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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.
Staff Writer | 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
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 | Friday, June 29, 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
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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
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.
Staff Writer | 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
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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
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
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 | Thursday, April 12, 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
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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.
Staff Writer | News | Monday, February 19, 2018
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
Live Broadcast: Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries
Staff | 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.
Staff Writer | 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.
Staff Writer | 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
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, January 4, 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
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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.
Staff Writer | 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.
Staff Writer | 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
From Imprisonment To Freedom
It’s a 219 year old celebration. And it happens all over the world. The 19th of Kislev, beginning at sunset on Wednesday evening and lasting through Thursday, Dec. 7, 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.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, December 6, 2017
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.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, November 23, 2017
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 22, 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
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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
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
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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
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
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 | Saturday, July 1, 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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
From the Czarist Archives
In honor of 19 Kislev, corresponding this year to December 6, lubavitch.com loosely translated segments of the file on Rabbi Schneur Zalman's interrogation.
News | Sunday, December 6, 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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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 to fill every interest.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, March 19, 2009
Birkat HaChamah, The Blessing of the Sun, 2009
"This country, with God’s help, can be self-sufficient in energy. The problem lies in the failure to utilize God’s gifts to their fullest... There is one energy source which can be made available in a very short time. Solar energy is non-polluting, cheap, and inexhaustible…it can power individual homes as well as giant factories. The United States has been blessed with plentiful sunshine, especially in the south… God has blessed this country richly, and it is our duty to use those riches to their fullest."
Rabbi Dr. Julian (Yedidya) Sinclair | News | Wednesday, March 18, 2009
CHABAD OF KOREA TO OPEN LIBRARY AT THE NEW JCC
A new Jewish community center opened last week in Seoul. The new center will also include a Jewish Library.
Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters | News | Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Dnepropetrovsk City Establishes Memorial For Former Chief Rabbi
Rabbi Levi Yitzhak Schneerson (1878-1944), the former chief rabbi of Dnepropetrovsk, on Sunday became Ukraine’s first spiritual leader to have his life commemorated with a public memorial during a ceremony at his former home in downtown Dnepropetrovsk. Schneerson was the father of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of blessed memory.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, March 17, 2009
In Conversation: Rabbi Nochem Kaplan
Rabbi Nochem Kaplan , Director of the education office of Merkos L'inyonei Chinuch, was recently elected President of the National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA), the umbrella organization for accrediting agencies of private schools in the U.S. from early childhood through grade 12.
News | Monday, March 16, 2009
PM Harper To Chabad: Canada A Defender of Jews, Israel
(lubavitch.com) Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper greeted Chabad-Lubavitch Canadian representatives Thursday, denouncing anti-Semitism and promising to repudiate it wherever it surfaces.
News | Friday, March 13, 2009
Russia's President Medvedev: Government Should Not Interfere With Religious Life
At a meeting Wednesday with religious leaders in Russia, President Dmitri Medvedev promised to instruct his staff and heads of security regarding policies of foreign clergy in Russia.
News | Thursday, March 12, 2009
Purim Break for Jewish Inmates
(lubavitch.com) Along with the three-cornered hamantashen and heaps of candies, Purim gives children one raucous day during which they can express their alter egos in masquerade.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Purim Spring Break
Sun. Surf. Scuba. Nightlife. Ancient Mayan civilization. Ancient Persian history. Ancient Persian History? Well yes, if you are spending Purim with Chabad in Cancun.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, March 9, 2009
Purim Thoughts: The Donkey, The Foal and The Pig
A donkey, her foal, and a pig lived in a barnyard. The foal complained to her mother that the pig was fed generously although it did nothing all day, while she and her mother worked hard all day bearing heavy burdens yet received more moderate amounts of food. “Do not be jealous,” said the donkey.
Chana Silberstein | News | Monday, March 9, 2009
Purim In Israel: No Holds Barred
The Jewish festival of Purim begins sundown on Monday, but the celebrations and preparations in Israel have been underway since the start of the month. Candy displays and colorful costumes of characters, modern and ancient have filled the shop windows for weeks. Days before the holiday, young and old costumed characters—pirates, superheroes, princesses and cowboys—take to the streets with parades, parties and carnivals.
Zalman Nelson | News | Monday, March 9, 2009
Purim Gifts Come Early In Dnepropetrovsk
In places like Dnepropetrovsk, where the financial crisis has hit the 55-plus population hardest, the city’s Jewish community is reaching out with help. Earlier this week, thousands lined up at the Central Golden Rose Synagogue to receive Purim food packages distributed by the Jewish community.
News | Friday, March 6, 2009
Mezuzah Mystery
According to a new report, leaked Friday by London’s Jewish Chronicle, properties bearing mezuzahs on their doorposts are selling for 10,000 pounds more than their equivalents without the parchments.
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, March 6, 2009
Sister Talk
In the aftermath of Rabbi and Mrs. Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg’s murders last November, the grieving Jewish community was intent on learning everything they could about the lives of these two heroes. Those of their colleagues who knew them personally shared their memories with their fellow Chabad representatives in every corner of the globe.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, March 4, 2009
In Conversation: Russia's Chief Rabbi On Russia and the Jews Today
Even by western standards, Moscow’s Jewish infrastructure is impressive. In the Marina Roscha part of the city, a complex of buildings houses the community's comprehensive social and educational institutions catering to Moscow’s Jewish population.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, March 2, 2009
In Late Life, Isolated Holocaust Survivors Find New Friends
It is nearly 70 years since the start of the systematic, state-sponsored murder of over six million European Jews. Today, with anti-Semitism on a global rise and Holocaust deniers stridently espousing their hate, survivors are facing their own enemy: loneliness and depression.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, March 2, 2009
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First Chabad Center Opens in Canberra, Australia
These aren’t easy times for Chabad to be opening new centers, but Australia’s capital city, Canberra, welcomed its first Chabad representatives this week. Rabbi Dan and Mrs. Naomi Avital moved into their new home Tuesday, after a pilot trip and meetings with the city’s lay leaders last month.
Dvora Lakein | News | Sunday, March 1, 2009
Chabad-Lubavitch Mourns Sudden Death of Levi Wolowik
Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries mourn the sudden death Saturday, of 9-year old Levi Wolowik, of Five Towns, NY.
News | Sunday, March 1, 2009
After 22 Years, Netherlands Names Chief Rabbi
( lubavitch.com ) In an official ceremony earlier this week at the Arnhem Synagogue in Holland, Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs was formally given the title of Inter-Provincial chief rabbi with the responsibilities for Jewish life in 11 out of 12 of Holland’s state provinces.
Zalman Nelson | News | Friday, February 27, 2009
Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters "Deeply Disturbed" At Russian Court's Decision To Expel Rabbi
A Russian district court on Wednesday overturned an appeal and upheld its ruling to expel Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein, Rabbi of the Primorye region in Russia's far east.
News | Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Appeal Denied, Rabbi of Russia's Primorye Region To Be Deported
A Russian district court on Wednesday, February 25, overturned an appeal and upheld its ruling to deport Rabbi Yisroel Silberstein , the Primorye region’s Chief Rabbi, for misrepresenting the purpose of his stay on his most recent visa application.
Zalman Nelson | News | Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Anti-Semitic Incitement, Poor Economy Have Kherson's Jews Worried
City council member Sergey Kirichenko’s bid to replace Kherson’s Jewish mayor has turned into a wild anti-Semitic incitement campaign, blaming Jews for the country’s economic downturn and accusing them of plotting genocide.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Once in a Rare Sun: Birkat Hachamah
The waxing and waning of the moon is regularly celebrated in Jewish life. The Jewish calendar is based on the lunar cycle, familiar to Jewish children even as preschoolers who learn to welcome the new moon with regular Rosh Chodesh celebrations. In a popular depiction by Jewish painters, a minyan of men stand outside the shtetl shul and bless the new moon under a dark sky
Miriam Davids | News | Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Coming Back for Seconds: Friday Nights with Chabad on Campus
Students on 340 college campuses worldwide say that a highlight of their (stressful) week is Friday night at the local Chabad. While the current economic crisis is causing some Jewish campus organizations to cut back and charge for their meals, Chabad is continuing to provide the same service, at the same price: free.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, February 23, 2009
Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters Temporarily Appoints Representatives to Mumbai
(LNS/lubavitch.com) In the interests of maintaining activities in Mumbai for the benefit of Jewish residents and travelers, Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters has temporarily appointed the sister and brother-in-law of Rivky Hotlzberg, Rabbi Yakov Dovid and Sara Leiter from Israel, to serve as representatives in Mumbai for a three-month period.
News | Sunday, February 22, 2009
The Arts: Special Needs Interest Comes to the Big Screen
With the growing awareness and greater education about autism and other disorders that once condemned children thus afflicted to lives of isolation and loneliness, come bold attempts to push the envelope and uncover possibilities for creative achievements few imagined exist among this misunderstood and marginalized segment of the population.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Sunday, February 22, 2009
In FSU, Chabad Schools Educate Students in Living Jewishly
Zhitomir, Ukraine--Their grandparents were forced to hide their Jewish identity, and their parents didn't know details of an identity to hide. But increasingly, students at Chabad Schools in the Former Soviet Union are wearing theirs like their western counterparts: proudly.
Miriam Davids | News | Friday, February 20, 2009
Books: Ethics to Live By
Kehot Publication Society , the Lubavitch publishing house, recently announced the publication of Pirkei Avot: Ethics of the Fathers With a New Commentary, Anthologized from the works of the Classic Commentators and the Chasidic Masters, translated and compiled by Rabbi Yossi Marcus .
Zalman Abraham | News | Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Matchmaker, Matchmaker . . .
When Fiddler on the Roof made its 1964 debut under the bright white lights of Broadway, theater-goers and reviewers hailed it as a period piece with rich nostalgic value, but little relevance to contemporary society.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Penn Dems and College Republicans unite for dinner
The Penn Democrats and the Penn College Republicans broke bread and ate traditional Shabbat food together at the Lubavitch House last Friday evening.
Ted Koutsoubas | News | Tuesday, February 17, 2009
On Jewish Women, Education, Philanthropy
Excerpts from Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky’s address at the International Conference of Chabad Women Representatives.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Monday, February 16, 2009
On Faith and Fortitude: Jewish Women Speak At Chabad International Conference
(lubavitch.com) The International Conference of Shluchos (f. representatives) concluded Sunday at the gala banquet at the New York Hilton. As 2,900 women poured into the hotel, they greeted old friends and relatives warmly. And at each person’s place, the joyful faces of Rabbi Gavriel and Mrs. Rivkah Holtzberg , adorning the latest issue of Lubavitch International, smiled up at them.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, February 16, 2009
Remembering the Life of a Jewish Feminine Role Model: Rebbetzin Chaya Moussia Schneerson
( lubavitch.com ) Greatness comes in many forms. Often we imagine the character of a giant as someone who influences an entire world, forgetting the silent majesty of those who make such greatness possible.
