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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

Podcast

Ep. 35: The Music And Spirituality Of Songwriter Peter Himmelman

The 35th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

March 5, 2023

Editorial

Purim: Seeking Unity Toward Positive Reversals

When, back in the middle ages, a Jewish convert to Christianity brought his grievances against the Jews to Pope Gregory IX, his complaints led to…

By Baila Olidort

March 5, 2023

Holiday & Shabbos

Purim Notes From The Chasidic Rebbes

Mordechai “The Jew” Mordechai was a Benjaminite, but he is called “Yehudi,” literally meaning a descendant of the tribe of Yehudah. Likewise, the Megillah refers…

By Staff Writer

March 5, 2023

CTeen

Thousands of Jewish Teens Meet Up in Brooklyn

It’s the annual CTeen Shabbaton weekend in Crown Heights, and the teens are thrilled to be sharing a weekend teens from 30 countries around the…

By Rochel Horowitz

February 24, 2023

Holiday & Shabbos

Searching For My Seat At Kiddush

The spacious banquet hall housing the Kiddush was jammed with round tables that were filling up fast. Which one should I join?

By Alex Troy

February 15, 2023

Kinus

Female Leadership Celebrated at 33rd Annual Chabad Conference

The International Conference of Chabad Shluchos opened Thursday, February 9.

By Staff Writer

February 10, 2023

Shluchim

A Community Grieves: Chabad Representative to Virgin Islands, 40, Is Laid to Rest

Thousands of Chabad’s women leaders pay last respects to one of their own

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

February 9, 2023

Holiday & Shabbos

Tu B’Shevat: Where’s the Fruit?

This plant-based holiday takes place in the middle of winter. Considering that the fruits of the trees haven’t yet begun to grow, why celebrate the…

By Rena Greenberg

February 5, 2023

Podcast

Ep. 34: A Searching Teenager Becomes Rabbi in his Hometown

The 34th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

February 2, 2023

Rebbe

The Rebbe: He Wanted to Change Human Nature

How would the Rebbe pick up the reins in the aftermath of the Holocaust that left the Jewish people diminished by a third--millions exterminated by…

By Baila Olidort

February 1, 2023

Centers

Chabad of Puerto Rico Celebrates 25 Years

At a “Celebration 25” Gala on December 13, Chabad of Puerto Rico looked back on a quarter-century of transformative growth

By Yoni Brown

January 23, 2023

Reflections

Come And Hear: A Dad Defends Shabbat At Chabad

"Dad, isn’t it true that I can’t read from the Torah there?”

By Alex Troy

January 19, 2023

Podcast

Ep. 33: A Small Jewish Community in an African City of 20 Million

The 33rd episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

January 9, 2023

New Centers

A Jewish Community Life Sprouts in Elk Grove, California

Rabbi Chaim and Raizel Groner moved to Sacramento’s fastest-growing suburb in September to connect local Jews and build the city’s first Jewish community

By Yoni Brown

January 8, 2023

History

Today in Chabad History: 5 Tevet

On the 5th of Tevet (Hei Teves) in 1987, the extensive library of the sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, was declared as belonging to…

By Staff Writer

January 5, 2023

Centers

From Small Beginnings, Chabad Builds Big in S. Mateo, California

Over twenty-one years, Rabbi Yossi and Esty Marcus built a close-knit Jewish community, a successful summer camp, and a prestigious preschool. The $20 million Lent…

By Yoni Brown

January 2, 2023

Treasures From the Chabad Library

The library’s collection was started by the founder of Chabad, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), and expanded with each subsequent Lubavitcher Rebbe. Throughout this…

By Baila Olidort

December 28, 2022