 1967, discussing the success of the Tefillin campaign since its inception days before the war began.
FLASHBACK! | News | Wednesday, May 24, 2017
A New Home for Calgary’s Jews
It was a cloudy day in May when Chabad of Calgary hosted 700 guests to celebrate the grand opening event of their new center.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Tefillin: The Pulse of Israel
As head of the Mossad, Israel’s national intelligence agency, Yossi Cohen’s routine is anything but humdrum. Beginning his day at the crack of dawn, the recently appointed director is responsible for counterterrorism and the security of the Jewish state.
Rena Udkoff | News | Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Nine Million Dollar Building is First of its Kind in the World
The Jewish Youth Network offers programming and classes for Toronto’s younger set. Students can earn high school credits through after-school Torah classes, volunteer at a variety of teen-directed initiatives, participate in trips and retreats, and hang out in a fun and safe environment.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, May 18, 2017
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Of Boy Scouts, Rabbis, and Mikvehs
To become an eagle scout, Rochester boy scout Benjy Spanjer was required to undertake, lead, and manage a project that would benefit a school, religious institution, or community. His choice? Help renovate a local mikveh.
Nehama Silvers | News | Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Today in Jewish History: Kfar Chabad Established
The village of Kfar Chabad was established 68 years ago today.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, May 17, 2017
New Kids on the Block
As far as neighborhoods go, South of Market does not have the best reputation. The half-square-mile area is patchwork of abandoned warehouses and organic juice bars, where the homeless share sidewalks with robotics engineers fresh out of Stanford.
Chava Lieba Witkes | News | Thursday, May 11, 2017
Re: In Conversation With Géza Röhrig, Lead Actor of Son of Saul
Re: In Conversation With Géza Röhrig, Lead Actor of Son of Saul
News | Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Re: Woman’s Strength
Re: Woman’s Strength
News | Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Re: Made in the Image of G-d: The Jewish Way in Death and Burial
Re: Made in the Image of G-d: The Jewish Way in Death and Burial
News | Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Re: Jewish Federations and Chabad Find a New Way Forward
Re: Jewish Federations and Chabad Find a New Way Forward
News | Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Los Alamitos HS Students Pick Up Shawarma, Hebrew, and Foreign Language Credits at Chabad
There are very few things that can stop teens from sleeping in on Sundays, but Los Alamitos Hebrew High has them jumping out of bed.
Dora Lieberman | News | Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Low Tech Cool Brings Hi-Impact Change To South Africa
Everyone, no matter their financial capacity, has something to offer another and these little arks could be quickly and painlessly filled before being gifted to someone less fortunate.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, May 9, 2017
For Jewish Students at ASU, It’s Time to Play Ball
Chabad’s new student recreation center gives Jewish ASU students a place to hang out and have fun
Nehama Silvers | News | Monday, May 8, 2017
Florida Chabad Wins Grand Prize in “Give Day” Contest
Chabad of Clearwater, Florida, took home first place in a local contest this week, coming ahead of nearly 600 other nonprofits in the greater Tampa Bay area in a bid to win grand prize.
Staff Writer | News | Friday, May 5, 2017
As French Jews Arrive In Israel, Chabad Reaches Out
French students and residents in the port area now have a Chabad center of their own
Esther Gopin | News | Wednesday, May 3, 2017
What’s Your Hunger?
A members-only operation like Costco, The Family Store sells subsidized groceries and home goods to over 500 Jewish families. In a city where a bottle of kosher milk costs five dollars, even working individuals in Montreal struggle to put food on the table.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Survivors of Terror: Israel's Double Orphans Grow Up
In Israel, doubly orphaned survivors of terror and their grandparents pick up the pieces.
Rena Udkoff | News | Thursday, April 27, 2017
Pie (No Longer) in the Sky
Thirty-five minutes is all it takes to cook one of the new, highly-anticipated kosher Gino’s East pizzas. But for Rabbi Yosef Moscowitz, the man responsible for bringing Chicago’s world-famous pie into kosher homes, it took closer to five years.
Scott Hirsch | News | Thursday, April 27, 2017
Moses, Mirrors and the Trauma of Birth
There is something starkly disconcerting—almost sacrilegious—about taking a “biographical approach” to the life of Moses.
Chana Silberstein | News | Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Jewish Federations & Chabad Find A New Way Forward
Toledo Chabad and the Federation broke the mold. Together, they formed an effective partnership that has since served Toledo’s Jewish community, making it a model of cooperation.
Rena Udkoff | News | Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Chabad of Berlin Publishes German Prayerbook, Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
A new German-language Orthodox siddur makes the Jewish prayer book accessible to modern German speakers.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, April 24, 2017
My Heart Is In Samara...
Dina Deutch served as an emissary in Samara, Russia, since 1997. With 5,000 Jewish residences on their mailing list, Dina and her husband built an impressive coterie of educational programming, social services and religious outlets in Russia’s sixth largest city.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Rabbi Mendel Deitsch, 64, OBM
We mourn the passing of Chabad emissary Rabbi Menachem Mendel Deitsch, who passed away Saturday in Jerusalem after sustaining severe injuries in an anti-semitic attack last October.
Staff Writer | News | Sunday, April 16, 2017
Russia: Thousands Attend More Than 500 Public Seders Across the Country
Over 500 public Seders were attended by thousands of Jews in Russia this year.
Staff Writer | News | Friday, April 14, 2017
Illinois Declares Education and Sharing Day, Welcomes Passover with Gov. Rauner
In what has by now become a tradition, Governor signed a proclamation declaring 11 Nissan as "Education and Sharing Day.”
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, April 13, 2017
Thousands of Berlin Jews Receive Assistance for Pesach
This year, over 1,000 welfare-supported Jewish families in Berlin received generous food baskets in honor of the holiday of Passover.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, April 13, 2017
A Passover Message for Today
Let us come together at the Seder table, and celebrate the dignity, the humanity, the goodness and the G-dliness that unite us.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Friday, April 7, 2017
From Cemeteries to Celebration: Jewish Students Spend Spring Break in Berlin
While their classmates were spending spring break in warmer climates, 18 Jewish students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign traveled to Berlin for a week long Alternative Spring Break.
Lazer Cohen | News | Friday, April 7, 2017
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Book Review: Early Years
“What was the Rebbe’s childhood like? Who were his contemporaries? What kind of schooling did he receive? Who were his mentors and teachers? What role did he play in the efforts to preserve Judaism under Soviet oppression?
Chana Silberstein | News | Thursday, April 6, 2017
Zaidy’s Passover Seder
Few holidays compete with Passover’s child-centered rituals. The seder packs customs and narratives enough to animate a child’s imagination all year round.
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, April 5, 2017
New Nursing Center, First of its Kind, Opens in Moscow
It was a small but impressive ceremony last week marking the opening of the Shaarei Tzedek Jewish Chesed Center which provides professional nursing care to about 2,000 elderly Jews, free of charge.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Chasidic And Unconventional
Chavie Bruk moved to Bozeman, Montana with her husband Chaim in 2007. Their community has grown steadily since and so has their family, but not in the most conventional of ways.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, April 4, 2017
“We Need Your Prayers”
In September 2014, Lubavitch International ran a three-part series on the cities affected by the war. Three years later, we asked Rabbi Vishedski to update our readers.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Baking Bread in Brooklyn
An educational matzah experience attracts over 2,000 visitors a season—including the occasional senator.
Chava Lieba Witkes | News | Monday, April 3, 2017
Reshaping the Jewish Landscape in Northern Arizona
A groundbreaking ceremony this past Sunday, March 26, for the Molly Blank Jewish Community Center, now marks a new era for Flagstaff's Jewish community.
Esther Gopin | News | Friday, March 31, 2017
Park Slope Redux
Sarah Hecht is the founder of Chai Tots, an award-winning group of preschools in Brooklyn. As the mother of 13, the 51-year-old is a dynamo: 10 months of the year she directs her popular schools, while the summer finds her in the Catskills running a sleepaway camp for 300 teenagers.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, March 30, 2017
Woman of the Amazon
Dvora Raichman is no newbie to the Amazon. The 29-year-old grew up in the region’s largest city, Belem, Brazil, and now serves as an emissary to remote Manaus, in the middle of the jungle.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Shabbat 1000 Unites Pennsylvania Universities
One thousand students, faculty, administrators, and alumni from ten Pittsburgh-area universities celebrated Shabbat at Carnegie Mellon’s Wiegand Gymnasium on the weekend of March 24.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, March 27, 2017
Book Review: Who Are You Calling Selfish?
Something powerful happens when we recognize that raising children is something greater than the vehicle to our personal fulfillment and happiness: it is a sacred responsibility.
Miri Birk | News | Monday, March 27, 2017
Purpose in Pudong
When Nechamie Greenberg and her husband Avraham moved to Pudong, China, in 2006, the section of Shanghai was only 20 years old.
News | Thursday, March 23, 2017
Virginia Tech Fights Back
It was another ordinary Saturday afternoon when Chabad Rabbi Zvi Yaakov Zwiebel stepped out of the Chabad Librescu Jewish Student Center, located just across the street from Virginia Tech University, to find the lawn littered with over a hundred leaflets bearing hand-drawn swastikas.
Esther Gopin | News | Tuesday, March 21, 2017
G-d Doesn’t Work For Me
Highland Park, Illinois, is an affluent suburb north of Chicago where Michla Schanowitz and her husband Rabbi Yossi serve as directors of North Suburban Lubavitch Chabad.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Made In The Image of G-d
With the number of cremations now surpassing the number of burials in the United States, many rabbis have been moved to take a proactive approach and educate their communities about Judaism’s view on death, burial and the afterlife.
Rena Udkoff | News | Monday, March 20, 2017
The Great Jewish Food Debate Comes to U. Penn
For the past 71 years, philosophers, noted academics and Nobel laureates have come to argue whether the Hamantash, the pastry traditionally eaten on Purim, is greater than the Latke, the potato pancake eaten on Chanukah.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, March 16, 2017
Holiday Highlights: Festive Purim Celebrations Brighten up Moscow’s Winter
Thousands of people took part in more than a hundred different events that were held in Moscow over Purim this year.
Shie Deitsch | News | Thursday, March 16, 2017
Mikveh Renaissance
For a growing number of women in the digital age of 2017, the ancient ritual of mikveh immersion is becoming the spiritual restorative of their choice.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, March 13, 2017
Purim Joy To Permeate Tel Aviv
With fifty designated "party points" located around the city, Purim in Tel Aviv is set to be an awesome experience.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, March 9, 2017
Unfurling The Scroll
Purim celebrates a familiar plot: A nation threatened with destruction is saved at the eleventh hour when its enemy’s plans are miraculously thwarted.
News | Thursday, March 9, 2017
Opposition Leader Bougie Herzog Visits Jewish Institutions in Moscow
Israeli Opposition Leader and head of the Zionist Union Mr. Isaac (Bougie) Herzog was invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Parliament to visit Moscow this week.
Shie Deitsch | News | Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Chabad at University of Illinois Opens Hospitality House
Students and parents at the University of Illinois Urabana-Champaign now have a place to unwind and spend a quiet night.
E. Gopin | News | Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Flashback: Lubavitcher Rebbe Arrives in the United States
It was a typically brisk windswept March morning, that Tuesday back in 1940, which saw a crowd of several thousand at New York's pier 97, gathered there to witness what was to be one of the finest hours in Judeo-American history.
Lubavitch News Service-1965 | News | Tuesday, March 7, 2017
New Mikveh Opens in Abuja, Nigeria
Jewish Women in Nigeria finally have a mikveh of their own. The new addition to Abuja—a clean and modern oasis in the literal and figurative Nigerian desert—brings an ancient practice to Jewish women in West Africa.
Staff Writer | News | Friday, March 3, 2017
Wordsmith: Iskafya
Iskafya is the mind showing the body who his boss. “So, mister,” says the mind. “You want to indulge in that indulgence? Do you? No. Not today.”
Shmuel Loebenstein | News | Wednesday, March 1, 2017
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Conversations With The Conductor
For everyone who regularly recites Tehillim (or is ready to start), this is a book that will considerably deepen—even transform—the experience.
Chana Silberstein | News | Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Bibi Netanyahu Meets with Sydney Jewish Community and Australian PM
Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited Sydney’s Central Synagogue Wednesday as part of an official diplomatic trip to Australia.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Life Sketches: Tefillin in the Eldridge St. Shul
This past summer, my wife and I and our 12-year-old daughter spent a few days in New York for her bat mitzvah. We love Jewish history so we visited the historic Eldridge Street Synagogue on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
Rabbi Yossie Denburg | News | Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Chabad at Wash. U Hosts Landfill-Free Shabbat Dinner
Chabad at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, held their first landfill-free Friday night dinner this past January, where everything not eaten was either composted, reused, or recycled.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, February 20, 2017
Chabad Opens in Mar del Plata, Argentina
It was just over a month ago, on the fifth of Tevet, that Rabbi Zalmi and Patsonia Lipinski relocated to Mar del Plata to open the 37th branch of Chabad in Argentina.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, February 16, 2017
Pursuing the Path of Peace
Empowered by the Rebbe’s vision, inspired by the Rebbetzin’s devotion and guided by the Torah, the ways of Chabad shluchos, together with their husbands, are clearly “ways of pleasantness, and all their paths are in peace.”
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Thursday, February 16, 2017
Woman’s Strength
Shluchot from all corners of the world gathered to draw inspiration and knowledge from an extended weekend jam-packed with workshops and events at the International Conference of Shluchot. 3,500 women from 90 countries celebrated at the event’s banquet dinner, which took place Sunday, February 20.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Life Sketches: 32 Year Later
During the holiday of Sukkot, our son, today the Chabad representative at the University of Madison, received a random $500 donation from someone in Colorado.
Faygie Matusof | News | Monday, February 13, 2017
Re: From Heartbreak to Hope: Chabad Takes Children Off the Streets
Lubavitch International's readers respond
News | Thursday, February 9, 2017
Chabad at Stockton University Purchases New Center
When Rabbi Meir and Shaina Rapoport and their son Mendel moved to Galloway Township, N.J., in September of 2016 to serve the Jewish student body at Stockton University, they knew that they’d need a bigger space—and fast.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, February 9, 2017
Re: Tell Them It’s Never Too Late
Lubavitch International's readers respond
News | Wednesday, February 8, 2017
If You Build It, You Will Come
Chabad of Columbia gets a new home, by the people for the people
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, February 6, 2017
Today in Jewish History: Yud (10) Shvat
Yud Shvat is one of the most important events in the Chabad-Lubavitch calendar.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, February 6, 2017
Chabad to Open on the Greek Island of Rhodes
Well over 150,000 Israeli tourists visited the Greek island of Rhodes in 2016. For many, the first question asked when they arrived was, “Where is the local Beit Chabad?”
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, February 2, 2017
Chabad Emissary Opens Illinois’ Annual “State of the State” Address
Rabbi Avraham Kagan, director of government affairs for Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois and Rabbi of Chabad of River North, delivered the invocation at the joint session of the Illinois House of Representative and Senate in Springfield, Illinois.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Jewish Federation of Chapel Hill Recognizes Chabad Representative
Rabbi Zalman and Yehudis Bluming receive the Earl and Gladys Siegel Award
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Chabad Representative Curates a Unique Judaica Collection
Staff Writer | News | Sunday, January 22, 2017
Moving Forward
“Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for the awe of it, men would swallow one another alive.” (Ethics of the Fathers, Chapter 3)
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Friday, January 20, 2017
Life Sketches: The Empty Seat
A gentleman comes over and asks if he could sit down in the empty seat next to mine. It is the only available seat left in the whole place. I introduce myself. “I know who you are,” he says. “You’re the chief rabbi here.”
Yosef Yitzchak Wolff | News | Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Portland, Oregon: School's Closed, But Chabad Preschool Takes Shabbat Party Online
In a unique and creative effort to compensate for all the fun children are missing at school, The Gan - Portland Jewish Preschool is taking its weekly Shabbat party online.
Staff Writer | News | Friday, January 13, 2017
Life Sketches: Tevye in the 99-Cent Store
I walked into the 99-cent store on Poway Rd. and noticed a man smiling at me so I gave him a big “Hello!”
Mendy Rubenfeld | News | Thursday, January 12, 2017
Israeli President Ruvi Rivlin Visits Tbilisi’s Great Synagogue
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Chabad of Vail Overturns 1970s Amendment, Establishes Religious Center
Chabad Jewish Center has just purchased a building to be used as its permanent home, overturning a longstanding amendment in the process.
E. Gopin | News | Monday, January 9, 2017
Yeshiva Offers Progressive Masters In Chaplaincy
Chaplaincy opens up a world beyond the rabbinate, for women and others who want to be involved in pastoral care.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Australian Prime Minister Visits Central Synagogue in Sydney
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy joined the pre-Shabbat menorah lighting ceremony at the Central Synagogue of Sydney this past Friday.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, January 2, 2017
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Life Sketches: The Pushka in My Hand
Mark,* the father of a six-year-old girl, recently lost his wife. I listened silently to his heartbreaking story. Was there anything I could do for my newfound friend? Anything I can say that would bring him comfort?
Shmuly Hecht | News | Monday, January 2, 2017
In Conversation With Géza Röhrig, Lead Actor of Son of Saul
Son of Saul actor Geza Rohrig talks with Lubavitch International about his role in the film, his poetry, and his journey to Chabad.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, December 29, 2016
Overview: Chanukah 5777 in Moscow, Russia
For Russia’s Jews, the Chanukah holiday, its lights and message of religious freedom and the triumph of good over evil has particular resonance. Here are some holiday highlights.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Hebrew Academy Attempts Guinness World Record for Biggest Latka
Bring on the puns: Huntington Beach community members, along with students and faculty of Hebrew Academy, took the adage “go big or go home” very seriously on Friday as they attempted to fry and flip the world's first 7-foot traditional Chanukah latka.
E. Gopin | News | Tuesday, December 27, 2016
New Center for Jewish Life Dedicated in Stamford, CT
Situated on a prime two acres of land along one of Stamford’s busiest thoroughfares, the 20,000-square-foot center provides much-needed space for Chabad’s many activities.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, December 26, 2016
Who Is The Teacher In That Photo?
When you look at photographs of Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust, do you wonder who the people in this picture were. Did they survive the Holocaust? What were their names? And who are their children? Where are they now?
Leah Namdar | News | Monday, December 26, 2016
Book Review: For the Love of Truth
Peace and Truth. The two qualities are often at odds. It is easy to maintain the peace if we are willing to bend the truth, and easy to tell the truth if we don’t need to worry about who will be hurt by it.
Chana Silberstein | News | Thursday, December 22, 2016
Berlin Jewish Community to Step Up Chanukah Activities Following Attack
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Chabad of Aventura Breaks Ground on New Facility
Aventura Chabad’s new facility showcases incredible growth from trailer to multimillion-dollar center
Staff Writer | News | Monday, December 19, 2016
Prime Minister and Sarah Netanyahu Visit Great Synagogue in Astana, Kazhakstan
Bibi Netanyahu shares words from the Rebbe at Kazhakstan Great Synagogue
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, December 15, 2016
Illinois Governor Takes Dreidel for a Spin
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner Gets a Gimmel
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Prime Minister Netanyahu Visits Chabad School in Baku, Azerbaijan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah met with children at the Azerbaijan Ohr Avner Chabad Jewish Day School today, where they spoke with the students the miracle of Chanukah.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Stapleton Community Unites Across Faiths To Combat Anti-Semitism
After encountering anti-Semitism in their community, Jews and non-Jews unite to show support in Stapleton
Esther Gopin | News | Tuesday, December 13, 2016
New Shluchim to Spring Hill, Florida
Rabbi Chaim and Seema Lipszyc will be moving to Spring Hill, Hernando County shortly after Chanukah to provide Jewish resources to the 3000 Jews living in Hernando County and nearby Citrus County.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, December 12, 2016
From Heartbreak to Hope
More than 700,000 children live in state-run institutions in Russia and Ukraine. Many go to bed hungry, never see the inside of a classroom and endure abuse, neglect, and deprivation. Approximately 8,000 Jewish children are orphaned and homeless throughout the former Soviet Union.
Rena Udkoff | News | Thursday, December 8, 2016
Wordsmith: Derher
The phrase “I hear you” is the linguistic equivalent of a homeless orphan with no siblings. It makes sense in English on a very practical level, but it is a phrase whose richness can only be fully realized in light of its Yiddish origins and philosophical significance.
Shmuel Loebenstein | News | Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Life Sketches: The Convert at Kol Nidre
It was 1991, our first year in Solon, and a week before our model Passover Seder when a woman in a local supermarket approached me.
Zushe Greenberg | News | Monday, December 5, 2016
Editorial: Face Value
Some years ago while working on a story about a Chabad representative who led a dramatic Jewish revival in a South American country, I interviewed a local donor, an older European businessman with a thick Yiddish accent.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, December 1, 2016
Chabad at Johns Hopkins Hosts 13th Annual Dinner
“Chabad’s acronym for Wisdom, Understanding and Knowledge and its central philosophy and goals are remarkably similar to the mission of The Johns Hopkins Hospital.”
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, December 1, 2016
Re: Face Value: Being Jewish at Home and on the Street
Lubavitch International's readers respond
News | Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Chabad To Open in South Dakota
B. Davids | News | Sunday, November 27, 2016
Holocaust Survivor Celebrates Bar Mitzvah at Age 88
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Rabbi Eliemelech Zwiebel, Spiritual Mentor to Many, 75
Rabbi Eliemelech Zwiebel, the spiritual mentor at the Rabbinical College of America, passed away suddenly yesterday at age 75.
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, November 21, 2016
Souls-on-the-Don: A Photographic Journey
Souls on the Don, not unlike Humans of New York which provides a glimpse into the lives of strangers, open a lens onto the lives of others living far away, and thus revives a nearly forgotten chapter of Jewish history.
Rena Udkoff | News | Sunday, November 20, 2016
Nazi's Daughter Visits Grave of Father's Victims
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, November 15, 2016
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New Jewish Learning Center Opens in Louisville, Kentucky
The Louisville Slugger, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Fort Knox, the Kentucky Derby, and even Muhammad Ali all have their roots in Kentucky’s largest city. Now, Louisville can boast of its latest addition: Chabad’s new Jewish Learning Center.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, November 14, 2016
“Tell Them It’s Never Too Late”
A world traveler, a long-time talk radio host, a man of remarkable knowledge and great musical talent, David O'Malley finally learned what it was that he was looking for in the last weeks of his life.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, November 10, 2016
Lehigh University Students Celebrate New Chabad Center
On Sunday, October 30, 2016, Jewish students at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania were celebrating—and it wasn’t because of Halloweekend.
Esther Gopin | News | Monday, November 7, 2016
Bethlehem Chabad Purchases Historic Adams House for New Center
Adams House, a local landmark located in Bethlehem, NY, has had a long and varied history. First built in 1838 by Nathaniel Adams, the founder of Bethlehem’s Delmar hamlet, the Greek Revival has been home to the town hall, volunteer fire department, post office, and most recently, NYSARC. This October, after nearly a year of vacancy, Adams House’s newest inhabitants moved in. The latest in a long string of prestigious institutions, Bethlehem Chabad now calls Adams House their home.
Esther Gopin | News | Friday, October 28, 2016
It’s A Lemon. It’s An Orange. It’s An Esrog!
Dvora Lakein | News | Sunday, October 16, 2016
Three New Shuls Open in Moscow Neighborhoods
Shie Deitsch | News | Friday, October 14, 2016
Chattanooga Celebrates New Jewish Center
Hundreds of Chattanooga Jewish community members, visiting dignitaries, and other well-wishers celebrated the opening of the newly renovated Chabad Center for Jewish Life in historic Fort Wood.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, October 5, 2016
The Hertog Study: Tracking Jewish Continuity Through Chabad on Campus
A new third-party study on Chabad’s impact on Jewish students at American college campuses challenges Jewish philanthropic organizations to take a closer look at how their charitable giving measures up and where their investments yield the most significant returns.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, September 29, 2016
Israel’s President, Shimon Peres, 93
Chabad mourns the passing of Shimon Peres, Israel’s elder statesman and two-term Prime Minister who died early Wednesday morning.
News | Wednesday, September 28, 2016
A Jewish Wedding In Seoul, South Korea
When Rachel and Jeff Czerniak came to the Chabad rabbi in Seoul asking that he officiate their marriage, they made history with the first Jewish wedding in the South Korean capital.
Esther Gopin | News | Friday, September 23, 2016
Puerto Rico Jewish Community Inaugurates New Chabad Center
Some 300 of Puerto Rico’s Jewish community turned out to celebrate the grand opening of the Rohr Chabad Center and new mikveh last week.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Grand Opening of New Chabad Center, Mikveh in Belgrade, Serbia
On his first visit to Belgrade, Rabbi Yehoshua Kaminetsky was stranded. The room he booked was taken, and no area hotel had any availability. With nowhere to go, he spent the night in a hotel lobby, and told himself that he’d never move to Belgrade.
Staff Writer | News | Friday, September 16, 2016
New Synagogue Opens in Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport
A new synagogue serving Jewish travelers who pass through Russia's busiest airport opened this September.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, September 15, 2016
Chabad at University of Wisconsin Wins Motion To Expand
It was a textbook case of competing values. The need for vibrancy and growth vs the desire to preserve the historic came head to head when Chabad at the University of Wisconsin sought permission to demolish an old house on its property. No one could say how the City of Madison’s planning commission would finally decide the motion.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, September 15, 2016
It Takes a Community: Vernon Hills Jewish Residents Renovate New Chabad House
When the Susskinds moved their Chabad House into a new facility, they had to renovate the entire building. Luckily, they didn't have to do it alone.
Esther Gopin | News | Friday, September 9, 2016
First & Only Food Truck on Campus at Vanderbilt University, And It’s Kosher!
Craving Bubby's Brisket? Chabad of Vanderbilt's got you covered. "Aryeh's Kitchen" is the first and only food truck on campus at Vanderbilt University, and it's fully kosher.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Oslo’s Jews Dance in the Streets, Hoping for Better Days Ahead
Chabad of Oslo, Norway, hosted a historic Torah dedication ceremony as they celebrated the completion of a new Torah scroll with a parade, banquet, and concert.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, September 5, 2016
Kosher Comes to the Amazonian Rainforest
What’s a Chabad rabbi to do if he wants to help Jews in the in the Amazon Rainforest keep kosher? Rabbi Arieh Raichman, Chabad representative to Manaus, Brazil, has been chewing on this conundrum for some time now.
News | Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Chabad Completes New Center in Vancouver Island, Victoria
Chabad of Vancouver Island, Victoria, opened the Verrier Family Chabad Centre for Jewish Life and Learning last Wednesday, August 24th, in a historic ceremony.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, August 29, 2016
A Homecoming: 500 Chabad Rabbis Convene in Russia
500 Chabad representatives from former Soviet countries and Europe convene in Russia once again
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Children of Prison Inmates Go Camping
In 2011, Aleph Institute established the Aleph Institute Jonathan Stampler Camp Fund, giving children of incarcerated parents the chance to attend Jewish summer camp by offering generous subsidies and scholarships.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Chabad Opens in Cochise County, Arizona
New Shluchim move to Sierra Vista, Arizona to provide services to local Jews.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, August 22, 2016
Wordsmith: Shtus D’kedusha
As is true of every close-knit cultural group that enjoys a history, traditions and habits particular and peculiar to it, conversations among Chabad Chasidim are typically peppered with terms that have meanings particular and peculiar to it.
Shmuel Loebenstein | News | Thursday, August 18, 2016
August 16, 1940: 770 Purchased
It was on August 16, 1940, that 770 Eastern Parkway was purchased.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Books: APIKOROS OR IGNORAMUS?
Many years ago an apikoros (heretic) moved into a Jewish town, and word of his presence soon spread. The local Rabbi had never met an apikoros before. Intrigued, he came to the apikoros and asked him, "Are you really an apikoros?"
Miri Birk | News | Tuesday, August 16, 2016
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Life Sketches: Cheesecake for Bibi
It was a Saturday night in 2012. Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu was sitting shiva after his father’s death and my husband and I felt that as his neighbors—we both live in the Talbiyeh neighborhood—it would be appropriate to send our condolences.
Chana Canterman, | News | Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Life Sketches: A Rabbi and a Priest
So a rabbi and a priest walk into a bar. No, this is not a joke, it’s a true story. But it wasn’t a bar, it was a restaurant. The rabbi was me and the priest was from the Archdiocese in Johannesburg.
Yossy Goldman | News | Tuesday, August 9, 2016
New Mikvah in Siberia Marks Rebirth of the Jewish Community
Omsk’s Jewish community celebrated the opening of a new women’s mikvah last month. Community-funded, the building project garnered the support of more than 1,000 local residents.
Rena Udkoff | News | Monday, August 8, 2016
Have Kosher, Will Travel
Helene Bortz is planning her next family vacation. A mom of four grown boys and the director of a non-profit, Bortz enjoys traveling the world with her physician husband, and likes to visit at least one or two new countries every year.
Rena Udkoff | News | Thursday, August 4, 2016
Adults in Preschool: A Peek Inside Osher’s Classrooms
The school’s parents bequeathed it the name “Osher,” meaning both happiness and wealth, reflecting the joy and enrichment Osher provides.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, August 1, 2016
Jewish Life Grows at McGill University
After being displaced from their campus Chabad House digs for some three years, hundreds of Jewish students who find a haven at Chabad of McGill University are finally settling back into their newly remodeled Chabad House
Rena Greenberg | News | Thursday, July 28, 2016
On the Prowl: Missionaries in The Holy Land
One day, after arming soldiers with maps, he watched them enter their armored personnel vehicles and drive off on a routine mission. As he watched them on the grainy screen, the two vehicles hit an IED [roadside bomb]. Thirteen comrades, including a dear childhood friend, were murdered.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, July 25, 2016
We Used To Call It A Mitzvah
The other day I heard someone say Chabad was “a humanitarian Jewish organization.” I cringed. She had just come from an event promoting a “groundswell of transformative social good.” One of the stage props was a larger-than-life photo of the Rebbe.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, July 21, 2016
Hungarian Yeshiva Desecrated by Nazis Restored to Jewish Community
Hungarian-born Jewish children may not appreciate the rich background to their summer camp experience. An old synagogue in Mád that has stood empty and dilapidated for over seven decades will, come next week, serve as their camp base.