News | Monday, February 16, 2009
Chabad Conference Initiatives: Rivkah's Tent
(lubavitch.com) The Midrash in Bereishit Rabbah 60 speaks of the candles that burned and the challah that remained fresh from week to week in Sarah’s tent. These, and the cloud of glory that rested above, disappeared upon her passing. They were only to return when her daughter-in-law, Rivkah, arrived and married her son.
Dvora Lakein | News | Sunday, February 15, 2009
Hitting the Books: Shluchim Take Their Study to the Web
If he is not affixing a mezuzah to a doorpost, lighting a mega-menorah, or frantically picking up last-minute groceries for a large Shabbat dinner, a typical shliach can often be found teaching a class or comforting the bereaved.
Dvora Lakein | News | Sunday, February 15, 2009
Special Needs Children's Program Helps Eliminate Stigma
Today, 14 years later, the Friendship Circle model has been adopted in 74 locations worldwide. 11,000 teenagers from the U.S. to Australia dedicate time every week to help 4500 special needs children and their families live richer lives.
News | Thursday, February 12, 2009
International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchos Begins Wednesday
The International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchos begins Wednesday evening at Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Traditional Yeshiva Embraces Women's Career Ambitions
Jenna Domber , a recent Ithaca College graduate with work experience in marketing and communications, used to “look into the observant world” with the belief that “women seem to be oppressed and have fewer rights.”
Sarah Bronson | News | Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Chabad House Damaged Family OK
News | Monday, February 9, 2009
Google Earth Brings Exodus Story to Life
Flying virtually around mountains and over seas, Adult Jewish education students in Carmiel are experiencing the Torah’s account of the Exodus from Egypt from a bird’s eye view using the interactive, three dimensional maps of Google earth.
Zalman Nelson | News | Monday, February 9, 2009
300 Communities Unite in Shabbat Observance
Concerns about the future of Jewish life and its continuity keep many community leaders, philanthropists and Jewish census professionals preoccupied. Overwhelmingly, it seems most agree that “the Jewish future can only be secured by ensuring the continued existence and flourishing of practicing, believing, involved Jews.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, February 5, 2009
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Flashback 1950s: A Meeting With the Rebbe
In the summer of 1956, after our return from the Soviet Union, I made a visit to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneirson, better known as the Lubavitcher Rabbi.
News | Tuesday, February 3, 2009
CHABAD 2.0: The Next Generation
With the arrival of the new first family and the 44th president of the United States into the White House last month, came a new email system. Also gaining residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue was President Obama’s souped-up PDA.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Got Question? Askmoses Website Counts More Than 1 Million Questions
(lubavitch.com) Askmoses.com , possibly the largest online Jewish knowledge base, took its one millionth chat session recently.
Miriam Davids | News | Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Timeless Perspectives on Timely Problems Rohr JLI Course Examines Civil Law Through Jewish Principles
The Talmud documents rabbinic discussions regarding Jewish history, law, and ethics. Written over 2,000 years ago, it continues to occupy and engage Jewish students. It is, according to Silberstein, “the pinnacle of Jewish intellectual creativity, incorporating the essence of morality and legality: the two timeless questions of ‘whose is this’ and ‘is it fair?’”
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, February 2, 2009
Hard Times Don't Stop Opening of New Jewish School
With the difficulties that Jewish communities everywhere are facing as philanthropic resources dry up, the completion this week of a new school building in the Ohr Avner network in Orenburg, Russia, was good reason for a celebration. The project reached its successful goal with the help of Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar, local officials, supporters and parents.
Zalman Nelson | News | Friday, January 30, 2009
Justice Scalia, Talmudic Scholars On Privacy, Free Speech
Gossip columns may plaster the internet and paper newsstands. But is this commerce of secrets permissible according to Jewish or American tradition?
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, January 29, 2009
Mumbai Relief Fund Names Director
International Committee members of the Mumbai Relief Fund under the auspices of Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters named Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz of Mosocw, Russia, to serve as its director.
News | Wednesday, January 28, 2009
COUNTERVIEW of THE VIEW
As an actress and a Jewish woman, I can tell you that if I’d have been given that script, I never would have agreed to play in that movie [Loving Leah]. I cannot imagine why anyone would want to produce something that feeds the worst stereotypes of religious women. To be sure, if it were an African-American film perpetuating the worst stereotypes, there’d be an uproar.
Baila Olidort | News | Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Body of Israeli Tourist, Chabad House Frequenter, Located after Hiking Accident
(lubavitch.com) The Israeli Foreign Ministry has confirmed that 26-year-old Israeli tourist, Ohad Dotan, was killed in New Zealand on Tuesday after falling from a height of close 200 meters at Cook Mountain. The body was found close to morning after an extensive search discovered his car parked at the beginning of a well known hiking trail.
Zalman Nelson | News | Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Judge Orders Russia To Report on Status of Chabad Library
In the case of Chabad-Lubavitch vs. Russia , US District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth today accepted Chabad’s request to deny Russia’s legal counselors release from the case.
Miriam Davids | News | Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Mr. Eduardo Elsztain Named Chairman of WJC
At Monday's 13th Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress in Jerusalem, Mr. Eduardo Elsztain was named Chairman of the Board of Governors, succeeding Matthew Bronfman.
News | Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Torah Study, Then and Now
For all the blessings of the internet age—and they are enormous—this generation may spell the end of certain social conditions vital to the existential experience.
Baila Olidort | News | Monday, January 26, 2009
In View of Mumbai: JUDAISM A VOICE OF HOPE
UK Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaks to CNN about Chabad-Lubavitch and the idealism of its Mumbai representatives.
News | Sunday, January 25, 2009
US Judge Orders Russia to Preserve Chabad Texts
[AP] — A federal judge is ordering Russia to preserve sacred religious documents that members of a Hasidic Jewish movement fear could be headed to the black market.
Nedra Pickler - AP | News | Thursday, January 22, 2009
Rabbi David Hollander: Oldest Full-Time Pulpit Rabbi
The Jewish community united in mourning Tuesday, upon the passing of Rabbi David B. Hollander. Rabbi Hollander, who at his death was the leader of the Hebrew Alliance in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, also served as rabbi at the Mount Eden Synagogue in the Bronx and was the former president of the Rabbinical Council of America. The 96-year old was the oldest full-time pulpit rabbi in the world.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Photo Gallery: IDF Soldiers Write A Torah
(lubavitch.com) Hundreds of the IDF's Givati soldiers on duty outside Gaza participated in a grand Torah dedication ceremony on Tuesday. The event, made possible by Aguda L'maan Hachayal, sought to recognize the soldiers and their dedication
Zalman Nelson | News | Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Chabad of Wall Street to Launch Fundraiser With New Torah Scroll
Chabad-Lubavitch of Wall Street has disclosed plans to launch a fundraiser and dedicate the writing of a new Torah scroll in memory of the late Mrs. Charlotte Rohr, of blessed memory, matriarch of the philanthropic Rohr family.
Miriam Davids | News | Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Welcome To A New President
The idea of “e pluribus unum” (out of many - one) that appears on U.S.currency, sums up the American democratic process. A government is installed when the "pluribus," the many, participate in free and true elections, thus ensuring a smooth transition of power from one administration to the next. The entire purpose of any election is the unity that will be its consequence; for once the majority has expressedits choice, even the dissenting minority must unite behind that decision.
News | Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Reflections: Return to Mumbai
What had changed since last August, when I had first visited Mumbai? The Indian Army squad in a sandbagged position in front of the Knesset Eliyahu Synagogue, where Gabi Holtzberg had served as rabbi.
Shmuel Klatzkin | News | Monday, January 19, 2009
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz To Lead Jewish Unity Lectures
With Israel at war, the recent Mumbai terrorist attacks, and other threats facing our people, Jewish unity has emerged as a potent theme and a wake-up call, challenging Jews to unite across every divide.
Dvora Lakein | News | Sunday, January 18, 2009
At Argentine Consulate, Hundreds Bid For Art and Orphans
(lubavitch.com) Thursday night’s frigid temperatures did not factor in at all at the Argentine Consulate of New York City, where hundreds of guests mingled happily with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres for an evening dedicated to art and a good cause.
S. Fridman | News | Friday, January 16, 2009
Korean Prime Minister Thanks Chabad at Buy Korea 2009
Korean Prime Minister Han Seung Soo , attending the exhibition at the COEX exhibition center where some 1000 international businesses were represented, personally greeted Chabad-Lubavitch representative to Korea, Rabbi Osher Litzman , thanking him for accommodating the needs of observant Jews.
News | Friday, January 16, 2009
New Uniform Makes the Grade At Fashion Conscious Lyons School
(lubavitch.com) Under sultry beats of café jazz and club electronica, a string of young women strutted down the catwalk, as lithe and stone-faced as contestants on "America's Next Top Model." They wore playful confections made of gauzy fabric and delicate trim. The bohemian chic skirts and couture-style gowns they modeled looked well suited to the fashion week tents of New York or Milan.
Jennifer Bleyer | News | Thursday, January 15, 2009
Evening Learning Group Members Bring Torah to the Soldiers
As part of his efforts to share Chasidic philosophy with Israel’s many yeshiva students, Rabbi Moshe Shilat created the Lev Ledaat network of evening learning programs.
Zalman Nelson | News | Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Community Rallies in France; Chabad Remains Open
The Chabad center in St-Denis, France was attacked with nine Molotov cocktails on Sunday night, breaking a window and charring the walls of a pizzeria on the bottom floor. Rabbi Mendel Belinow and other people were inside the synagogue when the fire broke out, but no one was injured.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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Son of Chabad Representative, Newlywed, Injured in Gaza Operation
The fighting in Gaza hit very close to home today when IDF Corporal Nechemia Rubin and his commander, IDF Combat Officer Aharon Karov , were wounded early Tuesday morning when a mine exploded in a house they were searching for terrorists. Nechemia is the son of Rabbi Yehuda Rubin , director of Chabad of Alon Moreh.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Into the Depths: Jewish Women Find Self Through Study and Snorkel
People use the expression ‘out of this world,’ and I never understood it before,” says Lauren Kraft, a senior at Arizona State University. “But this was definitely an out of this world experience: it was like an eight-day Shabbat.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, January 12, 2009
Three Years Later, Israel's Evacuees Dodge Rockets, Long to Return
The IDF’s incursion into the Gaza strip has many in Israel taking a painfully hard look at Israel’s disengagement from the area three years ago and its failure to herald peace.
Zalman Nelson | News | Sunday, January 11, 2009
Editorial: Where Wills Collide, Israel Survives
In these sobering circumstances, Israel has no choice but to live by the sword. But it is by miracles that this indefatigable lamb among the lions survives, and it will be, I believe, I pray, by miracles that Israel will ultimately prevail.
Baila Olidort | News | Thursday, January 8, 2009
Rockets Rain on Israel's North, Residents on Alert
Four Katyusha rockets slammed into the northern coastal city of Naharia Thursday morning, one of them landing directly on a senior citizens’ facility.
