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Chabad Provides Assistance For Sderot Terror Victims

The Chabad Terror Victim Project offers emotional and financial support to the victims of the recent Sderet missile attack, reports the Israeli publication Hamodea. With…

By E. Silberstein

January 14, 2007

From South America to New Jersey for An Authentic Yeshiva Experience

One hundred Brazilian and fifteen Argentine young adults ditched beachside vacation plans and skipped Carnaval carousing for weeks of study in the frosty environs of…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

January 14, 2007

Defying Her Tormentors: A Survivor’s Legacy

Defiance marks her face with hundreds of little wrinkles, each etched into her skin by trials and tribulations of a saga that begins at the…

By Baila Olidort

January 12, 2007

106 Year-Old Chasidic Matriarch Passes Away

Maryasha Garelik, known to many in the international Chabad-Lubavitch community as Bubbe Maryasha, passed away late Wednesday night in Brooklyn. At 106 years of age,…

January 12, 2007

News Briefs: Orthodox Jews and Muslims Join To Fight Drug Abuse

Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin of Chabad of Redbridge, UK is teaming up with Imam Haroon Rashid Patel of the Balfour Road Mosque Muslims to help provide…

By E. Silberstein

January 11, 2007

Keeping Pace With A New Generation of Russian Jewry

As a young generation of Russian-American Jews grows up, one organization makes changes in the way it reaches out. As 30 Jewish teens, all first…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

January 9, 2007

Jewish Camp Experience For Sunnyvale Children

The Sunnyvale Sun reports that 23 children experienced real Jewish living at a winter camp by Chabad of Sunnyvale. Field trips and camp activities in…

By E. Silberstein

January 8, 2007

News Briefs: Jewish Students Explore Judaism at Ski Resort

Jewish students on winter break took in some intensive exploration at Running Springs, California, during a Ski and Learn Retreat organized by the Chabad on…

By E. Silberstein

January 8, 2007

Opportunity in Romania Lures Growing Numbers of Israelis

Ideally, Chabad representatives to Romania would like to see Jews return to Israel. But for the growing numbers who opt to stay, Bucharest is experiencing…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

January 5, 2007

Jews Who Marry Out Slip Away, Studies Say. Now What?

Two new studies of US Jewry were hailed by the Jewish community as bearing good tidings: they found the US Jewish population to be larger…

By Shoshana London Sappir

January 3, 2007

For Young Jews in Germany, Jewish Identity Is Joyful

When Sandra Habermann fished for a topic for her senior thesis, she hit upon a subject that she was sure no one in her Munich…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

January 2, 2007

News Briefs: Charity Box Display for Educational Programs

Artists in the Miami Valley of Ohio are decorating tzedakah boxes as part of a tzedakah box display that is being sponsored by Chabad of…

By E. Silberstein

January 1, 2007

News Briefs: Colel Chabad Assists Housebound Residents In Snow

When snowfall in Northern threatened to leave disabled and elderly residents stuck at home without food, Colel Chabad was ready to help. In preparation for…

By E. Silberstein

January 1, 2007

In the Wake of Tragedy, A Call for Unity

Within Chabad-Lubavitch communities internationally, shock and grief over the deaths of three young Chabad students two weeks ago have now given way to a more…

January 1, 2007

Chabad House in Russia Target of Anti-Semitic Threats

At twilight on December 26, unidentified thugs plunged a swastika-engraved dagger through a note that threatened: “We should kill the Jews or teach our children…

By E.J. Tansky

December 27, 2006

Chabad Solves Peru’s Kosher Flour Dilemma

Two hundred kosher challah loaves are sold each week from Chabad of Lima’s newly refurbished bakery. That’s one loaf for every thirteen Jews in Peru. Chabad’s…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

December 26, 2006

This Chanukah, How Many Saw The Light?

Editor's Note: There's no way of gauging how many were reached these past eight days of Chanukah. In addition to Chabad's public menorah displays, rabbinical…

By Julie Subrin

December 25, 2006

News Briefs: Flying Challahs Spread Jewish Traditions in Upstate NY

Rabbi Yossi Rubin of Clifton Park, followed by Rabbi Abba Rubin of Saratoga Springs, have started a weekly tradition of surprising Jewish residents with a…

By E. Silberstein

December 24, 2006

As the Last Day of Chanukah Nears, Lights Grow More Intense

Cautiously conservative estimates put the number of Chabad’s Chanukah events and menorahs worldwide at 2,600. This number, based on events listed on Chabad websites and…

By E.J. Tansky

December 21, 2006

News Briefs: New Jewish Community Center Opens in Siberia

Many public figures, reports FJC.ru, including Deputy Vassily Kuzubov, Mayor Petr Pimashkov as well as representatives from nearby Jewish communities and other religious leaders attended…

By E. Silberstein

December 20, 2006

Three Chabad Students Killed in Car Accident

Chabad communities in Israel and beyond are shocked by the loss of three of its students, killed on Wednesday in a car accident. Levi Hendel, 14,…

December 20, 2006

News Briefs: Chanukah Lights in Jail

Jewish inmates in the Harris County Jail are making history this Chanukah. In addition to the first time ever candle lighting ceremony that will take…

By E. Silberstein

December 19, 2006

News Briefs: Peaceful Protests in Favor of Public Menorah

The citizens of Fort Collins, CO responded with a campaign of support when Rabbi Gorelick, director of the Chabad Jewish Center of Northern Colorado, was…

By E. Silberstein

December 19, 2006

Menorah: A Symbol of Religious Freedom

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that placing Chabad-owned menorahs in public spaces did not violate the establishment clause, it set a slab of precedent…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

December 19, 2006