Rena Udkoff | News | Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Diary: Italy 1956-2016
I was a rabbinical student then, and traveling with me were nine of my fellow students. The Rebbe had sent us on a mission to bring moral support to the Jews of Israel, specifically to those living in Kfar Chabad, near Tel Aviv.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Monday, July 18, 2016
Terror on the French Riviera: Nice Jewish Community Reels From Attack
The girls saw tens of people killed, including “babies in carriages and elderly,” before they ran to take shelter in a nearby restaurant.
Rena Greenberg | News | Thursday, July 14, 2016
Op-Ed: Healing the Racial Divide
It was only months later, on Feb. 6, 1992, that, as a 5-year-old returning home from elementary school, I was informed of the murder of my mother by a black man in an act of cruel hatred and bitter violence.
By RABBI AVRAHAM LAPINE | News | Monday, July 11, 2016
Elie Wiesel: “Therefore Be Jewish”
The passing this Shabbat, June 2, of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, has been garnering reactions from leaders and laypeople around the world. A prolific author and Nobel Laureate, Wiesel brought the evil of the Holocaust into the public conversation stirring the conscience of society at a time when survivors’ voices were not readily heard.
Baila Olidort | News | Sunday, July 3, 2016
UpStart Awards ZABS Place National Recognition
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, June 20, 2016
West Orange Celebrates Opening of New Chabad Center
The Jewish community of West Orange, NJ participated in the dedication of Chabad’s new center, June 14. The center is located at 401 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange.
News | Sunday, June 19, 2016
Chabad Rabbi Competes on CHOPPED
It is Leap of Faith, literally and otherwise, the latest episode of the Food Network’s popular cooking competition, Chopped. Rabbinic contestant, Rabbi Hanoch Hecht, Chabad’s representative to Rhinebeck, New York, faced off with three other clerics in the episode airing June 21, 2016.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, June 9, 2016
FJC Kickstarts Exciting New Summer Program
This year, 30 members of EnerJew gathered in Moscow to work on their new project, SummerJew, which will see these same camps staffed with local EnerJew members.
Etti Krinsky | News | Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Changing the Landscape of Jewish Life in the FSU
On Sunday, the Jewish community will celebrate the holiday of Shavuot, marking the Sinai revelation, when the Jews received the Torah 3,328 years ago. Now thousands of Jews, no longer under Communism’s hammer and sickle, can appreciate its meaning at a profoundly advanced level.
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, June 3, 2016
Philanthropist Mr. David Chase, 86
Philanthropist extraordinaire, Mr. David Chase, a founding member of the Machne Israel Development Fund and Chairman of the Board of the Rabbinical College of America, passed away at the age of 86. .
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Friday, June 3, 2016
Wordsmith: Farbrengen
Faint echoes of German can be heard in Yiddish. Translators and lexicographers struggling to capture the meaning of a Yiddish word can sometimes amplify those sounds until a rich and nuanced definition resonates from the German origins.
Shmuel Lobenstein | News | Thursday, June 2, 2016
Remembering Rivky
Rivky Berman, a young woman who battled serious illness while serving as a Chabad emissary, passed away Monday. Rivky’s pluck and perseverance, her larger-than-life attitude in the face of great challenge, made her an inspiration to many. She was 29.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Tefillin on the Run: Chabad at the Comrades
The Comrades Marathon is to South Africa what the New York City Marathon is to the United States. Only two times as long.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, May 26, 2016
Memorial Museum Opens to Honor Jewish Life in Brazil
Yona Krasilchik arrived in Sao Paulo in 1908 with a small group of landsmen from Bessarabia. By 1912, he had helped build Kehilat Israel, the city’s first synagogue, and soon after, a Jewish hospital, cemetery, and school.
News | Tuesday, May 24, 2016
European Jewish Forum for Women Meets in Prague
When the Nazis invaded Prague in 1939, they seized Judaica collections from around the region. Their goal: to replace the Jewish Quarter’s residents with the “Museum of the Extinct Race.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, May 20, 2016
LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD: Male and Female He Created Them
Does the world really need another book about Women and Judaism? Like the “Mommy Wars”—the subject often makes women enemies of one another.
Chana Silberstein | News | Thursday, May 19, 2016
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Jewish by Design: Chabad at FIT
They meet weekly in A320, an unassuming club room at the iconic Fashion Institute of Technology. Students of toy design, fashion, and business, they gather each Tuesday to create something ever more eternal.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Mental Health Awareness Grows on College Campuses
The first crisis the young Chabad rabbi encountered when he arrived at the University of Pennsylvania was a suicide. The victim was the son of a faculty member and Rabbi Menachem Schmidt, the campus’ new Chabad representative...
Dvora Lakein | News | Sunday, May 15, 2016
Former Choir Boy Turns Chabad Campus Rabbi
During a two-week period several years ago, Matthew Devlin felt hopeless. The 18-year-old came to rest his head one night on a table in a Manhattan Starbucks.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, May 12, 2016
260,000 Study Sessions And Counting
The organization, which matches people as study partners, celebrated its 10th anniversary at a gala dinner honoring its volunteers. Those volunteers, who commit to weekly half-hour sessions for at least three months, are the mainstay of this organization.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, May 9, 2016
LUGANSK: Forgotten Refugees, Emissaries in Exile, Jewish Community Holds On
Over the past two years, the Lugansk community has relied on the critical support of Jewish communities around the world who have galvanized to lend resources and moral support to Jewish refugees and locals alike. Central among them, is the Jewish community of Weston, Florida, which has been assisting the Lugansk community for many years.
News | Thursday, May 5, 2016
Chabad of UCF To Expand
A two-acre property down the block from the University of Central Florida campus will soon see a a three million dollar facility go up. The space, conducive to their growing community of about 6,000 Jewish students, will reflect the vision of Rabbi Chaim and Rivkie Lipskier.
Etti Krinsky | News | Thursday, May 5, 2016
Chief Rabbi Mirvis Participates at Inauguration of Chabad of Buckhurst Hill
The fast growth of Chabad of Buckhurst Hill prompted three moves until most recently, they moved into new premises, a space five times bigger than their previous one.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Uruguay: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Uruguay’s tight-knit Jewish community was stunned last month when a prominent Jewish businessman was murdered in Paysandu, a small city 235 miles north of the country’s capital. David Fremd, a beloved leader in the Jewish community, was stabbed ten times in the back while the assailant shouted, “Allahu Akbar.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Sunday, May 1, 2016
Editorial: Making the Exodus Personal
As the UN and the EU continue to stoke the fires of anti-Semitism with their sanctimonious condemnations of Israel, here in the U.S., a spate of new books and articles examine the disconnect of young American Jews from their roots and its implications for the relationship of diaspora Jewry to Israel and to the Jewish people.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, April 21, 2016
And You Shall Tell Your Child . . .
The overriding purpose of the observance of the Passover Seder and all its many rituals, says the Torah, is v’hee-gadta l’vincha—to teach your children. To teach them their family narrative that allows them to grow from their roots, giving them the knowledge and the confidence to claim their place as children of the Jewish people who received the Torah at Sinai in all its particulars.
News | Wednesday, April 20, 2016
A Bed, a Table, a Chair and a Lamp
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Monday, April 18, 2016
A Model Seder at A Catholic University
For the past 21 years, the Weisses have worked with the South Florida community nearby the university, but struggled trying to establish a Chabad presence on the campus.
Etti Krinsky | News | Sunday, April 17, 2016
Moscow Opens Goodwill Center In Time For Passover
A second-hand furniture and clothing shop offers affordable goods.
Etti Krinsky | News | Thursday, April 14, 2016
A Model Practice Seder Made of Chocolate
From chocolate Seder plates, to four cups of chocolate milk, the students got their chocolate fix through all fifteen steps of the Seder.
Etti Krinsky | News | Tuesday, April 12, 2016
A Year After the Earthquake, Chabad of Nepal Prepares for Annual Seders
The city is still far from a complete recovery, but Chabad emissaries to Nepal, Rabbi Chezki and Chani Lifshitz are planning their annual Passover seders.
Etti Krinsky | News | Monday, April 11, 2016
JLI Toward Inclusion
In an effort to educate the greater public, RCII has teamed up with JLI, the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, creating Toward Inclusion, a compelling course that will advocate for, and advance, the inclusion of people with disabilities.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, April 5, 2016
A Prayer Book for the Blind
For the first time ever, Russian readers who are blind can follow in the siddur. The first Russian translation of the prayer book in braille was released the day after Purim.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Making Merry With Kharkiv Jewish Community
Still in the throes of struggle, the spirit of triumph reigned supreme as the community marked 25 years since Rabbi Moshe and Miriam Moskovitz arrived here in 1990 to rebuild Jewish life following the fall of communism.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Putting Hope into Hospice
Hospice patients know they are living on borrowed time. Most are given a prognosis of six months to live. According to Medicare laws, a doctor signs a hospice primary diagnosis, where the emphasis turns to palliative care.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, March 28, 2016
Purim: Seeking Unity Toward Positive Reversals
When, back in the middle ages, a Jewish convert to Christianity brought his grievances against the Jews to Pope Gregory IX, his complaints led to the famous Disputations of 1240.
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Jewish and Lost in Mormon Country
In 1996, a young rabbi walked onto the grounds of Youthcare, a residential treatment center for troubled teens in Provo, Utah on a mission. He was looking for a certain Akiva Greenfield...
Rena Greenberg | News | Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Aftermath of Attack: Istanbul’s Jewish Community Is Strong
The victims almost all Jews from Israel on a tour of Turkey, it is a question of some concern, especially to Turkey’s thriving Jewish community of about 15,000. Three Israelis were killed, and at least five seriously injured.
Staff Writer | News | Sunday, March 20, 2016
Editorial: Decoding a “Fleeting Chirp”
Simply stated: Science has now discerned and confirmed that emanating gravitational forces caused by collisions trillions of light-years away can reach us here on earth, and has proven that these forces cause an actual ripple effect on space and time as we know it.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Friday, March 18, 2016
A Community Grows, A Generation Gap Closes
The generation gap grows wider and wider, but in the Jewish community of Venice & North Port, FL, one team of Chabad representatives might have found a way to fix that.
Etti Krinsky | News | Thursday, March 17, 2016
War Hero Recalls Auschwitz
Albert Rosa, has five such medals, including an honorable purple heart. Now, for the first time in 55 years, he opened up about his time in Auschwitz.
Etti Krinsky | News | Wednesday, March 16, 2016
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New Chabad Center Meets Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Opening in time for Purim is a Chabad House serving the Great Barrier Reef and its neighboring towns.
Etti Krinsky | News | Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Moscow Inaugurates New Center to Feed Families
The new Bikur Cholim center in Moscow, a facility focused on goodwill, specializes in delivering meals to the families who have put their needs aside. Their new kitchen will prepare and provide meals for those who are in need and their busy families.
Etti Krinsky | News | Thursday, March 10, 2016
Acts Of Kindness for Judah
The UC Berkeley campus is no stranger to conflict and dispute. Anti-Israel protests led by students are quite common. But on March 10th, students will set aside polarizing opinions and divisive protests for a Day of Loving Kindness in memory of Judah Marans.
Etti Krinsky | News | Tuesday, March 8, 2016
If You Build, They Come
The spa-like ritual bath has has been lauded in local media for its beauty and elegance, drawing hundreds of visitors eager to have a look at the luxurious facilities featuring gold-plated fixtures and elegant furnishings.
Rena Greenberg | News | Monday, March 7, 2016
Blog: Progress In 180 Words
My special needs son has taught me to redefine progress. Checks on a chart, mastery of a "program" are a very small part of the story. Indeed, those achievements never added up for him. He was and is more than the data, and it seemed that only those professionals who understood this deeply could reach him.
Raizy Metzger | News | Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Authorities Restore Synagogue to Jewish Community in Odessa
In a decision that has been repeated in many cities in the Former Soviet Union, authorities are restoring to Jewish communities synagogue buildings that were confiscated back in the prewar years.
News | Monday, February 22, 2016
Women’s Mikveh To Open in Nigeria
West Africa will open the doors to its very first state-of-the-art mikveh in late spring 2016. Launched at the initiative of Rabbi Israel and Haya Uzan, Chabad representatives to Abuja, capital of Nigeria..
Rena Greenberg | News | Thursday, February 18, 2016
Blog: "How Long Are You Going to Be On the Fence?"
Rabbi Josh Gordon would have known how to start this post. He would have just the right joke that would span the utter void I am feeling now.
Rivka Chaya Berman | News | Friday, February 12, 2016
Ruderman-Chabad Advocate for Disability Reform
Twenty cents an hour. That is all some employees in America get for their hard work, and only because of their disabilities. Big change is way past due, and advocates spent the day on Capitol Hill lobbying congressional and other leaders to make it happen.
Staff Reporter | News | Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Jewish Community Mourns Rabbi Yehoshua Binyomin Gordon, 66
Rabbi Yehoshua Binyomin Gordon, 66, Chabad representative of Encinco, California since 1973, passed away on Monday, 28 Shevat 5776, after battling an illness.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, February 8, 2016
Elevating Life Inside America's Prisons
As the iron cell door clanged shut behind her, 37-year-old Marcia Singer* felt herself going numb. Staring down at her prison issued jumpsuit...
Rena Greenberg | News | Sunday, February 7, 2016
House Calls in New Hampshire
Preparing for the New Hampshire primaries next week, the presidential candidates and their volunteers will do almost anything to win the votes of the Granite State’s citizens. They’ll even make house visits.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, February 4, 2016
With the Women of Chabad: Time To Heal, Time To Celebrate
It was a celebration of Jewish women who saw past differences and disparities in age, language, cultural backgrounds, and economic status.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Sister Time: Chabad Representatives Chill in New York
Their daily routines are intense. Many begin at dawn, mothering large families, leading day schools, preschools, and adult education courses that sustain and grow the communities they helped build.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, January 28, 2016
Blog: Progress In 180 Words
I was fighting the stereotype of the centuries-old, self-sacrificing, nurturing balabuste with the progressive, intelligent persona of the contemporary Jewish woman.
Rivkie Block | News | Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Blog: Progress In 180 Words
In a country where communications were extremely controlled and limited, today, without leaving my office, I use social media, webinars, Skype to reach out to more people than I could have at any one time in my entire preinternet life.
Boruch Gorin | News | Monday, January 25, 2016
Samarkand: Where Men Became Giants
In the 1964 Presidential election, Republican candidate Barry Goldwater is famously remembered as quoting the Roman orator, Cicero, in the following bold assertion: “I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice!
Miri Birk | News | Thursday, January 21, 2016
Wordsmith: Mekusher
Some words don’t translate well from Hebrew to English, while others translate seamlessly but gain unintended meaning.
Shmuel Lobenstein | News | Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Chandler, Arizona: Preschool to Chuppah, A Desert Community in Bloom
The postcard arrived at the right moment for the Mazers. Recently settled in Chandler, Arizona (Jewish pop. 4,000), the couple was looking for a Jewish education for their five-year-old.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, January 18, 2016
Kivun: A New Model for Jewish Charter School Children
A group of second graders sit in a circle in a colorful New York city classroom as their teacher leads them in a guided meditation of the Adon Olam prayer. Weaving in Hebrew words from the prayer as she describes trees, animals and people, the teacher asks the children to imagine a world stripped of these basic earthly elements.
Rena Greenberg | News | Thursday, January 14, 2016
Finding Family, Faith, Future With Chabad of Binghamton
Tevye the dairyman was at a loss to explain the whys and wherefores of his Jewish traditions. Not so the digital natives and newly minted college grads who came to celebrate old-fashioned yiddishkeit and its relevance to life made meaningful by those very same traditions.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, January 11, 2016
Coffee and More: Chabad of Ashland Moves Into Former Starbucks Space
When Starbucks on South Ashland’s busy Siskiyou street—just off Southern Oregon University’s campus—chose not to renew its lease last April, students, faculty and local residents were left with one less dig for hanging out and getting a late night caffeine boost.
Etti Krinsky | News | Thursday, January 7, 2016
Contested In The Courts, Public Menorahs Now Inspire Unity
High ranking Government officials in just about every important capital in the world are honored to participate in these public events.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Thursday, December 31, 2015
Birobidzhan’s Leader Wraps Tefillin With Chabad
Today, some 4,000 Jews live Birobidzhan, the Jewish autonomous oblast established by Stalin in Russia’s Far East. During their visit, Mr. Alexander confirmed that construction would soon begin on a mikveh—the first in Birobidzhan.
Staff writer | News | Monday, December 28, 2015
A Time To Reap
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, December 23, 2015
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Russian Prime Minister Joins Dedication Of Historic Synagogue
Etti Krinsky | News | Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Berlin: Syrian Refugees' Children Join in Lighting Menorah at Brandenburg Gate
Children of Syrian refugees and Jewish children from the local community participated in the lighting at Germany's Brandenburg Gate. The menorah was kindled by Germany's Minister of Culture, Professor Monika Grütters and Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, rabbi of the Berlin Jewish community.
lubavitch.com Staff | News | Thursday, December 10, 2015
Follow The Lights: Chanukah Photo Gallery
Lubavitch.com Staff | News | Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Judea Lives: Chanukah Lights Answer To Terror
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, December 7, 2015
Chabad of Cambodia Acquires New Center for Growing Activities
Located in Daun Penh district’s Chaktomuk commune, the new facility will serve Cambodia’s small expatriate Jewish community
Rena Greenberg | News | Saturday, December 5, 2015
Chanukah Lights Will Illuminate Paris After All
Rena Greenberg | News | Thursday, December 3, 2015
The Buzz in Maine: Roxanne Quimby of Burt’s Bees Dedicates Chabad House in Memory of Burt Shavitz
Burt Shavitz, the iconic face and co-founder of Burt’s Bees, made his home in a former turkey coop in the woods of Northern Maine. Now, after his recent passing, his name will be emblazoned on the brand-new Chabad House in Portland, Maine: Burt’s Campus.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, December 3, 2015
Roundtable Repost: The Rebbes and How They Shaped Chabad
News | Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Commemorating 19 Kislev
The feeling was exalted and surreal as hundreds packed a banquet hall earlier this week on the Moscow River, across the Russian White House
News | Monday, November 30, 2015
Survivors of Terror Unite World Jewry in Wedding
"We cried with you as you grieved over the brutal loss of your beloved father Yaakov and brother Netanel ה׳ יקום דמם."
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Friday, November 27, 2015
JLI Elevates Lunch Break in Israel’s Corporate Offices
Inspired and underwritten by the late Prime Minister's son, Mr. Yair Shamir, formerly a Member of Knesset and Minister of Agriculture, the project commemorates the centennial of Prime Minister Shamir's birth.
News | Thursday, November 26, 2015
Jews of Ivanovo, Russia, Celebrate a Place of Their Own
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Prayer In 180 Words
I was born to a family of deep Chasidic roots, and I have been davening [praying] for 45 years.
News | Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Guinness World Records Certifies World’s Most Valuable Dreidel
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Innovative Israeli Model Guides Families Out of Poverty
Founded in 2002, in memory of Rabbi Levi Bistritzky—the city’s late chief rabbi, Chasdei Lev began in a small warehouse where families in need were invited come pick up basic food staples. It has since turned into a multifaceted center to assist impoverished families get onto a financially stable track.
Dovid Zaklikovski | News | Monday, November 16, 2015
Old Wells, Fresh Water
Baila Olidort | News | Friday, November 13, 2015
Chabad Turns the Lens on Jewish Teens, Young Jewish Professionals
In the past year, Chabad has sent 75 new emissaries worldwide in a concerted effort to best serve the unique Jewish needs of teens and young adults
Rena Greenberg | News | Wednesday, November 4, 2015
PROFILE IN COURAGE: The Tzadik of Leningrad
Rabbi Yitzchak Kogan knows the lay of the land in a land where knowing was dangerous. He did what needed to be done even when doing was verboten. A crackerjack on the KGB playing fields, he learned early to tell the good from the bad
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, November 2, 2015
Alan Dershowitz Defeats BDS Proponent in Debate at Oxford
Professor Dershowitz debated Australian-born human rights activist Peter Tatchell over the BDS movement against Israel, defeating Tatchell by 133-101.
Samuel Bodansky | News | Monday, November 2, 2015
New Synagogue Edition of the Kehot Chumash (Pentateuch)
The single-volume edition includes the acclaimed five-volume interpolated translation Kehot Chumash.
News | Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Sober and Spiritual
Some 100 Americans die every day from drug overdose. According to the Center for Disease Control, drug abuse is now the leading cause of fatalities in the U.S., surpassing death from car accidents,
Miriam Davids | News | Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Where BDS Threatens, Jewish Pride Beckons
As a direct response to the rising anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment nationwide, Chabad on Campus headquarters will be opening 19 new campus centers
Rena Greenberg | News | Monday, October 26, 2015
Superior Ultimate Origin
Avrohom Dubosky | News | Sunday, October 25, 2015
Shabbat for A Million? International Project Gains Traction
Rena Greenberg | News | Friday, October 23, 2015
Oprah's Belief Series Features Wedding of Chabad HQ's Own Staff Writer
Janet Segal | News | Thursday, October 22, 2015
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S. Petersburg's Oldest Synagogue Reopens
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Netanyahu to Chief Rabbi Lazar: Some of our friends are naïve
Staff Writer | News | Monday, October 19, 2015
Safed Educational Pioneer Aaron Leizer Ceitlin, 62
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, October 15, 2015
Defying Religious Stereotypes on Israel’s College Campuses
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, October 14, 2015
USA vs Florida: Kosher Food Now Ensured for Inmates
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Like the Students of Aaron
As we worry about the number of young Jews who fall off the radar, we need to take a critical look at how Judaism is conveyed: Do we empower students with a direct Torah learning program or are we degrading the experience with a glib approximation? Are Jewish schools producing students who can interface intelligently with their identity or will they lack the knowledge and skills to communicate it forward faithfully?
Baila Olidort | News | Friday, October 9, 2015
A Chabad Campus Welcome: Mezuzah Season
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, October 7, 2015
For Donetsk’s Jews A New Year Begins With Hope But Not Enough Help
Dina Vishedski and her six children fled the war-torn city a year ago, at the end of August, when the bombing and gunfire made it dangerous to remain at home.
Rena Greenberg | News | Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Rare Manuscripts from 19th-Century Chabad Leader in New Exhibit
Chabad Library exhibits manuscripts from the life of Rabbi Menachem Mendel, known as the Tzemach Tzedek
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, September 24, 2015
A Better World for Our Children?
Yehuda Krinsky | News | Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Chabad of VA Installs Accessible Bimah So All May Participate
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, September 8, 2015
100 Year Celebration of Kazan’s Historic Synagogue
Rena Greenberg | News | Thursday, September 3, 2015
Revisiting R. Schneur Zalman: The Alter Rebbe
Chana Silberstein | News | Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Vancouver Island Breaks Ground on New Chabad Center
Reported by Etti Krinsky | News | Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Congressman Ted Deutsch: Chabad Inspires Him to Speak His Conscience
Rosie Jacobs | News | Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Ruminations on the Parsha: Shoftim
Rabbi Yossel Kranz | News | Friday, August 21, 2015
Nanotech Engineers Decode Talmudic Texts
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Friday, August 21, 2015
Success In 180 Words
News | Thursday, August 13, 2015
Interview with Russian Transportation Magnate David Aminov
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Reflections On Leadership
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Through A Lens Daily
Miri Birk | News | Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Desperately Seeking Jews in the Australian Outback
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, August 3, 2015
Shabbat Nachamu, Shabbat Shalom!
News | Friday, July 31, 2015
High Marks for Parisian Chabad School
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, July 30, 2015
Helping Jews Meet & Marry
Rena Greenberg | News | Wednesday, July 29, 2015
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In The Footsteps of Their Parents
Rena Greenberg | News | Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The Tefillin Box
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, July 23, 2015
Women Front, Center of Budapest’s Budding Jewish Community
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, July 22, 2015
In Once-Judenrein Germany Jewish Life Blossoms
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, July 16, 2015
Rabbi Simcha Zirkind, Pioneer of Chabad Activities in Quebec, 76
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Sunday, July 12, 2015
Learning Life Lessons From Wacky Science
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, July 9, 2015
Train Station To Auschwitz Now A Shelter for Refugees Fleeing ISIS
Rosie Jacobs | News | Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Soul Strings Beckon, A Conductor Follows
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, July 2, 2015
Center With A Soul Goes Up In Wilmette, Illinois
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Friday, June 26, 2015
The Rebbe's Advice for Life
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, June 18, 2015
Bethesda, Chevy Chase Jewish Communities See Remarkable Growth
Rena Greenberg | News | Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Knesset Reflects on Rebbe's Legacy
Rosie Jacobs | News | Tuesday, June 16, 2015
German Foreign Minister Meets With Chabad Community Leaders
Rosie Jacobs | News | Thursday, June 11, 2015
Chabad Rabbi Inspired South Carolina’s Anti BDS Law
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Upscale and Kosher in Siberia
Rosie Jacobs | News | Monday, June 8, 2015
Rabbi Binyomin Klein, Member of Rebbe's Secretariat, 79
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Friday, June 5, 2015
Rio Jewish Community Prepares for Summer 2016 Olympics
As Rio di Janeiro prepares to host the summer 2016 Olympics, the city’s local Jewish community is busy with its own preparations.
Mushkie Junik | News | Wednesday, June 3, 2015
What’s Inside That Pretty Mezuzah Case?
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, June 2, 2015
The Shmuel Rohr Brit Milah Clinic of Russia Opens
Staff Writer | News | Monday, June 1, 2015
Wordsmith: Chasid
Shmuel Lobenstein | News | Friday, May 29, 2015
In Time for Shavuot: Israel’s Chief Rabbinate Revises Tablet Logo
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, May 21, 2015
A Terror Survivors’ Reunion
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Book Review: Transitions In Language And Leadership
Chana Silberstein | News | Monday, May 18, 2015
After 30 Years, Rabbi Fulfills Promise to Dying Mother
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, May 14, 2015
Nepal Crisis Worsens Following Second Quake
Rosie Jacobs | News | Wednesday, May 13, 2015
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Official Goverment Reception in Germany Serves Kosher
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Preparing Them for Bar Mitzvah: Rabbi Works With Special Children
Michele Alperin | News | Monday, May 11, 2015
Only Kosher Eatery Opens in Western Ukraine
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Friday, May 8, 2015
Lag B’Omer After The Earthquake
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, May 7, 2015
Uncovering The Artist Within: Exhibit of Works by Children With Special Needs
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Partnerships For Jewish Life
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Friday, May 1, 2015
Nepal Update
Rosie Jacobs | News | Thursday, April 30, 2015
Students Take First Prize At Connecticut State Science Fair
Mushkie Junik | News | Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Thailand Chabad Rep Awarded the Jerusalem Unity Prize
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Des Moines Diary: Pastrami for the Soul
Miriam Karp | News | Tuesday, April 28, 2015
President Obama Welcomes Chabad-Lubavitch to the White House
The White House | News | Monday, April 27, 2015
New Chaplaincy Program to Train Rabbinical Students
Mushkie Junik | News | Monday, April 27, 2015
Nepali Locals, Travelers, Find Food, Solace at Chabad
Rosie Jacobs | News | Monday, April 27, 2015
Nepal Jewish Leaders Appeal For Help As Crisis Deepens
Rosie Jacobs | News | Sunday, April 26, 2015
Nepal Earthquake Survivors Flock To Chabad
Rosie Jacobs | News | Saturday, April 25, 2015
Education Olympics Finalists Compete in Jerusalem
Rosie Jacobs | News | Thursday, April 23, 2015
Judaism Grows in Pacific Northwest
News | Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Chabad Provides Himalayan Trekkers With Satellite Phones
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Chabad Starbucks Club: College Students Get Into the Giving Habit
S. Fridman | News | Thursday, April 16, 2015
Kehot Publication Garners Benjamin Franklin Book Award
Rosie Jacobs | News | Wednesday, April 15, 2015
A Day School Grows in Brooklyn Heights
Maayan Jaffe | News | Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Abandoned in Kharkiv? Community in Crisis Struggles for Survival
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, April 9, 2015
In Pursuit of Practicable Freedom
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Seniors Study Talmud, Reap Social Benefits
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Education Lessons from President Reagan’s Speech
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, March 31, 2015
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A Leap of Faith
News | Tuesday, March 31, 2015
In Montreal, Communal Seders Not Just for Needy
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Sunday, March 29, 2015
Children of Chabad Reps Deliver Winning Speeches in Federation of Greater Vancouver’s Contest
Rosie Jacobs | News | Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Not Just for Kids : Hands-On at the Matzah Bakery
At Chabad of Rochester, Rabbi Nechemia Vogel decided to appeal the inner child of his community’s adults. After 30 years of catering to generations of children, the Rochester Matzah Bakery opened its doors to an adults night only event.
Mushkie Junik | News | Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Decoding the Origins of Jewish Tradition
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, March 23, 2015
Historic Birmingham Synagogue Restored
300 members of the community of Birmingham, England met in the Jospeh Cohen hall to celebrate the rededication of the 159 year old Singers Hill Synagogue.