Zalman Nelson | News | Thursday, January 8, 2009
Chabad in Action as Grad Rockets Slams into Gedera
A three-month-old girl was injured by shattered glass and several people were treated for shock Tuesday morning when a grad rocket struck the city of Gedera. Miraculously falling in between two homes full of people, it represents the longest-range attack to strike southern Israel in the Gaza war.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Arson Attempt Latest in Antwerp's Anti-Semitic Response to Gaza War
On Saturday night, unknown perpetrators shoved rags with lighter fluid into the mailbox of a Chabad family’s home in Antwerp, Belgium and lit them on fire. Luckily the fire did not catch on and the home sustained only minor smoke damage.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, January 6, 2009
In Five Towns, Jewish Community Rallies Behind Chabad
Sometimes it takes a little darkness to shed light on something so remarkable. News reports on December 25 spoke of the wreckage that a BMW X3 caused when it plowed through the windows of Chabad of the Five Town’s annual Chanukah Wonderland.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Visit to Israel Confirms Mayor Bloomberg's Support of Israel's Strike Against Hamas
Returning from a solidarity visit to Israel Sunday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference with the media and representatives of Jewish organizations on Monday, in which he shared his impressions and personal feelings about the situation in Israel.
Miriam Davids | News | Monday, January 5, 2009
Chabad Gives IDF Soldiers An Inspired Sendoff
As IDF soldier's prepare to enter Gaza, Chabad representatives give them an inspiring sendoff with gifts of food, extra clothing, and specially printed prayer books designed to fit in their uniform pockets.
News | Monday, January 5, 2009
As Gaza Ground War Intensifies, Chabad Steps Up Support Activities
(lubavitch.com) As Israeli Defense Forces began the long anticipated ground operation to end rocket fire into the Southern communities, its soldiers are penetrating Gaza's dangerous interior and Chabad representatives are intensifying their own support efforts both for the soldiers and Israel's southern residents.
Zalman Nelson | News | Sunday, January 4, 2009
Editorial: And the living shall take heart . . .
The tragedy in Mumbai made headlines, and was followed by millions. But for the immediate families of the victims, it is a devastatingly personal, private calamity.
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky | News | Thursday, January 1, 2009
Under Rockets and Sirens, A New Baby Is Welcomed in Ashkelon
How does one plan a brit milah under the rain of mortar shells? Who will manage to get a minyan together, a mohel , let alone a festive meal, under the cacophony of red alert sirens and rockets that explode at random?
Miriam Davids | News | Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Israelis Targeted in Danish Shopping Mall
Two Israelis were shot Wednesday, while managing their booth at a shopping mall in Odense, Denmark.
News | Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Chabad Centers in Beer Sheva, Ashkelon Double as Bomb Shelters As Children, Adults Wait Out the War
Following a quiet night of silent and empty streets in Beersheva and Ashkelon, residents woke to the terrifying sound of rockets that continued intermittently throughout the day. An influx of reserve soldiers in both locations helped prevent chaos on the streets as countless numbers of locals flocked to Chabad centers for support.
Zalman Nelson | News | Wednesday, December 31, 2008
As Missile Attacks on Israel Intensify, Residents, Municipalities, Turn to Chabad
Despite the worst barrage of rockets since the Gaza Operation began, Rabbi Zev Pizem of Sderot is in his office and on the streets, continuing his efforts to support the city’s remaining residents, many elderly, who are stuck at home out of fear, and are now running out of food.
Zalman Nelson | News | Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Chabad House in Sderot Sustains Heavy Damage, Lives Spared
It was a clear miracle that protected Rabbi Chananel and Tzivia Pizem of Sderot, when missile hit their home Tuesday morning.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Child of the Holtzbergs Dies of Severe Illness
The global Jewish community joins the extended Holtzberg and Rosenberg families in mourning, Tuesday, following the death of Dov Ber Holtzberg.
News | Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Israeli Arabs Attack Local Jewish Neighbors As Air Strikes Continue
Well beyond the reach of rockets, Israelis throughout the country are on higher alert after several local terrorist attacks including one in which an Arab worker yesterday stabbed his Jewish manager and stabbed several other residents in Kiryat Sefer.
Zalman Nelson | News | Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Chabad Stays Open, Reliable, As Gaza Responds With Rockets
Israel’s air strikes on Gaza, aimed at bringing relief and restoring some kind of security to the country’s southern residents, have been greeted with an onslaught of more than 150 rocket attacks, chasing many residents out of their homes and cities, and confining the rest to bomb shelters.
Zalman Nelson | News | Monday, December 29, 2008
Menorah Lights Glow With Hope and Promise at Terror Site in Mumbai
Five flames danced in defiance Thursday evening against the Indian sky, as the Chanukah menorah was lit at the Gateway of India, Mumbai’s most famous monument.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, December 25, 2008
Father of Slain Terror Victim Kindles Menorah on Liberty Island
(lubavitch.com)-- Freezing temperatures and icy winds whipped Liberty Island off the New York harbor Tuesday night. Hardly a night for a boat ride with the kids, and several hundred adults and children, plus distinguished city and state officials came out into the cold to celebrate a unique Chanukah lighting.
Miriam Davids | News | Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Chabad Rabbi's Seminars Help Unemployed Find Authentic Life Passion
Usually, when the pink slip blues get former financial services whiz, Fran Gerrish of Aurora, CO, down, she phones a buddy from work, another former VP flung off the corporate ladder by the dismal economy.
R. C. Berman | News | Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Zoning Board Approves Disputed Plans for New Chabad Facility
After much intense debate, the Jewish community of the Shoreline won approval Wednesday night by the local Planning and Zoning Commission for plans to build a new Chabad center in Guilford
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Monday, December 22, 2008
Lightning Up Chanukah
(lubavitch.com) Some 500 Jewish fans noshed on Glatt kosher hot dogs Thursday as Tampa Bay Lightning and the Colorado Avalanche played an intensely tight game
News | Sunday, December 21, 2008
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For Chabad Representatives to Bangalore, A New Baby
If Israeli backpackers spurn Bangalore in favor of spicier locales in India, why is Chabad opening its next outpost there?
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Thursday, December 18, 2008
Volume 29 of Rebbe's Correspondence Published
Kehot Publication Society, the Lubavitch Publishing House, announced the publication of the 29th volume of Igrot Kodesh , “Holy Epistles,” by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
News | Tuesday, December 16, 2008
In Mumbai, A Ray of Light Punctuates Great Sadness
Tears, songs and resolve permeated Shabbat meals hosted by Chabad of Mumbai in undisclosed locations this past weekend.
R.C. Berman | News | Tuesday, December 16, 2008
UNITE THE LIGHTS: Jewish Organizations Coordinate Chanukah Memorial Lighting Campaign
(lubavitch.com) “Unite the Lights,” a grassroots, nationwide menorah lighting campaign will honor the memory of the Mumbai terror victims this Chanukah.
News | Monday, December 15, 2008
Remembering Chabad's Beginnings, 210 Years Ago
Today, the Jewish calendar date of 19 Kislev, marks the Chasidic New Year. It is the date on which, in 1798, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Chasidism, was released from Czarist imprisonment.
B. Olidort | News | Monday, December 15, 2008
New Rabbinical Yeshiva To Open in New York City's Financial District
Chabad-Lubavitch of Wall Street will be opening a yeshiva in the world financial district this week. The new international Yeshivat Hakedoshim, named for the targeted victims of the recent Mumbai tragedy and those of 9/11, is set to open with 10 students who will train for the rabbinate.
Miriam Davids | News | Monday, December 15, 2008
Chabad Community Mourns Passing of Rabbi Tzvi Yosef Kotlarsky
(lubavitch.com) Rabbi Tzvi Yosef Kotlarsky , who fled the Nazi invasion of Poland via Lithuania and Imperial Japan, and went on to serve as chief administrator of the United Lubavitch Yeshiva in Brooklyn, passed away Monday in Brooklyn, NY. He was 91.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Friday, December 12, 2008
US SENATE CONDEMNS TERROR ATTACKS IN MUMBAI Senate Passes Casey-Voinovich Resolution
T he U.S. Senate late last night passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and George Voinovich (R-OH) condemning the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
News | Thursday, December 11, 2008
Clarification Regarding Chabad Mumbai Relief Efforts
(lubavitch.com) In response to inquiries about the fund established in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attack: Lubavitch Headquarters in conjunction with the Holtzberg/Rosenberg families, have set up the Chabad Mumbai Relief Fund to assist in the care of the children of Rabbi Gavriel Noach and Rivka Holtzberg, may G-d avenge their blood, and/or the rebuilding of the Mumbai Chabad House.
News | Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Chabad Tries to Maintain Services in Riot Crippled Greece
(lubavitch.com) Despite nationwide rioting that has destroyed businesses, government property, and private assets, it is business as usual for Rabbi Mendel and Nechama Hendel of Athens, Greece. “Chabad’s programs and activities will continue,” he says resolutely.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Young Energy Magnate Promises 'Taking Care of Chabad A Priority'
(lubavitch.com) Shattered by the murders in Mumbai, one energy magnate is picking up the pieces by making a significant contribution to a Florida Chabad center.
EJ Tansky | News | Tuesday, December 9, 2008
I'm Still Waiting For You, Rivki
C hani Lifshitz , Chabad representative in Katamandu, Nepal, wrote a letter to her close friend, Rivkah Holtzberg , following the tragedy in Mumbai. Lubavitch.com presents a translation from the Hebrew that appeared in the Israeli paper, Yediot Achronot.
Chani Lifshitz | News | Sunday, December 7, 2008
THOUSANDS REMEMBER CHABAD'S GAVRIEL AND RIVKAH HOLTZBERG: Vow to Continue Holy Work
A huge crowd of about ten-thousand people gathered in Kfar Chabad, Israel, Tuesday afternoon to remember the lives of Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg
Sarah Bronson | News | Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Jewish Victims Come Home
The IAF plane carrying the remains of the six Jews murdered in Mumbai landed at an army near Ben Gurion airport in Israel at 11:30 Monday night for a private State ceremony.
News | Monday, December 1, 2008
For Gabi and Rivki, In Blessed Memory
Just minutes ago I heard the terrible news that five Israeli hostages were found dead inside the Chabad House in Mumbai. Although the media hasn’t officially confirmed their identities yet, it seems quite certain that they are Chabad Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, his wife Rivka, an Israeli couple, and another Israeli.
News | Monday, December 1, 2008
Shabbat Candle Lighting Revival in Wake of Chabad Mumbai Tagedy
In his press conference following receiving confirmation of the killings in Mumbai last Friday, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman, of the worldwide Educational and Social Services arms of the Chabad-Lubavitch Movement
News | Monday, December 1, 2008
Mumbai Jewish Community, Survivors, Grieve For Victims
Jewish community in Mumbai, Israeli delegation hold ceremony in memory of men, women murdered by terrorists at Chabad center. Victims' bodies to be flown to Israel on IAF plane. Chabad emissary's father says prayer for casualties, thanks Indian nanny for saving his grandson's life.
