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Chabad Reopens in Costa Rican Beach Town

Tamarindo itself is not big — but its beaches are the reason 22% of Costa Rica’s tourists visit the town, especially surfers and vacationers, among…

Leibel Kahan | November 2, 2026

History

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

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

By Staff Writer

October 29, 2026

S. Pete Chabad Opens 18,000-Square-Foot Center

There is no name on the new Chabad Center for Jewish Life in S. Petersburg, Florida — at least not yet. The $11 million, 18,000-square-foot…

By Leibel Kahan

October 29, 2026

In London’s Bromley, Chabad Brings Jewish Life Into the Open

In the summer of 1940, the British army’s Spitfires that held off the Luftwaffe flew out of Biggin Hill, in what is now the London…

By Leibel Kahan

October 28, 2026

Podcast

Ep. 69: The Caribbean’s Best-Kept Jewish Secret

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 69 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Shneur Brook

October 25, 2026

The Chabad House That Is Also a Farm

For many, walking into a synagogue or Chabad House for the first time can be harder than it looks. There is a door, and a…

By Leibel Kahan

October 14, 2026

Tending to Tanzania

Dar es Salaam means “abode of peace” in Arabic, and it’s where the call to prayer carries over the rumbling of generators. The heat comes…

By Leibel Kahan

October 12, 2026

Faces of Chabad: Rivky Hertzel

“People think Zambia is exotic, but when people in Zambia hear I grew up in Alaska, they think that’s the crazy part. Alaska never felt…

By Leibel Kahan

October 12, 2026

Chabad’s Downtown Chicago Sukkah Becomes an International Jewish Art Exhibition

Twenty-seven Jewish artists from around the world transformed Chabad’s longtime Daley Plaza sukkah into a public gallery, inviting thousands of passersby to encounter Jewish art,…

By Elie Benhiyoun

October 9, 2026

Chabad of Kenya Opens New Center, Starts Search for Bigger One

For nearly two years, Rabbi Levi and Chaya Mushka Notik searched Nairobi for a new home for Chabad of Kenya. Space, budget and security were…

By Leibel Kahan

October 9, 2026

Faces of Chabad: Yehuda Ferris

“My father was a cantor at a Conservative synagogue—that’s how we grew up. Reform, conservative, wherever my father worked, that was our level of observance.…

By Leibel Kahan

October 5, 2026

Jewish Runners Make a Pit Stop at Chabad Sukkah

More than 100 members of the Nice Jewish Runners club made a nice Jewish stop this week as they made their way through Manhattan, New…

By Tzemach Feller

October 2, 2026

Editorial

Memories of Sukkot 1991

Sukkot 1991 was different. The crowds were enormous. But this time, the Rebbe remained standing in the sukkah for the next six and a half…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

September 24, 2026

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

September 24, 2026

Sukkot

Judaism Unadorned

Style, Substance, and Sukkah Decorations

By Boruch Werdiger

September 24, 2026

High Holidays

Yom Kippur With The Rebbe

The highest moment, for me, came at the end of Yom Kippur, when—after fasting for twenty-five hours—we affirmed loudly in unison, with all our energy,…

By Mariashi Groner

September 20, 2026

The Day Jewish Pride Won

Every baseball journalist knows that you don’t talk to a starting pitcher on the day he is scheduled to make his start. Pitchers typically have…

By Tzemach Feller

September 20, 2026

Flashback: Lubavitcher Rebbe Sends Emissary to Conduct Yom Kippur Services in Greenland

NEW YORK (LNS) – Jewish personnel stationed at the United States Air Force base in Thule, Greenland, will – to their pleasant surprise – have…

By Staff Writer

September 17, 2026

Podcast

Ep. 68: The Jewish Awakening of Vancouver Island

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 68 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

September 16, 2026

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

September 16, 2026