Mushkie Junik | News | Thursday, March 19, 2015
Keeping Pre-Bar-Bat Mitzvah Coming Back For More
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, March 16, 2015
Digging Deeper: Groundbreaking for Rashi’s Campus
B. Davids | News | Sunday, March 15, 2015
Historic California Ranch Acquired by Jewish Camp
Rosie Jacobs | News | Wednesday, March 11, 2015
A Measure of Jewish Pride: Germany’s Largest Mezuzah Gets Notice
Rosie Jacobs | News | Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Kharkiv's Woes Didn't Stop Purim Pomp
Staff Writer | News | Monday, March 9, 2015
Nonagenarian Thanks Russia for Liberating Her from Auschwitz
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, March 9, 2015
Packing Purim Parties
Esther Mordechai | News | Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Mother of Autistic Child Promotes Inclusion, Kindness
“In 1964 this condition [autism] was virtually unknown, still in its infancy. I was overwhelmed, and unsure of how I would cope,” says Chana Sharfstein, the driving force behind Building Bridges: An Evening of Awareness and Appreciation for Individuals with Special Needs.
Rosie Jacobs | News | Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Teens Take Jewish Pride to Heart and Home
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, March 2, 2015
UC Berkeley Student Senate Passes Bill Condemning Anti-Semitism
S. Fridman | News | Thursday, February 26, 2015
Mezuzahs for Maryland’s Jews in Uniform
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, February 26, 2015
Thawing Out in Winnipeg's New Kosher Café
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, February 25, 2015
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon To Greet Jewish Teenagers
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will address the teens via video on Sunday, at the CTeen banquet dinner. He is expected to offer a particular message of solidarity for the 110 Jewish teen delegates from France.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, February 24, 2015
36 Orphaned Bat Mitzvah Girls Celebrate in Jerusalem
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Port Washington’s Chabad Representative Inducted as Police Chaplain
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Sunday, February 22, 2015
French Municipality Names City Street for Jewish Educator
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Chabad Families, Communities, Grow in Small, Remote Communities
Rena Greenberg | News | Thursday, February 12, 2015
Another War Casualty for Donetsk Jewish Community
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, February 12, 2015
Cyprus: A New Jewish Center for Growing Community
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, February 12, 2015
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A Community Experience for Jewish Students at CU
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, February 11, 2015
At The Hermitage, An Award for Jewish Activism
News | Tuesday, February 10, 2015
City of Mystics Nurtures IDF Soldiers With Resolve
News | Monday, February 9, 2015
A Help Line for Holocaust Survivors in Moscow
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Sweden's Court Hears Case for Religious Freedom, Again
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Jewish Teen Volunteers Take “Power” Prize
Rena Greenberg | News | Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Danish Jews Explore Heritage
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Australia Honors Pioneer of Chabad Synagogue
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, January 26, 2015
Ottawa Government Grant Supports Chabad’s Initiative for Seniors
Staff writer | News | Thursday, January 22, 2015
Historic Nevada Cemetery Restored
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Deaf, But Not Excluded
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Dust Particles: Levi Robin, Singer/Songwriter
News | Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Musicians With Special Needs Release Recording
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Sunday, January 18, 2015
Learning Parenting To Raise Healthy Children
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Sunday, January 18, 2015
Unseen, Unheard, Poor Philadelphia Demographic Becomes Community Concern
Rena Greenberg | News | Thursday, January 15, 2015
Chief Rabbi of Kfar Chabad, Israel, Rabbi Mordechai Ashkenazi, 71
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Promise Made by Little Hungarian Girl During WWII Fulfilled
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, January 14, 2015
$1 Million Ruderman Chabad Initiative To Promote Inclusion
The Ruderman Family Foundation (RFF) has put $1 million towards the establishment of a partnership with Chabad-Lubavitch in order to create a culture of inclusion for people with disabilities within some 4,200 Jewish communities worldwide.
News | Tuesday, January 13, 2015
STATEMENT BY CHABAD-LUBAVITCH HEADQUARTERS
Chabad representatives in France have and will continue to further enhance security measures to protect the men, women and children who come to study, to pray, and to socialize at Chabad Houses. But they will not shut down the vibrant Jewish life that they have nurtured in Paris, and that the city’s Jews have now enjoyed for many decades.
News | Sunday, January 11, 2015
France: In Face of Anti-Semitism, Jews Deepen Identity
Friday's terror siege on a kosher supermarket in France, in which four people were killed, is the most recent of anti-Semitic violence that has targeted the country's Jews. The old scourge refuses to die, but this time around Jews refuse to hide.
Rena Greenberg | News | Sunday, January 11, 2015
Parshat Shemot: "Je Suis Charlie"
Today, I am not only Chanie. I am Charlie. I am Shmuel, Mordechai, Andrea, Zeri, Noach, Mery, Sara
Chanie Zaklikovsky | News | Friday, January 9, 2015
All Dressed Up And Ready To Go
Natalie Ling | News | Thursday, January 8, 2015
In Prison and Desperate, But Not Alone
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Students Pack the House at Chabad of UVM
Natalie Ling | News | Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Eldest of Chabad Representatives, Rabbi Dovid Edelman, 90
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Sunday, January 4, 2015
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Town with “No Jews” Gets Its Own Jewish Center
Rena Greenberg | News | Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Jewish, Deaf and Proud at Historic Chanukah Events
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Building Bridges Across the Ocean with Israel Connect
Rena Greenberg | News | Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Tokyo, Japan, Gets Its First Kosher Restaurant
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Students Mark Dean’s 90th Birthday with Mitzvahs
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, December 29, 2014
IDF’s Lone Soldiers Honored in Jerusalem
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, December 25, 2014
Siberian Rabbi Honored on Province’s 80th Anniversary
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Florida Stolen Menorah Replaced with Bigger One
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, December 24, 2014
After Battles Fought and Won, Menorah Lights Shine
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Council of Europe Leader Honors Chanukah
Staff Writer | News | Monday, December 22, 2014
Baltimore’s City Hall Unveils Large Menorah
Staff Writer | News | Monday, December 22, 2014
#ShareTheLights: Menorah's Message to Millions
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, December 18, 2014
Children Travel Through Jewish Time
Marla Cohen | News | Thursday, December 18, 2014
Menorah at the Kremlin
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, December 17, 2014
U.S. Vice President Joins Menorah Lighting
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, December 17, 2014
German Interior Minister Notes Berlin Chanukah Miracle
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Chanukah at Sporting Events
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Texas Gov’s Most Memorable Moment: Dancing with the Rabbis
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Half-Million Shekel to Bereaved Families of Jerusalem Terror
Staff Writer | News | Monday, December 15, 2014
From Banks to Office Buildings: Proud to Have Their Own Menorah
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Sunday, December 14, 2014
New York Police Authorities Meet With Chabad Leadership
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, December 10, 2014
As American as Apple Pie: Chanukah at the Stadium
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Stabbing at Chabad Headquarters Under Investigation
News | Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Vice President to Attend National Menorah Lighting
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Chanukah: Miracle Of The Ages For All Ages
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, December 9, 2014
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A Menorah With A Past Donated To Chabad of Ottawa
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Friday, December 5, 2014
Brooklyn Beat: "Excuse Me, Are You Jewish?"
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, December 4, 2014
Chabad To Open in Angola
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, December 3, 2014
At Texas Tailgate Lots to Give Thanksgiving For
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Circumcision: Benefits Outweigh Risks, CDC Finds
S. Fridman | News | Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Women Explore Mikvah, Myths and Mystery
C.R. Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Home Depot, Lowes, Partner With Chabad For Chanukah
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, December 1, 2014
Chabad of Richmond, Virginia, Celebrates
Staff Writer | News | Sunday, November 30, 2014
Thousands of Israeli Second Graders Celebrate Genesis
Staff Writer | News | Friday, November 28, 2014
Thanksgiving Meals for Homebound Residents
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, November 27, 2014
Bulgarian Deputy PM Recognized at Chabad Conference
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, November 27, 2014
Growth Marked at Tel Aviv Conference
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, November 26, 2014
New Life Comes To Jewish Lending Library In Crown Heights
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Celebrating Radical Change With Chabad-Lubavitch
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, November 25, 2014
The Rabbis' Kids: A Shared Destiny
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Friday, November 21, 2014
Blog: Carnage in Jerusalem
Tziporah Heller | News | Thursday, November 20, 2014
Campus Students Respond to Tragedy in Israel
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, November 20, 2014
Kansai, Japan: New Chabad Representatives Revive Jewish Community
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Hi Resolution: Annual Photo Captures Thousands of Faces
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Terror in Jerusalem and the Danger of Ambivalence
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Muslims Mark Kristallnacht in Berlin
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Covenant Award Winner: School Is A Dwelling Place for the Divine
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, November 18, 2014
It’s Pies for Joy to Say Thanks to Seniors
Staff Writer | News | Monday, November 17, 2014
Aleph Institute Lowers Recidivism Rate, Says Chief Justice
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Sunday, November 16, 2014
A Different Kind of Olympics in the Former Soviet Union
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, November 13, 2014
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Arizona's Mountain Range Jewish Community on the Rise
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, November 13, 2014
Latino Jews At Home With Chabad in NYC
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Striving for Inclusion, Chabad Inspires Opening of Retail Shop
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Key Club Memorializes Fellow Student with Charity
Staff Writer | News | Monday, November 10, 2014
Grant Will Bring Preschool from Trailers to Building
Staff Writer | News | Monday, November 10, 2014
Survivor of Nepal Bus Accident Grateful For Chabad Rabbi
Staff Writer | News | Sunday, November 9, 2014
New Courses in Jewish Texts For Millennials in Former Soviet Union Cities
Staff Writer | News | Friday, November 7, 2014
Los Angeles Principal Receives Prestigious Award
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, November 6, 2014
New Chabad Ottawa Torah Center Takes City Builder Award
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, November 6, 2014
Leader, Mentor, Rabbi Shmuel Azimov, 69, Mourned by Paris Jewish Community
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Rabbinical Seminary Opens in Hamburg as Germany’s Jewish Revival Grows
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Early Childhood Studies Spur Parents To Choose Jewish Preschools
Rena Greenberg | News | Tuesday, November 4, 2014
At Chabad Conference, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein Won’t Talk Politics
Staff Writer | News | Monday, November 3, 2014
Murdered by Soviets in 1938, Jewish Activist’s Gravesite Found
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, November 3, 2014
Talenti Founder on Surviving the Rough Times
Staff Writer | News | Sunday, November 2, 2014
Meet the Pickle Rabbi at Agoura Kosher Week
Staff Writer | News | Sunday, November 2, 2014
Monday the Rabbi Brought Soup
Rena Greenberg | News | Friday, October 31, 2014
Popular Deep-Dish Pizza Chain to Open Kosher Branch
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Friday, October 31, 2014
Pre-War Chabad Yeshiva Building in Poland Long Thought Gone, Is Found
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, October 30, 2014
Jewish Federation Head Visits Chabad
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Grieving Family of Fallen Soldier Finds a Way to Celebrate
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Chabad at WVU Opens New Space on Campus
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Chabad Opens Lehrhaus at Cambridge University
Natalie Ling | News | Monday, October 27, 2014
Israel’s Welfare Minister Visits Chabad Humanitarian Program
Staff Writer | News | Monday, October 27, 2014
For Law Student at Chapel Hill, A Circle Closes
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Sunday, October 26, 2014
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Teenagers Make Their Own Charity Boxes for Ukraine’s Needy
Staff Writer | News | Friday, October 24, 2014
New Building for Growing Moscow School
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, October 23, 2014
New Jersey Locales Get First Jewish Center
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, October 23, 2014
Chabad Houses Go Pink For Breast Cancer Awareness
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Search and Rescue Mission for Israelis in Himalayan Storm
Dovid Zakliikowski | News | Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Have Lulav?
Sukkot begins this Wednesday night, and in the days prior, Chabad-Lubavitch centers are encouraging community members to obtain their own set of the lulav and etrog.
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, October 7, 2014
After Firebomb Ukraine Synagogue Sees Growth
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Shake the Lulav, Save a Life
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Rabbi Launches Charity Campaign in South Africa
Staff Writer | News | Monday, October 6, 2014
How Does She Do It?
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, October 6, 2014
A Conversation With Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (Podcast)
News | Thursday, October 2, 2014
Ukrainian Businessman Pledges a Million in New York
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, October 2, 2014
Hoboken Gets a New Synagogue, First in 100 Years
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, October 2, 2014
A Woman, A Prayer, A Shofar at the Grand Canyon
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Judge and Journalist Weigh in On the Law
Lubavitch.com Staff | News | Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Rabbi Ranked Top Teacher at Colorado University
Lubavitch.com Staff | News | Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Cyprus Chabad Dedicates Fourth Location in Limassol
Lubavitch.com Staff | News | Monday, September 29, 2014
Minsk Jewish Community Grateful for Israeli-Belarus Visa-Waiver
Lubavitch.com Staff | News | Sunday, September 28, 2014
Nepalese Prime Minister Meets With Chabad Leadership
Staff Wirter | News | Sunday, September 28, 2014
Shofar In The Park
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, September 24, 2014
The Rabbi and The Bees
Lubavitch.com Staff | News | Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Washington D.C. Area Deaf Celebrate Shabbat
Lubavitch.com Staff | News | Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Rosh Hashana: Remembering the Past, Committing the Future
Perhaps we haven’t made a strong enough case for Jewish education with major philanthropists. Bigger projects have been funded, and the large gifts to universities and museums that make headlines every now and then indicate that the funds are out there. It’s a new year, a time to tackle stubborn problems with creative energy and fresh insight.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Ukrainians Celebrate Jewish Wedding of Nineteen Couples
Lubavitch.com Staff | News | Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Israeli Mall Names Synagogue for Fallen Soldiers
Lubavitch.com Staff | News | Tuesday, September 23, 2014
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From the US Air Force to the “Mitzvah Tank”
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Chabad UK Representative on Power 100 List
Rabbi Bentzion Sudak, chief executive of the Lubavitch Foundation in England, was named on the “Power 100” list of the London Jewish Chronicle.
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, September 18, 2014
Hawaiian Island of Kauai’s First Torah Scroll
The Hawaiian Island of Kauai, where people come to get away, never had its own Torah scroll. Now, Richard Seigel, a local resident and his family, commissioned one to serve the Island's Jewish community on Shabbat and Jewish holidays.
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, September 18, 2014
New Home for Peabody Chabad in the New Year
Chabad of Peabody, Massachusetts, bursting at the seams of its current location, will begin the Jewish New Year with the purchase of a new building.
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Thursday, September 18, 2014
Chabad to Remain Open in Hurricane Devastated Cabo
Chabad representatives of Cabo San Lucas will stay in town to help locals following the devastation of Hurricane Odile
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Birthday Challah Bake for Cleveland’s Rebbetzin
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Who’s Afraid of the Days of Awe?
Perhaps our grandmothers felt obligated to come to shul on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. But many of us don’t like thinking all that much about what we’ve done (or neglected to do), we find it boring to spend all day in shul, and anyway, if G-d is a kind a loving G-d, shouldn’t He just let us be?
Chana Silberstein | News | Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Arsonists Set Fire to Brussels Synagogue
A fire that broke out in a Brussels synagogue Tuesday morning was the work of arsonists, say investigators. Three people at the Machzikei Hadath Synagogue were treated on site for smoke inhalation.
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Door-to-Door Mezuzah Service
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, September 15, 2014
Searching for Jews Off the Beaten Path
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, September 15, 2014
Got A Kosher Dog?
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, September 15, 2014
A Welcome Sign in the Tel Aviv Skyline
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, September 15, 2014
220 Chabad Centers in CA
Dovid Zaklikowski | News | Monday, September 15, 2014
Chabad Preschool Selected For TACSEI National Study
Aleph Academy, the only Jewish preschool in the Sierra-Nevada region, is the first private early childhood program in Nevada to become an implementation site for the national TACSEI (Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Development) Program.
S. Fridman | News | Thursday, September 4, 2014
Coffee at Dartmouth, One Cup At A Time
On a mild spring day last May at a café in the small idyllic town of Hanover, New Hampshire, Rabbi Moshe Gray was holding his fifth cup of coffee of the day. Unlike the other patrons of the venue, mostly over-caffeinated Ivy League students cramming for exams, the Chabad rabbi was not trying to stay awake.
Rena Greenberg | News | Monday, September 1, 2014
A First At 83: Survivor, Philosopher, Wraps Tefillin
Frithjof Bergmann, an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor, is a professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan. "I feel different, more elevated," he said after donning tefillin.
Rena Greenberg | News | Thursday, August 28, 2014
Six Years After Mumbai Attack, Chabad House Reopens
“We can overcome challenges, even the most horrific of challenges. We can and must rebuild, and this building serves as a beacon of light and hope that evil will not prevail,”
S.B. Nemanow | News | Tuesday, August 26, 2014
CTeen Europe Shabbaton Gives Jewish Teenagers a Boost of Jewish Pride
Jewish Teens spend a weekend together, having fun and making lifelong connections
S.B. Nemanow | News | Monday, August 25, 2014
Donetsk Jews in Exile: Pray for Us
Back in Donetsk, an eerie emptiness has replaced the noisy, boisterous JCC. The school building is closed, as is the kosher restaurant. A few Jews remained.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, August 25, 2014
Sweden's Jewish Leadership: We Will Stand Strong
“We need take a stand. This is not ok and cannot be allowed. Every government’s first responsibility is to protect the safety of its citizens,” says Rabbi Alexander Namdar, who insists that while Jews must be vigilant, “The last thing we want to do is to disappear.”
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Photo Gallery: JLI Retreat 2014, Chicago
Photos from five days at JLI’s National Jewish Retreat
News | Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Video: Canadian Rabbis Look Out for Jewish Inmates
Rabbi Zushe Silberstein works with Jewish Inmates of Quebec’s prisons.
News | Tuesday, August 19, 2014
A Walk Through the Pages of History
In 1475, a Hebrew printing press in southern Italy printed a book that stands as one of the earliest examples of an industry that would change the Jewish world forever.
S.B. Nemanow | News | Monday, August 18, 2014
The Rebbe’s Father: The 70th Yahrzeit
Jewish communities worldwide will this Shabbat (20 Av) be marking the 70th yahrzeit of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1878-1944), the father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
Baila Olidort | News | Friday, August 15, 2014
IDF Golani Soldiers Give Thanks
Soldiers return directly from the Gaza front to say the traditional "Gomel" blessing.
News | Thursday, August 14, 2014
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Built on Inclusiveness, New Center Shapes Aspen’s Jewish Community
The $18 million building was at least a decade in the making. Now complete, the Mintzs say this is only a beginning. “We have to reach every man, woman, and child in our community with the light of Torah and Judaism.”
S.B. Nemanow | News | Thursday, August 14, 2014
Chabad Representative Assists Victims of Fatal Crash in Switzerland
“The important thing to me was that there were people here in trauma, in a foreign country, without the language and familiarity. They are Hebrew speakers and needed our help.”
Staff Writer | News | Monday, August 11, 2014
Israeli PM Inscribes Torah Letter for IDF
S.B. Nemanow | News | Friday, August 8, 2014
For Some, Camp Winds Down to A Strong Jewish Send-off
Rena Greenberg | News | Thursday, August 7, 2014
Strong Attendance at Europe's Jewish Summer Camps
"We take all precautionary security measures, but we will not hide, nor will we disguise ourselves, or remove our kippah when we are outside, as some have suggested,” said Chabad's representative to Berlin.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, July 31, 2014
Ipads for wounded IDF soldiers
News | Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Blog: Mumbai on My Mind
While our soldiers are in the trenches fighting with their lives to hold on to our tiny homeland, when so many would like to see us defeated, it’s good to be reminded that we Jews are a resilient people; Chabad of Mumbai is on the rebound.
S.B. Nemanow | News | Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Chabad Galvanizes Worldwide Support for Israel’s Soldiers, Children, Civilians
Rena Greenberg | News | Friday, July 18, 2014
Must our Brothers Fight Alone? A Cry To World Jewry
Moses' resounding cry should reverberate in our ears. "Shall your brethren go to war while you stay here?!" Should our brothers and sisters in Israel face this war alone while we sit here comfortably in our penthouses?
Uriel Vigler | News | Friday, July 18, 2014
New Headquarters For Russia's Rabbinical Leaders
Leading rabbinical figures from Israel and Europe presided at the dedication ceremony of the new offices of Russia’s Chief Rabbinate. The new facility will serve as the home for all of the rabbinical concerns related to Russia’s Jewish popultion, which until now have been dispersed among various locations.
lubavitch.com Staff | News | Thursday, July 17, 2014
Chabad To Open in Biloxi-Gulfport, Mississippi
Rabbi Akiva and Hannah Hall, and their eight-month-old daughter, Leah, are preparing to put down roots in the Biloxi-Gulfport area in southern Mississippi in time for the High Holidays. This brings the number of states represented by Chabad to 49.
Zalman Schreiber | News | Thursday, July 17, 2014
After FIFA, Jewish Fans Grateful for Chabad of Brazil
As Jewish fans from around the world lucky enough to attend the 2014 FIFA World Cup games in person pack up to head home, they return with an unexpected take-away.
Rena Greenberg | News | Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Crimean Jews Remember Jewish Massacre
Holocaust survivor David Barulya, a 102 year resident of Sevastopol, and a veteran of World War II lit a candle on Thursday, July 12 at memorial for 4200 Jews murdered there by Nazis on that date in 1942.
Zalman Schreiber | News | Monday, July 14, 2014
Instead of Carefree Camping, Israel’s Children Run for Cover
News | Friday, July 11, 2014
Rabbi Yosef Yehuda Loschak, 62
Rabbi Loschak established a vibrant Jewish community, a synagogue, day school, Hebrew school, summer camp, mikvah, and a satellite Chabad-house at the University of California, S. Barbara.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, July 7, 2014
Lifeline to Israel's Most Vulnerable
An imaginative response to children at risk Ohr Simcha is home to 270 boys, 5- 15 years old, at least a third of whom were removed from their parents by court order.
News | Monday, July 7, 2014
Soul Encounters
How do we honor the yahrzeit of someone who has given you the tools to transform your life in immeasurable ways? How do you say “thank you” to someone who opened the way for you to encounter the soul—the other’s, but especially your own?
lubavitch.com Staff | News | Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Dreams of Deliverance: To Want (Moshiach) Differently
It may be that instead of depending on adversity as the impetus for change, the Rebbe wanted us to look towards the redemption from a place of well-being, our minds free to imagine a categorically elevated experience, if only we have the audacity for such inventiveness.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, June 30, 2014
Statement by Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters
Chabad representatives and their communities worldwide join the world Jewish community in praying and grieving with the families.
News | Monday, June 30, 2014
After Twenty Years
To be Jewish, the Rebbe taught, is to care about matters great and lofty, but only insofar as they make us more attentive to the needs of our fellow Jew and our fellow human being
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Monday, June 30, 2014
REVIEWS: Trying To Grasp the Rebbe
To one biographer, he was a world leader who shaped a worldwide movement; to his student, the Rebbe was a tzaddik, a personal link to a higher reality.
Chana Silberstein | News | Thursday, June 26, 2014
Plea From Kidnapped Boys' Parents
Lubavitch.com Staff | News | Friday, June 20, 2014
Rabbi Nachman Sudak, director of Chabad's operations in the UK, 78
Rabbi Nachman Sudak, the director of Chabad’s operations in the United Kingdom who spearheaded the movement’s massive expansion in the country and a member of Chabad-Lubavitch’s international leadership, passed away on Sunday, June 15. He was 78.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, June 16, 2014
On Visit to Japan, PM Netanyahu Takes Time With Chabad Emissaries
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent trip to Japan included a special stop. In addition to meeting the Japanese Prime Minister, Netanyahu met with Chabad Lubavitch representatives to the country.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Jewish Revival Gains Ground With Russia's University Students
The exposure to Jewish life beyond the very small confines of their respective communities helped students recognize both the feasibility and relevance of living Jewishly.
Rena Greenberg | News | Tuesday, May 13, 2014
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Interview Part II, Sarah Korn: Mother, Mentor, Marriage Counselor
"Woman’s influence is deeper, it helps people access their own selves. I take a motherly role. Sometimes I’m also there to tell my husband when to tone it down.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Interview Part I: Korns on Campus at NYU
A former Deadhead, now the Chabad rabbi at NYU, shares his story with lubavitch.com.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters Purchases Property Adjacent to Chabad Library
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky announced the closing Monday morning of the purchase of 760 Eastern Parkway, the property adjacent to 766 Eastern Parkway, which houses the world class library of Agudas Chassidei Chabad.
News | Monday, May 5, 2014
On Alert, Jews of Odessa Hope for Calm, Quiet
For now, Chabad representatives city wide are taking extra precautions, trying to calm frayed nerves and stay focused on normal activities. Beefing up security at all of the Chabad and Or Avner institutions which remain open, the Wolffs, like other locals, are hoping that the violence will subside quickly.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, May 5, 2014
At Chabad House Bowery, NYU Students Lead
At Chabad House Bowery, NYU's Jewish students get to test their acquired skills and exercise their creative talent towards building a dynamic Jewish community on campus and old Skid Row.
Baila Olidort | News | Friday, May 2, 2014
After Long Negotiations, A "Compromise" To Remember Holocaust Victims as Jews
Although Danzinger does not say that the change of plaques in 2011 was motivated by anti-Semitism, he says that this week’s unveiling of the new one is precedent setting especially when “many memorials avoid mention of the Jews as victims.”
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Grandson of Holocaust survivors: Remember the people, make a difference
Nearly 70 years after the atrocities of the Holocaust, Chaplain Menachem Stern shared the story of his family’s experiences with a group of servicemembers on Kandahar Airfield.
Sgt. 1st Class Jacob McDonald dvidshub.net | News | Monday, April 28, 2014
Rabbi Zalman I. Posner, Emissary, Author, Leader
Rabbi Zalman I. Posner, a pioneer in the field of Jewish outreach and a trail-blazing Chabad-Lubavitch Emissary to Nashville, TN, passed away Wednesday, April 23. He was 87.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Sunday, April 27, 2014
No More Apologies: My Thoughts on Vayikrah
I decided a long time ago that my job can be stressful enough as is and that if G-d wanted me as his personal publicist he would need to ask me Himself. Until that happens I don't feel the need to apologize for him anymore.
Yossi Lipsker | News | Friday, April 25, 2014
Florida Governor Joins Chabad at Sample Seder
Florida Governor Rick Scott joined Chabad of Tallahassee on the eve of the first night of Pesach “pre-Seder” event hosted by Rabbi Schneur and Chanie Oirechman.
Rena Greenberg | News | Friday, April 25, 2014
Ruderman Family Foundation Partners With Chabad For Inclusion
"We are particularly interested in tapping into the bully pulpit of Chabad. If Chabad promotes inclusion it will make this enormously successful.”
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, April 24, 2014
After 70 Years of Kaddish, Children of Holocaust Survivors Discover Truth
Rena Greenberg | News | Sunday, April 13, 2014
Chabad Emissary to Ottawa Receives Governor General's Award
On Monday April 6, Mrs. Devora Caytak was among 46 Canadians chosen from among 500 nominees, who received the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award for reaching out to others.
Rena Greenberg | News | Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Founder of Mazel Day School To Receive Jewish Education Award
Mrs. Chani Okonov, a Chabad emissary to Brighton Beach and co-founder of the Mazel Day School, will receive the 3rd annual Jewish Education Project Young Pioneers Award for her innovative leadership in the field of Jewish education.
Rena Greenberg | News | Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Take Me Out To the Seder
How do Chabad rabbis keep the momentum going, keep the atmosphere intimate, and keep the people sipping, all the way to cup number four?
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Radical Relocation: Brooklyn Jewish Couple Moves to Hanoi
With a grant from the Rohr Family Foundation, Levi and Mushky Laine, with their 11-month old baby girl Rivkah, have left it all behind for Hanoi, Vietnam.
S. Fridman | News | Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Passover Food Provisions for 10,000 Stranded in Calcutta
About 1,500 guests join the largest Seder in the world; another 800 at the one in Pokhara; and for the “Fifth Child” Chabad of Nepal hosts another one in remote Manang, at 11,614 feet above sea level.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Bim, The Boy From Nepal
He’s the good looking, buoyant 12 year old Nepalese boy who greets visitors to Katmandu’s Chabad House with a huge smile: “Hi I’m Bim, the boy from Beit Chabad," he offers happily. He's also quick to provide unsolicited bits of useful information, like candle-lighting time on Friday, or that Shabbos is not out until three stars are spotted in the sky.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Russian Jews of Brighton Beach, At Home With FREE
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, March 25, 2014
European Jewry, Anti-Semitism, Addressed at Rabbinical Conference in Hungary
As Hungary marks 70 years since its Jews were murdered during the Holocaust, its current Jewish population of 100,000—Europe’s second-largest—is seeing alarming anti-Semitic rhetoric.
Rena Greenberg | News | Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Mrs. Rivkie Barber, 49
With profound grief and sadness, the world-wide Chabad-Lubavitch community mourns the passing of Mrs. Rivkie Barber on Friday, March 21. A Chabad-Lubavitch representative in Melbourne, Australia, Barber passed away after a brief illness. She was 49.
Staff Writer | News | Friday, March 21, 2014
Chabad Center Opens in Grenada
“Our vision is to create a beautiful Jewish student center, and to build the first synagogue this island has ever had.”
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, March 20, 2014
Israelis Find A Lively Jewish Niche in Moscow
Unheard of until recently, this vibrant demographic came out to party last week, confirming their place in Moscow’s Jewish community. Hundreds celebrated the 10-year milestone of their expat community that has grown in leaps instead of increments.
Rena Greenberg | News | Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Chabad Representatives to Simferopol Keep Close Watch
"Most Jews feel that this is their community. They are not leaving, and right now our greatest concern is their security—we are working on installing guards and surveillance equipment for the synagogue.”
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, March 17, 2014
Statement from Lubavitch World Headquarters
We recognize our responsibility to ensure that activities in the area move forward, in keeping with Rabbi Moscowitz's lifetime commitment of leadership and outreach.