Ronen Medzini/YNETnews | News | Monday, December 1, 2008
Condolences: We Mourn Together With Chabad
Letters of condolence continue to fill the lubavitch.com inbox.
News | Sunday, November 30, 2008
"I Didn't Know Them Personally, I Knew the Work They Were Doing . . ."
The following letter was written by someone who did not know the Holtzbergs, but was inspired by their dedication to call upon her friends.
News | Sunday, November 30, 2008
A Last Shabbat With The Holtzbergs in Mumbai
(lubavitch.com) Responses and condolences from people worldwide continue to fill the inbox of lubavitch.com's email. Some, like Olga Daniela Bakayeva, a nurse at Seattle's Children's Hospital, had the privilege to visit the Chabad House in Mumbai. Below, Olga shares the experience of the Holtzbergs' memorable hospitality.
News | Sunday, November 30, 2008
Jews Stranded in Bangkok
(lubavitch.com) With the Bangkok’s airport shut down by anti-government protesters, Chabad of Thailand is prepared to host a greater number of visitors, mostly Israelis stranded in the country.
R.C. Berman | News | Sunday, November 30, 2008
Chabad Representatives To Be Buried In Israel
(lubavitch.com) Three days of intense fighting and fear ended in grief late Friday when the deaths of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg were confirmed in Mumbai, India. Reports indicate that Mrs. Holtzberg was killed Thursday, while her husband was killed shortly before the ordeal was over.
Dvora Lakein | News | Saturday, November 29, 2008
Confirmed: Chabad Emissary Couple Killed in Mumbai
Just a short while ago, we received the definitve news confirming the brutal murder of two of our finest, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg.
News | Friday, November 28, 2008
Statement from Lubavitch World Headquarters
Statement on the situation in Mumbai
News | Thursday, November 27, 2008
Mumbai Update
News | Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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Chabad Does Thanksgiving
(lubavitch.com) Though a popular grade-school history lesson, and a much-anticipated festival with all the trimmings, the story behind Thanksgiving remains a bit sketchy. Regardless of its provenance, Americans appreciate a good celebration, and Thanksgiving has been a national holiday for almost 400 years.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, November 26, 2008
When Shluchim Come Marching In: Gala Banquet Concludes Chabad-Lubavitch Conference
(lubavitch.com) As temperatures in New York City dipped to unseasonably low digits Sunday night, the atmosphere inside Pier 94 heated up. Well over 4,000 Chabad-Lubavitch shluchim, lay leaders, and supporters filed into the 175,000 square ft. hall for the highlight of the International Conference of Shluchim: banquet night. Attendees have been participating in workshops, round-table discussions, and informal meetings all weekend, but it is the banquet that brings it all together for a dramatic finale.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, November 24, 2008
On Campus, A Females-Only Shabbat With Chabad
(lubavitch.com) Friday, November 21st is Michelle Bentsman ’s 19th birthday. It will be her first birthday as a student at the University of Chicago. And she has chosen to spend it with Chabad.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, November 20, 2008
International Conference of Chabad Representatives to Lead With Theme of Jewish Unity
(lubavitch.com) Rabbi Shlomo Silverman is the new campus rabbi at Carnegie Mellon University. He and his wife arrived in late July, a mere few weeks before the new academic year began. With several successful student programs up and running already, the young Chabad representative is bursting with energy to do more.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, November 20, 2008
Downturn an Upturn for Searching and Study at Chabad
(lubavitch.com) How much is silver lining going for these days? As 401 Ks plunge, attendance at Chabad center programs across the United States is surging.
R. C. Berman | News | Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Slain Professor Librescu's Widow, Son, Students Honored At NCFJE Dinner
(lubavitch.com) In his opening remarks at Sunday night’s annual dinner of the NCFJE (National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education), Executive Director Rabbi Sholom B. Hecht told a story
Miriam Davids | News | Monday, November 17, 2008
Economic Woes and All, Hundreds of College Students Flocked and Rocked At National Shabbaton
(lubavitch.com) Going into the Chabad-on-Campus International Shabbaton in Brooklyn, I didn’t think that Chabad could attract enough students to match the success at last year’s Shabbaton. After all, our country is suffering from economic troubles.
News | Friday, November 14, 2008
In Sderot, Chabad Offered Voters Thick Walls and Neutrality
(lubavitch.com) Municipal elections were held in towns and cities all over Israel on Tuesday, and in the beleagured town of Sderot, near the Gaza border, the local Chabad center was considered safe enough, and politically neutral enough, to serve as a polling station.
Sarah Bronson | News | Thursday, November 13, 2008
Chabad Women on Campus Defy Stereotype of "Rabbi's Wife"
(lubavitch.com) Now that the votes have been counted and barriers have been shattered on one front, will 2012 be the year of the woman?
R. C. Berman | News | Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Jewish Life in Germany 70 Years After Kristallnacht
Survivors of Kristallnacht will tell you that they remember the flames. Fires shot out of the roofs of synagogues and the smell of burning Torahs mingled with the sound of splintering glass. It was the sinister brightness of the dark night that etched itself into the memories of German Jews.
Dvora Lakein | News | Saturday, November 8, 2008
Jewish Life On Campus Grows With Chabad
(lubavitch.com) Jamie Zebrak , a senior at the University of Oregon, has seen Jewish involvement on campus grow five-fold since she started here as a freshman.
Miriam Davids | News | Thursday, November 6, 2008
Lost in The Andes, Found by Chabad
(lubavitch.com) Roey Sadan , a 26-year-old old Israeli, was looking for adventure after he had finished his mandatory three years in the Israeli Army. Looking to explore the world and to expand his horizons, he took a job to pay for his travel expenses.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Wednesday, November 5, 2008
How Elena Met Rami or The Chabad-Lubavitch Network: A Model of Causality
(lubavitch.com) Elena Lourie and Rami Kafarov never would have met let alone married in Oslo this summer were Chabad-Lubavitch no more than a bunch of affiliated synagogues and rabbis doing what they do, without the Shluchim's trademark passion for a greater vision.
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, November 3, 2008
After A Polarizing Election, Jewish Women To Share A Shabbat of Unity
(lubavitch.com) On December 5, Jewish women from zip codes across America and from diverse backgrounds will participate at a Shabbat retreat in Boulder, Colorado.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, October 30, 2008
A Menorah Is Stolen From Holocaust Memorial Site in Ukraine
News | Wednesday, October 29, 2008
TEACH ME, MASTER: Bankers and Businesspeople Become Today's Talmudic Students
(lubavitch.com) The study of Talmud is high on the list of skills, most adults say ruefully, that you either got as a young yeshiva student, or not at all. Not so, say developers of a successful Chabad Talmud study program for adults that is gaining popularity in Jewish communities worldwide.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Chabad Rabbi Appointed to Florida Governor's Faith Based Advisory Board
News | Monday, October 27, 2008
Photos: "And You Shall Bless the Children of Israel
News | Sunday, October 26, 2008
In Ravaged Gori Jewish New Year Began On A High Note
(lubavitch.com) Tensions continue to flare up between Georgia and Russia, with Gori still a city in shambles where many wait in refugee camps for Red Cross food drop-offs, and bombed houses color the landscape.
News | Thursday, October 23, 2008
SHE COULD HAVE DANCED ALL NIGHT Joy & Fervor On the Happiest Day of the Year
(lubavitch.com) The festivities of Simchas Torah, one of the happiest days on the Jewish calendar, begin Monday night. In communities around the world, people will celebrate the completion and subsequent resumption of the Torah cycle, by literally giving the Torah feet and dancing it around the synagogue.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, October 20, 2008
New English Translation of Genesis With Commentaries by Kehot
(lubavitch.com) Kehot Publication Society, the Chabad-Lubavitch publishing house and Chabad of California have released a new translation of the Book of Genesis. The translation reflects classic and contemporary scholarship and research in a single, reader-friendly text.
News | Thursday, October 16, 2008
Chabad of Columbus Opens LifeTown for Developmentally Disabled Children
(lubavitch.com) Justin Swan has a busy day ahead of him. After getting his annual check-up at the doctor’s office, this developmentally disabled 17 year-old must make a deposit at the bank, stock up on snacks for his golden retriever, and return books to the library. Only when those errands are complete, can he relax at the cinema with friends.
Dvora Lakein | News | Sunday, October 12, 2008
Tuesday The Rabbi Was Late
(lubavitch.com) It was a beautiful Tuesday afternoon in Austin. The sun beamed overhead in a cloudless blue sky, and throngs of Austinites were outdoors enjoying the balmy temperatures.
Malka Phillips | News | Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Leading Chabad Rabbi in France, 85, Mourned.
(lubavitch.com) Jewish communities and individuals worldwide joined French Jewry in mourning the passing of a leading Rabbi, Rabbi Hillel Pevzner.
News | Sunday, October 5, 2008
Pinellas County Jewish Community Celebrates Completion of Mikvah
(lubavitch.com) Chabad-Lubavitch of Pinellas County and Young Israel of Clearwater launched this Florida county’s first-ever mikvah, Sunday.
Dvora Lakein | News | Sunday, October 5, 2008
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New Bill To Allow Condo Owners to Post Mezuzahs
(lubavitch.com) A new bill in Congress will seek to ensure that condo dwellers enjoy the same religious freedoms that others do.
Dvora Lakein | News | Sunday, October 5, 2008
Chabad Reaches Out to Israel's Terror Victims on Rosh Hashana
News | Sunday, September 28, 2008
Smart Publicity and Messages of Empowerment Draw Greater Numbers To Chabad's Rosh Hashana Services
(lubavitch.com) Wall Street bailouts, iPhones, and stratospheric gas prices are bringing more marginally affiliated Jews to Rosh Hashanah services say rabbis across the United States.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Sunday, September 28, 2008
Corp! Magazine Selects Chabad Program As Diversity Champion
(lubavitch.com) Corp! Magazine, the state’s largest business magazine, chose The Friendship Circle of Michigan Thursday, as a “Diversity Champion.”
News | Thursday, September 25, 2008
After 80 Years Jewish Community of Stavropol Gets New Torah
(lubavitch.com) The Jewish community of Stavropol welcomed its first Torah in almost 80 years. High on Rabbi and Mrs. Tzvi Hershcovich’s to-do list, upon arriving here last November, was to establish a synagogue and acquire a Torah. They have achieved both goals.
