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Emissary Murdered In Cold Blood

Chabad calls on world leadership to take action

Chabad Lubavitch HQ | November 24, 2024

STATEMENT BY CHABAD-LUBAVITCH WORLD HEADQUARTERS

We are deeply concerned about Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary who went missing in the Emirati city of Dubai on Thursday. Our emissaries are…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

November 23, 2024

Campus

Lubbock, Texas Welcomes Chabad Presence

It was a Friday afternoon, and the hot, northwest Texas sun was beating down on students as they walked to and from classes along the…

By Tzemach Feller

November 21, 2024

History

Birthday of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson in 1860 (5621)

20 Cheshvan: Birthday of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson in 1860 (5621).

By Staff Writer

November 20, 2024

Israel

What Israel Means To Them Now: Shehekhiyonu

Following the events of October 7, I reached back to a poem I committed to memory when I first read it—a poem written when we…

By Ruth Wisse

November 18, 2024

Campus

Thousands of Jewish College Students Meet Up at International Shabbaton

After the year Jewish students have had, Rabbi Ariel Stern knew he had to do something special for them. Rabbi Stern and his wife Mushky…

By Tzemach Feller

November 14, 2024

Art

Exodus of an Artist

Ukrainian-born painter Michael Gleizer’s journey from the Soviet Union to America tells a new story about art, freedom, and faith

By Richard McBee

November 14, 2024

Israel

What Israel Means To Them Now: The Gift

In the days following October 7, when the scope and horror of the Shemini Atzeret massacre became clear, I felt my mother’s experiences during the…

By Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe

November 11, 2024

Military

The Story of Private First Class Ray J. Kaufmann

As war raged in 1943, Ray J. Kaufmann knew what he had to do, and he wouldn’t let a little thing like his age get…

By Tzemach Feller

November 11, 2024

AntiSemitism

Hundreds turn to Chabad for Rescue in Amsterdam

On Thursday afternoon, as thousands of Israeli soccer fans gathered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to watch Maccabi Tel Aviv take on Ajax in a much-anticipated…

By Tzemach Feller

November 8, 2024

Art

The Heirs of Asher Lev

Young religious artists forge new paths in an unknown land

By Sarah Rindner

November 7, 2024

Features

Above The Fray

Judaism is neither liberal, nor progressive, nor conservative. It is Judaism. It precedes all of these categories, cuts through them, and floats above them. The…

By Boruch Werdiger

November 4, 2024

Podcast

Ep. 49: From Karlin to Wellesley

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 49 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

November 2, 2024

New Centers

Building Jewish Pride on the North Shore

Every few weeks, as the sun dips below the horizon on Friday night, casting a glow over the historic streets of Salem, Massachusetts, you might…

By Leibel Kahan

October 28, 2024

Books

Once Again, from the Beginning

How does an ancient book find its way to our soul in a world overloaded with information? Hypertexted and AI-driven, the Internet provides an avalanche…

By Shmuel Klatzkin

October 27, 2024

Sukkot

Judaism Unadorned

Style, Substance, and Sukkah Decorations

By Boruch Werdiger

October 20, 2024

Sukkot

Chabad’s Mobile Sukkahs Share Jewish Pride and Joy

The eight-day Festival of Sukkot begins this year at sundown on October 16 and concludes with Simchat Torah, on October 25. “Simchat Torah” — “The…

By Tzemach Feller

October 16, 2024

Sukkot

Celebrating this Year: Sukkot

This week marks Sukkot, the holiday of booths (or huts). The seven-day Festival of Joy comes begins tonight, October 13, at sunset, commemorating the Clouds…

By Shaindle Fogelman

October 16, 2024

New Centers

Middle Tennessee Welcomes New Chabad Center

Chabad of Williamson County to Serve Growing Community in Nashville’s South Suburbs

By Tzemach Feller

October 14, 2024

aid

Preparing for Yom Kippur In Hurricane-Smashed Southwest Florida

Less than 48 hours before Yom Kippur, Jewish communities in the path of Hurricane Milton are scrambling to pull themselves up from the damage so…

By Tzemach Feller

October 10, 2024

Yom Kippur Escape . . . Nowhere To Hide

Humans have been trying to hide from G-d ever since the days of Adam and Eve. We know it can’t be done, but we try…

By Simcha Weinstein

October 10, 2024

High Holidays

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…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

October 9, 2024