News | Wednesday, March 12, 2014
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Chabad Mourns Sudden Passing of Mrs. Rashi Minkowicz
The sudden passing Tuesday night of Mrs. Rashi Minkowicz, a young mother of eight, and Chabad representative, has sent a wave of shock and sorrow throughout the Jewish community.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Jew Meets Jew
Simon Gronowski, 82, never put tefillin on. Orphaned, with no parents or siblings before he turned 13, he had no bar mitzvah. Now he was reluctant. “I’m not a good Jew.” "You're the best, said the rabbi.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, March 10, 2014
Regional Director of Chabad of Illinois, Daniel Moscowitz, 59
lubavitch.com Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Who Was Ari Halberstam? 20 Years Since Terror Strikes On the Brooklyn Bridge
Ari Halberstam was the child who sat in his lap and played at his feet—the closest semblance of a grandson that the Rebbe would ever have.
Baila Olidort | News | Sunday, March 2, 2014
1,000 Jewish Teenagers To Meet Up At Shabbat Immersion
CTeen promotes its popular TGIS, Thank G-d It’s Shabbat Program, at the end of the weekend, demonstrating that Shabbat is not only possible together with 1,000 teens, but it’s doable and beautiful back home in their own communities as well.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, February 27, 2014
Chabad Representatives in Ukraine Stay Put, Appeal for Help
Chabad Shluchim state-wide are struggling to meet the growing demand on their respective programs and services while funding from local business people has dropped by more than half.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, February 24, 2014
Hungarian Rabbi Discovers Cache of Torah Scrolls in Russia
Rabbi Shlomo Koves chief rabbi of EMIH Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation announced earlier this week the discovery of over 100 pre-War Torah scrolls in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Thursday, February 20, 2014
Heroic IDF officer Salutes Chabad
Kobi Nachshoni | News | Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Jewish Identity Grows On Manhattan's Upper East Side
Sensitive to an existential void that begs a different kind of answer, some Upper East Side Jews eventually find their way to Chabad of the UES on East 77th Street and First Avenue.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, February 17, 2014
Ki Tissa: A Different Kind of Census Taking
If you see a person who's head is down, then you must a find a way to uplift the individual and remind them that they too count and were put here by G-d for a purpose that only they can achieve.
Yossi Lipsker | News | Thursday, February 13, 2014
The Gravity of Intermarriage
If we feel we must blend in so well and make others feel so comfortable with us that they will want to marry us, we have neither freedom nor yiddishkeit.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, February 13, 2014
A “First Offering” by Jewish Women: Challah
Today, women are finding sustenance for mind, body and soul as they bake fresh loaves in the spirit of this ancient tradition.
Rena Greenberg | News | Monday, February 10, 2014
Metro Atlanta Chabad Inspires Growth, Jewish Engagement
Shaina Olidort | News | Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Sochi Ready To Welcome Jewish Guests
Rena Greenberg | News | Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Jewish Women Leaders Focus on Community Building, Jewish Education
The idea that she is a "representative" of the Rebbe lessened her sense of feeling overwhelmed by the enormity of the challenge, and made it possible for her embrace it, and fulfill it with joy.
Rena Greenberg | News | Monday, January 27, 2014
Live Stream For International Conference of Shluchos
Live video stream from International Conference of Chabad Shluchos. Event begins 5:30 pm EST.
Lubavitch.com | News | Sunday, January 26, 2014
Mrs. Chasiah Kudan, 47
Mrs. Chasiah Kudan, Chabad emissary to Hollywood, Fl. passed January 22, after a lengthy illness. Her passing comes just a day after the marriage of her son Yossi. She was 47.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Prime Ministers Harper, Netanyahu Meet With Chabad Delegation
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper dedicated time Tuesday evening to meet with the Canadian Chabad delegation of rabbis who joined PM Harper on his official tour of Israel.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Mrs. Keny Deren, Pioneering Jewish Educator, 83
Mrs. Keny Deren, a pioneering chabad representative, educator and matriarch of a prominent Chabad family passed away today, 21 January, 2014, after a lengthy illness. She was 83.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Defying Dyslexia, Engineer Celebrates Bar Mitzvah at 65
Richard Singer's hankering to know more about the Torah and the stories behind the stories would take a back seat as he negotiated his reading disability.
Faygie Levy | News | Monday, January 20, 2014
Chabad Representatives Accompany Canadian Prime Minister On First State Visit To Israel
Canadian P.M. Stephen Harper kicked off his tour of the Middle East with a visit to Israel, where he was accompanied by delegation of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis representing five Canadian provinces.
Staff Writer | News | Sunday, January 19, 2014
Chabad At Harvard Gets Serious About Jewish Humor, Identity With Dr. Ruth Wisse
Once an expression of a shared identity informed by knowledge of Torah, Talmud and cultural particularities, today, observed Professor Wisse, American Jews are so removed from Jewish knowledge, they are no longer able to relate to Jewish humor.
Baila Olidort | News | Friday, January 17, 2014
10 Shevat: Different Time, Different Place, Same Message
News | Friday, January 10, 2014
Israel's National Service Program To Enroll Chabad Shluchim
Staff Writer | News | Monday, January 6, 2014
Essay: The Philosopher, The Writer and The Chasidic Story
Tzivia Emmer | News | Tuesday, December 31, 2013
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Russia's Chief Rabbi: Jewish Engagement Stronger Than Ever
In a dramatic shift from the past model where funding came from foreign resources, new synagogues and Jewish community centers in Russia will now be funded by local sponsors.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Attractive Jewish Community Grows Up in Canberra
By official census numbers there are some 600 Jews in all of Canberra. But Rabbi Feldman says there are more than a 1200, many of whom have had no Jewish contact in their lives.
Miriam Davids | News | Monday, December 23, 2013
Jews of France Cautiously Optimistic After President's Remarks
While reaffirming France’s secular character, the President acknowledged the need to ensure that Laïcité—the Republic’s idea of separation of church and state—does not infringe of the freedom of religious expression.
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Chabad Opens in Lake Tahoe To Warm Welcome
In the short time they’ve been there, the new Chabad representatives have attracted a diversity of people from a wide area. Many come from nearby towns in Nevada such as Carson City and Minden to participate at Chabad’s programs.
Faygie Levy | News | Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Books: Children Who Live With Purpose
Readers who collect every one of the 9x9 hardcover books as they are released—each richly illustrated with photographs of the children in their respective locales—are promised a vicarious exposure to a wide range of cultures.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, December 16, 2013
Detroit: Downtown Jewish Revival A Boon to City's Urban Redevelopment
To many young Jews in Detroit, the commitment to rebuild the general community is also deeply tied to a Jewish spiritual renewal.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, December 16, 2013
Radical Reform for Founder, Leader of Popular Manhattan Congregation
On a life-long spiritual quest, 72 year-old Burt Siegel, the much beloved leader of the Reform Shul of New York (on the Lower East Side) has finally dropped anchor at Chabad of the Upper East Side. There he found a tradition that has given him “a sense of the depth of Jewish spirituality that I only knew about vaguely.”
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, December 12, 2013
Albanian Jews Slowly Reclaim Heritage, Muslims Bound by Besa Help
With no infrastructure for so long, the deep-rooted desire by Albanians Jews to reclaim a lost heritage has gone unanswered until now.
Miriam Davids | News | Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Philanthropy 101: 7th Grader Picked Chabad, Took Lead in Gideon Hausner Charity Project
The 7th grader would have to be persuasive, because Chabad is different from the kinds of organizations for which students at Gideon Hausner raise funds . . .
Faygie Levy | News | Tuesday, December 10, 2013
A Train Crash, A Missing Spouse, A Day in the Life of Two Chabad Rabbis
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, December 10, 2013
As Jews Leave Malmo, One Family Stays Put
Although it would surprise no one if the Kesselmans were to pack their bags and leave Malmo, Paulina, the child of Holocaust survivors who came here after the war, shudders at the thought.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, December 9, 2013
As Baby Boomer Demographic Grows, Chabad Reaches Out
Young enough to be the grandchild of many of his congregants, Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky, director with his wife Chanie, of Chabad Jewish Center of Monroe, NJ, are among a growing number of Chabad representatives who are serving an older demographic.
Menachem Posner | News | Monday, December 9, 2013
On Beautiful Vancouver Island, Jewish Life Blossoms
When synagogue newcomer Don Morris acceepted his rabbis offer to wrap Tefillin for the first time, he hadn’t imagined it would be a life-altering experience.
Mindy Rubenstein | News | Monday, December 9, 2013
About A Good Jewish Cause
"I know you do great work," the man on the phone said. "But I don't give to religious causes."
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, December 9, 2013
Slam Dunk for Jewish Teens at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Wednesday, December 4, 2013
For São Paulo's Impoverished, A Light of Hope, Change
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Bundestag President: Public Menorah Lighting A Sign of A Changed Germany
Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin, said, “Every Chanukah candle that is lit at the Brandenburg Gate [shows] the face of Berlin today . . ."
Staff Writer | News | Sunday, December 1, 2013
Kidney Transplant Patient Finds Donor at Chabad
Sara Spielman | News | Thursday, November 28, 2013
At the Games: Chanukah in the Public Arena
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, November 18, 2013
Interview: On The Art of the Halakhic Process With Rabbi Chaim Rapoport
Life without discipline may be more pleasurable but with halakhic discipline it is more meaningful. Jewish law is about the human responding to the Divine call.
Baila OLidort | News | Thursday, November 14, 2013
When The Maccabees Celebrated Thanksgiving
Rabbi Zalman Aaron Kantor | News | Wednesday, November 13, 2013
UC Berkeley Alumni Couple Lead Chabad Center on Campus
Faygie Levy | News | Sunday, November 10, 2013
The Banquet Dinner: Chabad Draws Support From Unexpected Allies
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, November 4, 2013
What the Pew Study Didn't Ask About Jewish Identity
What subjective notions about Jewish identity did they bring to the study? More importantly why would they not include the single most important question of all?
Baila Olidort | News | Friday, November 1, 2013
Chabad-Lubavitch: The Next Phase
Baila Olidort | News | Friday, November 1, 2013
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Beta Fraternity Now Chabad's New Place at Yale University
Once subject to a quota system limiting Jewish admission to Yale, today, its Jewish President welcomes the new Chabad House, once a Beta fraternity.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Friday, October 25, 2013
Religious Activity Makes Rabbi Target in Dagestan
According to the Russian Investigative Committee, it was the rabbi’s religious activity that made him a target of extremists.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, July 25, 2013
Fighting for His Life: Chabad Rep Says ALS A Test of Faith
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, July 11, 2013
A Transformative Experience for Students at Stanford Chabad
A breeding ground for Silicon Valley innovation, Stanford University’s hi-tech environment can be intimidating. But Chabad Rabbi Dov Greenberg and his wife Rachel thrive on the university’s hypermodern culture.
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, June 19, 2013
An Interview with the Rebbe's Doctor - Dr. Ira Weiss
Dr. Ira Weiss, Senior Attending Cardiologist at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL, was called in to attend to the Lubavitcher Rebbe after he suffered a severe heart attack in late 1977 and had rare access to the Rebbe. Baila Olidort spoke with Dr. Weiss about his experience
Baila Olidort | News | Sunday, March 10, 2013
A Teacher in Paris: Rabbi Shmuel Azimov
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Walking The Walk Of The Chabad Emissary
It's that distinct gait of Chabad Shluchim that makes it easy to pick them out in a crowd, even in a crowd of black hats. A chipper confidence and a can-do spirit tempered by humble awe for the larger-than-life vision of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and the role they play in its fulfillment. Hard to translate from the Yiddish, but that, in fact, was the theme of this year's International Conference of Chabad Shluchim, which wrapped up Sunday evening.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, December 1, 2011
New Torah Occupies Wall Street
Only a stone’s throw from Zuccotti Park where protestors clashed with police scores of Wall Street businesspeople and residents took to dancing in the rain at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on Battery Place on the occasion of the dedication of a newly completed Torah Scroll by Chabad of Wall Street.
Jeremy Davis | News | Monday, November 21, 2011
Chabad of Palo Alto Showcases $6 Million Expansion
Chabad-Lubavitch of the Greater South Bay area kicked off a $6 million building project with a celebration concert last week at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto. Piano prodigy Ethan Bortnick headlined the concert.
Mendy Rimler | News | Monday, November 14, 2011
Next Frontier in Outreach: Young Jewish Professionals
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Chabad in Utah Reaches Out to Troubled Teens
Rabbi Benny Zippel has touched hundreds of teens in various residential treatment centers through Project H.E.A.R.T (Hebrew Education for At-Risk Teens). He hits the road at least four days a week to visit RTC’s across the state, fifty-two weeks a year.
Mendy Rimler | News | Thursday, August 4, 2011
Site of Holy Ark Uncovered in Excavations of Great Synagogue of Vilnius
The site of the Aron Kodesh, or Holy Ark of The Great Synagogue of Vilnius dating back to the end of the 16th century, was recently uncovered in the excavations of this historically significant synagogue. Lithuania’s Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius visited the site Friday to view the synagogue’s excavated fragments and attend as 25 Jewish Lithuanian students of the local Beis Menachem school prayed there.
lubavitch.com | News | Thursday, July 14, 2011
Educators Announce New Anti-Bullying Program
A new anti-bullying program titled Defeat The Label (DTL) was announced at the annual Friendship Circle conference last week in West Bloomfield, MI.
Mendy Rimler | News | Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Old Dutch Synagogue Opens For Friday Night Services: A First Since Holocaust
Hidden between two row-houses on the narrow street, the synagogue was overlooked by the Nazis, and so it remained intact. After the War it was the first synagogue in Holland to reopen. But as the Jewish population shifted from the synagogue’s home in the De Pijp neighborhood to residential areas in the south of the Dutch capital, it fell into disuse. For the past fifty year it has remained closed during the week, opening only for Shabbat morning and High Holiday services.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Single Moms Find Compassion, Support, at Bais Chana
Single mothers captured the spotlight in early March of this year when politicians and pundits weighed in on the subject of unwed Hollywood moms and moms-to-be. Aided by an adoring media, celebrity women project an aura of glamour around having babies without husbands.
Lubavitch.com Staff | News | Thursday, April 28, 2011
Mikvah Excavation Confirms Observance of Ritual Among Early Jews in America
Excavations in Baltimore’s historic Lloyd Street Synagogue, the third oldest synagogue standing in America, have uncovered the oldest mikvah in the country to-date. The mikvah complex is located in the basement of a row-house adjacent to the Greek revival style synagogue.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Rabbi Visits Jewish Burial Sites in Iran
Under a simple brick dome in Hamadan, south of Teheran, are two beautiful wooden tomb-boxes bearing a Hebrew inscription.
News | Thursday, February 3, 2011
Arsonists Strike Synagogue in Tunisia
A synagogue in the village of El Hamma, in the southern Gabes region of Tunisia was set on fire Monday night, its Torah scrolls reportedly burnt.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Yale Alum Donates $1 Million to New Chabad Building
Though launching a $6 million dollar capital campaign during an economic downturn presents an obvious challenge, Rabbi Shua Rosenstein at Chabad of Yale is seeing healthy progress.
Mendy Rimler | News | Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Jewish Women Celebrate Family At Annual Conference
They left family and fort behind, but for five days of workshops and sessions, these Chabad representatives were exhorted to remember their primary focus: family.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, January 31, 2011
Philanthropist Bogolubov Celebrates Birth of Grandson By Giving
In honor of the birth of his grandson, Jewish philanthropist Mr. Gennady Bogolubov will give $500 to every Chabad representative. Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky of Lubavitch Headquarters announced the gift
Mendy Rimler | News | Monday, January 31, 2011
Places: Kraków Then and Now
Today, Thursday, January 27, marks the 66th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by Soviet forces.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Thursday, January 27, 2011
Bradenton, FL: Chabad Purchases Five Acres as Jewish Life Grows
Bradenton’s Jewish community will finally enjoy a permanent address and a new, comprehensive facility that will allow it to grow and enjoy greater programming and services provided by Chabad.
Mendy Rimler | News | Thursday, January 27, 2011
Empowering Jewish Youth to Stand up for Israel
Nearly one thousand Jewish teenagers worldwide completed the latest JLI Teens course, Israel 3-D: A journey though time, space, and beyond...
News | Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Remembering the Life of a Jewish Feminine Role Model: Rebbetzin Chaya Moussia Schneerson
Greatness comes in many forms. Often we imagine the character of a giant...
Chabad Lubavitch HQ | News | Thursday, January 20, 2011
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Laying the Groundwork: Chabad in Canberra to Open New Mikvah
After more than half a century with no rabbi, no Jewish school or kosher butcher in town, Canberra’s 2000 Jews are beginning to see change.
Mendy Rimler | News | Thursday, January 20, 2011
Chabad Schools In Tunis Close As Rioting Continues
Tzipporah Juarez, a Tunisian expat living in New York, is nervously following the news coming from Tunis.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Transition in Lubavitch: January 28, 1950
Born June 21, 1880 in the town of Lubavitch, Yosef Yitzchak was inducted by his father, the Fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shalom Dovber Schneersohn, into communal work on behalf of Russian Jewry at the tender age of 15.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Friday, January 14, 2011
Jewish Leaders Meet in German Regional Capital
Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries representing 15 communities across Germany met with North Rhine-Westphalia Parliamentary President Eckhard Uhlenberg.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Thursday, January 13, 2011
Chabad Reps Assist Jewish Community Members After Brisbane Floods
Chabad representatives in Brisbane, Rabbis Levi Jaffe and Chanoch Sufrin worked quickly over the last few days to establish contact with members of the Jewish community and provide assistance where possible.
Mendy Rimler | News | Thursday, January 13, 2011
Editorial: Old Fashioned Values, Point Blank
It used to be that when individuals committed violent crimes against others, the rage they acted out was attributed to a deprived childhood.
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Eighth Grader in Beijing Bakes Cakes To Sponsor Friends
When Devorah Freundlich, 13, of Beijing, China, is not busy with her schoolwork, she’s popping cakes out of the oven in her mom’s kitchen. They are custom cakes—dolls, police trucks, snowmobiles
Laima Barber | News | Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Argentina: Opportunities for Jewish Engagement Make Small Dents in Intermarriage
There are a quarter of a million Jews in Argentina today. But “seven out of ten are dating non-Jews, and the rate of intermarriage is rising,” says director of Chabad in Argentina Rabbi Tzvi Grunblatt.
Mendy Rimler | News | Tuesday, January 11, 2011
JNet Study Partners Celebrate Ancient Custom
The bonds of friendship formed by JNet study are a matter of pride for Rabbi Yehuda Dukes, the program’s managing director. “I’m always impressed by the long-term relationships formed by our participants,” he says.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Friday, January 7, 2011
Renowned Teacher, Holocaust Survivor, 94
Rabbi Menachem Zev Greenglass, a survivor of the Nazi invasion of Poland and renowned educator to thousands, passed away Wednesday, December 29 after a lengthy illness. He was 94.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, January 4, 2011
BLOG: 2010 A Banner Year for Russia’s Jewish Community
It is no small irony that while Jewish populations are dwindling in European countries where Jews are made to feel unwelcome, Russia’s is thriving.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Jewish Life at Yale Grows As Chabad Expands
Until the early 1960’s, Yale University employed a quota restricting Jewish enrollment to about ten percent. Jewish students..
Mendy Rimler | News | Monday, January 3, 2011
Kehot Launches Tanya Tutor for Online Study of Chasidic Text
The Kehot Publication Society, the Chabad-Lubavitch publishing house, has released a new-online edition of the Tanya, the seminal work of Chabad Chasidic philosophy.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Friday, December 31, 2010
Russia’s Chief Rabbi Lazar Meets With Muslim Mufti
The two met at the Chief Rabbi’s offices in the Marina Roscha Jewish Center in Moscow, where they discussed inter-faith relations in Russia and issues of inter-ethnic conflicts.
News | Thursday, December 30, 2010
Despite Anti-Semitism on UK Campuses, Jewish Activity Gains Momentum
Twenty six men and women, Chabad Shluchim representing almost every major campus in the UK, met earlier this week to discuss vital issues confronting Jewish students today.
Mendy Rimler | News | Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Stranded Travelers at Chicago O'Hare Get Kosher Meals
More than 200 flights have been canceled at O’Hare Airport in Chicago after a massive snowstorm barreled into the Mideast Sunday, leaving 1,700 travelers stranded in the airport.
Mendy Rimler | News | Wednesday, December 29, 2010
New Chabad to Open in Debrecen, Hungary
Rabbi Kotlarsky and a delegation from the Jewish community met with Hungarian President Pál Schmitt. In their hour-long meeting, they discussed the need for increased education to help combat growing anti-Semitism in Hungary.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Eilat Community, Israeli Dignitaries, Dedicate New Chabad Centre
After years of building, a new Chabad centre in Eilat, Israel opened Monday. Rabbi Levi Hecht, director of the new center was joined in a dedication ceremony by Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger, Minister of Religious Services Yakov Margi, and Rabbi Yosef Hecht, director of Chabad activities in Eilat.
Mendy Rimler | News | Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Jewish Entrepreneurs Network in Orange County
As the national unemployment rate looms at 9.8% and that of California at 12.6%, a group of Southern California professionals and entrepreneurs have turned the recession into an opportunity for networking and community building.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Chabad To Open in Haight Ashbury
Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco was ground zero of the counterculture movement in the 1960’s when the neighborhood welcomed the hippies and flower children of the Summer of Love.
Mendy Rimler | News | Monday, December 27, 2010
Anti-Semitic Comments by Greek Priest Offend Many
A recent anti-Semitic tirade by a high-ranking Greek orthodox priest on the nation’s largest television network has brought international condemnation.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Sunday, December 26, 2010
BLOG: Plumbing WikiLeaks From a Jewish Perspective
Nearly 1,000 years ago, a rabbi instituted a revolutionary ban that would have prevented the whole WikiLeaks shake up.
Rivka Chaya Berman | News | Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Play Now, Pay Later: Lessons From The Madoff Tragedy
With the news of Mark Madoff’s suicide, this family’s ruinous fall has grown to make it worthy of Shakespearean tragedy. Like Macbeth, this is the story of how one man’s greed powered a calamity of epic proportions...
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Albania Jewish Community Installs Chief Rabbi
With a small Jewish population of 150 but a long history of Jewish life, Albania finally has a Chief Rabbi to call their own.
Mendy Rimler | News | Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Jewish Teens Learn Jewish Pride
300 Cteens in Miami, Florida met at American Airlines Arena for a Chanukah bash and a Miami Heat game, and then got to shoot hoops after full-time.
Mendy Rimler | News | Monday, December 13, 2010
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Remembering Rabbi Levi Deitsch
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Deitsch, Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to Tysons Corner, Virginia passed away Saturday, November 12. He was 34 years old.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Thursday, December 9, 2010
Canadian PM Harper Hosts Chanukah Party
“We are delighted that you could all come to my home today,” Harper said at the party. “This is the first time the Prime Minister’s home has ever been opened for a Hanukah celebration.”
Mendy Rimler | News | Wednesday, December 8, 2010
RCE: Estonia should represent a paradigm for relations between a European government and its Jewish community
The Jewish community in Estonia has a very dark history and was the first country to be declared Judenfrei, completely free of Jews, by the Nazis during WWII.
News | Wednesday, December 8, 2010
In Aftermath of the Carmel Fires, Israelis Struggle to Recover
Depending on where you stand in the Carmel region, the scent of wood smoke is still in the air. If it weren't for the destruction it represents, the scent would be holiday-like, appealing.
R. C. Berman | News | Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Judea Lives: The Story of A Chanukah Menorah
It was the eighth night of Chanukah in Kiel, Germany, a small town with a population of 500 Jews. That year, 1931, the last night Chanukah fell on Friday evening, and Rabbi Akiva Boruch Posner, spiritual leader of the town was hurrying to light the Menorah before the Shabbat set in.
Mendy Rimler | News | Monday, December 6, 2010
Free To Be Jewish . . . Or Free to Assimilate?
Exactly a year to the day since Britian’s Supreme Court overrode Jewish religious law in determining Jewish identity, questions about Jewish identity loom large.
News | Friday, December 3, 2010
Olive Oil: Chanukah's Main Squeeze is Alive and Well in Israel
Dust the color of a summer blonde on a hillside 40 minutes outside of Jerusalem conceals a secret. Caves carved into soft chalky limestone in Beit Guvrin house an ancient olive oil factory that dates back to the times of the Maccabees.
R. C. Berman | News | Friday, December 3, 2010
Rugrats Chanukah Special Screenwriter Turns to Jewish Roots
San Buenaventura, California is a picturesque middle class town draped in Spanish-revival stucco homes and wide, palm-lined avenues. More commonly known as Ventura, the city lies fifty miles west of Hollywood
Chaim Emanuel | News | Thursday, December 2, 2010
Gov. Schwarzenegger Joins Chanukah Celebration at Capitol Menorah Lighting Ceremony
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and local leaders of the Jewish community today joined Chabad of Sacramento to celebrate Chanukah at the 17thAnnual Capitol Menorah Lighting Ceremony.
News | Wednesday, December 1, 2010
MDs Explore Medicine and Morals With JLI
The sixth and final lesson of the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) fall course series, Medicine and Morals, concludes this week. According to Dr. Chana Silberstein, JLI’s Director of Curriculum Development, the course provides a focal point to ground the Torah’s ethical teachings in the advancements of modern science
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, November 30, 2010
A Renovated Mikvah for Mumbai’s Jewish Community
The recent work on the Mikvah, which was funded by local business people, is part of the Gechtman’s efforts to resume the work of the Holtzbergs, serving visiting business people, travelers, and the local community.
Mendy Rimler | News | Monday, November 29, 2010
Agreement Allows Kosher Poultry Slaughter in New Zealand
The agreement, which came in advance of a trial due to begin Monday is a relief for Jewish communities in New Zealand, says Rabbi Mendy Goldstein, director of Chabad in New Zealand.
Mendy Rimler | News | Monday, November 29, 2010
NCFJE Celebrates 70 Years
Last Sunday, November 21, 700 guests joined the National Committee For Furtherance of Jewish Education at a 70 year anniversary celebration Chelsea Piers Pier 60.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Thursday, November 25, 2010
Advocate for Soviet Jewry Passes Away at 80
Rebbetzin Batsheva Silberstein, a pioneering member of the Chabad-Lubavitch community in Antwerp, Belgium, who fought on behalf of Soviet Jewry...
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Thursday, November 25, 2010
Schottenstein Chabad Center To Open in Columbus, Ohio
Residents of historical New Albany, Ohio will soon welcome the Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center for a Jewish Tomorrow, a stately Georgian structure located in the heart of the quaint village.
Mendy Rimler | News | Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Jewish Kids in Action (JKA) Brings Tradition Alive to Children in Uruguay
When the lights at the Kehila Theatre dim Wednesday morning, it will be show time for some 500 Jewish school children in Montevideo...
Mendy Rimler | News | Monday, November 22, 2010
Rabbi Mendy Deren, 36
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Deren, director of development for Chabad’s Mayanot yeshivah in Jerusalem, passed away Friday, November 5. He was 36.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Books in Review
Kehot Publication Society, the publishing arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, has released new volume in its acclaimed Hasidic Heritage Series.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Wednesday, November 17, 2010
JLI Teens Launches Internship Program
Young, smart, Jewish, they are the children of the baby boomers who cut their teeth on hi-speed internet and the virtual world it placed in their laps while still in the stroller.
News | Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Maple Leaf Madness – Chabad Confronts Anti-Israel Activism on Canada’s College Campuses
Jeremy Izfo may soon be analyzing debt-to-earnings ratios of Fortune 500 companies, but today the economics major at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, is looking at Chabad on Campus's bottom line.
R.C. Berman | News | Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Chabad's 18-Wheel Museum Roaring to Life
Children’s mobile museum drives like a truck, and expands into a 1,000 square ft. space for hands-on Jewish experience.
R.C. Berman | News | Thursday, November 11, 2010
Chabad of Korea Prepares 5-Star Kosher Meals for G20
While the finance leaders of the 20 countries ruminate over the future of the world economy, 50 summit participants will be dining on cuisine prepared by Chabad representatives.
R.C. Berman | News | Wednesday, November 10, 2010
In Conversation: Chabad Representatives to Mumbai, India
This past September, Rabbi Chanoch and Leah Gechtman settled Mumbai to resume the work of Gabi and Rivky. The following is an updated interview based on their recent conversation with lubavitch.com. The interview was conducted in Hebrew.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Family First: Chabad Conference Focuses on the Jewish Home
Despite chilly temperatures blowing off the New York Harbor Sunday evening, the ambience at the Gala Banquet of the International Conference of Chabad Shluchim was warm and inspired.
Mendy Rimler | News | Monday, November 8, 2010
Annual Conference of Chabad Emissaries In Session
The annual Gala Banquet will take place this year in the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal at Pier 12 in Red Hook. Come Sunday the 4,000 guests will find the pier transformed into a posh banquet hall - replete with video screens, state-of-the-art lighting and carpeting.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Friday, November 5, 2010
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Chabad on Campus Opens Jewish Student Center in Manchester
The university has a long history of welcoming Jews to campus. Established in the early 19th century, University of Manchester was originally known as Owen's College.
Rivka Chaya Berman | News | Thursday, November 4, 2010
Holy Letters in the City of the Mystics
The multi-million dollar interactive visitors center situated in the city of Israel’s ancient mystics offers guests a hi-tech illuminating exploration of the tradition of the Jewish scribe, insights to the letters and calligraphy of the Hebrew Alpha Bet...
News | Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Chabad of Northwestern University Menorah Vandalized
According to Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein, director of the Tannenbaum Chabad House and Chabad Lubavitch representative to Northwestern since 1985, the event shocked everyone. In his 25 years at Northwestern, Klein claims he has never experienced an anti-semitic act on this scale before.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, November 1, 2010
Despite Disabilities, A Young Couple Finds Love at Mayanot Birthright Israel
When Zak Khazanovich was in middle school, he once drew up a list of goals he planned to reach in the future. Included on his list were many things that other kids might also wish for, but conspicuously missing was the prospect of marriage.