News | Thursday, September 25, 2008
Chabad Opens New Mikvah in Redondo Beach
News | Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Maharal Institute Opens in Prague
(lubavitch.com) Chabad-Lubavitch of Prague launched the Maharal Institute last week, dedicated to the legacy of Rabbi Yehuda Loew , the Maharal of Prague.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, September 25, 2008
Chabad Opens Center For Jewish Life for Memphis Jewish Community
(lubavitch.com) As in years past, two Memphis day schools and the community high school will be slicing and polishing rams’ horns as they participate in Chabad’s pre-Rosh Hashana Shofar Factory. Unlike year past, this time the students will be making their shofars at Chabad’s own building.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Director of Children of Chernobyl Dies at 55
(lubavitch.com) The greater Chabad-Lubavitch community mourned the sudden death, Sunday, of Rabbi Yossie Raichik , director of Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl (CCOC).
News | Monday, September 22, 2008
At Norther Arizona University, Students Remember 9/11 With Mitzvahs
News | Monday, September 22, 2008
Within Chabad, A New Year Brings New Ideas In Jewish Education
(lubavitch.com) Fully 13% of the 230,000 students in American Hebrew schools are enrolled in Chabad-run programs, a recent study found.
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, September 22, 2008
As Jews Leave South Africa, Chabad Stays Put
(lubavitch.com) Some 1000 Johannesburg Jews participated at a recent community event where Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky , Chairman of the Lubavitch Educational and Social Services divisions, met with them and spoke to their concerns about the situation in South Africa today.
News | Monday, September 22, 2008
Israel Cultural Center Donates Libarary to Or Avner School
(lubavitch.com) The children at the Or Avner School of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine have a lot of reading to do. The Israel Culture Center donated its library to the school on Wednesday. Rabbi Meir Ostrovsky , principal, leafed through the selection with glee. “I am happy,” he said.
News | Friday, September 19, 2008
With New JCC, Dniprodzerzhinsk Now Full-Fledged Jewish Community
(lubavitch.com) A new Jewish Community Center and Synagogue with familiar facade dedicated in Dniprodzerzhinsk Wednesday, breathes a welcome burst of fresh air into this industrial port city noted for its poor air quality.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Wednesday, September 17, 2008
A Sweet Beginning for Ukraine's Senior Citizens
News | Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Lubavitch Headquarters To Launch Mentoring Program for Chabad Representatives
(lubavitch.com) Chabad representatives are givers: of time, of advice, and a home-cooked meal. More commonly known as shluchim, the representatives—also referred to as emissaries or envoys—teach Judaism on a global scale. Now, an innovative program is turning the tables and putting them on the receiving end.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Bangkok Air Now Serving Kosher Meals
(lubavitch.com) Kosher observant travelers flying Bangkok Air out of Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok can now enjoy dinners prepared by the airline’s caterers under the supervision of a Chabad-Lubavitch representative.
News | Tuesday, September 16, 2008
JDC Study Finds Education Gap Among Argentina's Needy
News | Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Chabad-Lubavitch Accepted in Israel's Tal Law
News | Monday, September 15, 2008
Perm Jewish Community Loses Family In Plane Crash
(lubavitch.com) The Perm Jewish community is in grief after a Jewish family of four was killed among the 88 victims of Sunday's Aeroflot 737 plane crash.
News | Monday, September 15, 2008
Chabad Jewish Student Center Dedicated at Binghamton University
(lubavitch.com) The Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life was inaugurated Sunday as 600 students, professors, and supporters looked on.
News | Monday, September 15, 2008
Chabad of West Coast's "To Life" Telethon Generates $8 Million-Plus
(lubavitch.com) With heartfelt appeals and joyful performances from a diverse group of celebrity guests, the 2008 Chabad "To Life" Telethon generated more than $8 million for the charity.
Bradford Wiss | News | Monday, September 15, 2008
Boston CJP Delegation Visits Sister City in Ukraine
(lubavitch.com) The Boston-Dnepropetrovsk model is one of the most productive partnerships between two Jewish communities dedicated to helping a former communist city rehabilitate after decades of languishing under soviet restrictions.
News | Friday, September 12, 2008
Chabad of Wall Street Moves On, Does Not Forget 9/11
(lubavitch.com) “When Ground Zero is four blocks away from home, you don’t wait until 9/11 to remember 9/11. It's in a corner of your heart always.”
R. C. Berman | News | Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Oklahoma City Celebrates First Jewish Center in 50 Years
(lubavitch.com) Hundreds of city locals looked on as the state’s Attorney General joined rabbis and cut the ribbon on the first Jewish building to be constructed in Oklahoma City in the last half century.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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Photos: Chabad Universo
News | Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Anonymous Donor Doubles Chabad Presence at UK Universities
(lubavitch.com) At the start of the UK academic term, six new Chabad representative couples will be greeting students at freshers fairs at some of the country's top universities. The expansion more than doubles Chabad on Campus UK’s previous scope.
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, September 8, 2008
Delaware Jewish Community on Senator Joe Biden
(lubavitch.com ) After hearing from Alaska's Jewish community on Governor Palin, lubavitch.com caught up with its Chabad representative in Delaware to learn about the Democratic candidate for vice-president, Senator Joe Biden , and his relationship with the local Jewish community.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, September 8, 2008
Daily Minyan, Kosher Box Lunches For Jewish Guests in Twin Cities
(lubavitch.com) The streets of Saint Paul this week are filled with both convention participants and protestors. Whoever they are, says Chabad representative Rabbi Mendel Feller , “We are here to serve them.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, September 4, 2008
Employees At Largest Jewish Non-Profit in Argentina: Proud to Belong
(lubavitch.com) Like millions of administrative employees everywhere, Gabriela Cohen , a secretary at the Wolfsohn Tabicinik School in Belgrano, Buenos Aires, pulls full days answering phones, taking messages and contributing to the smooth functioning of the school’s administrative division.
B. Olidort | News | Thursday, September 4, 2008
At U.S. Campuses, Jewish Students Break The New Year In With Chabad
(lubavitch.com) As millions of college students packed up their IPODS and laptops and headed back to school, Chabad-Lubavitch campus representatives nationwide waited to welcome them.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, September 3, 2008
At South Florida Jewish Day School, Children With Special Needs Love to Learn
(lubavitch.com) Eight year-old Jason Popick is not like most kids. The back-to-school banners that garner groans from most kids, elicited his delightful enthusiasm.
Hadassah Backman | News | Monday, September 1, 2008
Alaska's Jewish Community on Palin Selection
(lubavitch.com) Alaska’s Governor Sarah Palin , a relative unknown to most Americans until she was named McCain's running mate this Friday, enjoys wide popularity in her home state and the respect of the broader Jewish community there, Rabbi Yossi Greenberg , Chabad’s representative to Alaska’s Jewish community told Lubavitch.com.
M. Phillips | News | Saturday, August 30, 2008
In Serbia, Bosnia, Jewish Numbers Dwindling, Say Chabad Rabbis
(lubavitch.com) Bosnian and Serbian Jews see the war crimes trial of former president Radoyan Karadzic , which continues in The Hague this Friday, as a sign their country is moving on toward a more stable future. If only that was the case for war weary Jewish communities in the Balkan region.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Thursday, August 28, 2008
Award Winning Novel for Teens Based on Chabad Representatives
(lubavitch.com) A young adult novel that explores the clash of cultures and budding understanding between a beach-going teen and her Chabad relatives won an important Jewish book award.
R. C. Berman | News | Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Photos: Jews Rock At Sighet Festival
News | Monday, August 25, 2008
Portland Jewish Community Sets Sweet Precedent
Baila Olidort | News | Friday, August 22, 2008
Portland Chabad Rabbi Wins Right To Hold Prayer Services At Home
(lubavitch.com) Faced with an outpouring of support from a very diverse group, Maine’s zoning board voted unanimously Thursday night in favor of allowing a Chabad rabbi to hosting a prayer group in his home.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Friday, August 22, 2008
Photos: Shabbat With Chabad in S. Bernardo
News | Friday, August 22, 2008
Oregon's Chabad Families At Home With The Governor
News | Thursday, August 21, 2008
Rocking With Chabad At Sziget's Summer Festival
(lubavitch.com) For twelve years, fans have paused in their rock, punk, and reggae binge at one of Europe’s largest summer music festivals and lined up at the Zsido Sator, the Jewish tent, to ask a rabbi a question. This was the first year, however, that the crowds came to hear the rabbi rock the house.
EJ Tansky | News | Thursday, August 21, 2008
Beijing Remembers Murdered Jews At Munich Olympics
News | Thursday, August 21, 2008
In the Mortgage Business, People Break for Daily Prayers
(lubavitch.com) Being in the mortgage business today takes stamina. In Melville, NY, one national mortgage banking organization is finding prayer to be a source of strength.
R. C. Berman | News | Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tbilisi's Jews Anxious But Hopeful
(lubavitch.com) Within Georgia's Jewish community, many have fled to Tbilisi, others got aboard planes evacuating Jews to Israel, and still others, on vacation in other parts of Georgia when the fighting erupted, cannot get back to Tbilisi.
M. Phillips | News | Monday, August 18, 2008
Young, Jewish and Unaffiliated: South American Jews Revisit Jewish Identity
(Lubavitch.com) In a country where the intermarriage hovers at 75 percent, every excuse to promote Jewish marriage becomes an opportunity that Chabad-Lubavitch representatives seize upon with enthusiasm.
Naomi Grossman | News | Sunday, August 17, 2008
Lakers' Farmar: A Slam Dunk For Tefillin on Campus
News | Friday, August 15, 2008
Jewish Academic Society Now At 44 Universities Nationwide
(lubavitch.com) In 2007, a Jewish academic society quadrupled its affiliated campuses and saw a record number of students complete its intensive course of study. Taking these accomplishments to the next level for Jewish college students is the focus of Sinai Scholars Society’s conference held at Princeton University August 12-13.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Chabad Registry Helps Account for Jews in Georgia
(lubavitch.com) Amid panic and worry, Georgian Jews were either scrambling for papers at the Israeli embassy in Georgia or for a confirmed place on one of four flights that the Israeli government scheduled Tuesday, for evacuating Jews from Georgia.
M. Phillips | News | Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Chabad to Open New Center in Kazakhstan
(lubavitch.com) Karaganda, the second largest city in the Kazakhstan republic, will soon benefit from full time Chabad representatives.
Naomi Grossman | News | Monday, August 11, 2008
Photos: Israel's President Peres With Chabad in Beijing
News | Monday, August 11, 2008
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Books: On The Chabad Chasidic Wedding
(lubavitch.com) A mysterious part of the Chasidic Jewish wedding ceremony became a lot easier to understand with a new publication from Chabad-Lubavitch’s publishing house.
EJ Tansky | News | Monday, August 11, 2008
Portland Community Member Says: Thank You Rabbi Wilhelm
News | Thursday, August 7, 2008
Chabad Library Makes 16th Century Books Now Searchable Online
(lubavitch.com) Two thousand Jewish books, most from the 16th century, are now available online in a searchable, printable format at www.ChabadLibraryBooks.com .
R.C. Berman | News | Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Oswego: On Small Town Campus, Chabad Draws Jewish Students In
(lubavitch.com) Chemistry major Lenny Breindel has a hard time believing that nearly one of out of every eight of the 8000 SUNY Oswego students in upstate New York is Jewish.
