Campers in Grass Valley are doing their part to preserve the Jewish history in Nevada County.

“The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Transformative Paradigm for The World,” is the aptly worded subtitle of this 265 page, meticulously researched book. More than 700 footnotes list Wexler’s sourced facts.

Joseph Telushkin’s latest book, “Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History” landed on the New York Times bestseller list within days of its release.
And this best-selling author, one of the most prolific writers of contemporary Jewish books, will be talking about “Rebbe” on Sunday, June 30, at 7 p.m. at Chabad of Westport, 79 Newtown Turnpike.

A gathering of over 200 women came together at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center for a day-long seminar coordinated by the National Food Security Initiative, as part of an ongoing effort to help educate the disadvantaged community about tools and resources to promote healthier and more budget conscious living.

As Shabbat approaches, Jews throughout the world exchange warm wishes of “Shabbat Shalom.” But how do we achieve that transformative Sabbath peace? As I discovered during my stay last summer on the Monterey Peninsula, Rabbi Dovid and Rebbetzin Binie Holtzberg, directors of Chabad of Monterey, extend hospitality to all in an idyllic setting, which together elicit exactly that feeling.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed budget additions on Thursday, designating $15 million to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), three months after one person was killed and a rabbi maimed in a shooting attack in Poway.

An invitation to the 1928 wedding of the seventh and last Lubavitcher rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, was discovered at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem.

Chabad of Poway rabbi Yisroel Goldstein told the UN during a special session on antisemitism that “Lori Kaye did not deserve to die because she came to synagogue, the reason that she died is because she was a Jew, I was shot because I am a Jew.”

During a special address to the UN, Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein called on each and every nation to bring more light into the world.

It is this ability to accept a situation for what it is while subtly bringing about change that makes Chabad so popular, even among people whose interest in religion is negligible.

A group from Shaloh House Chabad of the South Area, Stoughton, traveled to New York City to tour Crown Heights and visit the Rebbe’s resting place Sunday, June 23.

The Bukiets’ house is not just their home; it’s the community’s only Jewish outreach center and synagogue.