Mendy Rimler | News | Tuesday, October 26, 2010
University of Illinois Men's Basketball Team, ZBT Fraternity and Chabad Host Annual Alley Oop for Autism
The children enjoyed an hour-long Basketball clinic with the national ranked team, and an exclusive tour of the locker room. Each child received a gift—a photo of the team, autographed by every player and the head coach.
News | Monday, October 25, 2010
Chabad Rabbi Launches Online Training Program for Rabbis
While this online program makes it possible for students to study at home or in the office, opportunities for lively debate and discussion, it seems, will be compromised. Not so, counters Wilhelm.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, October 21, 2010
Australian Chabad Community Celebrates 100 Years Down Under
Chabad representatives of every state in Australia were joined by Member of Federal Parliament Mr. Michael Danby M.P., and Mr. Mordechai Feiglin, Sunday, October 17, at a gala celebrating the centennial year of Chabad in Australia.
News | Thursday, October 21, 2010
A Community of Jewish Teens Grows On Boston’s North Shore
15-year-old Sasha Matusevich grew up on Boston’s North Shore. In many ways, the public school sophomore is your typical American teenager whose love for dancing made her drop out of Hebrew school at age 11.
Rishe Groner | News | Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Jewish Aggies Welcome Torah At Texas A&M Chabad Center
Only three years old, the Chabad center had been using a Torah on loan since it opened in 2007. The new Torah, a gift from the Sandra Brand Torah Project, represents a meaningful milestone for this dynamic Jewish student organization.
News | Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Jewish Public School Children Thrive at Florida Afterschool Program
Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Chabad representative in Highland Lakes, who co-directs the program together with his wife, Layah, says the school has grown by word-of-mouth. Children and their parents seem to love it.
Mendy Rimler | News | Monday, October 18, 2010
European Dignitaries Discuss Interreligious Understanding with Chief Rabbi of Russia
Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar met Wedensday with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Mr. Mevlüt Çavusoglu, who is in Moscow to address interreligious understanding.
News | Thursday, October 14, 2010
Chabad of Manhattan’s Upper West Side Opens Kollel Program
Chabad of the Upper West Side opened its Kollel Erev (evening Kollel) this Monday, adding an authentic yeshiva experience to the variety of opportunities for Jewish engagement at this burgeoning center of Jewish life.
News | Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Blog: A Sukkah Party In the Woods of Maine
A year ago, Yehudah Dukes of the Jewish Learning Network, paired me up with Robert. I lived in Australia and Robert, in the woods of Maine.
Yosef Hazdan | News | Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Mrs. Pessia Matusof, 86
Born in Leningrad, Mrs Matusof was the daughter of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Karasik. Together with her husband, Rabbi Shlomo Matusof, she dedicated most of her years to the service of Moroccan Jewry.
Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters | News | Monday, October 11, 2010
Kosher Culture: Jewish, Muslim Students Cook in Sydney
60 Jewish and Muslim school children cooked side by side Wednesday in Bondi’s Our Big Kitchen, a Chabad run community kitchen in Sydney, Australia.
Mendy Rimler | News | Friday, October 8, 2010
Israeli Campus Paradox: More Jews, Less Shabbat
At Tel Aviv University, future doctor Jordana Hikri was experiencing a classic Israeli paradox....
R. C. Berman | News | Friday, October 8, 2010
Mrs. Esty Cohen, Chabad Representative, Age 33
The daughter of Chabad Shluchim, Esty was born and raised in Albany, NY where her parents, Rabbi Yisroel and Rochel Rubin lead Chabad of the Capital District.
News | Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Actor Tony Curtis Remembered By Chabad
Rabbi Mendy first met Tony Curtis after receiving a call from his daughter Allegra Curtis. She felt that it would be good for him to have some spirituality in his life
News | Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Chabad Center in Ho Chi Minh Moves to Larger Facility
Chabad's new, three-story, 3,800 square foot location stands on a busy street in District 1, the most populous section of the city.
R. C. Berman | News | Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Azerbaijani President, Israeli Dignitaries, Inaugurate New Jewish School
A moderate Muslim country and neighbor to Iran, Baku, Azerbaijan will now be home to a new campus in the Ohr Avner school system in the Former Soviet Union.
Mendy Rimler | News | Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Books: Rebbe’s Letters From Chabad Archives Released In New Volume
Spanning the years 1913-1947 and seven countries, the book provides a rare and intimate look at the personal life of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok and his children.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, October 4, 2010
After 20 Years, the Sukkah Reunites Old Friends
Schechter noticed a familiar face when he entered the Sukkah with the other guests...
Mendy Rimler | News | Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Rome Officials Join Chabad Rep in City Sukkah
On Monday, September 27th, dozens of dignitaries joined Rabbi Yitzhak Hazan, Chabad representative to Rome, Italy, for the "Sukkah of Peace" inauguration ceremony.
Yaacov Behrman | News | Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Kyrgyzstan Government Promises Security for Jewish Community
The president confirmed that she read Rabbi Raichman’s letter, and “promised appropriate security for the Jewish community,” said Berkowitz
Yaacov Behrman | News | Wednesday, September 22, 2010
New Volume on Chabad History Published
The Chabad-Lubavitch publishing house, Kehot Publication Society, has announced the publication of an important new book on the history of Chabad.
Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters | News | Tuesday, September 21, 2010
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Portugal Jewish Community To Welcome Full Time Chabad Representatives
The only country in Europe still without its own Chabad representatives, Portugal will soon be welcoming a new addition to its 300-member Jewish community.
Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters | News | Monday, September 20, 2010
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Tauber, Holocaust Survivor, Age 74
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Tauber, 74, a Holocaust survivor and Chabad Chasid, passed away Yom Kippur morning at Sheba Hospital in the Tel HaShomer Medical Center after a long illness.
News | Monday, September 20, 2010
Celebrating Judaism in a Changing Europe
According to Prof. Robert S. Wistrich, head of Hebrew University's Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism, the Jews of Europe must brace themselves for a new reality.
EJ Tansky | News | Monday, September 20, 2010
Pollinating New Holiday Growth
In Israel, honey jars fly off store shelves during the High Holiday season, when Jews pray for and wish each other a New Year filled with sweetness.
R. C. Berman | News | Sunday, September 19, 2010
Staying Attuned on the Day of Atonement
News | Friday, September 17, 2010
Israel’s Two Wheel Yom Kippur Dilemma
The origin of biking on Yom Kippur in Israel is murky, but it is ironically tied to the widespread reverence that Israelis—even secular ones—have for this holiest of Jewish days
R. C. Berman | News | Wednesday, September 15, 2010
New Zealand Chabad House Gets Green Sign After Earthquake
The Chabad House has been inspected and approved by local authorities for use after last week’s major earthquake caused damage to the city’s roads and buildings.
Mendy Rimler | News | Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Kyrgyzstan Govt Must Take Synagogue Bomb Seriously, Says Community Rabbi
Four days after a bomb packed with nails was thrown into the Jewish community synagogue in Bishkek, the police have yet to identify any suspects, says Rabbi Aryeh Raichman, Chabad representative to the city.
News | Monday, September 13, 2010
A Rosh Hashana Moment for Mom [Blog]
Jodi Brody | News | Monday, September 13, 2010
Holtzberg Nanny Receives Israeli ID Card
Sandra Samuel, the Indian nanny who saved the life of Moshe Holtzberg from the besieged Nariman House during the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, September 13, 2010
Israel: Secular Kibbutz Members Welcome Torah Study, Prayer
In Kibbutz Beit Alfa’s Children’s House, director Anat Lev is busy planning High Holiday activities with the local Chabad rabbi
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, September 13, 2010
Jewish Philanthropist Celebrates Birth of Baby With $2 Million Gift to Chabad Shluchim
Announced by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky of Lubavitch Headquarters, the gift was made through the Bogolubov Simcha Fund, dedicated to assisting Chabad representatives during their respective family life-cycle events.
S. Fridman | News | Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Kohelet Foundation Partners With Rohr JLI
With the new school year fast approaching, parents affected by the current economic crisis are facing difficult choices regarding their children’s education.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Hungarian Deputy PM: "Return of Synagogue Symbolic of Communism's End"
It was a dreamlike experience for the Holocaust survivor who grew up in the Jewish orphanage next door to the synagogue after the war...
Staff Writer | News | Monday, September 6, 2010
Thousands Walk For Friendship in Michigan
Some 5,000 people participated in the annual “Walk4Friendship” yesterday, raising close to 500K for the Friendship Circle in Michigan.
Mendy Rimler | News | Monday, September 6, 2010
New Encyclopedia of Religion in America Includes Entry On Chabad Movement
The newly released Encyclopedia of Religion in America, edited by renowned scholars in the field and published by CQ Press, includes an entry on Chabad-Lubavitch touching on some of the movement’s keystone achievements.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, September 6, 2010
Sage Advice for Netanyahu As New Round of Peace Talks Begin
Prime Minister Netanyahu returned to Israel after meeting with President Obama and Mr. Abbas in the White House, in yet another attempt to restart peace talks.
News | Sunday, September 5, 2010
New Zealand Synagogue Spared Damage by Earthquake
(lubavitch.com) Only a few days before the worst earthquake to hit New Zealand in 80 years struck, renovations on the Canterbury Hebrew Synagogue were completed.
Mendy Rimler | News | Sunday, September 5, 2010
Kohl’s Competition Ends, 11 Chabad Schools Win Most Votes
(lubavitch.com) Eleven out of the top 20 schools garnering the greatest number of votes in Kohl’s Cares school competition, are Chabad-affiliated schools.
News | Saturday, September 4, 2010
Kosher Comes to Bradley University
This fall, Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois will be building two new kosher kitchens—one dairy, and one meat—to better accommodate its staff, faculty and 285 Jewish students.
Mendy Rimler | News | Friday, September 3, 2010
On the Frontlines of Kohl’s-Facebook Fever
A father of young children, Forer is quite past the age where hanging out in Southern California hotspots late into the night is appealing. But he was out because his children’s school Cheder Menachem had a $500,000 prize on the line
R.C. Berman | News | Friday, September 3, 2010
Getting A Head Start On Rosh Hashana With Chabad
Rosh Hashana is probably the best known and most widely observed Jewish holiday. And, with hundreds of thousands of free seats available and prayer services
C. R. Lundy | News | Thursday, September 2, 2010
Released Time Bolsters Jewish Identity of NY Public School Students
Every Wednesday during the past year, 230 Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students instructed more than 1,110 students from 114 public schools across New York City in Jewish education.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Kehot Releases Special Tribute to Teachers and Educators
The Educator’s Privilege, newly released by Kehot Publication Society, offers guidance and inspiration for educators from the talks and correspondences of the Lubavitcher Rebbe...
News | Monday, August 30, 2010
F.R.E.E. Greets Thousands At Brighton Beach Festival
Thousands who came to the Annual Brighton Beach Festival on Sunday, heard the shofar blasts and took time to learn about the upcoming Jewish High Holidays.
News | Monday, August 30, 2010
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Nevada’s Jewish Day School Opens New Building
As schools across the country open their doors this September some 180 students of the Desert Torah Academy will be entering a brand new, state-of-the-art school building in Southern Nevada
Mendy Rimler | News | Monday, August 30, 2010
Larry King to Host Chabad Telethon
CNN television personality Larry King will be hosting the special 30th anniversary Chabad “To Life!” telethon, to be broadcast live from Hollywood this Sunday.
Mendy Rimler | News | Sunday, August 29, 2010
Dnepropetrovsk Jewish Community Targets City's 16-30 Year Olds
Poster ads in Dnepropetrovsk’s main drags call on the city’s Jewish 16-30 year olds with the promise of $1000 UAH if they join a one-month Judaic studies course.
News | Friday, August 27, 2010
One Million Jews in Russia
Russia’s Jewish population is at about one million, says the FJC President, Alexander Boroda.
News | Friday, August 27, 2010
Chabad-on-Campus Opens New Center in Rittenhouse Square
For the first time ever, Jewish students studying at any of the cluster of arts colleges in Center City, Philadelphia, will have their own Jewish student organization
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, August 26, 2010
The Kotel Siddur: A Better Experience at Israel’s Western Wall
In addition to comprehensive translations and transliterations, the Kotel Siddur offers explanations and insights into the spiritual meaning of the site.
R. C. Berman | News | Wednesday, August 25, 2010
After 60 Years, Óbuda Synagogue To Open Its Doors For Rosh Hashana
Sixty years after it was emptied of its Jewish worshipers, the Óbuda synagogue in Budapest—the oldest in Hungary, will open its doors to services this Rosh Hashana.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Raising the Bar At Jewish Preschools
This September the Olam Academy of Basking Ridge, New Jersey will open its doors to welcome 16 students into its inaugural kindergarten
Sarah Lehat | News | Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Australian Premier Says Thank You for Chicken Soup
On Ms Keneally’s last visit to the kosher kitchen, she was suffering from a head cold. The following day she received a package at her office in Governor Macquarie Tower.
News | Monday, August 23, 2010
OK in the UK: As College Students Grow, So Do Chabad Services
University students heading back to school in the United Kingdom will find their Chabad centers on campus expanding....
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, August 23, 2010
Former Governor and Senator George Allen Addresses National Jewish Retreat
This past Thursday, George Allen, the former Governor of Virginia, gave the keynote address at the National Jewish Retreat in Reston, VA.
News | Thursday, August 19, 2010
A Year Late, A Sderot Boy Gets His Bar Mitzvah Party
The fourteen year old knew better than to complain to his parents when his milestone birthday went by without celebration. Serving as his parents’ legs and eyes since the age of ten has matured Assaf beyond his years.
R. C. Berman | News | Thursday, August 19, 2010
Gan Israel Teenager Administers CPR, Saves Life
A counselor who had just returned from a summer at Camp Gan Israel of Alpharetta, GA came to the rescue at an Engelwood Cliffs, New Jersey gas station, when a 19 year old girl collapsed on site.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Thursday, August 19, 2010
National Jewish Retreat Opens in Virginia
Possibly the largest national Jewish study program of its kind, the five-day Retreat this year opens Tuesday, August 17, and will offer an unusual Jewish immersion experience through...
Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters | News | Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Will Kiwis Kill Kosher?
Now that a New Zealand court has granted a temporary stay on the country’s kosher slaughter ban, chicken soup might return to Rabbi Shmuel and Henna Kopel’s Shabbat table at Chabad of Otago.
R.C. Berman | News | Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Precious Findings: Inscriptions in an old Torah scroll
This summer, the Jewish community of Port Washington welcomed a Torah scroll to the city’s local Chabad center that was begging, it seemed, to be restored to a familiar hearth.
Sarah Lehat | News | Tuesday, August 10, 2010
New: Russian Translated Pentateuch with Rashi Commentary
Russian language readers interested in Biblical Judaic texts can now study the Torah, or the Pentateuch with Rashi's super commentary in modern Russian translation.
Sarah Lehat | News | Tuesday, August 10, 2010
A Jewish Community in Sydney Grows Young, Vibrant
A shuttered bankers’ training facility will soon reopen as Chabad’s Jewish community retreat center in Sydney’s North Shore.
R.C. Berman | News | Monday, August 9, 2010
Mezuza Marathon
In most places, it is possible to identify a Jewish residence by the mezuzah on the doorpost. Not so in parts of the FSU, where thousands of Jews live tucked away in small cities and townlets, and have yet to be reached.
News | Friday, August 6, 2010
New Mikvah Construction Begins for Smolensk
Smolensk, the capital city of the Smolensk Region, located on the Dnieper River some 360 kilometers (224 mi) west-southwest of Moscow, home to approximately 5000 Jews, will soon have its own mikvah.
News | Friday, August 6, 2010
On Two Jews
Where do the needs of one Jew stop, and those of the other begin?
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Early Childhood Education Gets a Head Start
Recipients of a Chabad educational program that will open new preschools in the U.S. met Wednesday with Mr. David Slager, the philanthropist underwriting the $5 million initiative.
Staff Writer | News | Friday, July 30, 2010
Blind Date: Two Jews, Two Phones, One Torah
Sanford Rosenthal surfs the web using a talking computer. To find matching clothes each morning, he feels the Braille labels on his shirts. His cell phone announces the number of the caller who is trying to reach him.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, July 28, 2010
In Small Town Viroqua, Jewish Teenagers Explore Identity
Viroqua, on a ridge in the Ocooch Mountains of Southwestern Wisconsin, is 50 miles from the nearest Jewish community, an unlikely venue for a study of Jewish themes....
Sarah Lehat | News | Monday, July 26, 2010
The Stranger On The Plane [Blog]
I have not seen him in a month, and in that time, the cancer that is chasing my son’s body has paralyzed his entire left side and he is rapidly losing mobility...
Donna Powell | News | Monday, July 19, 2010
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Rabbi Isaac Luria, Mystic for the Ages
Friday, July 16, marks the anniversary of the passing, of Rabbi Isaac Luria on the fifth of the Hebrew month of Av.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Friday, July 16, 2010
Aussie Rabbi Gives Peace a Chance
A Chabad rabbi was one of three representatives sent by Australia’s federal government recently, to an international peace conference hosted by a Muslim non-governmental organization in Indonesia.
R. C. Berman | News | Friday, July 16, 2010
The eighth note!
I remember way, way back in the day, when I was a Yeshivah student, I used to help a certain Chabad House every so often and spend Shabbos with them. It was a marvelous experience every time. I loved the atmosphere, the warmth and the genuine feeling of being welcomed and accepted that the Shliach and his family gave.
Benny Hershcovich | News | Wednesday, July 14, 2010
The Art of the Jew
In a recent conversation I was asked, “how do you see the Jewish people”? I was once told to that to see the soul of a masterpiece, you must step back, you must take it all in. Standing up-close and focusing on details can leave the observer looking at a hodgepodge.
Mayer Preger | News | Wednesday, July 14, 2010
A Boy For All Camps
It’s hard for the average kid to be in two places at once. But Ari Cohen is not your average kid. Last summer, the spunky six-year old became a favorite of 83 Gan Israel day camps around the world. This year, he hopes to make even more friends.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Chabad Friendship Circles Win $20,000 Each in Chase Bank Giving Campaign
(lubavitch.com) Fourteen Friendship Circle branches across the U.S. have been voted to the top 200 in the Chase Community Giving, winning a prize of $20,000 each.
News | Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Senior Chabad Representative, Mrs. Rivkah Hecht, 91
Rebbetzin Rivkah (Ruthie) Hecht, a pioneer of the Jewish day school movement and one of the original Chabad emissaries to New Haven, Connecticut, passed away Thursday, July 8 after a lengthy illness. She was 91.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Time Passages
Arie (Lova) Eliav, one of Israel’s most decorated citizens, born in the Soviet Union, in 1924, was a Knesset Member and leader of the Labor party. He served as the First Secretary at the Israeli embassy in Moscow. Eliav died on May 30, 2010, at age 88.
News | Monday, July 12, 2010
For Israeli Students, Medical Training in Hungary Deepens Jewish Identity
Toasting the new graduates in Hebrew at the Hotel Intercontinental ballroom, 300 guests - proud family and friends from Israel and Budapest’s Jewish community - saluted Chabad’s role in helping the students survive their years of studies and internship. Young docs rose to thank Chabad for giving them a greater appreciation for Jewish life and thought.
R. C. Berman | News | Sunday, July 11, 2010
Old and Wise
I went to see someone in the Hospital ICU. The individual wants to sue the hospital. He’s paid every medical and insurance bill throughout his 90+ years
Mayer Prager | News | Thursday, July 8, 2010
Chabad on Campus Reaches Tipping Point
This past year, on an average Friday night, a combined total of 7,000 students took their seats at Chabad on Campus for Shabbat dinner. Some 3,479 students attended one or more of 408 Jewish study classes
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, July 5, 2010
Queen Elizabeth Meets With Chabad Representative of Canada
(lubavitch.com) Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn was invited on behalf of the Canadian Federation of Chabad Lubavitch to an exclusive Garden Party with Queen Elizabeth as well as Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
News | Sunday, July 4, 2010
Big Lots Donates $100,000 to Chabad House
News | Friday, July 2, 2010
Fourteen Chabad Centers in the Running for $20k
Some 14 Chabad centers are now within the top 200 most voted for non-profits in the U.S. The votes are accumulating on the Chase Bank Facebook, as charities compete with each other for a share of the $5 million it will be giving away on July 13.
S. Fridman | News | Friday, July 2, 2010
Medvedev First Russian President To Visit Birobidjan
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev is the first Russian head of state to visit Birobidjan, the capital of Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region. Russia's Chief Rabbi, Chabad-Lubavitch representative Berel Lazar, joined him.
News | Friday, July 2, 2010
Chabad Opens New, First Mikvah in Seine-et-Marne, France
Some 150 people from the local Jewish community attended the opening on Monday, together with Shluchim from the area.
News | Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Yeshiva Program Helps Jewish College Kids Gain Torah-Study Skills
In many ways Michael Friedman is no different than a lot of other college students who take a short break before in late spring, after college classes end and before the start of a summer job. This year, instead of going home or on vacation, Friedman decided he’d something different: study in yeshiva.
Amihai Tzippor | News | Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Chabad’s Bais Chana Institute Ranks Second of Top Ten NonProfits Empowering Women
The distinguished educational institution has opened its doors to thousands of women of all ages; now, on the eve of its 40th year, new doors will be opened for Bais Chana.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, June 28, 2010
Republican Challenger, Joel Pollak Inspired by Jewish Values
Joel Pollak, the Republican nominee for Chicago’s 9th district, is thinking big. As a conservative candidate who once fought for a leftist agenda, he believes the country
Amihai Zippor | News | Sunday, June 27, 2010
Clark Howard Advises Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries
Every day, 3.5 million listeners tune in on over 200 radio stations nationwide to hear consumer advocate and self proclaimed penny-pincher Clark Howard dispense his timely financial advice.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Friday, June 25, 2010
JHP of Pennsylvania Celebrates A Year of Achievements
On Thursday, June 24th, the Jewish community of Philadelphia participated in a cocktail evening with the Steinhardt Neubauer Jewish Heritage Programs at the Hall of Flags, University of Pennsylvania.
News | Friday, June 25, 2010
Chabad Rabbi Teams up with Former DreamWorks Artist
Marc Lumer’s early works have appeared on Warner Bros’ hit shows Batman and Superman. While Lumer was at DreamWorks, his paintings helped create the animated films Prince of Egypt
News | Friday, June 25, 2010
Local Chabad Center Leads Challah Baking Workshop for Deaf
Fun and tradition know no language barriers, as members of the Jewish Deaf community of Riverside discovered at a recent Challah-making workshop.
News | Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Coast-To-Coast, Chabad Centers In Shape For Summer Season
Although the U.S. economy is predicted to slow this quarter, more than fifty percent of Americans will be vacationing this summer. And if sunbathing and mountain climbing may seem...
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Rohr JLI 12th Annual Conference Explores New Themes in Jewish Life
Some 350 Chabad rabbis from around the world came together last week for the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute conference held on the campus of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University in Downtown Brooklyn. Now in its 12th year...
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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Chabad Outreach Program Honors 250-Year Yahrzeit of Baal Shem Tov
Four hundred rabbinical students will begin a summer tour of duty that will take them to 2500 cities and over ten thousand communities, where they will reach out to Jewish communities worldwide.
Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters | News | Monday, June 21, 2010
In Conversation: New Chabad Representatives To Mumbai
As a rabbinical student, I spent time in Mumbai helping the Holtzbergs. Gabi was a dear friend, and I knew Mumbai and the community. But after five months there, I knew I’d never want to live there. It’s not an easy place.
Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters | News | Thursday, June 17, 2010
Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters Appoints Full Time Representatives to Mumbai
Lubavitch World Headquarters has appointed Rabbi Chanoch and Leah Gechtman of Israel to serve as full time Chabad representatives to Mumbai.
Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters | News | Thursday, June 17, 2010
Mrs. Zlata Geisinsky, Chabad Representative, Age 49
Chabad-Lubavitch representatives, the Chabad-Lubavitch community, and the Jewish communities of Bethesda and Chevy Chase, MD, mourn the sudden passing of Mrs. Zlata Geisinsky, at the age of 49, following a brief illness.
News | Monday, June 14, 2010
Editorial: On The Biography of A Tzaddik
Biographies on the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, who passed away on the third day of Tammuz in 1994, are now making appearances in mainstream bookstores.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, June 14, 2010
Chabad Welcomes Israeli Heroes to the U.S.
Rabbi Uriel and Shevy Vigler welcomed ten Israeli soldiers to the Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side. All ten were wounded in combat and arrived to New York as part of a trip entitled Belev Echad, “With One Heart,”
Levi Margolin | News | Thursday, June 10, 2010
First Jewish Senior Citizens Center To Open in Russia
On Wednesday June 2, several hundred Jewish community members participated at a historic groundbreaking in Vladimir, Russia, where the first Jewish senior citizens center in about 90 years is slated to open.
News | Thursday, June 3, 2010
Saturday Night Face-Off at Yankee Stadium
Foreman, a Yarmulka clad observant Jew, is part of the IYYUN Chabad community in Brooklyn. He wears Tzizit, and wraps Tefilin daily. He is also studying to become a rabbi and hopes to be finished within three years.
Yaacov Behrman | News | Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Rostov Jewish Community Calls For Survivors, Children to Remember Zmievskaya Balka
On August 11-12, 1942, German soldiers herded 27,000 residents of Rostov – most of them Jewish citizens – to a secluded area at the edge of the city, where they were summarily executed.
News | Monday, May 31, 2010
A First for Ukrainian City: Sumy Municipality Welcomes Torah Scroll
Hundreds of Jewish community residents joined the procession as they danced from the town’s main street to the Jewish community center.
News | Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Beating Dyslexia: Michael Zarchin’s Story
In 1960, when Michael Zarchin was six years old, he had yet to learn to speak normally. He could not read, write, or understand basic math. Psychiatric and medical diagnoses ranged from challenged
Amihai Zippor | News | Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Boutique Dairy Farm in Germany Goes Kosher
Germany’s kosher consumers can now enjoy a full line of locally produced boutique cheeses and milk that come from a small dairy farm near the major Northern city of Hamburg
S. Fridman | News | Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Jews Concerned, Not Intimidated By Vandalism at Jewish Cemetery in Salonica
Chabad representative to Salonica said he refuses to become intimidated after vandals desecrated the city’s Jewish cemetery, spraying anti-Semitic graffiti on headstones and the cemetery’s walls on Friday...
News | Monday, May 17, 2010
Who Wrote the Bible: Reclaiming The Traditional View
According to tradition, Moses wrote the Five Books after the Sinaitic revelation, as transmitted to him by G-d, and gave it to the Jewish people who passed it on from generation to generation.
R. C. Berman | News | Thursday, May 13, 2010
Miriam Peretz Visits With Chabad Reps in Moscow
Miriam Peretz, the Israeli woman who lost a second son in the IDF less than two months ago, accompanied Israel’s President Shimon Peres on a visit to Russia this week
News | Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Dutch Government Acknowledges Failure To Protect Jews
On Wednesday April 28, members of the Dutch government apologized to Holland's Jewish community at the site of the former Westerbork concentration
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, May 11, 2010
In Conversation: Natan Sharansky
Mr. Sharansky met with Baila Olidort, editor of Lubavitch News Service in his office at the Jewish Agency’s headquarters in Jerusalem, where he talked about his vision, his respect for Chabad’s model of outreach, and the moral ambiguities he discovered in freedom.
News | Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Russian Jewish Community Remembers and Resolves
Holocaust survivors and Brooklyn community members commemorated Victory Day, Sunday, May 9, at the Holocaust Memorial Park on Emmons Avenue in Brooklyn
News | Monday, May 10, 2010
World Expo 2010 Jewish Visitors at Home With Chabad of Shanghai
Expo fever is raging in Shanghai. The World Expo of 2010—the largest to date—opened Saturday, May 1
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Rabbi Pinchus Shmuel Krinsky, Age 82
Rabbi Pinchus Shmuel Krinsky, a pillar of the Boston Jewish community, passed away Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at age 82.
News | Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Reaching For Heaven: An Observant Jew Navigates the Skies
n the cockpit of an Air France Airbus 330, about an hour after takeoff, on a flight from Paris to Senegal, with the plane safely on auto-pilot...
News | Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Catholic Hospital Hangs 270 Mezuzahs on Facility, A California First
When Providence Tarzana Medical Center looked to become the first San Fernando Valley hospital to hang mezuzahs in all patient areas, they turned to Chabad of the Valley for assistance.
R.C. Berman | News | Monday, May 3, 2010
Lag B'Omer Parade In Moscow Russia [Photos]
News | Sunday, May 2, 2010
Lag B'Omer: Of Mystics and Merriment
More than a million people visit annually, but it is during the 24-hour period of Lag B’Omer that the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai really gets festive.
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, April 30, 2010
Baku Hosts World Interfaith Summit
Participants in the World Interfaith Summit expressed concern about the recent rise of extremism, terrorist acts committed world-wise, terrorists’ use of weapons of mass destruction
News | Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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Chernigov Jewish Leaders Congratulate Governor at Inauguration
Vladimir Nikolaevitch Khomenko was inaugurated as the city’s new Governor at a ceremony April 27, at the Chernigov regional administration. The event was attended by religious leaders of different faiths.
News | Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Israel Deaf Football Team Does Shabbat With Chabad at Wimbledon
Last Friday night Chabad House at Wimbledon hosted the Israeli Deaf Football Team, who had come to the UK to play Great Britain in the first leg of the European Deaf Football Championships qualifying games.
News | Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Mrs. Chava Devorah Shusterman, Pioneer Chabad Emissary, 89
Rebbetzin Chava Devorah (Evelyn) Shusterman, a renowned educator and matriarch of the Chicago Jewish community, who served, along with her husband, Rabbi Tzvi Shusterman, as a pioneering emissary
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, April 26, 2010
Chabad Reps Develop Hebrew Reading Learning Technique
Now children—and adults—can learn to read Hebrew in 20 hours or –less. For real. Chabad representatives in California have formally launched a new Hebrew reading program
Rivka Chaya Berman | News | Monday, April 26, 2010
Machne Israel Development Fund Announces Major Gift
Machne Israel Development Fund announces major gift to establish the Chabad Early Childhood Initiative
Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters | News | Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Chabad of Central Africa Opens First Day Camp
This year, school break in Nigeria coincided with Passover. For Chabad Rabbi Shlomo Bentolila, Chief Rabbi of Central Africa, it provided an opportunity too obvious to ignore
Yaacov Behrman | News | Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Remembering Israel's Fallen
Traffic came to a halt and people stood in silence honoring Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror Monday morning as sirens wailed across Israel. Yom Hazikaron, or Israel’s Day of Remembrance
Amihai Tzippor | News | Monday, April 19, 2010
From Lodz to Montreal: The Life of Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Gerlitzky
Rabbi Moshe Eliyahu Gerlitzky, who fled Nazi occupied Poland and continued to help found and run the first Chabad yeshivah in Montreal, Canada, passed away on April 4. He was 94.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, April 19, 2010
Personal Journeys: A Child of the Holocaust
Dozens of eyes silently follow the slender man on the speaker's dais. The only sound in the hall is his voice, which captivates the audience. World War II, Nazism, Auschwitz
News | Thursday, April 15, 2010
New Generation of Scholars Ponders Jewish Existential Issues
Is it rational to believe in the historical accuracy and divine origin of the Bible? Can Jews exist as a community without a land of their own? Is the traditional role of women in Judaism an affront to feminism?
Zalman Abraham | News | Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Kyrgyzstan Jewish Community Anxious
Protestors clashing with riot police last Wednesday in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, left the small Jewish community in this Central Asian republic feeling particularly vulnerable and anxious
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Sunday, April 11, 2010
Hungarian Jews Concerned About National Elections
Hungary's Jewish community is keeping a wary eye on this Sunday's national elections, in which a right-wing extremist group
Chana Katz | News | Friday, April 9, 2010
Chabad Seders in Cusco, Peru
Despite widespread damage in January caused by Peru’s worst flooding in five years, with numerous access roads closed, Chabad-Lubavitch hosted some 700 guests for its Passover Seders in Cusco.
News | Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Founder of Chabad Institutions in Canada, 94
Rabbi Moses E. Gerlitsky, one of the founders of the Rabbinical College of Canada and Chabad in Canada passed away Sunday April 4, 2010 in Montreal, at age of 94.
News | Wednesday, April 7, 2010
The Rebbe in 1964: On Jewish Education, Community, Responsibilty
The streamlined jet-age conveyance had flown the writer to New York; and vintage limousine had completed the journey to Brooklyn
Samuel Kaplan | News | Thursday, March 25, 2010
Passover Parade In Chicago
Stocked with Passover Matzos and informative literature, the students worked up a Passover spirit on the streets of Chicago.
Mendy Rimler | News | Thursday, March 25, 2010
600 Chabad Rabbinical Students Set Out On Passover Tour
Six hundred Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students, itineraries in hand, will disperse to some 280 cities worldwide, in time for the Passover Seders that begin on March 29.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, March 25, 2010
When Do We Eat?
It may not be one of the four questions, but it gets asked all the same, and this one needs to be answered before the Seder. Where will you be this year on March 29th?
News | Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Sharansky to Jewish Students: Jewish Identity Key to Freedom
Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, drew some 20,000 listeners as he delivered a Passover web address.
B. Olidort | News | Monday, March 22, 2010
North Cyprus: Jewish Adults, Children, Get Ready for Passover
In a first for North Cyprus, Jewish children here worked up a joyful Passover spirit as they rolled up the sleeves and rolled out the dough.
News | Sunday, March 21, 2010
Wellesley-Weston Community Rallies To Support Flooded Chabad Center
(lubavitch.com) In the week since a massive flood devastated the Wellesley-Weston Chabad House, community members have rallied together to help clean up and rebuild.
News | Sunday, March 21, 2010
Lubavitch.com Hosts Jewish Digerati at SXSW Festival's Kosher BBQ
New among the workshops and panels at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas, was Judaism 2.0.
Staff Writer | News | Friday, March 19, 2010
Oldest Synagogue in Siberia
After a long interruption, renovations on the Choral Synagogue in Tomsk, one of the oldest synagogues in Siberia, are well underway.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Paying for Passover
In a tight economy, it takes smarts and efficiency for Chabad representatives to bring Passover to their communities. Purchasing Passover staples, and helping out families in need adds up.
R. C. Berman | News | Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Leeds University Students Celebrate a Belated Bat Mitzvah
Jewish girls traditionally celebrate their coming-of-age when they turn 12. But last Sunday, seven women at Leeds University in England played catch-up
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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New Volume of Chabad Encyclopedia Published
This newest volume represents just one slice of a monumental project aimed at explaining issues raised in the discourses of the Chabad Rebbes. Although the encyclopedia’s primary function
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, March 15, 2010
French Ambassador Visits Florida Chabad Center
(lubavitch.com) France’s Ambassador to the U.S., Mr. Pierre Vimont, visited recently with Rabbi Yisroel Frankforter, Chabad’s representative to Florida’s community of French Jewish expats.
News | Thursday, March 11, 2010
Chabad Academy Student Wins Regional Spelling Bee
A 5th grader from Chabad Academy in Myrtle Beach won the regional spelling bee Tuesday night and has earned a spot in the national competition of this summer.
News | Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Egypt's Jews Celebrate Restoration of Maimonides Synagogue
(lubavitch.com) About a dozen Chabad emmisaries participated Sunday in the festive rededication of the ancient Maimonides synagogue in Cairo.
Chana Katz | News | Monday, March 8, 2010
Chabad of Santiago Mobilizes Relief Aid
Chabad-Lubavitch of Santiago is mobilizing its resources with a plan of action to bring relief aid to areas affected by the recent earthquake.
Staff Writer | News | Friday, March 5, 2010
The Hidden Jews of Solano County
S. Fridman | News | Thursday, March 4, 2010
Blog: Purim At Riker's Island
The first stop for all is the security checkpoint just outside of Rikers Island. Photo identifications are reviewed and clearance is given to proceed forward.
Yosef Shidler | News | Thursday, March 4, 2010
Purim Journal Part III
News | Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Chabad Rabbi's Online Torah Class Grows Popular
Five million minutes. That’s how much time users have logged joining an online broadcast hosted by a Chabad rabbi as he delivers a daily dose of Torah and Tanya simply
R. C. Berman | News | Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Purim Journal Part II
News | Monday, March 1, 2010
Purim Journal
News | Friday, February 26, 2010
Purim Notes From The Chasidic Rebbes
Mordechai was a Benjaminite, but he is called "Yehudi,” literally meaning a descendant of the tribe of Yehudah. Likewise, the Megillah refers to the Jewish people as "Yehudim," ignoring tribal differences.
News | Friday, February 26, 2010
Jewish Communities Worldwide Mourn Mrs. Sarah Rochel Schochet
Mrs. Sarah Rochel Schochet of Los Angeles, passed away Tuesday night at the age of 65.
News | Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Purim in Hollywood
With its weekend parties and packed bars, outlandish clubs and celebrity-studded Sunset Strip, Chabad of Los Feliz has learned how to compete for a crowd.
Amy Klein | News | Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Wertheimer Places Chabad’s Rohr JLI at Top
News | Monday, February 22, 2010
Rabbi In Search of Dog
“I’m looking for a dog now.” That’s what Rabbi Shneur Goodman was busy doing when lubavitch.com caught him by phone the other day.
News | Monday, February 22, 2010
Remember Aftonbladet?
Once a haven for Holocaust survivors, Sweden is now gaining notoriety for its anti-Semitism, prompting Jews who’ve lived there for as long as six decades...
News | Monday, February 22, 2010
Brandeis Leadership Students Invited Backstage At Chabad Headquarters
Heads of some of Chabad-Lubavitch's most influential programs silenced their Blackberries and shared their strategies for building Jewish life with sixteen students of the Hornstein Professional Leadership Program at Brandeis University.
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, February 22, 2010
Russia's Public Schools to Embrace Religious Education
Come September 2010, The Foundations of Jewish Culture, as the Jewish volume is named, will be delivered along with the other volumes, to 4th and 5th grade classrooms in 19 regions of the State.
S. Fridman | News | Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Chabad of Vancouver Game for Jewish Guests at 2010
some 55,000 fans participated in the opening of Vancouver’s 2010 Olympics last Friday night, thousands of Jewish Olympic guests were warmed by the lights of the Shabbat candles.
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, February 12, 2010
Rabbi Chaskel Besser, Activist for Polish Jewry
Rabbi Chaskel Besser, who fled Poland shortly before the Second World War, becoming an active player on the American Jewish scene and leader in the revival of the Jewish community in Poland, passed away on Tuesday February 9. He was 87.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Friday, February 12, 2010
A Conversation with Ted Yale
At 23, Ted Yale is possibly the youngest candidate on record to run for Congress. The soft-spoken Pennsylvania native competing in the Republican primary for his state’s 10th District, lives an observant Jewish lifestyle since converting to Judaism in 2004...
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The Greenbergs 17: A Leader in Every Time Zone
(lubavitch.com) Some call it “fate,” but the Greenbergs prefer “mission.” The children of Rabbi Moshe and Devorah Greenberg—there are seventeen in all—were raised in Bnei Brak, Israel. But today the family is dispersed around the globe in places as remote as Alaska, Ukraine, and Shanghai.
News | Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Costa Rica Elects Jewish VP
Luis Lieberman, a former banker and well known financier, is to become the country’s VP. He ran with Laura Chinchilla, a social conservative, who won the elections on Sunday.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, February 8, 2010
Flashback!: 22nd of Shevat 1988
February 11, 1988, Rebbetzin Chaya Moussia Schneerson, wife for sixty years, of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, passed away early Wednesday morning, February 10, after a brief illness. She was 86 years old.
Lubavitch News Service | News | Thursday, February 4, 2010
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Rabbi Mom
The 22nd annual International Conference for Chabad Shluchos convenes this week Wednesday.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Yeshiva College Primary School Bondi Performs Brilliantly in School Rankings
This is an exceptional result for Yeshiva, a school which has won plaudits from the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd and Governor General, Quentin Bryce. Both visited the school and Yeshiva Centre where they received Menorahs.
News | Sunday, January 31, 2010
FIU President Hosts Shabbat Dinner For Chabad Rabbi
The Chabad Jewish Student Center at FIU, known as the Tabicinic Chabad House, was founded by Rabbi Levi and his wife, Sashie, in August of 2004. By the time the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at FIU, became its president--the Friedmans were well acquainted with him.
Levi Margolin | News | Thursday, January 28, 2010
Remembering a Tragic Past Spurs Jewish Continuity in Europe Today
European and Israeli state heads are this week meeting with Jewish leaders and Chabad representatives in Europe as they observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Chabad Rabbinical Students Conclude Annual Conference
Also participating were 3,000 rabbinical students from Chabad yeshivas who convened at Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters in New York. Many came from as far as Venezuela and Australia.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, January 26, 2010
From Carlsbad to Carlsbad: Chabad of La Costa Welcomes a Torah home
The 200-year old scroll originally belonged to the Jewish community of Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary), Czechoslovakia. Until the 1840s..
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Transition in Lubavitch: January 28, 1950
Today, the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Shvat, marks the sixtieth Yahrtzeit of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn of Lubavitch.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, January 25, 2010
BLOG: About Black Boxes and Jewish Pride
Caleb Leibowitz, a reserved 17 year old yeshiva student, is hardly the type to appreciate the limelight. But he was smack in the center of it Thursday, when news that flight 3079 from New York to Lousiville, KY, diverted on account of his religious ritual, hit the wires.
Baila Olidort | News | Friday, January 22, 2010
After 80 Years, Key to Baltimore Presented to Chabad
Initially intended to be presented by Mayor William Frederick Broening to the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn
Mendy Rimler | News | Thursday, January 21, 2010
Chabad Gives Cardozo Law Students an Edge in the Job Hunt
At Chabad’s recent Attorneys and Law Students Networking Event, 75 students got to know powerbrokers like real-estate mogul and attorney Leon Charney, Jones Day partner Andy Green,
Rivka Chaya Berman | News | Thursday, January 21, 2010
British Royal Prince Tours Nariman Chabad House, Donates Funds
Prince Michael of Kent visited the Chabad Nariman house in Mumbai, India on Wednesday, January 20. A first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and the grandson of King George V,
Yaacov Behrman | News | Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Countdown Nears As Jewish Non-Profit Competes for $1-Million Prize
There are only three days left to get out the (Facebook) vote and help the sole Jewish non-profit competing to win $1 million dollars take the prize.
Amy Klein | News | Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Mayanot Women’s Program Marks Two Years of Growth
Mayanot, a provider of Taglit-Birthright programs and Jewish learning initiatives for college-age students, celebrated the second anniversary of its Women’s Program at a dinner this week, at the Mayanot Synagogue in Rehavia.
News | Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Chabad's Haiti Relief Aid Reaches Orphans
In Parkland, Florida, two airplanes were being filled with provisions for children in a Haitian orphanage. Jerry Lowenstein has been sponsoring these children for years, visiting monthly with supplies.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, January 19, 2010
From Pasadena to Rostov-on-Don: A Jewish Family Makes A Radical Move
In ways they never anticipated, Americans across the entire economic spectrum have radically lowered their living standards in the past two years.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, January 18, 2010
Old Mikvah Uncovered in Kostroma Synagogue
During minor construction activities in the kitchen of the Kostroma synagogue, the city’s Chief Rabbi discovered what appears to be an old mikvah.
News | Monday, January 18, 2010
Elliot Wolfson And Shmuel Klatzkin: An Exchange
Following the lubavitch.com review of Open Secret: Postmessianic Messianism and the Mystical Revision of Menahem Mendel Schneerson...
News | Saturday, January 16, 2010
Chabad of Dominican Republic Reaches Out To Haiti Volunteers
Two days after Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake, rescue efforts have yet to begin in earnest. As many as 50,000 people are feared dead after a 7.0-magnitude quake struck Port-au-Prince, the capital city of this poor Caribbean nation.
Yaacov Behrman | News | Thursday, January 14, 2010
Holocaust Survivors Find Social Support With Ivolunteer
Under Manhattan’s dazzling lights, Holocaust survivors met Tuesday at the Cooper Square Hotel’s magnificent penthouse, where they were joined by donors and volunteers in celebration and support of Ivolunteer.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, January 14, 2010
Massandra Winery Produces Kosher Line of Wines
For the first time ever, kosher table wine from the renowned Massandra Winery in the Crimea, known well beyond Ukraine's borders for its quality wine, is being produced under Kosher supervision.
News | Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Bulgarian PM Visits Jerusalem Western Wall
Prime Minster Boiko Borissov of Bulgaria, ended a two day visit to Israel where he met with Israeli Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres.
Yaacov Behrman | News | Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Israeli MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Visits Mumbai Chabad House
Israeli Knesset Member Binyamin Ben-Eliezer visited the ravaged Mumbai Chabad House in India earlier this week.
News | Wednesday, January 13, 2010
In Australia, Chabad Summer Camp Draws Record Numbers
It’s summer in Australia, and despite a depressing economy, the numbers at Camp Gan Israel of Melbourne have grown, says camp director Rabbi Moshe Kahn.
Mendy Rimler | News | Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Book Review/ Revealing the Secrets: An Academic Explores The Rebbe’s Teachings
The academic world hasn’t always been friendly to Chasidism or Kabbala. Nineteenth-century Enlightenment scholars derided them as “mystical cobwebs,”
Shmuel Klatzkin | News | Friday, January 8, 2010
French Consul General Visits Lubavitch Headquarters
France’s Consul General, Mr. Philippe Lalliot, toured Chabad Lubavitch’s international headquarters in Brooklyn, Wednesday.
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, January 8, 2010
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Chabad-Lubavitch Community In Grief As Two Die in Accident
Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters mourns the tragic deaths, Wednesday, of 10-year-old Avrohom Dovid Lieberow, and 20 year-old Mrs. Pesha Leah Azoulay.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, January 7, 2010
Major Jewish Philanthropist Explores Chabad's Russian Roots
Guma Aguiar is making up for lost time. Last week, the young billionaire sprinted through blizzard conditions in Russia and Ukraine, tracing the early history of Chabad in Haditch, where its founder, Rabbi Schneur
B. Olidort | News | Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Jewish Children of Russian Immigrants At Winter Camp
For 20 Russian Jewish boys from Brooklyn, Staten Island and New Jersey, a weeklong winter camp this past December in Monticello, New York, offered them an exhilarating change of scenery and spirit.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Twin Cities Media, Citizens, Help To Save Minnesota Yeshiva
Today’s financial climate earns foreclosures scant notice. But with a thriving yeshiva in middle America facing that prospect, the response is coming in fast and furious.
C.R. Lundy | News | Monday, January 4, 2010
A Jewish Community Grows In Cabo San Lucas
(lubavitch.com) Once a week, Benzion Hershcovich leaves his house at the crack of dawn while his wife and children are still asleep. The twenty-something rabbi heads out to a local dairy farm where he gets kosher milk.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Friday, January 1, 2010
Crunch Time: Rolling Out Passover Matzahs in December
Until the last few decades, they were available only at select Judaica shops or in Brooklyn storefronts. These days, the crispy confections can be had at more than 200 major supermarket chains..
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Chabad Centers Devise Strategies To Outwit the Recession
When Wall Street cheers as the Dow Jones scrapes its way up from 12-year lows, it sounds faint and hollow to Chabad centers on Main Streets around the world.
Rivka Chaya Berman | News | Thursday, December 24, 2009
PERSPECTIVES: Compromising A Sacred Trust
Infidelity is in the news with the recent development of Jenny Sanford --- wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford --- filing for divorce after 20 years of marriage
Simcha Backman | News | Thursday, December 24, 2009
Chanukah First At Staples Center
"Fans came out to support their team and were privileged to witness the first Menorah lighting at Staples Center," said Rabbi Backman.
Levi Margolin | News | Tuesday, December 22, 2009
At McGill University, Jewish Students Host Inaugural Shabbat Dinner
On a recent Friday night, Rabbi Shmuly Weiss and his wife Rashi were guests in their own Montreal home. Roles were reversed as university students at Chabad of McGill became the masters of ceremony during
David Lipson | News | Monday, December 21, 2009
Chabad Representatives Near Auschwitz Say Interest in Polish Jewish Life Strong
The'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign stolen Friday from the entrance to the Auschwitz death camp has been recovered, say Polish police authorities. Five men were reportedly arrested for the theft.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Sunday, December 20, 2009
How Chanukah Came Out of Closet
The first public menorah went up in San Francisco’s Union Square, in 1975. Erected by the late Rolling Stones promoter and Holocaust survivor Bill Graham
Natasha Rosenstock | News | Friday, December 18, 2009
Chanukah Pride Parade in NYC
200 teenagers were shuttled Tuesday in Hummer stretch limousines outfitted with rooftop menorahs, to the Jewish Heritage Museum in New York City.
News | Thursday, December 17, 2009
Illinois Governor At Chanukah Party in State Offices
Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois attended a Chanukah party on Monday in Downtown Chicago, hosted by Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois. State Senator Ira Silverstein, and State Representative Lou Lang
News | Tuesday, December 15, 2009
A Menorah Made of CROCS
They’ve been carved of chocolate and ice, constructed of lego and food cans, and now, Chabad of Hong Kong will light a menorah made of CROCS.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, December 15, 2009
World's First Single Malt Menorah
Two hundred people showed up at Buckhurst Hill Chabad to watch the lightning of a 7 foot menorah built out of clear piping filled with 65 Litres of Single Malt Scotch.
Yaacov Behrman | News | Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Energy Magnate Aguiar Makes Chanukah Gift to Chabad-Lubavitch
Energy magnate Guma Aguiar has made a gift of $770,000 to Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in honor of Chanukah 2009.
News | Monday, December 14, 2009
Reinterpreting The Latke, Deconstructing the Doughnut
(lubavitch.com) Latkes with applesauce and sour cream may be a familiar favorite, but Pessy Haskelevich is serving them instead with a side of pear and ginger compote.
David Lipson | News | Sunday, December 13, 2009
Chabad Rabbi Attacked in Vienna
A Muslim man attacked a Chabad rabbi Saturday night as he was conducting the annual ceremony to light the public Chanukah menorah in Stefenfaltz Square in the city of Vienna, Austria.
Hana Levi Julian | News | Sunday, December 13, 2009
Uruguayan President Vázquez meets with Chabad
Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez met last Monday with members and friends of Chabad-Lubavitch of Uruguay, headed by Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov.
Mendy Rimler | News | Sunday, December 13, 2009
Elie Wiesel To Hungary's Jews: Stay Jewish
Brenda Farkasz | News | Friday, December 11, 2009
Allegheny vs. ACLU: Good for Chanukah
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that placing Chabad-owned menorahs in public spaces did not violate the establishment clause, it set a slab of precedent for Chabad centers to rest their menorah requests upon.
Rivka Chaya Berman | News | Thursday, December 10, 2009
"Russia Has Anti-Semites, Not Anti-Semitism"
(lubavitch.com) Earlier this month, Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, said that "Russia has anti-Semites, not anti-Semitism."
News | Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Menorah Lights To Shine At the Games
Chabad’s holiday awareness programs including olive presses and dreidel houses, and menorahs carved of ice, chocolate and every conceivable material...
Levi Margolin | News | Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Jewish Victims Identified Among Dead in Perm Fire
(lubavitch.com) As Russia mourned 113 victims of a fire early Saturday in a Perm nightclub, the city’s rabbi, Zalman Deitsch, confirmed that two of the dead were Jewish.
News | Monday, December 7, 2009
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Kosher Pizza A First for Ukraine's Jewish Consumers
(lubavitch.com) A new addition to the already wide assortment of kosher foods now produced in Ukraine, the Donetsk-based firm UkrKosher is now producing kosher pizza for distribution throughout the country.
News | Monday, December 7, 2009
Baby Boomer: A Fertility Specialist’s Conception of Life
Six babies, and the possibility for many more, were first conceived at a Mumbai memorial in Merion Station, Pennsylvania last winter.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, December 7, 2009
Scion of Chabad Musical Family Passes Away
Rabbi Shamshon Charitonow, an expert on Chasidic melodies and a survivor of Soviet oppression, passed away last Thursday, Nov 26, in Brooklyn. He was 91 years old.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Thursday, December 3, 2009
Chabad of El Paso Targeted By Vandals
News | Thursday, December 3, 2009
New South Wales Parliament Hosts First Ever Chanukah Celebration
For the first time since its inception in 1856, the New South Wales Parliament hosted a Chanukah celebration this week.
News | Thursday, December 3, 2009
A Chanukah First: Miami Heat to Host Jewish Heritage Night at AA Sports Arena
News | Thursday, December 3, 2009
As Chanukah Approaches, Florida Public Menorah Stolen
A 9-foot menorah has been stolen from the village green of Key Biscayne, Florida. The Chanukah icon, erected by the Chabad Key Biscayne Jewish Center, has been lit here for the past decade.
News | Thursday, December 3, 2009
Russia's President, Chief Rabbi, Confirm Declining Anti-Semitism
In a meeting last week with a delegation of Russia’s Jewish community, President Dmitry Medvedev noted that anti-Semitism in Russia seems to be waning.
News | Wednesday, December 2, 2009
JLI Launches Advanced Women’s Study Division
The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, pioneer of adult Jewish education, is breaking new ground with its latest division–a women’s only study program that debuts this month in 40 cities around the world.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Mayanot Institute Opens New Administrative Center
(lubavitch.com) Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem dedicated a new administrative center last week.
News | Monday, November 30, 2009
Yeshiva-in-Prison Brings Meaning, Spiritual Growth to Jewish Inmates
Gordon M., 36, is an inmate at a Virginia prison where he recently participated in a yeshiva program. The three-day intensive Torah study experience, he says, were “the happiest and most joyful days in my last ten years of incarceration.”
Levi Margolin | News | Monday, November 30, 2009
A Thankful Reunion After 64 Years
Bronislaw Firuta arrived from Poland on one of the busiest travel days of the year. There to greet him was Joseph Bonder.
Levi Margolin | News | Thursday, November 26, 2009
Nariman (Chabad) House To Open For Memorial
(lubavitch.com) As memorial events in India this week mark the first year anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks, the Chabad Mumbai Relief Fund will host two ceremonies Thursday at Nariman House.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Chairman of Lubavitch Headquarters Visits Nariman House
(lubavitch.com) In advance of the first anniversary of the Mumbai Terror Attacks, the Chairman of Chabad’s educational and social services divisions, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, visited Nariman House for the first time, Wednesday.
News | Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Despite Economic Woes, Ohr Avner Network Thrives
(lubavitch.com) On September 1, 2009, 14,000 students in the Ohr Avner school system of the Former Soviet Union lined up for first bell.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, November 23, 2009
One Year Later, Mumbai Chabad House Survivor Turns Three
Moshe Zvi Holtzberg entered the party tent in Kfar Chabad, a suburb of Tel Aviv, escorted by his two grandmothers and his nursemaid Sandra Samuel.
Barbara Sofer | News | Thursday, November 19, 2009
Remembering Mumbai: A Traveler’s Reflections On the First Yahrzeit
On November 26, 2008 at 9:45PM, two terrorists stormed the Chabad House in Mumbai, India. When I heard a CNN news report that members of Nariman House were being held hostage
Hillary Lewin | News | Wednesday, November 18, 2009
One Year Later Good Deeds Pledged for Mumbai Victims
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.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Developing Relationships, Businesspeople, Professionals Work With Chabad Leaders To Advance Jewish Life
Partners in the growth of Chabad, lay leaders typically bond with the families of the shluchim and form deep and mutually meaningful friendships.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, November 16, 2009
Transcendent Joy, Transcendent Vision Celebrated at Chabad Conference Banquet
An overflow crowd squeezed through more than a dozen metal detectors and into the garage-turned-gracious-lobby of the Troop C Armory in Brooklyn, New York.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, November 16, 2009
Jewish Boxer, Undefeated, Moves on To Title of Rabbi
(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,
News | Sunday, November 15, 2009
U.S. Military Armory Is Transformed for Chabad Banquet
This Sunday evening, thousands will file into the Troop C Armory for the banquet session, concluding the International Conference of Shluchim.
Dvora Lakein | News | Sunday, November 15, 2009
FBI, NYPD, State Department Address Security Concerns of Int'l Chabad Representatives
(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.
News | Saturday, November 14, 2009
Dancing in the Street With Newly Completed Mumbai Torah
(lubavitch.com) Under a chilly, night sky, colleagues of slain emissaries to Mumbai--Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg--danced intensely with a newly completed Torah. Leading the way under the canopy were leaders of Chabad-Lubavitch and the fathers of Gabi and Rivky, who moments earlier inscribed the final letters in the Torah for their children
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Friday, November 13, 2009
Have Bed, Will Host: Crown Heights Residents Host Travelers Year Round
The Crown Heights community’s hosting marathon begins in September, when thousands of visitors arrive for the High Holidays—often staying as long as six weeks
Sara Spielman | News | Thursday, November 12, 2009
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Hometown Heroes: Thousands of Chabad Rabbis Return to Lubavitch Headquarters
The 25th annual International Conference of Shluchim, which will commence Wednesday, draws leaders from around the world back to their source.
C. R. Lundy | News | Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Braids that Bind: Jewish Women Connect Through Challah Baking
At the University of Connecticut, fresh loaves of Challah serve as a bond for the students and local seniors. In conjunction with Jewish fraternity...
R. C. Lundy | News | Monday, November 9, 2009
Chabad Center Vandalized, Community Pulls Together
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.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, November 5, 2009
Chabad on Campus Draws 800 College Students To Retreat in Brooklyn
They are trading Harvard Square and College Hill for Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue. For an entire weekend, their course schedules and term papers will be relegated to the bottommost regions of their backpacks.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, November 5, 2009
Ukraine Closes Schools Nationwide For Fear of Swine Flu
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.
News | Wednesday, November 4, 2009
First Israeli Real Estate Trade Fair Held in Moscow
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.
S. Fridman | News | Tuesday, November 3, 2009
"You Will All Be Listening To Him One Day . . ."
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
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, November 2, 2009
Sunday The Rabbi Met The Queen
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
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, October 30, 2009
Shula Swerdlov Torah Writing Commencement
(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.
News | Friday, October 30, 2009
Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi Visits Chabad Institutions in Chicago
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...
News | Friday, October 30, 2009
Torah Café Invites Users to Explore Jewish Themes Online
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.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Project Launched to Preserve Jewish Graves in Ukraine
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.
News | Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Jewish Teens Explore Identity With Chabad Teen Network
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.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Seoul Stirrings
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.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, October 22, 2009
At Eton College, Jewish Students Try Tefillin
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.
S. Fridman | News | Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Lone no More: Austin Jewish Community Celebrates 25 Years With Chabad's Representatives
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.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Daughter of Chabad Representative Killed in Jerusalem Hit-and-Run
Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters notes with grief and sorrow, the tragic death Monday of Shula Swerdlov, daughter of Chabad representatives Rabbi Yossi and Hindel Swerdlov.
News | Monday, October 19, 2009
Chabad Representative to Marseille Recognized for Outreach Activities
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.
Staff Writer | News | Sunday, October 18, 2009
Jewish Encounters in the Wild
“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...
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, October 15, 2009
Huntington Beach Academy Teacher Wins AVI CHAI Educational Technology Grant
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...
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, October 13, 2009
A Hakafah for Daniel Pearl
The Jewish American journalist murdered by Al Qaeda terrorists in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2002, would have celebrated his 46th birthday on Simchat Torah...
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, October 8, 2009
In The Sukkah With Israel's Consul General, Assaf Shariv
Israel’s Consul General in New York, Assaf Shariv, was a guest at the sukkah of Rabbi Mendel Sharfstein, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Wednesday evening.