Dora Chernock | News | Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Mezuzahs and More For Jewish Delegates and Athletes at Beijing Olympics
(lubavitch.com) Chabad-Lubavitch representative in Beijing, Rabbi Shimon Freundlich , blessed the Israeli Olympic team Monday, with success and safety as he hung mezuzot on all the apartments in the Olympic Village where the Israeli athletes and delegation will be staying.
Staff Writer | News | Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Ukraine: Construction Begins On World's Largest Jewish Community Center
(lubavitch.com) Straddling two blocks, a $60 million, 400,000 square foot Jewish Community Center and Holocaust Museum now under construction in Dnepropetrovsk will be a city within a city, a showcase for a Ukrainian industrial backwater waking up to boom times in Jewish and civic contexts
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, August 4, 2008
At Mayo Clinic, Chabad A Steady Presence For Patients and Families
(lubavitch.com) Mayo Clinic, 10 p.m. At her mother’s urging, a pale eighteen-year-old girl lies perfectly still on an exam table. Her heart condition is so severe and complex that she and her mother flew in from Tel Aviv for surgery.
RC Berman | News | Thursday, July 31, 2008
For Israeli Visitors, Moscow Itinerary Stirs the Soul
(lubavitch.com) “For the first time in my life, a sense of Jewish pride fills my heart . . .”
Y. Jacobs | News | Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Wiki Platform Reinvents Torah Teaching in the Classroom
(lubavitch.com) An international group of Jewish teachers is setting out to change how Torah is taught, and if you can wiki, you can join them.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Monday, July 28, 2008
Chabad of St. Paul To Host Jewish Participants At GOP Convention
(lubavitch.com) With hotels in Minneapolis/St. Paul booking rooms for the Republican National Convention, Sept. 1-4, Chabad-Lubavitch of Minnesota is offering hospitality to Jewish participants.
News | Thursday, July 24, 2008
Trenton Thunder Defeats Fisher Cats, But Jewish Community Takes Home the Prize
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, July 24, 2008
Chabad Rabbi First Non-Catholic Ever Offers Prayer at America's Freedom Festival
(lubavitch.com) Rabbi Benny Zippel, Director of Chabad of Utah , became the first non-Catholic clergy to offer the invocation at America’s Freedom Festival recently at the Brigham Young University in Utah.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Senator Obama Meets With Chabad Rep in Sderot
News | Wednesday, July 23, 2008
National Geographic Explores Chabad In Portuguese Edition
(lubavitch.com) This month’s Portuguese edition of National Geographic treats its Brazilian readers to an eye-opening, enthusiastic essay on Chabad, through a close examination of the Chabad yeshiva in Brazil.
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Hebrew Day School Educators Explore Alternative Teaching Techniques
(lubavitch.com) One hundred twenty teachers from Chabad Lubavitch yeshivas and day schools across North America tackled strategies that will allow them to better address the learning needs of the class that awaits them, pencils sharpened, this September.
R. C. Berman | News | Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Jewish Life in Michigan Booming At the 50 Year Mark
Rabbi Berel and Batsheva Shemtov set off a driving force for Jewish life that, at the half century mark, has no signs of slowing down. From very humble beginnings, Chabad centers in the state can now be found in 18 cities under the direction of 30 representatives.
R.C. Berman | News | Monday, July 21, 2008
Jewish Identity, Jewish Life, Grows Vibrant in Bulgaria
(lubavitch.com) Three milestones of Jewish revival in Bulgaria were feted in grand style by dignitaries, the Chief Rabbi of Israel and hundreds of well wishers at the Rohr Chabad Jewish Community Center in Sofia this week.
EJ Tansky | News | Friday, July 18, 2008
Chabad Opens New Center in Bangalore
(lubavitch.com) India’s “Silicon Valley” with a population of more than five million and a thriving hi-tech industry, now has a Chabad center, making it the fourth one in India.
Staff Writer | News | Thursday, July 17, 2008
Chabad Rabbi: "A Black Day for Israel"
(lubavitch.com) After two years of speculation about the condition of two Israeli soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah terrorists on the Israel-Lebanese border in the summer 2006, the remains of E hud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were transferred to Israel earlier today.
News | Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Court Rules In Favor of Condo's Right to Remove Mezuzah
(lubavitch.com) A federal court ruling that denied a Chicago condo resident’s right to hang a mezuzah on her front door incensed a local legislator and surprised area rabbis.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Chabad Retreat in Salt Lake City Draws Jews from Boise, Plano, Missoula . . .
(lubavitch.com) Nadine Veibell is still looking for words to adequately capture her experience at the National Jewish Retreat over the Fourth of July weekend at a resort in Park City, Utah.
R.C. Berman | News | Monday, July 14, 2008
With iCamp Robotics, Gan Israel Campers Get Hi-Tech, Hi-Jewish Camping
(lubavitch.com) Levi Stein is a Chabad rabbinical student from Michigan. Neil Voss is studying finance at a college in Fresno, CA. This summer they are sharing their two areas of expertise – Judaism and technology – with campers at Camp Gan Israel of Westminster.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Monday, July 14, 2008
Marshall Islands, Cartagena, Colombia On Chabad Rabbis' Itinerary
From the lone backpacker in the Peruvian Andes to bustling tourists along Sardinia's Mediterranean shores, the rabbis will seek out even the solitary Jew, no matter the distance.
Mordechai Lightstone | News | Thursday, July 10, 2008
On Summer Travels, Jewish Tourists Pack Chabad Directory
(lubavitch.com) Eco-tourism, adventure travel, leisure cruise—for every kind of tourist there’s a travel plan. With the ubiquity of Chabad centers, travelers can just about choose any location on the globe for their summer travels and find a link to Jewish life that adds interest to their visit.
Dora Chernock | News | Wednesday, July 9, 2008
New Focus On Jewish Teens To Keep Them From Slipping Away
(lubavitch.com) Can religion be cool enough for teens? Chabad’s new teen initiative is working to make the answer “yes” – in a very big way.
R.C. Berman | News | Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Australia's Jewish Community Mourns Passing of Leading Rabbi
(lubavitch.com) The Jewish community of Australia, and Chabad-Lubavitch at large, were saddened to learn of the passing yesterday, July 6, of Rabbi Yitzchok D. Groner , the most senior Chabad Rabbi in Melbourne, Australia.
News | Monday, July 7, 2008
Of Love and More on 3 Tammuz
So much has been written, and more said, about the Lubavitcher Rebbe whose 14th yahrzeit is marked on the third of Tammuz, this year July 6.
News | Sunday, July 6, 2008
Children From Sderot Arrive in U.S. To Summer With Chabad
(lubavitch.com) 70 children from Sderot, israel, were given a heroes' welcome Wednesday, as they arrived at JFK International Airport for a summer in the U.S.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, July 2, 2008
In S. Petersburg, A Text Message Leads To Life Changes
(lubavitch.com) For many of the 100 S. Petersburg teenagers celebrating at an elaborate mass bar and bat mitzvah, their journey to the Jewish rite of passage began with a text message.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Differences Wash Aside In Chabad's Iowa Flood Relief
(lubavitch.com) News crew trucks have reeled in their satellite feeds and driven off to the next big story, but Iowans will be spent the weekend dragging the remains of their waterlogged homes to the curb, coping with the aftermath of the 2008 floods.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Monday, June 30, 2008
A New Crop of Students To Receive Rabbinic Ordination
(lubavitch.com) As college graduates flung mortarboards skyward and clutched their diplomas in hand, young men from Chabad rabbinicall yeshivas sweated out the demanding oral and written exams that would transform them from yeshiva student to rabbi.
R. C. Berman | News | Thursday, June 26, 2008
Extreme Adventure Camping With Chabad For Jewish Teens
(lubavitch.com) Michael Harari arrived in Seattle Tuesday morning. After stashing his camping gear in the bowels of a 46-passenger school bus, he settled in the driver’s seat for the 14-hour trip to San Francisco, 809 miles down the coast.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Chabad's SOS Raises Awareness, Activism for Elderly
(lubavitch.com) There’s something funny about Don Rickles , 82, headlining at the first annual Chabad-Lubavitch sponsored Smile on Seniors “Joy and Laughter” event on June 29 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, June 23, 2008
In Sao Paulo, Thousands Line Up for a Kosher Big Mac
(lubavitch.com) They flipped 10,000 burgers at the local McDonald’s last Sunday, and Ronald McDonald was doing his usual thing. But this time, he was greeting kids in yarmulkas, and the beef was glatt kosher. No cheese.
Staff Writer | News | Friday, June 20, 2008
Andy Statman to Perform With Chabad at Chicago's Center for Performing Arts
(lubavitch.com) As summer music festival season begins to fill parks and parking lots with sweet harmony and raucous chords, Illinois’s Lubavitch Chabad community is celebrating its 31st anniversary with an evening of authentic Chasidic music.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Thursday, June 19, 2008
New Chabad Center Opens In Serbia's Airport City
At a formal inauguration Wednesday, Serbian Jewish leaders and residents celebrated the official opening of the country’s first Chabad-Lubavitch center in Belgrade.
News | Wednesday, June 18, 2008
New Chabad Reps Join Lauder Business School Faculty
News | Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Bio-Piracy in the Amazon A Topic of Concern at Chabad-Affiliated Lauder Business School
(lubavitch.com) When genetic code from rainforest plants gets patented and sold, how much profit goes to local tribes who conserved and cultivated the plant for years?
R.C. Berman | News | Monday, June 16, 2008
Dancing in the Rain At the Staten Island Russian Fest
News | Monday, June 16, 2008
Chabad on Kauai Island Celebrates Giving of Ten Comandments
If you think that the secluded island of Kauai is the last place on Earth that a crowd would gather to hear the Ten Commandments read…
R.C. Berman | News | Friday, June 13, 2008
As Food Prices Soar, Chabad Food Banks Work To Meet Growing Demands
(lubavitch.com) Soaring food and gas prices that are forcing working people to seek help to feed their families are also putting the squeeze on food banks. In these tough times, Chabad run food banks are employing creative strategies to feed those in need.
R. C. Berman | News | Thursday, June 5, 2008
UNICEF Releases Book on Chabad's Ieladeinu Child Care Program
UNICEF leaders, human rights experts and community representatives joined Chabad-Lubavitch of Buenos Aires on Tuesday at the Centro Cultural Borges arts center to formally announce publication of a UNICEF funded book.
Dora Chernock | News | Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Chabad Rabbi Takes Ben Franklin Award For Book on Going Kosher
lubavitch.com) Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Zalman Goldstein took the Ben Franklin IPBA 's book award in the religion category last week, for GOING KOSHER IN 30 DAYS!
