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Second Chabad Center Opens in Cowboy State

With the opening this past spring of Chabad of Laramie, the campus town now has a Chabad House as well, and the Cowboy State's 1500…

By Staff Writer

July 11, 2023

Shluchim

Making Waves in Montego Bay

Jewish life flourishes in Jamaica

By Liba Rimler

July 6, 2023

History

Remembering The Struggle for Russian Jewry

Ninety-four years ago today, Rabbi Joseph I. Schneersohn, sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, was freed from Soviet-imposed exile.

By Staff Writer

June 30, 2023

Podcast

Ep. 39: Five Aussies’ Journeys To Jewish Observance

The 39th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

June 27, 2023

Judaism

Stranded in Portland, Jewish Merchant Marine Midshipman Finds Warm Home

When a Jewish U.S. Merchant Marine midshipman found herself stranded in Portland, Oregon, thousands of miles from home, she knew where to find kosher food,…

By Staff Writer

June 26, 2023

The Rebbe’s Advice for Life

This Shabbat, 3 Tammuz, is the 28th yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

June 22, 2023

Ukraine

New Wave Of Ukrainian Jewish Refugees En Route To Poland In Wake Of Kakhovka Dam Collapse

WARSAW – Following the breach of the Kakhovka dam in Southern Ukraine earlier this week, Ukrainian Jews are boarding buses and fleeing the country towards…

By Staff Writer

June 12, 2023

Judaism

Utah County Chabad Rescues Ancient Torah Scroll

Local Rare Bookstore Donates Priceless Fire-Damaged Torah Fragment

By Staff Writer

June 8, 2023

Ep. 38: Growing Jewish Souls In The American Heartland

The 38th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

May 29, 2023

New Centers

Banking On A New Space, Chabad of Clearwater Expands

As bank closures swept across the country in late March, a shuttered Bank of America building in Clearwater, Florida, found new life as a vibrant…

By Liba Rimler

May 29, 2023

Holiday & Shabbos

Remembering Sinai, Reliving the Experience

A survey by Kelton Research found that less than six in ten Americans knew the sixth commandment, “Thou shalt not kill”

By Staff Writer

May 23, 2023

Campus

A League of Their Own

What does Jewish life in the Ivies looks like now, and what it tells us about the Jewish future—on campus and off.

By Sarah Ogince

May 17, 2023

Features

Why I Choose A Yeshiva Education For My Children

For all its shortcomings and insularity, it is what I want for my children.

By Boruch Werdiger

May 15, 2023

Podcast

Ep. 37: Meet The Jews of Rostov

The 37th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

May 2, 2023

Books

Review: My Quarrel With Hersh Rasseyner by Chaim Grade

The year is 1948. Two Holocaust survivors run into each other on a Paris subway. Though each had assumed the other was killed in the…

By Sarah Rindner

April 24, 2023

Zelda: Remembering an Israeli Poet

Among the poets in Israel’s literary circles, many quietly remembered Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky on Tuesday (April 18) 27 Nissan. That Zelda, as she was simply…

By Baila Olidort

April 17, 2023

Rebbe

Education Lessons from President Reagan’s Speech

On the Chabad calendar, and in Jewish communities worldwide, today, the 11th of Nissan, is celebrated as the birth date of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

April 2, 2023

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

April 2, 2023

Youth

Jewish Children Compete at JewQ International Torah Championship in Stamford

300 regional finalists from 26 countries competed at the Championship

By Liba Rimler

April 2, 2023

Headquarters

Statement By Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters On Thwarted Attack In Greece

We are grateful to local authorities in Greece who thwarted a recent terror attack aimed at various Jewish targets in the country, among them Chabad…

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

March 29, 2023

Podcast

Ep. 36: The Radical Move from Pasadena to Rostov-on-don

The 36th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

March 27, 2023

Campus

A League of Their Own

As the Supreme Court prepares to issue decisions in two cases challenging affirmative action, a flurry of articles, podcasts, and op-eds have looked back at…

By Sarah Ogince

March 22, 2023

New Centers

Chabad Opens in Zambia

The southern African country of Zambia is now home to its first rabbi in over seventy-five years

By Rochel Horowitz

March 19, 2023

Make Her Name Great

My world turned upside down in the early hours of Monday, February 6th. The time of the call—3:00 am—and the caller—my mother’s nursing home—telegraphed the…

By Alex Troy

March 15, 2023