News | Thursday, October 8, 2009
Chabad of Vancouver Recipient of $1.2 Million Government Grants
Rabbi Yitzchok Wineberg states that “Chabad’s goal to teach, inspire, and uplift, will be enhanced by this government grant.” As Chabad of BC’s director for over 35 years...
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, October 7, 2009
A Torah-on-Loan Travels To North Cyprus
When Randi Luxenberg was planning her 25th wedding anniversary, she came up with a gift idea for her husband, Arthur that was anything but same old, same old:
S. Fridman | News | Wednesday, October 7, 2009
NY State Senator Eric Adams To Work Closely With Chabad on Security Concerns
The Senator, who is also NYS Chairman of the Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs met with leaders of the Chabad Lubavitch movement where the conversation focused on the activities of Chabad...
Yaacov Behrman | News | Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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In Central Africa, Chabad Helps Jews Celebrate High Holidays
Several hours before Rosh Hashanah set in, Chabad Rabbi Shlomo Bentolila found himself in the offices of Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, October 2, 2009
Sushi in the Sukkah, Pizza in the Hut, Hookah in the Sukkah . . . It's Holiday Time on Campus
The recent University of Colorado graduate will spend the entire Thursday and Friday assembling 300 rolls of sushi. “The numbers [30 pounds of fresh fish and several gallons of rice] are absurd,” laughs Zeldner, “but it will all get eaten. Definitely.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, October 1, 2009
Submariner At Sea Calls On Chabad For High Holy Day Prayer Texts
What’s a submariner at sea to do on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur without a prayer book? Shortly before the Jewish New Year set in, Chabad representative to Norfolk, VA, Rabbi Levi Brashevitzki..
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Ukraine Jewish Community Unveils Memorial
Natan Sharansky, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, joined the city’s Mayor Ivan Kulichenko, Chief Rabbi of Dnepropetrovsk and the Dnepropetrovsk region Shmuel Kaminezki, and Mr. Gennady Bogolubov..
S. Fridman | News | Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Chabad of The Upper West Side Wins Approval On Landmark Project
A unanimous decision reached Tuesday by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, granted Chabad of the West Side a Certificate of Appropriateness...
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Netanyahu Recalls Rebbe’s Advice: Dispel Lies, Darkness, With Truth
"You will go into a house of lies," he said the Rebbe told him.
Miriam Davids | News | Friday, September 25, 2009
Chabad Representative to Arad Dies
Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters mourns the passing Wednesday of Rabbi Benzion Lipsker, a Chabad representative and Chief Rabbi of Israel’s southern city of Arad.
News | Wednesday, September 23, 2009
President of Dominican Republic Meets With Chabad Leadership
President of the Dominican Republic, Mr. Leonel Fernandez visited the international headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch in Brooklyn, Tuesday evening, where he met with the leadership of the movement.
Miriam Davids | News | Wednesday, September 23, 2009
New Synagogue Goers Find Easy Welcome At Chabad
The Jewish High Holiday services are sometimes viewed as fashion shows where tickets are hawked at Super Bowl prices...
D. Lipson | News | Thursday, September 17, 2009
New Torah for Chabad of Central Cascades
On Sunday, September 13, 2009, Chabad of Central Cascades welcomed a new Torah scroll.
Yaacov Behrman | News | Thursday, September 17, 2009
Israeli Children Explore Rosh Hashanah at Bee Farm
On a recent field trip with south Tel Aviv’s Camp Neve Eliezer, eighty children, all clad in shorts, sandals, and matching baseball caps, clapped and laughed at the antics of “Itchele...
Sarah Bronson | News | Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Getting Ready for Rosh Hashana: Adults, Children Learn Hands-On With Chabad
Shofar Factories are popping up in cities across the globe, attracting children to explore the significance of the shofar and the holiday it represents...
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, September 14, 2009
Changing Facts on The Ground: From Cracow To New York
As Sept 11 is remembered today, memorial ceremonies will abound, as they should. But many will look for signs of change that prove that the evil unleashed on that calamitous day has been defeated.
B. Olidort | News | Friday, September 11, 2009
Flashback!: Chabad at UCLA Marks 40th Year
In this week's Flashback! lubavitch.com presents a news release dated 1969 announcing Chabad's purchase of its first campus center located adjacent to the UCLA campus.
News | Thursday, September 10, 2009
NBA's Ron Artest Scores For Chabad
KTLA Morning News (LA’s #1 Morning Show) featured LA Laker Ron Artest, shooting hoops for Chabad.
News | Thursday, September 10, 2009
Chabad of Israel Prepares To Welcome 130,000 More Jews To High Holiday Services
Chabad-Lubavitch of Israel is expecting to greet an additional 130,000 Jews—many self-described as non-observant—at prayer services this Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
S. Fridman | News | Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Russia's Chief Rabbi Rejects Award Citing Uzhgorod Mayor's Anti-Semitic Remarks
Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar has refused to accept a medal presented to him as an honorary guest by the authorities of the western Ukrainian city of Uzhgorod.
News | Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Toronto Developer Fulfills Jewish Congregation’s Dream
Toronto developer Mario Romano wanted to give back to the Jewish community that has helped him prosper. But when the 57-year-old donated three acres of land north of the city for a new Chabad center...
David Lipson | News | Tuesday, September 8, 2009
The Maharal-Chabad Nexus
The Maharal had an influence on many streams of Jewish thought, including Chasidism, and especially on Chabad Chasidism. Indeed, the founder of Chabad, Reb Schneur Zalman of Liadi, was a direct descendant of the Maharal.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, September 7, 2009
Water Carrier: Rabbi Fights Southern California Fire with Love
It has been a long and smoky week in Southern California as firefighters valiantly battle the area’s largest-ever fire and residents race to safety. With 58,000 hectares of land charred, fire officials are now declaring 38 percent containment.
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, September 4, 2009
At Staten Island Russian Fest, Russian Jews Sample Judaism
Some 10,000 visitors descended on Staten Island's South Beach this past Sunday, for the annual Staten Island Russian Fest. Browsing the booths...
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Chabad Representative to MA Remembers Ted Kennedy
As a week of mourning winds down for United States Senator Ted Kennedy, his constituents are remembering his contributions in the Senate chambers and eulogizing the end of Camelot.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, August 31, 2009
Hong Kong Jewish Community Celebrates Rabbi's 50th
When Goldie Avtzon, Chabad representative to Hong Kong, decided to throw a surprise party in honor of her husband’s 50th birthday last week, she had modest expectations.
S. Fridman | News | Sunday, August 30, 2009
Latvia Celebrates Newly Renovated Old Synagogue
A distinguished crowd celebrated the completion of a renovation project on Riga’s 105 year-old synagogue last Wednesday.
News | Sunday, August 30, 2009
Jewish Inspiration Trails Chabad Rabbis After Summer Tour
“There was no cutting back this year despite the economy,” emphasized director Rabbi Schneor Nejar. “Wherever there is a need to reach Jewish people, we are sending rabbis.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, August 27, 2009
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Chabad of Sweden: Jewish Community Stands With Israel
The recent article in a mainstream Swedish newspaper claiming that Israeli soldiers harvested body organs from Palestinians has many in Sweden’s Jewish community deeply concerned.
Miriam Davids | News | Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Howie Mandel Moved By Visit to Chabad Treatment Center
Howie Mandel took time out of his production schedule today to visit the Chabad Residential Treatment in Los Angeles and talk with residents who are recovering from addiction to drugs and alcohol.
News | Monday, August 24, 2009
Jewish Hospitality Suite To Open at Broward General Medical Center
When patients are hospitalized their greatest comfort is often the presence of a family member at their bedside. That’s why Broward Health Broward General Medical Center (BGMC) and Chabad Lubavitch of Fort Lauderdale have partnered to open a Jewish Hospitality Suite.
News | Monday, August 24, 2009
Chabad Dedicates Opening of New Building in Buenos Aires's Soho
A newly renovated Chabad center in Palermo Soho, a popular bohemian neighborhood of Buenos Aires's Palermo Viejo area, drew several hundred locals to the building's formal dedication last Thursday.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, August 24, 2009
New Jewish Day School To Open On Cape Town's West Coast
The scheduled opening of a new primary school this January is a development that bodes well for Cape Town's Jewish community. Despite years of fears and speculation to the contrary, Jewish life here is enjoying positive growth.
S. Fridman | News | Sunday, August 23, 2009
Chabad Combats Hate At York University With Enhanced Jewish Involvement
Vidal Bekerman uses a spiritual approach when addressing anti-Semitism and anti-Israel rhetoric at York University in Toronto.
D. Lipson | News | Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Battle to Free Kidnapped Israeli Soldier Has Taken to Twitter
Hamas terrorists kidnapped Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit in 2006, at the age of 19. He remains in captivity to this day and is believed to be alive. Diplomatic and rescue efforts have proven fruitless, and the battle to free this Israeli hero has taken to the web.
News | Tuesday, August 18, 2009
JLI Retreat Explores Themes of Jewish Empowerment
With almost 600 attendees, this year’s assembly brought together more participants than all three previous retreats combined. It was a stunning success....
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Exploring Garments of the Soul in Urubamba
Last week, Chabad representative to Cusco, Peru, Rabbi Ofer Kripor, led a group of 12 travelers, far removed from ordinary distractions of cell phones and emails in the study of the Ten Sefirot in Urubamba, Peru.
News | Monday, August 17, 2009
Manali Diary 4: Search for Missing Israeli Continues
The search wasn’t planning to go out on Shabbos because most of the people were way too worn out, but when a flock of vultures were seen in the distance hovering over a location about 10 miles from Khalga...
Levi Pekar | News | Monday, August 17, 2009
First Chabad House Opens in St. Martin/St. Maarten
Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters officially appointed new Chabad representatives to St. Martin/St. Maarten in the Caribbean Islands.
S. Fridman | News | Monday, August 17, 2009
Flashback!: Gan Israel Campsite Purchased
It was forty years ago this summer that the popular Camp Gan Israel overnight boys' camp purchased a sprawling property in the Catskills Mountains.
News | Thursday, August 13, 2009
Downtown: Everything Jewish is Waiting for You
When Patti Berman moved into her sunny loft in downtown Los Angeles, the rough-and-tumble neighborhood was known as skid row...
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, August 13, 2009
Gan Israel Campers Reach Out To Special Needs Child
Chabad of Orange County offices received a special request via email which sparked the interest of Camp Gan Israel directors...
News | Thursday, August 13, 2009
Road Sages: Finding Jews in All the Right Places
While en route from Chicago to Minneapolis last weekend, three guys in a Dodge Sprinter heard about a small town halfway to their destination...
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, August 12, 2009
In Conversation: Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky was secretary to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, for a period of 40 years. As a young boy of 13, he came to New York from Boston, where he met the man who, four years later was to become the 7th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch. The Rebbe reached out to the young yeshiva student living away from home, in ways, says Rabbi Krinsky, that moved him and sustain him to this day.
News | Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Chabad-Lubavitch Issues Statement on Mumbai
"Since the terrorist onslaught in Mumbai, India, last November, when Chabad representatives Rabbi Gabi and Rivki Holtzberg were brutally murderd, the Government of India, including its consulates and embassies in New York and Israel, have been entirely supportive of our efforts to rebuild Chabad in Mumbai.
News | Monday, August 10, 2009
Chabad Rabbi Nominated for UJC Hero of the Year
Rabbi Chaim Lazaroff, Chabad representative of Houston Texas, was nominated for Jewish Community Hero of the Year
Staff Writer | News | Monday, August 10, 2009
Chabad Center To Open in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational division of Chabad-Lubavitch, has appointed Chabad representatives to Cambodia, a first for this South East Asian country.
S. Fridman | News | Monday, August 10, 2009
Flashback! Lubavitch Office in Milwaukee Acquires New Center
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (LNS) - The Director of the Milwaukee regional office of the Lubavitch movement has announced the acquisition of a new building which will serve as the headquarters for its activities in the State of Wisconsin.
LNS Archive | News | Friday, August 7, 2009
80 Years After Massacre, Baby Named For Hebron Matriarch
On that fateful day, thousands of bloodthirsty Arabs carrying knives, hatchets and pitchforks rampaged through the streets of Hebron hunting Jews for slaughter. With cries of "Slaughter the Jews” and “Allahu Akbar,” the mob broke homes, tortured, raped and murdered men, women and children.
Yaacov Behrman | News | Wednesday, August 5, 2009
A Match Made In Iraq
Zimmet enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve in August of 2001, two weeks shy of 9/11. She worked in various military positions and was sent to the Persian Gulf, including Iraq in 2003. After seven months, she returned to the United States, eventually returning for a year of service in Iraq in 2005. Within a few weeks of her and Lans’ arrival, serendipity struck.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Chabad of Koh Samui Reaches Out after Crash
Rabbi Mendy Goldshmid brought hot kosher food and warm compassion to the 24 Jewish survivors of a Bangkok Airways flight that crashed Tuesday in Koh Samui. The plane, which crash-landed in a driving rain and slammed into an empty building, was carrying 72 people. The pilot was killed and seven passengers were injured. The Israelis were sitting in the rear of the plane which incurred little damage.
News | Tuesday, August 4, 2009
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Broadway
On campuses around the world, Chabad’s newest representatives are getting ready for their first season meeting and greeting, reaching and teaching Jewish students. Among them, two of Chabad’s newest campus representatives took a short break to talk with lubavitch.com and share their unusual story.
R. C. Berman | News | Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Manali Diary 3: Chabad Rabbis Continue To Search For Missing Israeli
When an Israeli traveler, Ami-Chai Shtainmitz, was discovered missing in India, Chabad rabbinical students Levi Pekar and Yehuda Kirsh took an active role in organizing search parties. This is part three of Levi's Manali diary, exclusive to lubavitch.com .
Levi Pekar | News | Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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Children Learn Through Art and Community Service At A Toronto Chabad School
A new Chabad center in an unlikely Toronto neighborhood is getting noticed for its unique Hebrew arts school. Chabad of York Mills quietly opened before the 2007 Jewish high holidays in the northern suburb home to more than 7,300 Jews of various denominations.
D. Lipson | News | Monday, August 3, 2009
Flashback: President Johnson's Proposal
In this week's Flashback! we've uncovered an interesting press release by our news service from 1965, in which the Lubavitcher Rebbe endorsed President Johnson's proposal that the federal aid education bill also include various provisions for the secular departments of parochial schools.
News | Friday, July 31, 2009
In Cusco, Peru, Backpackers Observe Jewish Fast Day
It was a record breaking pre-fast meal Wednesday evening, as 75 backpackers took their final meal before the Tisha b'Av fast at the Chabad center in Cusco, Peru.
News | Friday, July 31, 2009
Summer School, Yeshiva Style
Nine weeks ago, Josh Weinstein packed up his blue Corolla for the 284-mile drive from Norfolk, Virginia to Morristown, New Jersey. The semester at Virginia Wesleyan College had just ended, and Weinstein, an English professor at the school, was gearing up for some study of his own: Yeshiva-style.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Search Continues for Missing Israeli: Chabad Diary Takes Note
It has been a week since 24 year-old Ami-Chai Shtainmitz, an Israeli backpacker touring India, was last seen. Originally from Maaleh Levonah, the army veteran left Israel five months ago to tour India.
Levi Pekar | News | Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Chabad Hebrew Day School Integrates SMART Boards In All Classes
Dusty chalk and dry-erase boards are so Twentieth-century. The Hebrew Academy of Huntington Beach, California, known for its progressive educational methods is moving ahead once again.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Entrepreneur Says It's Time To "Give Back" To Chabad
What’s a successful entrepreneur doing sponsoring the publication of an esoteric, Chasidic discourse? Or repairing the gravesite of its author in some remote Ukrainian townlet? Mouli Cohen , 51, who made his fortune as an investor in biotechnology and hi-tech enterprises, believes in “giving back.” And he wants to give back to Chabad, he says, because of what Chabad gives to the world.
S. Fridman | News | Monday, July 27, 2009
Manali Diary: Chabad Rabbinical Students Search For Missing Israeli
An Israeli search team is expected to arrive in India on Monday, to search for a 24-year-old Israeli backpacker missing in the Parvati Valley area. Last Tuesday , 24 year-old Ami-Chai Shtainmitz and a friend set out on a one-day trek from the village of Khirganga. The two split up at some point, but when Shtainmitz did not return, his friend notified Israeli authorities. In the meantime, Chabad rabbinical students in Manali are leading local search teams.
Levi Pekar | News | Sunday, July 26, 2009
Rabbi Isaac Luria, Mystic for the Ages
Sunday, July 26, marks the anniversary of the passing, of Rabbi Isaac Luria on the fifth of the Hebrew month of Av.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Sunday, July 26, 2009
Flashback: Teacher Donates Back Pay to Charity
Speaking at the Lubavitcher center in New York this week commemorating his father's 20th Yartzeit, the Rebbe told of the difficult plight of many teachers of Jewish studies in Yeshivos and other Jewish schools. They are often underpaid, said the Rebbe, and in most cases receive smaller salaries than teachers of secular studies. Often they are paid with a postdated check valid several weeks, and sometimes months, hence.
News | Thursday, July 23, 2009
Chabad Rabbi Makes Study Central to Greensboro Mission
Harry Samet was wheeling his cart through Costco last August when he saw a young rabbi in a black jacket loading up on folding tables and chairs. Rumor had it that a Chabad couple had moved to town, a Yosef Plotkin and his wife, and this was Samet’s first introduction to the bearded rabbi.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, July 23, 2009
Chabad Education Initiative Gives New Meaning to 'No Child Left Behind'
A visitor to a middle school classroom in Los Angeles on a sunny morning some months ago was greeted with what appeared to be utter chaos. The desks were not lined up, everyone seemed to be talking at once, and almost no one was paying any attention to the young twenty-something teacher, who was unfazed by the scene in front of her.
Tzivia Emmer | News | Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Seattle Jewish Day School Secures $3.5 Million Property
A Jewish day school near the University of Washington has left the Chabad center it has called home for the last 35 years, for a bigger and greener learning environment. “We’re going to move from having skinned knees to having grass stains,” said Rabbi Yossi Charytan, head of the Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder Day School.
D. Lipson | News | Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Donetsk Jewish Community Reaches Out With Games
At the Jewish Community Center here, a new club has been established. Its goal: to bring together fans the wide variety of games that challenge the mind. The program is being led by the president of the Donetsk Intelligent Games Club, Dmitry Senatorov.
News | Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Australian Chabad School First to Integrate Cybersmart
Cybersmart, the first national cybersafety education initiative of its kind, was launched July 13, at Chabad’s Beth Rivkah Ladies College of Melbourne.An interactive website designed to keep kids safe when using the internet, Cybersmart was provided by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
Staff Writer | News | Monday, July 20, 2009
Popular St. Petersburg Restaurant Goes Kosher
Mikhail Mirilashvili of St. Petersburg sponsored the switch-over from non-kosher to strictly kosher, of the city’s popular 7:40 restaurant. According to the restaurant’s proprietor, Abram Israelashvili, “Our goal is not to earn as much money as possible, but to make kosher food available to all Jews of St. Petersburg.
News | Monday, July 20, 2009
Chabad of Running Springs Approved for $1 Million Solar Project
A $1 million allocation requested by Congressman Jerry Lewis (R-Redlands) for a solar power project at Chabad-Lubavitch of California's Running Springs Retreat Center, was approved Friday, as part of the Fiscal Year 20010 appropriations bill.
News | Monday, July 20, 2009
Flashback: It Was the Summer of '61 . . .
With the Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical summer visitation program now in full swing, some 400 rabbinical students are visiting hundreds of cities worldwide under the aegis of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch
News | Thursday, July 16, 2009
Road Sage: Rabbis Cruise For A Cause
Three Chabad rabbinical students will be easily spotted this summer as they make their way from New York to California in an unusually decorated Dodge Sprinter.
News | Thursday, July 16, 2009
Reflections on a Mitzvah
A year ago, when the Chabad community in Vancouver gathered to initiate the writing of a new Torah for the Jewish Center, I thought to myself – why? We had a perfectly serviceable Torah – albeit borrowed – why would we need one of our own? I just didn’t get it. Yet, the excitement for this project was palpable – almost as if the birth of a child was upon us.
Stephanie Hatton / photos: Ilona M LaRue/Studio Lumiere Contemporary Lifestyle Photography | News | Thursday, July 16, 2009
Unearthing Temple Instruments in JLI's Latest Course
The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute unveiled its latest course, “Heaven on Earth: Timeless Vessels, Timely Lessons” to 2,500 students this week. The three-week program comes on the heels of last year’s miniseries which explored the significance of the structure of the Beit Hamikdash (the Temples that stood in Jerusalem). This year, its continuation focuses on the spiritual significance of the Temple’s six primary instruments.
R. C. Lundy | News | Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tough Economy Won't Stop Chabad of Roseville
Rabbi Yossi and Mrs. Malkie Korik formed Chabad of Roseville in 2005. Operating out of their home and rented facilities, the two have developed a vibrant Jewish community in Placer County. Now, though, Chabad’s many educational offerings and social activities will have a new home: a former South Placer Fire District outpost.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Dorset Jewish Community Celebrates Opening of New Chabad Centre
Chabad’s Rabbi Yossie and his wife Chanie Alperowitz have just completed a million pound project, the new Chabad Centre in Bournemouth.
News | Tuesday, July 14, 2009
First Person: A Graduate Reflects
It is not easy to attend a university and receive an education that prides itself on liberal, intellectual, and unbiased humanist values, while at the same time delving into the meaning and wisdom of the Torah, and gleaning guidance and spirituality for a Jewish life. To me, Torah life and teachings very often seemed to be in contradiction to the more universalist undertones, which pervaded the classes and culture of the university system, and set aside religion as an arcane belief for the weak of mind.
Jamie Zebrak | News | Friday, July 10, 2009
The Boys From Brooklyn
For Rabbi Chaim Shmaya Wilhelm , a son of Portland, returning to his hometown for a summer of study is only natural. This August, Wilhelm and six young rabbis will descend on America’s greenest city with Talmudic tracts and Torah books, ready to study with local businessmen, students, and professionals. The much-anticipated Oregon Yeshiva Experience attracted 60 students last year; this year Wilhelm hopes to push the number to 100. With promises of “study with Moses, Maimonides, and a couple of guys from Brooklyn,” Wilhelm is setting up yeshiva-shop in this northwestern city.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, July 9, 2009
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Australia's Governor-General visits Sydney Yeshiva
The Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Ms. Quentin Bryce AC , paid a visit last week to The Yeshiva Centre – Chabad NSW Headquarters in Sydney.
News | Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Buenos Aires Center Unites Women in Study, Sport, and Celebration
Music piped through the hallway mingles with sounds of aerobics and dance classes and the beautiful décor is evocative of an exclusive country club. Open from nine in the morning until nine at night, Beit Jana’s days are packed with stimulating classes and hundreds of ladies.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Israel's President To Chabad: You Give Life to the Living
“I have no idea when the dead will come back to life, but I am certain,” said Israel’s President Shimon Peres, “that your work that gives life to the living, is no less important.”
Miriam Davids | News | Monday, July 6, 2009
Russia Denies Right of U.S. Courts To Rule On Chabad Claims To Confiscated Library
(lubavitch.com) In a surprise announcement filed with the federal court in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2009, Russia declared that it has decided "not to further participate" in the much drawn-out case in which Chabad is seeking to recover part of its historic library.
News | Thursday, July 2, 2009
School's Out, Chabad Campus Emissaries In For Annual Conference
Esther Stein began her religious journey in Lima and continued it in Brooklyn where she studied at a women’s yeshiva. During her time in America, Stein’s mentor, Rabbi Uri Blumenfeld, kept in touch with her and her teachers, gave her money to purchase warm clothing for the cold New York winter, visited regularly, and introduced her to her future husband.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, July 2, 2009
Bar Mitzvah Celebration for Israel's Orphans [Photos]
107 Israeli orphans were honored at a moving bar mitzvah ceremony Monday, at the Western Wall. Colel Chabad’s annual Bar Mitzvah Project sponsored the gala bar mitzvah with a full reception at the Jerusalem Convention Center, marking the boys’ right of passage in dignity and celebration.
Zalman Nelson | News | Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Israel's President Peres Meets With Azerbaijan Jewish Leaders
(lubavitch.com) On a historic first state visit to Azerbaijan, Israel’s President Shimon Peres’s itinerary included a visit to the local Jewish community.
News | Monday, June 29, 2009
Dominican Republic Welcomes Chabad Rabbi
Rabbi Shimon Pelman , Chabad emissary to the Dominican Republic, was formally welcomed to the country in a meeting Thursday with President Leonel Fernández Reyna at the National Palace in Santo Domingo.
Zalman Nelson | News | Monday, June 29, 2009
Jewish Learning Instructors: Students For A Day
For one full day, the teachers became students. Clad in their distinctive black hats and suits, they listened attentively, raised their hands to ask questions, and passed the occasional note (via text-messaging, of course).
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, June 29, 2009
Chabad Campus Reps Prepare for New Academic Year
(lubavitch.com) Chabad-on-Campus representatives convened yesterday at Lubavitch Headquarters for a special session with Mr. George Rohr .
News | Thursday, June 25, 2009
IN CONVERSATION WITH RABBI ADIN EVEN YISRAEL STEINSALTZ[Video]
June 25th marked the 15th anniversary of the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. In honor of the occasion, lubavitch.com interviewed Rabbi Adin (Even Yisrael) Steinsaltz. Rabbi Steinsaltz, a noted rabbi, scholar, philosopher, social critic and a prolific author of books on a wide scope of Jewish topics, is most commonly known for his popular commentary and translation of the Talmud into Hebrew, French, Russian and Spanish. A Chasidic scholar as well, Rabbi Steinsaltz has translated the Tanya, the primary source text of Chabad Chasidism, into English and written numerous works on Chasidic and Kabbalistic themes.In 1988, he was awarded the Israel Prize, Israel's highest honor, for Jewish studies.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, June 25, 2009
Still the Rebbe Reaches Out
Excerpt of an editorial viewpoint in New York Newsday, April 15, 1994, by Rabbi Michael Paley. The Rebbe passed away two months later, on June 12. Rabbi Michael Paley is scholar-in-residence and director of the Jewish Resource Center of the UJA-Federation of New York
Rabbi Michael Paley | News | Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Dear Rebbe, I Have A Story For you
The following letter was sent to the Lubavitcher Rebbe probably in the early 1980s, and brought to the attention of the Wellsprings journal by the Rebbe’s secretariat. To protect the identity of the individuals involved, the writer’s name, and that of her partner’s were changed.
News | Wednesday, June 24, 2009
50,000 To Visit Rebbe's Resting Place in Queens
Residents of quiet Cambria Heights, Queens, are watching neighborhood traffic swell this week as visitors begin to stream through the little house at the corner of Francis Lewis Boulevard, leading to the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s resting place at the Old Montefiore Cemetery.
B. Olidort | News | Wednesday, June 24, 2009
El Al Passengers Stranded in Thailand, Do Shabbat With Chabad
Extra places were added to the Chabad of Thailand Shabbat table this past weekend after mechanical problems delayed the takeoff of an El-Al flight to Israel and caused the company to cancel the trip to prevent Shabbat desecration.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Bielski Brothers Survivors Raise Funds for Jewish Camping
In 1942, the Jewish community was entrenched in the ghetto and Sarah Koll had the dire (and accurate) premonition that life was about to get much worse. She instructed her eight-year old daughter, Paula to take care of her younger brother, should bad come to worse.
News | Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Israel's PazGaz Gas Company Partners With Chabad
Needy children in the Israeli coastal city of Yavne had much to cheer about last week thanks to an unsolicited generous donation from the PazGaz natural gas company to Chabad Computers for the Needy program.
News | Monday, June 22, 2009
Kosher Comes to Wimbledon
(lubavitch.com) For the first time in its 122 year history, there will be kosher food at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Half a million people are drawn to Wimbledon's two-week tennis tournament every year.
News | Sunday, June 21, 2009
Drug Rabbi Gets High Award
(lubavitch.com) Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 83rd birthday last week with a parade in her honor (moved several months beyond her actual birthday due to weather concerns). As she does every year, the Queen announced a list of birthday honors commending the most prestigious achievements of her subjects. Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin , Chabad’s representative to Ilford, was nominated and chosen to become a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
R. C. Lundy | News | Sunday, June 21, 2009
Atlanta Yields A New Crop of Rabbis
Since 2005, the Atlanta Smicha Program has ordained 32 rabbis (including this year’s crop of eight students) in a unique combination of rigorous personal study and community instruction. In addition to standard Jewish law and ethics, the students also completed a course of “practical rabbinics,” including public speaking, fundraising, and counseling.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, June 18, 2009
Vatican Responds to Yad L'Achim Appeal
The Vatican responded this week to a request from the Yad L’Achim organization for action on “hidden Jewish children” of the Holocaust. Archbishop Antonio Franco’s written response, the Vatican’s first official acknowledgement of the issue, called it a “very delicate” and “complex” matter on which the Pope had already taken some action.
Zalman Nelson | News | Thursday, June 18, 2009
Jewish South Florida Leads in World Unity Awareness Event
“Unity is necessary for receiving the Torah. It is the condition for our survival,” asserted Rabbi Israel Meir Lau , survivor of Buchenwald and former Chief Rabbi of Israel.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Far Right Gains Shock Hungarian Jewish Community
In a shift unheard of since pre-Nazi Europe, multitudes of Hungarians took to the polls last week in support of an extreme neo-Nazi party. As often happens in times of economic meltdown and general woe, far-right parties (representing anti-Semitic and racist views) come out on top.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, June 15, 2009
Southern California Communities to Mark Rebbe's Yahrzeit
Chabad of Orange County invites friends and supporters to an evening exploring the unique relationship between the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Israel’s Leaders.
News | Friday, June 12, 2009
Love the Cause, Hate the Dinner? Farbrengen With Chabad!