News | Monday, June 2, 2008
In Ukraine: Jewish Community Opens New Mikvah
News | Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Chabad Rabbinical Students Remember Israeli Professor Killed In Adis Ababa
(lubavitch.com) Jechezkel Shoshani life’s work, unraveling the biological mysteries behind the great African elephant, was cut short when a minibus exploded as he made his way home from Addis Ababa University.
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, May 26, 2008
Aleph's New Home To Help Jewish Inmates Build New Lives
(lubavitch.com) Pennsylvania, home of the U.S.’s second highest number of federal prisons, right after Texas, sees more than seven out of ten inmates return to prison after release.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Monday, May 26, 2008
Southside Jewish Community Breaks Ground for Area's First Jewish Facility
(lubavitch.com) Southside community members and leaders turned out Thursday to celebrate the groundbreaking of the area's first Jewish institution, a new Chabad-Lubavitch center.
D. Lakein | News | Friday, May 23, 2008
Lag B'Omer
News | Thursday, May 22, 2008
Jewish Federation of Greater Ohio Awards Chabad Representative For Creativity
(lubavitch.com) At a ceremony hosted by the Jewish Federation of Greater Ohio earlier this month, Devorah Leah Mangel, co-director of Chabad of Dayton was feted with the coveted Jack Moss Creativity Award.
R. C. Berman | News | Thursday, May 22, 2008
Chabad Inaugurates New JCC in Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach evokes images of NASCAR’S most prestigious race, the country’s largest motorcycle rally, and college students’ first choice for spring break.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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17 Year-Old Publisher of Girls' Magazine Selected As Finalist For Small Business Grant
(lubavitch.com) Seventeen-year-old Chabad student Leah Larson , founder, editor, and publisher of YALDAH magazine has been selected from over 700 applicants as a semi-finalist in the running to receive a $1,000.00 small business grant from IdeaCafe.com, a top-rated website for small business.
News | Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Shareholders at Berkshire Hathaway Meeting Do Shabbos With Chabad
(lubavitch.com) It’s the largest business meeting in the world, counting no less than 31,000 shareholders who participated at the Berkshire Hathaway meeting in Omaha, earlier this month.
News | Sunday, May 18, 2008
Chabad And The Orthodox Union to Host Shabbaton for the Deaf
(lubavitch.com) Motivated by an ideal that aims to make Jewish life accessible and meaningful to all, Chabad-Lubavitch is a natural fit for outreach to any segment of the Jewish population.
News | Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Actor Jon Voight In Solidarity With Sderot
(lubavitch.com) It’s not every day that an American film actor hangs out with somebody else’s children, let alone children living in a danger zone. That’s what Jon Voight did Tuesday.
News | Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Avi Chai Selects Chabad-Lubavitch Representative for Fellowship Award
Among the first recipients selected for the Avi Chai Fellowships formally disclosed on Monday, is a Chabad-Lubavitch representative, Rabbi Menachem Schmidt, of Philadelphia.
News | Monday, May 12, 2008
Chabad To Open Kosher Restaurant in Christchurch, NZ
A kosher restaurant in Christchurch, New Zealand? You bet, says Chabad’s Rabbi Mendy Goldstein of New Zealand.
EJ Tansky | News | Monday, May 12, 2008
Photos: Minnesota Governor Pawlenty Meets With Chabad at Israel Fair
News | Sunday, May 11, 2008
Chabad Center Opens in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
The Mendelsohns have opened the first Chabad-Lubavitch center in Jackson Hole, giving the Cowboy State’s Jews the benefit of full time Chabad representatives.
News | Friday, May 9, 2008
At the IDF, Soldiers Remember the Fallen Heroes With Tefillin
News | Friday, May 9, 2008
From Rejection to Love . . . of Israel, Chabad Inspires Israelis Who Leave
Born, raised and drafted in Israel, Tzahi Itzhak Armoni made his first visit to the Cave of Matriarchs and Patriarchs, one of Judaism’s holiest sites, a few months ago when he accompanied the rabbi from Chabad Israel Center in Los Angeles.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Thursday, May 8, 2008
Who Was the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Father?
(lubavitch.com) Every now and then, the world is blessed with a leader of such rare character as to inspire a following that seems to outlive his physical lifespan. What makes these rarefied individuals stand apart also makes them a subject of endless curiosity.
News | Wednesday, May 7, 2008
On State Dept. Missions, Nuclear Scientist Checks in With Chabad
Whether his plane lands in Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Moldova, or Russia, Gitomer makes a point of spending Shabbat with Chabad.
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, May 5, 2008
Australian PM Visits Chabad NSW Headquarters
Australia’s Prime Minister, the Hon Kevin Rudd MP, visited the Yeshiva Centre - Chabad NSW Headquarters in Bondi, on Friday afternoon.
News | Sunday, May 4, 2008
Florida Synagogue and Social Services Center Target of Vandalism
Worshipers at Chabad of Parkland, a vibrant synagogue in North Broward were greeted Wednesday with swastikas and other anti-Semitic symbols sprayed onto the walls of their building.
News | Thursday, May 1, 2008
Accra, Esquel, Pervoo . . . Jews Connect Despite Distance
(lubavitch.com) It was a rocky start for two of the hundreds of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students dispatched by Merkos, the Lubavitch educational division (with the support of regional Chabad centers) to create a Passover experience for Jewish people in some 150 locations exotic and obscure. Among them: Esquel, Argentina; Nipawin, Canada; Hong Kong; and Pervoo, Finland.
News | Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Poland: Chabad Seders in 8 Cities, President Receives Matzah
(lubavitch.com) Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski recently took time to learn about the holiday of Passover and its rituals from his country’s director of Chabad activities, Rabbi Sholom B. Stambler .
News | Friday, April 25, 2008
Chasidic 1906 Treatise On Divine Service Now In Translation
Is there a point to keeping the commandments if their logic is not clear? A new translation and annotation of a 102-year-old Chabad Chasidic text probes the question.
EJ Tansky | News | Thursday, April 24, 2008
Book on Kosher Observance Named Finalist in PMA 2008 Ben Franklin Awards
News | Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Chabad Synagogue Destroyed By Fire, Rabbi Pledges To Rebound
Police and fire fighters are investigating a fire that completely destroyed a Miami Beach Chabad synagogue late Monday night.
News | Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Students at 500 Campuses Celebrate the Seders With Chabad
Earlier this week, Chabad Chevra of Hartford University in Connecticut offered a case study in keeping the message of Passover from getting lost in the matzah crumbs.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Tuesday, April 22, 2008
A Proud Day For Warsaw's Jews 65 Years Later
Israel’s President Shimon Peres was joined Thursday morning by Warsaw’s Chabad Jewish community leaders at Poland’s Belvedere Presidential Palace as he inscribed the final letters in a new Torah scroll.
News | Thursday, April 17, 2008
Celebrating A Vision: A Chabad Representative Reflects on the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Legacy
Lubavitch.com invited Rabbi Eli Silberstein , Chabad-Lubavitch representative to Cornell University, to share his own reflections on this day.
News | Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Seoul's Jews Invited to First Civilian Passover Seder
South Korea’s Jews, which number about 250, are responding to colorful invites showing up in their inboxes, to the first civilian Passover Seder there by their new Chabad representatives.
News | Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Israel's President To Carry Torah for Warsaw JCC From Poland's Belvedere Presidential Palace
(lubavitch.com/lns) Israel’s President Shimon Peres will meet with Poland’s Chabad-Lubavitch representatives Thursday at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, where he will inscribe a letter in a Torah scroll to be dedicated to the city’s Chabad Jewish Community Center.
News | Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Passover in Quito, Guayaquil, Banos, Montanita . . .
Chabad representatives to Ecuador, Rabbi Tomer and Rivka Rotem are expecting about 100 to join them at their Seder in Quito. The couple has been reaching out to the country’s Jewish population with distribution of matzah in Quito, Guayaquil, and other cities.
News | Monday, April 14, 2008
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From Ethiopia to Estonia, From Pulpit to Potatoes, Chabad Students Toil for the Seder
Two hundred eighty three young rabbis updated their passports for their Passover assignments that will see them producing Seders in Goa, India; Varna, Bulgaria; Dresden, Germany, and 150 cities in between and beyond.
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, April 14, 2008
Chabad Honors High Ranking US Marine Corps General
Several hundred packed the hall at the Crystal Gateway Marriott last Sunday, April 6, celebrating the revival of Jewish activity to the Alexandria-Arlington area, inspired by Chabad-Lubavitch representatives, Rabbi Mordechai and Yehudis Newman .
News | Monday, April 14, 2008
Uruguay: Biggest BBQ Event Begins With Kosher Beef
(lubavitch.com/lns) As 20,000 Uruguayans participated Sunday in their country’s record breaking barbeque, Chabad-Lubavitch gave many of them a first exposure to kosher meat.
News | Sunday, April 13, 2008
500 Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbinical Students Set Out On Passover Tour
(lubavitch.com/lns) As part of its traditional Passover outreach, Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational division of Lubavitch Headquarters, is sponsoring the itineraries of 500 rabbinical students who’ve been accepted to arrange and lead seders in designated locations worldwide.
News | Sunday, April 13, 2008
Passover With Chabad Round the World
News | Friday, April 11, 2008
Netanyahu Speaks to JLI's Mission To Israel
(lubavitch.com/lns) A contingent of 300, from Brazil, Australia, Finland, the US and Canada, who spent months studying Israel’s enduring centrality to Judaism, has just returned from the ultimate field trip.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Friday, April 11, 2008
Jewish Soldiers in Russian Army To Receive Passover Provisions From FJC
In the days leading up to Passover, the FJC is reaching out to tens of thousands of Jews in 15 states of the FSU, with holiday provisions, literature and actual physical help in koshering the homes of people who’d like to observe the holiday.
News | Thursday, April 10, 2008
Kew Gardens Conservative Synagogue Revived As Chabad Orthodox Shul
It’s been a decade since Kew Gardens Anshe Sholom Jewish Center, a Conservative synagogue, could justify opening its doors for Friday night services.
News | Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Polish PM Supports Chabad's Jewish Religious Activity in Poland
On a state visit to Israel, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk visited at Jerusalem’s Western Wall, Wednesday where he was greeted by the site's Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovich , and Chabad’s representative to Poland, Rabbi Sholom Ber Stambler .
Staff Writer | News | Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Ukraine: Children, Adults Get Passover Crash Course with Touring Chabad Rabbis
Rabbi Shmuly Brown of Tzivos Hashem in Dnepropetrovsk, trains Chabad rabbinical students before they embark on a 3,700 kilometer tour in Ukraine, with the model matzah bakery.
News | Wednesday, April 9, 2008
In New Hampshire, Kids, Parents Prepare for Passover With Chabad
An article in the Nashua Telegraph Tuesday on Chabad’s model matzah bakery in New Hampshire, by Dean Shalhoup featured a lively profile of New Hampshire’s Rabbi Levi Krinsky in action.
