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A Welcome Center Nearly 4,000 Years in the Making

In 1677 BCE, Abraham purchased a plot of land in Hebron to bury his wife Sarah — the first Jewish land acquisition in history. The…

Leibel Kahan | June 5, 2026

Ask the Rabbi: Meaningful Chats and Viral Moments on the Beltline

On any given morning, the Atlanta Beltline moves the way most city trails do — runners with earbuds, dog walkers, cyclists cutting through. Just off…

By Leibel Kahan

June 3, 2026

Bondi Terror Victim Rabbi Eli Schlanger’s Book Hits Shelves

The book that Rabbi Eli Schlanger never lived to see published is now in reader’s hands. Conversations With My Rabbi: Timeless Teachings for a Fractured…

By Leibel Kahan

May 29, 2026

A Chabad House for Colombia’s Caribbean Island of San Andrés

The tiny island of San Andrés, Colombia, sits closer to Nicaragua than to its own mainland. What it lacks in size, it makes up for…

By Leibel Kahan

May 28, 2026

Legacy Continues with Chabad in Resistencia, Argentina

Rabbi Nochum Freedman grew up in Bahía Blanca, Argentina — where his father traded comfort for calling and built a Jewish home in this smaller,…

By Leibel Kahan

May 27, 2026

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

May 25, 2026

A Beacon in Bariloche: The Bottom of the World

Go far enough south, past Buenos Aires, past Patagonia, past the edge of the known Jewish world — and you’ll find a mezuzah. Bariloche, Argentina…

By Leibel Kahan

May 13, 2026

Lehigh Valley Chabad Opens New Center, Celebrates 25 Years

In January 2001, Rabbi Yaacov and Devora Halperin set up a folding table in the sunroom of their Lehigh Valley home, and a handful of…

By Leibel Kahan

May 12, 2026

Five Couples Wed at Chabad of Russia’s Brazil Retreat

Five Jewish couples married during the Yahad Brazil trip. Russia’s Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar officiated, and the event was sponsored and hosted by philanthropists Alberto…

By Tzemach Feller

May 10, 2026

L’Chaim!

Judaism has always known what a drink is for. Wine sanctifies the Sabbath, seals a marriage, marks the Passover. It is not incidental to the…

By Leibel Kahan

May 6, 2026

A Surf Town and a Mega Seder: Chabad Opens in Montañita

“I’m probably the longest-standing Jew in Montañita,” says Ishai Eshed, who arrived in the Ecuadorian surf town as a backpacker in 2004. “I instantly fell…

By Leibel Kahan

April 30, 2026

Chabad Opens at America’s Top Liberal Arts College

At many universities, there are more Jewish students than Williams College’s total student body. Ranked the #1 liberal arts college in the United States and…

By Leibel Kahan

April 28, 2026

No Jews Left Behind on Australia’s Central Coast

Rabbi Nosson Kornhauser had finally arrived home after driving more than 300 kilometers across Australia’s Central Coast, delivering matzah to nearly 50 Jewish homes scattered…

By Leibel Kahan

April 28, 2026

Podcast

Ep. 64: They Looked Everywhere – And Chose Zambia

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 64 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Shneur Brook

April 25, 2026

History

Today In Jewish History: 2 Iyar

Today is Bet (2) Iyar, the birthday of Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch, also known as the Rebbe Maharash. Rabbi Shmuel was born in the Russian…

By Staff Writer

April 19, 2026

Revolutionary Mikvah Educational Center Opens in College Station, Texas

For those living in College Station, Texas, visiting a mikvah used to mean a 100 mile drive. Five years ago, the Chabad representatives at Texas…

By Leibel Kahan

April 19, 2026

Do We Need Anti-Semitism To Keep Us Jewish?

Swados asked the Rebbe whether it was his opinion, then, “that the tragedy was not a unique visitation upon the Jewish people, and that it…

By Baila Olidort

April 14, 2026

Editorial

Sons And Daughters At The Seder Table

It was unseasonably cold on the first night of Passover back in 1979. Snow had fallen the day before and melted into slush puddles that…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

March 31, 2026

Passover

Haggadah Marginalia

The Haggadah is one of those oceanic Torah texts. It invites continual return and reengagement, as we come back each year at the seder, to…

By Boruch Werdiger

March 30, 2026

Matzah and Missiles: Chabad reps work around war-time restraints to celebrate Passover

Chabad community leaders across a country under constant missile attack are delivering handmade Shmurah matzah between rocket sirens. They are innovating as they prepare to…

By Tzemach Feller

March 29, 2026

Rebbe

A Bed, a Table, a Chair and a Lamp

The Rebbe did not hold press conferences nor grant press interviews. So reporters would usually be directed to my office where I did my best…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

March 29, 2026

Today in Jewish History: 11 Nissan, Birthday of The Rebbe

Tonight and tomorrow marks the 124th birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of blessed memory. On this day, Yud-Alef (11) Nissan, we…

By Staff Writer

March 28, 2026

Finding Courage to Trust

For much of my life, I struggled with the idea of trusting G-d. Then, five years ago, I began to see it everywhere. On the…

By Sarah Ogince

March 27, 2026

On the Eve of 250: Jews and the American Experiment

As the United States nears its 250th birthday, a once-settled confidence has given way to uneasy questions. What does Jewish belonging mean when the promise…

By Boruch Werdiger

March 27, 2026