WEST ORANGE, N.J., Monday, June 01, 2009 – Lubavitch Center of Essex County announced the launching of a Chasidic farbrengen style evening to be hosted in honor of the 15th yahrzeit of the Rebbe's passing, at Crystal Plaza In Livingston, NJ on Monday evening June 22.
News | Friday, June 12, 2009
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Northwest NJ Jewish Community Dedicates New Chabad Educational Center
Some 300 guests, among them community leaders, members and well wishers turned out last Sunday to celebrate the dedication of the new Chabad Educational Center of Northwest NJ.
News | Friday, June 12, 2009
At Tulane, Jewish Student Life Grows With Chabad Family
Tulane itself has done remarkably well since Katrina. Unlike the city itself, which has not rebounded because of poor leadership, Tulane’s president, Scott Cowen, rebranded in the aftermath of the hurricane. He had a real vision, and he used the opportunity to revamp the school, closing down departments that weren’t so successful, and recruiting a more serious element of students.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, June 11, 2009
New Synagogue to Rise in Derbent
Derbent’s Jewish community recently celebrated a ground-breaking ceremony for the construction a new synagogue. Home to one of Russia’s oldest Jewish communities, the city counts some 8000 Jews today, under the leadership of its Chief Rabbi Ovadya Isaakov, a Chabad-Lubavitch representative.
News | Thursday, June 11, 2009
Troye Sivan "Tell Me Why" in Memory of the Mumbai Victims [Video]
On Monday, June 8th, over five hundred people attended Chabad of the Valley’s dinner celebrating its 36th anniversary. Its first center was opened in 1973 by Rabbi Joshua B, Gordon, Spiritual Leader of Chabad of Encino and Executive Director of Chabad of the Valley. Currently, the organization has 23 centers servicing the greater Valley area.
Yaacov Behrman | News | Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Israel's Foreign Minister Takes Time With Chabad on His Birthday
Israel’s foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, met with U.S. envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, on Tuesday. It was also Lieberman's birthday, so despite his intense schedule, he took time out to visit with Chabad Rabbi Levy Edry, a personal friend, and ponder the spiritual meaning of a birthday.
Zalman Nelson | News | Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Laugh Tracks Chabad's Funny Side
A sold-out crowd of 700 Montrealers, all in search of a good belly laugh, will pile into the Oscar Peterson Concert Hall Sunday. The Jewish Comedy Fest, to aid Chabad of NDG and the Loyola campus, will feature two Jewish comedians and a world-renowned mentalist. Montreal’s own Joey Elias will share the stage with Yisrael Campbell from Jerusalem and Marc Salem , direct from Broadway. Chances are, it will be a funny night.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Scholarship Requests Soar As Chabad Camps Try To Meet Demand
Bonfires at overnight camps throughout the country will have spare marshmallows and graham crackers this summer. Day camps are scrounging for campers and parents are searching for scholarships.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, June 8, 2009
Shoes for Children through IFCJ and Shaarei Tsedek
The Shaarei Tsedek Charity Center in Moscow successfully completed a humanitarian aid program that distributed children's shoes to many of the community’s most needy children. The sponsor of this project was the Fellowship Foundation, headed by Rabbi Yehiel Eckstein and also known as the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
News | Friday, June 5, 2009
Kosher Food Online In Moscow
Moscow’s renowned Kosher Market.ru food store has launched an exciting new project that is certain to be a big hit with local Jews and even visitors to the Russian capital. This latest development makes Kosher Market.ru the first online kosher food store in Russia, offering customers the convenience of home delivery.
News | Friday, June 5, 2009
Israel's Welfare, Social Services Ministry Exhibit in Kfar Chabad
Close to 400 social workers, teachers, program directors, immigrants, parents and students were at the Ohr Simcha Yeshiva in Kfar Chabad last week for the Welfare and Social Services Ministry’s annual exhibition fair of programs and services.
Zalman Nelson | News | Friday, June 5, 2009
Kfar Chabad: It Takes A Village . . .
Five miles south of Tel Aviv and near Ben Gurion airport is Israel’s modern day version of Anatevka, complete with agricultural fields, milk cows, numerous educational institutions, more than 8,000 Chasidic Jews, and the headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch in the Holy Land.
Zalman Nelson | News | Thursday, June 4, 2009
Statement By Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters
Regarding recent comments made by Rabbi Manis Friedman in response to a question posed by Moment Magazine, we vehemently disagree with any sentiment suggesting that Judaism allows for the wanton destruction of civilian life, even when at war.
News | Wednesday, June 3, 2009
"Defiance" Survivors Help Send Kids To Camp
Until he was three and a half, Isaac lived with 10,000 other Jews in the Nowogrodek ghetto. His father Zev Wolfe , a successful farmer, was licensed to provide the prisoners with wheat and potatoes from his nearby farm.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Chabad's Rabbi S.B. Gourarie of S.A Passes Away
Rabbi Sholom Dov Ber Gourarie , a notable Rabbi in South Africa and a Chabad Shliach, passed away Tuesday morning at age 77.
News | Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Passenger of Air France 447, Member of French Jewish Community
While the investigation into the disappearance of Air France Flight 447 continues, and inquiries about the 228 passengers and crew members abound, the Jewish community of Paris has confirmed knowledge of one of the passengers.
News | Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Chabad Remembers Israel's Efraim Katzir
Efraim Katzir , Israel’s fourth president who served from 1973 to 1978, internationally recognized biophysicist, and Zionist activist, died Saturday evening in his home at the Weizman Institute in Rehovot. He was 93.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Tashkent First Graders Celebrate Siddur Party
First grade students at the Ohr Avner-Chabad School in Tashkent, Uzbekistan performed for family members, showed off their Hebrew language skills, and received their own prayer books at a traditional Mesibat HaSiddur ceremony to mark an important milestone in Jewish education – achieving basic Hebrew proficiency.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Summer Traveler: Kosher in Vancouver
Chabad of Vancouver is opening a kosher catering service to serve thousands of Jewish tourists traveling through Vancouver during the summer.
Yaacov Behrman | News | Monday, June 1, 2009
IDF Soldiers Stationed in Hebron Find A Home With Chabad
When they’re not monitoring Hebron’s network of anti-terrorist security cameras and gathering intelligence, female soldiers of the (IDF) stationed here love to hang out with Batsheva Cohen . The dynamic Chabad representative bakes challah with the soldiers, explores questions of Jewish identity, and infuses their tour of duty here with a joyfully Jewish experience.
Zalman Nelson | News | Monday, June 1, 2009
Shavuot with Chabad: It's a Kid Thing
“Who wants to be a Torahnaire?” is playing Friday at Chabad of Port Washington. Throughout the live game show featuring Shavuot related questions (“what do we decorate the synagogue with on this holiday?”), parents will “socialize and laugh and kids will get an education,” says youth director Rabbi Ilan Weinberg.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Supreme Court Nominee Ruled In Favor Of Public Menorah Display
President Obama named Judge Sonia Sotomayor the new Supreme Court Justice. If confirmed by the senate, Sotomayor, 54, will succeed retiring Justice David Souter, becoming the first Hispanic ever appointed to the Supreme Court.
Yaacov Behrman | News | Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Chabad Reaches Out To Japan's Jewish Inmates
It’s two days before Shavuot, and Rabbi Mendy Sudakevich has just returned from visiting several prisons in Tokyo. “I’ve got one more to go today.” he tells lubavitch.com in a phone interview. At 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, he needs to be at another prison, to advocate on behalf of a Jewish prisoner’s religious needs.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, May 26, 2009
A Couple of Volunteers
He met Sheva and her husband over a traditional Shabbat dinner on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. By the time dessert was cleared, Sheva had a hunch that Michael Corwin , 29, was a perfect match for Julie Ames , a fellow volunteer. Though he had never dated someone through a matchmaker, and later admits that he only followed through “to be agreeable,”Corwin and Ames are now engaged. Sheva, he says, was on the mark.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, May 25, 2009
Chabad Unveils New Website on Maimonides
(lubavitch.com) Commemorating twenty five years since the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, proposed that all Jews commit to a daily study of Maimonides’s Code, Chabad Lubavitch unveiled this past Wednesday a new website on Maimonides.
News | Friday, May 22, 2009
A Jerusalem Landmark: Chabad's Tzemach Tzedek Shul
Figuring largely in the history of Jerusalem’s Old City and its reunification after the 1967 Six Day War, is Chabad-Lubavitch’s Tzemach-Tzedek Synagogue .
Joel Haber | News | Friday, May 22, 2009
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Russian President Intervenes On Behalf Of Jewish Students
In a meeting Monday between Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar and President Dmitry Medvedev , Russia’s Jewish students were granted permission to postpone upcoming state exams conflictingly scheduled for the first day of the Shavuot holiday.
Zalman Nelson | News | Thursday, May 21, 2009
Chabad at Cannes Film Festival
Chabad’s mitzvah-smart mobile was a sight in contrasts at last week’s Cannes Film Festival. During the week-long event, the city’s normal population numbers of 70,000 swells to 200,000. Many were pleased to meet up with Chabad, and welcomed the offer to do a mitzvah and take a few minutes to reflect amid the endless partying.
News | Thursday, May 21, 2009
Sderot on Alert Once Again
After two months of relief from the constant barrage of Hamas launched rockets, Sderot’s silence was shattered and Israel’s south went back on high alert late Tuesday afternoon when a Kassam rocket landed in a residential neighborhood, lighting injuring a resident and sending people into shock.
Zalman Nelson | News | Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Chabad Rabbi Delivers Invocation At CMU Graduation [Video]
Over 10,000 people including graduates, family, and friends gathered in the Geisling Stadium for Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) 2009 Commencement.
News | Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Jewish Communities Complete Maimonides Study Cycle
Thousands are expected to converge Wednesday evening at the gravesite of Maimonides in Israel’s northern city of Tiberias to celebrate the completion of the annual study cycle of Maimonides’s (the Rambam) Jewish legal compendium and magnum opus, Mishna Torah .
News | Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Business Unusual: A Chabad Rabbi Helps Businesses Grow
R. C. Lundy | News | Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Encountering Chabad at Hanover Israel Day Festival
Sunday’s fourth annual Israel Day Festival in Hanover, Germany drew more than 1000 local Jews and featured Jewish, Israeli, religious and cultural attractions, including a popular booth from Chabad-Lubavitch of Hanover.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The Good Rabbi At Sydney's Crisis Centre
When 19-year old Jonathan failed at a suicide attempt in 2008 and ended up in the emergency room of a busy Sydney hospital, Rabbi Mendel Kastel was there to greet him. When, at various points during the last year, Jonathan destroyed his family’s house, tried to kill himself during Shabbat dinner, and needed a temporary place to live, Kastel was there, mediating, counseling, and providing a home.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Utah Governor Huntsman Returns From Trade Mission to Israel
News | Monday, May 18, 2009
New Website Helps Russian Jews Track Ancestors
(lubavitch.com) A new Russian language website – www.Jekl.ru – is helping Jewish families discover their ancestors and visit their gravesites in St. Petersburg’s Preobrazhenskiy Jewish Cemetery.
News | Sunday, May 17, 2009
Levi's Torah
Levi Yitzchak Wolowik was nine years old when he passed away suddenly on Shabbat morning, February 28th. The son of Rabbi Zalman and Chanie Wolowik , shluchim to the Five Towns of Long Island, Levi was a dedicated shliach-in-training and a lover of sports and study.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, May 14, 2009
Lag B'Omer With Chabad In Israel
News | Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The Graduates: Jewish Alumni To Keep Ties To Chabad
Mortarboards and congratulations will sail across the air at university campuses nationwide throughout May, as students take the big leap from studying the unknown to being there.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Israeli, Iranian Children Get Acquainted At World Chess Championship
After the trophies and closing ceremonies at last week’s World School Chess Championship in Thessaloniki, Greece, the Israeli and Iranian teams met with their coaches and local Chabad Rabbi Yoel Kaplan to talk chess and peace.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Two Chabad Schools in Florida Receive Accreditation
Representatives of two prestigious education accreditation programs visited two Chabad Florida schools last week. Representing the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools was a former superintendent of Miami-Dade County.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Photos: Lag B'Omer Celebration In Sydney Australia
News | Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Photos: Lag B'Omer Parade In Moscow Russia
News | Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Governor Paterson Meets With Chabad Leaders On Education
(lubavitch.com) At a meeting in the Governor’s office last Thursday, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky , Chairman of the Chabad-Lubavitch Educational and Social Services divisions spent the better part of half an hour speaking with New York State Governor David Paterson about Chabad-Lubavitch educational activities in the State.
S. Fridman | News | Monday, May 11, 2009
400,000 Head to Mt. Meron for Lag B'Omer
Every 20 seconds, another bus arrives at Mt. Meron in Israel’s Upper Galillee. Lag B’Omer, which begins Monday night, is one of the liveliest days in Israel, and Miron, where the second century mystic, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, author of the Zohar , who died on this day was buried, becomes a magnet for some 400,000 visitors.
Zalman Nelson | News | Monday, May 11, 2009
Israeli Delegates to Eurovision With Chabad in Moscow
News | Monday, May 11, 2009
Israel's French Jews: Making the Most of A Second Chance
More than 150 French Jews filled the Chabad Center for French Speakers in Jerusalem’s Gilo neighborhood on Thursday night to celebrate the Second Passover and its message of “It’s never too late” with Rabbi Yitzchok Chaviv .
Zalman Nelson | News | Sunday, May 10, 2009
With Gunman in Custody, Wesleyan Students Begin to Grieve
(lubavitch.com) After a tense 24 hours during which the Wesleyan University campus was under lockdown, students and faculty are relieved to learn that the gunman who shot and killed a fellow student Wednesday night, is now in police custody.
News | Friday, May 8, 2009
Jewish Organization Implores Pope To Help Identify Hidden Children of Holocaust
(lubavitch.com) Pope Benedict XVI’s scheduled visit to Israel May 11-15 is eliciting mixed reactions among Israelis. But Chabad Rabbi Shalom Dov Lifshitz hopes the visit will help him in his efforts to save lost souls.
Zalman Nelson | News | Thursday, May 7, 2009
As Manhunt Continues Chabad Works to Keep Wesleyan Students Safe
Following the shooting Wednesday of a student at Wesleyan University, Chabad's Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky has been inundated with calls and emails from students.“The campus is basically in lockdown, and students on campus must wait this out in their rooms,” says the Chabad rabbi. “Some of them are quite worried and frantic and need to hear a familiar voice that is aware of what is going on.”
News | Thursday, May 7, 2009
Chabad at AIPAC: A Capitol Experience
Chabad representatives from around the nation were among the 6500 guests at this year’s AIPAC Conference, which concluded Wednesday, in Washington D.C.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, May 7, 2009
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Remembering Chabad's Emissary to Morocco
(lubavitch.com) Tuesday marked the fifth anniversary of the passing Rabbi Yehuda Leib Raskin , Chabad emissary to Morocco for more than 44 years.
News | Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Israeli Community Marks 30-Day Mourning Period
The Israeli settlement village of Bat Ayin near Jerusalem completed thirty days of mourning over the weekend for 13 year old Shlomo Nativ who was murdered on April 2 by an axe-wielding terrorist.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Chabad's Rohr JLI Offers Retreat to Self
The world’s most comprehensive adult Jewish education program will host the fourth annual National Jewish Retreat this August. The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute will present a plethora of Jewish ideas over five days at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Connecticut. Of the 400 expected participants, some arrive with little Jewish background while others have completed a formal yeshiva education. With dozens of sessions to choose from, there is literally something for everyone.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, May 5, 2009
The Rebbe's Views Cited In Israel's Supreme Court Landmark Decision
Working parents can deduct childcare expenses from their taxes, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a landmark decision which upheld a Tel Aviv District Court decision.
Zalman Nelson | News | Monday, May 4, 2009
Victory in Cooper City
In a landmark case heralded by religious rights activists, Cooper City, Florida was forced to admit its unlawfulness in preventing Chabad of Nova from opening its center. Five years in the making, this victory is particularly sweet as Rabbi Shmuel and Chaya Gita Posner have been looking for a permanent home since 2004 when they moved here to serve the 600 Jewish students of Nova University. Until this decision, that home remained elusive.
C. R. Lundy | News | Monday, May 4, 2009
Building Jewish Futures in Reno, Nevada
(lubavitch.com) Three mornings a week, Tracy Kutler straps five-year old Griffin into the family car for the 45-minute drive from Truckee, California to Reno, Nevada.
C. R. Lundy | News | Sunday, May 3, 2009
Hatzolah Ambulance Now Serving Moscow Jewish Community
(lubavitch.com) The recently-established Hatzolah Volunteer Ambulance Service has begun operating in Moscow. In particular, Moscow Hatzolah is available to respond to emergency calls in the Sofrino and Marina Roscha neighborhoods, as well as the vicinity of Bolshaya Bronnaya Street where the Agudas Chasidei Chabad Synagogue is located.
News | Sunday, May 3, 2009
Chabad Rabbis In Singapore Host IRCC
At least 100 community representatives from districts and faiths across Singapore participated in a government sponsored seminar on the fundamentals of Judaism and Jewish practice presented by the local Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and rabbinical students.
Zalman Nelson | News | Friday, May 1, 2009
Yeshiva Boys' Small Gesture Makes Big Difference
News | Thursday, April 30, 2009
Online Calendar To Help Jewish Women's Observance of Mikvah
(lubavitch.com) An age-old facet of Jewish life, mikvah usage has seen a tremendous upswing in recent years. Today, women observing the rituals of Jewish family laws, can dip in 1600 mikvahs around the world, halakhically constructed pools of rainwater that are frequent examples of artful and sensitive design
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, April 30, 2009
Diamond in the Rough
It is early on Monday morning and the bus is rolling into the Chabad House parking lot on Aintree Avenue. Forty senior citizens, from across the city and surrounding suburbs, enter the center. For the next several hours, these men and women will study various aspects of Jewish thought and tradition. After learning, they will enjoy a hot, catered lunch.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, April 30, 2009
No Cop-Out: Minnesota Police Stand in Solidarity with Israel
A rabbi, a priest, and 15 police officers step off an airplane at Ben Gurion Airport. This sounds like the first line of a corny joke. But for Rabbi Mayer Rubinfeld , this yarn bears all the trappings of a great story.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, April 30, 2009
Florida Governor Signs Bill Removing 'Shylock'
(lubavitch.com) On Monday, Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill removing the words "shylock" and "shylocking" from the Florida statute books, a term offensive to Jews.
News | Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Books: Meditations on Mitzvot
In this advance review, Shmuel Klatzkin looks at Channeling the Divine and Feminine Faith, Chasidic works written by the fourth Rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch .
Shmuel Klatzkin | News | Wednesday, April 29, 2009
VIDEO University of Illinois Chancellor Grateful to Chabad
(lubavitch.com) Chabad at University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, celebrated its fifth year on campus at a gala celebration Sunday evening. University Chancellor Richard Herman received the Founding Award.
News | Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Photos: Sinai Scholars At Princeton University
Sinai Scholars Society, a joint program of the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute and Chabad-on-Campus seeks to promote greater engagement in Jewish education for college students. Students are admitted by application process to its intensive, semester-long Jewish study program that offers in-depth levels of Jewish education and follow-up study opportunities like this conference.
News | Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Father of Slain Mumbai Victim Says He Joined Israel's Family of Bereaved
Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg , father of Rifka Holtzberg who was murdered alongside her husband Rabbi Gabriel Holtzberg during the attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai last year, addressed a Memorial Day ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, April 28, 2009
At US Colleges, Students Explore Traditional Jewish Values
(lubavitch.com) “In this essay, I examine how my understanding of G-d affects how I should live my life. I ask, ‘what is God, where is God and what does He have to do with me?”
S. Fridman | News | Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Amid Swine Flu Panic, Chabad in Mexico Remains Open
A deadly strain of the Swine Flu, originating in Mexico and erupting in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, has caused death, illness, and travel restrictions across the globe. Though public events and schools have closed throughout the country, two Mexican Chabad centers remain open, and alert.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, April 27, 2009
Yeshiva For A Day At Binghamton University
What’s it like to study in a yeshiva setting? Some 30 students at Binghamton University got an approximation of the traditional yeshiva model of Talmud and Jewish philosophy study this past Sunday as they paired up with rabbinical students from the central Chabad yeshiva in New York, and split hairs over Talmudic minutiae.
S. Fridman | News | Monday, April 27, 2009
Scotland's Rabbi Jacobs Speaks in Parliament
(lubavitch.com) Rabbi Mendel Jacobs, Scotland’s only Scottish Rabbi and Minsiter of Synagogue -Shul In The Park, who is also Chabad emissary, visited the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh this week to lead the Time For Reflection for the Parliament.
News | Friday, April 24, 2009
Chabad of France To Convene National Conference
(lubavitch.com) Chabad-Lubavitch representatives in France will convene for the first national conference, Sunday-Monday, April 25-26.
News | Friday, April 24, 2009
My Space/Your Space: Teens Hash It Out
What is a woman’s responsibility to her unborn child? Is it her right not to birth the infant? Is it her obligation to care for her child?
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, April 23, 2009
Torah Scroll Completed, Installed in Cracow Synagogue
(lubavitch.com) A Torah scroll was completed and dedicated Monday at the historic Rema Synagogue in Krakow, Poland. In recent years, the ancient synagogue dating back to 1553, did not have its own Torah. That changed at the behest of a descendant of Rabbi Moshe Isserles , for whom the famed shul is named.
News | Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Zelda: Remembering an Israeli Poet
(lubavitch.com) Among the poets in Israel’s literary circle, many quietly remembered Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky on Tuesday (April 21) 27 Nissan. That Zelda, as she was simply called, died on the same day designated by the state of Israel as Holocaust Remembrance day, is in itself poetic; her poetry, for which she received the Bialik Prize in literature, speaks of death and darkness but also of renewal and transcendence.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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Remembering Every Day
Communities in Israel and around the world are commemorating the deaths of six million Jews on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. But for the steadily dwindling generation who survived those horrific years, Holocaust Remembrance is a daily experience.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Jewish Participants Find A Welcome Antidote to Durban II
(lubavitch.com) Tensions fomented inside the UN conference in Geneva on Monday when delegates walked out as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used the platform to condemn Israel and the West. Outside, Jewish students and diplomats found a blessed antidote to the Iranian president’s hatefulness, as they were greeted at The Jewish Welcome Center.
Zalman Nelson | News | Monday, April 20, 2009
Photos: Passover in Mumbai
The seders in Mumbai were part of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Passover campaign funded by the support of philanthropists, including Mr. George Rohr and Mr. Guma Aguiar . A special grant for the Indian seders was made by Australian philanthropist, Rabbi Joseph Gutnick .
News | Monday, April 20, 2009
At Pratt University, Students Design Chabad's Jewish Center
(lubavitch.com) Construction is set to begin on a 2,000 square foot storefront which will serve the 5,000 Jewish students enrolled at five downtown Brooklyn colleges. The largest of those schools, the prestigious Pratt Institute, with 1,000 Jewish students, has the third highest percentage of Jewish students in the nation.
Dvora Lakein | News | Sunday, April 19, 2009
Blessing the Sun On the Congo River
News | Sunday, April 12, 2009
Expelled From Russia, Chabad Rabbis Lead By Remote
(lubavitch.com) Following their recent expulsion from Russia, several rabbis have been working across phone lines and emails guiding their communities in Passover preparations.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Passover Seders With Chabad in Mumbai
(lubavitch.com) There will be seders in Mumbai this Passover. Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students arriving from New York in the days before the holiday, hit the ground running. The city’s streets are hot and stuffy and crowded. People are friendly, but trust is tricky. For security reasons, publicity for the seders is by word of mouth only.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, April 6, 2009
President Obama Proclaims Rebbe's Birthday as Education & Sharing Day USA
News | Sunday, April 5, 2009
The Way Things Were: Reflections On The Rebbe's Birth Date
(lubavitch.com) Where were you the last time the Jewish people assembled to bless the sun?
Baila Olidort | News | Sunday, April 5, 2009
SOBER SEDER: Chabad Seders For Recovering Addicts
Next Wednesday, 100 recovering addicts will celebrate the holiday of freedom in Boca Raton, Florida. Like Jews everywhere, they’ll raise their glasses four times in the course of the even
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, April 3, 2009
Passover Kitchen Confessions: Behind the Scenes With Chabad on Campus
The refrigerator truck is winding its way north along the six-hour route from Los Angeles to Berkeley. Inside are 250 pounds of chicken, 100 pounds of meat, and 60 pounds of turkey. Flanking that are 18 cases of wine and another six of grape juice. A crunchy 70 pounds of matzah are making the trip as well.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Mrs. Libby Shifman, Chabad Representative in Safed, Passes Away
(lubavitch.com) Chabad emissaries mourn the death of 44 year old Mrs. Libby Feigele Malka Shifman of Safed, Israel today after she suffered a severe stroke on Monday morning.
News | Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Guma & Jamie Aguiar Provide Major Funding for Chabad's 2009 Passover Seders
(lubavitch.com) Some 570 rabbinical students will soon be traveling to any of 285 locations worldwide where they will conduct communal seders this Passover, April 8. New on the list of exotic locations slated for Chabad’s seders is Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
lubavitch.com staff writer | News | Monday, March 30, 2009
Jerusalem Mayor Barkat: Chabad Public School Exemplary
(lubavitch.com) As part of an inspection of local schools and educational initiatives his administration hopes to implement as they tackle the city’s scholastic challenges, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and several members of his staff made a three hour visit to Chabad’s Ir Ganim - Jerusalem school last week.
Zalman Nelson | News | Monday, March 30, 2009
Take Two: Chabad at the Movies
When the lights dimmed at Congregation B’nai Avraham Sunday night, the audience settled in with fresh popcorn and coke, for a night at the movies.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, March 30, 2009
Ukrainian Government Returns Torah Scrolls to Jewish Community
KIEV, Ukraine – The Ukrainian government recently agreed to transfer Torah scrolls stored in government archives to Jewish communities in Ukraine.
News | Sunday, March 29, 2009
Irkutsk Jews celebrate the city's renovated Synagogue
IRKUTSK, Russia – Coinciding with the 130th anniversary of the Irkutsk Synagogue founding, Irkutsk Jews gathered to celebrate the opening of the community’s newly restored Synagogue. The move to restore the synagogue to its original beauty came after a major fire in July 1994.
News | Sunday, March 29, 2009
Fire Damages local Chabad Mikvah
A fire that broke out in the suburb of Edgware, London, last week, spread to a nearby Chabad House causing great damage the mikvah and storage room on the property. Chabad Rabbi Levi Sudak and his family watched as firefighters put out the fire. According to Sudak, there was extensive damage, but no one was injured.
News | Sunday, March 29, 2009
Challenge Aspen Chabad Project Welcomes Disabled Israeli Soldiers
On June 21, 2002 Israel soldier Kfir Levy’s Givati unit was operating in the Gaza strip, responding to terrorist rocket strikes and artillery fire, when a rocket-propelled grenade designed for use against armored vehicles and buildings struck him directly in the face.
Zalman Nelson | News | Friday, March 27, 2009
Canadian PM Harper Dedicates Chabad Centre Synagogue
(lubavitch.com) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper sported a blue kippah tonight as he helped cut the ribbon at a new Lubavitch synagogue in Toronto, which has been more than 20 years in the making.
lubavitch.com Staff Writer | News | Thursday, March 26, 2009
Sunrise . . . 112 Years Later
Back in 1897, when two Lower East Side rabbis tried to bless the “new sun”—a once-in-28-years Jewish ritual event—they got in trouble with the law. According to a report in the New York Times dated April 8, 1897, a local police officer became alarmed by a crowd of “Hebrews” that had converged on Tompkins Square at 8 a.m. without a permit. The rabbis, transplants from Europe, were unsuccessful in their attempts to explain this obscure tradition in broken English to an Irish police officer, leaving him more suspicious than curious.
News | Thursday, March 26, 2009
Indian UN Ambassador Visits Chabad Officials, Holtzberg Family
India’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. Nirupam Sen , visited the Holtzberg family in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon to offer his condolences. The Ambassador said it was important for his country that a representative of the Indian government extend personal condolences to the family of Gabi and Rivki Holtzberg , murdered last November in the Mumbai terror attacks.
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Survivor of the Gulag, Reb Mottel the Schochet, 97
Known affectionately as "Reb Mottel the Shochet”, he was the sole ritual slaughterer, or shochet, in Moscow during the last two decades of Communist rule.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, March 25, 2009
In Conversation: Rabbi Moshe Meir Lipszyc
From the way Rabbi Moshe Meir Lipszyc greets an endless stream of visitors to the Chabad center and the Kabbalah Café in Ft. Lauderdale, one would never guess that the 45 year old father of five, among them children with special needs , has twice battled cancer and continues to struggle with his own health while working creatively to build and grow Jewish life in the area.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Chabad of Ft. Lauderdale Celebrates Goldie's Torah
How do parents of a severely challenged 12 year old girl celebrate their daughter’s bat mitzvah? The question was poignantly relevant for Rabbi Moshe Meir and Pnina Lipszyc, Chabad representatives to Ft. Lauderdale, who have cultivated a lively Jewish community over nearly two decades while raising their special needs children under extraordinary circumstances.
Baila Olidort | News | Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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New Computer Center for Moscow Seniors
The Chabad-Lubavitch Sharei Tzedek charity center in Moscow launched a new state of the art computer center on Wednesday, adding internet, email and computing to a list of 30 programs offered daily to hundreds of elderly day program participants. 50 staff members, participants and volunteers joined the grand opening for a tour and computer class demonstration by instructor and computer room manager Iliya Varligen.
Zalman Nelson | News | Friday, March 20, 2009
Jewish and Loving It: Counting Down to Total Immersion Summer Camp
Snow still covers the campground on Perch Lake Road, but for Rabbi Yitzchok Steinmetz , summer is already underway. The director of Camp L’man Achai has been gearing up for the camp season since October and now finds himself in a flurry of applications. The camp, which recently earned ACA accreditation, offers a unique niche in a world where there are camps