News | Tuesday, April 8, 2008
In The Serengeti: Chasidic Adventures With Chabad
David Abramson is a successful real estate broker in London’s white-hot restaurant scene. He’s well schooled in the plush perks of luxury travel, but in May he’ll be camping out in the Serengeti, in a hut, walking miles through wild grasslands with 14 other men on a Chasidic adventure trip.
R. C. Berman | News | Tuesday, April 8, 2008
New Hagaddah For Russian Jews Who've Outgrown Communal Passover Seders
As the director of Friends of Refugees from Eastern Europe, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yossie Mishulovin has seen Michigan’s estimated 5000 Russian Jews grow in sophistication and understanding of the holiday, and that’s bringing new challenges.
EJ Tansky | News | Monday, April 7, 2008
UPenn Politicos Break for Bi-Partisan Shabbat With Chabad
Passions are running high as Pennsylvania’s presidential primary nears. Pundits are squabbling. Campaign lackeys are slinging mud. But at Chabad-Lubavitch House at Penn, Penn Democrats and Republicans set aside their differences to share Shabbat meal.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Friday, April 4, 2008
Yiddish Still Spoken (And Taught) Here
(lubavitch.com/lns) Lovers of Yiddish call it by the nickname Mameloshen. The English equivalent is “mother tongue,” but something’s lost in translation.
R. C. Berman | News | Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Chabad Buys New Space in Denver's Booming South Metro
With Denver’s South Metro Jewish population up from 4,300 to 10,000 in the last decade, Chabad’s closing on a 1.2 million building last week came at an ideal time.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, April 1, 2008
At USC, Jewish Fraternities And Chabad, "Natural Partners"
All twenty pledges at USC’s newest fraternity turned their first Friday night as brothers into Shabbat at Chabad last week.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Monday, March 31, 2008
Video: Rabbi Jacobson's Address To U.S. Military Chaplaincy
News | Thursday, March 27, 2008
At UIC, Chabad Restores Jewish Pride to Chicago's Maxwell St.
When Chabad representatives Rabbi Bentzion and Chani Shemtov moved into the neighborhood five months ago they came to serve the 2000 Jewish students at University of Illinois at Chicago.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Thursday, March 27, 2008
Images: Looking Out For Israel's Neediest
As Passover nears, Israel's largest food bank, Colel Chabad, prepares holiday provisions for 25,000 families in the country. For the full story, click here.
News | Thursday, March 27, 2008
Images: Purim With Chabad Round the World
As Chabad Houses from San Francisco to Sydney continue to send us their photos, it's clear that Purim falling on Friday this year, didn't slow the partying with Chabad one bit.
News | Thursday, March 27, 2008
Photos: Operation Message in A Matzah For US Army Troops Abroad
News | Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Largest Food Bank in Israel Prepares To Feed 25,000 Families
Volunteers in a Kiryat Malachi warehouse are busy packing canned goods, fruits and vegetables, oil, matzah, and wine into hundreds of thousands of boxes. Within the next few weeks the Blavatnik Colel Chabad Food Bank
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Baking Matzah for US Troops at the Jewish Children's Museum
Visitors to the Chabad-Lubavitch affiliated JCM, will have the opportunity to hand-bake Passover matzah for US troops abroad, “sending our troops a little ‘home’ to the ‘front’,” said a JCM spokesman.
News | Tuesday, March 25, 2008
After 45 Years, A Jewish Community Breaks Ground For New Mikvah
Chabad of the Upstate, under the leadership of Rabbi Adam and Chani Goodfriend , has launched a campaign to bring a mikvah back to the Greenville area.
R.C. Berman | News | Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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American Jewish Suburbanites See Israel Up Close and Personal
A Chabad-led tour of Israel gave a group of American Jews from the Midwest an up close perspective on the extremes of daily life in Israel when their visit coincided with the terrible massacre at Yeshiva Merkaz Harav on March 6.
Dvora Lakein | News | Monday, March 24, 2008
Chabad Draws Thousands To "The Biggest Jewish Party in LA--Ever"
Two thousand students from four southern California colleges partied to a live band and snapped up Purim mitzvahs until 3 AM at a Chabad sponsored mega event that earned its billing as the “biggest Jewish party in LA – Ever.”
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, March 24, 2008
Chabad Rabbi First Rabbi Ever to Address U.S. Military Chaplaincy
In a speech hailed by one priest as the most inspiring talk since Martin Luther King Jr ., Chabad Rabbi Yossi Jacobson addressed the Chief of Chaplains Senior Leader’s Training Conference on March 6, 2008.
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, March 21, 2008
Novosibirsk: Purim Will Be Joyful Despite Anti-Semitic Posters
Authorities in Novosibirsk have yet to determine who was behind the anti-Semitic posters put up on the doorways of residential buildings earlier this week.
Miriam Davids | News | Thursday, March 20, 2008
Taglit-BirthrightIsrael:Mayanot First Tour For Special Needs Visitors
By joining Taglit-Birthright Israel: MAYANOT’s first trip for individuals with special needs, he’s overcome another barrier and is spending ten days in Promised Land.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Thursday, March 20, 2008
When Purim Meets Shabbos . . .
Shabbat as a day of rest goes head to head with Purim parties this year. Chabad centers the world over are working creatively so Jewish people do not miss an opportunity to participate in the holiday.
R.C. Berman | News | Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Croatian Govt To Change Law To Protect Jewish Graves
(lubavitch.com/LNS) Chabad’s Rabbi Pinchas Zaklos met Monday with Croatian President Stjepan Mesi, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and Zagreb’s Mayor Milan Bandi .
News | Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Women, Children of Arab/Jewish Intermarriages Seek Help From Chabad
While the topic of how to reach out to children of intermarried couples animates discussion in communities, synagogues and schools, it’s a whole different brew—with danger and hostility thrown into the mix—when the children are the product of a Jew and an Arab.
Miriam Davids | News | Tuesday, March 18, 2008
History of Chabad in New YIVO Encylopedia
News | Monday, March 17, 2008
Jewish Day School Teachers Impact Students' Life Choices
Dr. Joel Wein is looking for the Lubavitch teacher who changed his life. As a youngster eager to earn a Cub Scout religion badge, he asked his Hebrew School teacher, a young Chabad-Lubavitch woman in her early twenties, for a synagogue where he could attend services.
News | Monday, March 17, 2008
Australian Jewish Leaders Convene for Annual Conference
News | Sunday, March 16, 2008
Photos: Shabbat With European Jewish Leaders
News | Saturday, March 15, 2008
Israeli Expats Strengthen Jewish Identity in Diaspora
As the Israeli government launches a dynamic campaign to lure expatriates back, many are conflicted as to which country they wish to call home.
Dvora Lakein | News | Friday, March 14, 2008
Chabad Places Mezuzahs on Doors Of House Majority and Minority Leaders
Mendy Hecht | News | Thursday, March 13, 2008
On Campus: Chabad's Purim Bashes Draw In the Shy and Wary
Purim, more than any other holiday, say Chabad-on-campus representatives, brings in crowds of students who otherwise keep a safe distance from anything that feels too Jewish. It’s the time of year to reach the unreachable, like Jewish students living in fraternity and sorority houses.
R.C. Berman | News | Thursday, March 13, 2008
Chabad Partners with First Aid Emergency Services To Open New Division in Sderot
News | Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Rocky Mountain Collegian Congratulates Chabad on Campus
The university's 3-year-old Chabad organization has spent the entirety of its existence fighting with the City of Fort Collins and the university for bits and pieces of recognition and Friday night they got anther one.
News | Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Challenge Aspen Works With Chabad To Welcome Israeli Soldiers
In the end, it’s the soldiers and their families who pay the price of their sacrifice. After two years of intensive hospitalization and rehabilitation, Gary suffers from significant neurological impairments and blindness in his right eye. Worst of all are the nightmares that plague him.
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, March 11, 2008
UJA Awards Chabad's Friendship Circle Leaders
Friendship Circle Ontario coordinators, Chabad's Mrs. Esther Grossbaum and Mrs. Chaya Perman , were recently honored with the distinguished UJA Federation Inclusion Initiative Award.
News | Monday, March 10, 2008
Chabad Hebrew Day School Goes Green
Soaking up the brilliant California sunshine, 189 new solar panels atop the roofs of Chabad's Hebrew Academy in Huntington Beach are teaching students a living lesson in going green and cutting the school’s energy bills.
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, March 10, 2008
A New Building for Chabad in Tokyo
Chabad-Lubavitch of Japan has announced that its long search for a new building has come to a happy end.
News | Sunday, March 9, 2008
New York Times Frugal Traveler Visits Chabad in Cancun
News | Saturday, March 8, 2008
Editorial: Yet Again Jerusalem Mourns
Yesterday’s murder of innocent students at a Jerusalem yeshiva evoked flashbacks to the Hebron massacres of 1929 . . . to the Chabad-Lubavitch village of Kfar Chabad 1956 . . . Maalot 1974 . . .
B. Olidort | News | Friday, March 7, 2008
Children With Special Needs and Their Parents Applaud Chabad's Friendship Circle
“A model for a Jewish People unified by shared goals and ideals,” is how Dr. Talya Fishman describes Friendship Circle of Chabad of the Delaware Valley.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Taking A Closer Look At Judaism's Universal Laws
In modern times, the Chabad-Lubavitcher Rebbe spoke often about the “climate of increased moral consciousness” that made now the right moment to spread word of “a Divine moral code, one that predates all human codes, and the only one that has timeless and universal application for a good, moral civilization.”
R. C. Berman | News | Monday, March 3, 2008
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Bloom's Kosher Deli: Open On Shabbos . . . With Chabad
Beginning this Friday night, the landmark restaurant’s Edgware location will open for Shabbos with Chabad’s Rabbi Leivi and Feigi Sudak hosting.
Dvora Lakein | News | Thursday, February 28, 2008
Business Guru Michael Gerber Offers to Streamline Chabad Centers' Operations
Small business guru Michael Gerber’s E-Myth Revisited sold over 1,000,000 copies, and is licensed in 16 languages. His consulting firm has coached 50,000 small businesses in 145 countries. But Gerber told Lubavitch.com that his success and experience was “only practice” for his work with Chabad.
Rebecca Rosenthal | News | Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Chabad Rabbi Driven to Stop Delinquency, Awarded
On Thursday, February 21, Chabad's Rabbi Leivi Sudak received a public award in recognition of his “outstanding citizenship.”
Dvora Lakein | News | Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Chabad Reaches Jewish Students at Commuter Colleges
Chabad representatives at campus centers have discovered innovative ways to reach Jewish students at commuter schools, and involve them in Jewish life.
R. C. Berman | News | Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Of Heroines and Beauty: Women's Purim Pageant To Explore Jewish Themes
The upcoming holiday of Purim celebrates the heroics of Queen Esther, and Chabad of Eugene is determined to give Esther her royal due.
Dora Chernock | News | Monday, February 25, 2008
While Qassams Keep Falling, Sderot Citizens Are Abandoned
Recently a concerned friend, Rafael Rabin