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Lifesketches

Life Sketches: A Rabbi and a Priest

So a rabbi and a priest walk into a bar. No, this is not a joke, it’s a true story. But it wasn’t a bar,…

By Yossy Goldman

March 7, 2021

Conversion

Statistical Outlier: From Catholic Woman To Chasidic Scholar

Born to an Italian Catholic family in Binghamton, NY, Ani briefly attended Sunday school and took her first Communion, until dropping out of church, with…

By Tzipora Reitman

March 6, 2021

Conversion

A Nation is Born

A family? A race? A religion? How do we define Jewish peoplehood? Does it matter?

By Boruch Werdiger

March 5, 2021

Centers

Nature & Nurture at New Colorado Chabad Campus

Everything in Colorado circles back to outdoor recreation, and Chabad of South Metro Denver’s new $6 million campus is no exception.

By Mussi Sharfstein

March 2, 2021

Life sketches

Life Sketches: Tevye in the 99-Cent Store

I walked into the 99-cent store on Poway Rd. and noticed a man smiling at me so I gave him a big “Hello!”

By Mendy Rubenfeld

February 28, 2021

Purim in the Age of the Coronavirus

Those below a certain age do not remember a time like this—when there was no anti-vax movement because the fear of disease was so much…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

February 23, 2021

Virtual

Annual CTeen Shabbaton Goes Virtual

Teens around the world joined an action-packed weekend for the 13th annual CTeen Shabbaton. Although the event is normally held in Brooklyn, New York, this…

By Estee Hanoka

February 22, 2021

Outreach

Life Sketches: Tefillin in the Eldridge St. Shul

This past summer, my wife and I and our 12-year-old daughter spent a few days in New York for her bat mitzvah. We love Jewish…

By Rabbi Yossie Denburg

February 21, 2021

New Centers

A Homecoming

Rabbi Shmuel and Shterni Freedman arrived with their baby in December, just as the annual Chabad menorah lighting was about to begin. The community turned…

By Staff Writer

February 15, 2021

Shluchim

Pioneer Chabad Emissary Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik, 88

The executive director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Italy, Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik passed away on Shabbat, February 13, after a long illness. He was 88. Rabbi…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

February 14, 2021

Outreach

Life Sketches: The Pushka in My Hand

Mark,* the father of a six-year-old girl, recently lost his wife. I listened silently to his heartbreaking story. Was there anything I could do for…

By Shmuly Hecht

February 14, 2021

Reflections

“How Long Are You Going to Be On the Fence?”

Rabbi Yehoshua (Josh) Gordon, 66, Chabad representative of Encino, California since 1973, passed away on Chof Tes Shvat of 2016 after battling an illness. Tonight commemorates…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

February 10, 2021

Shluchim

Racing to the Finish Line: 20,000 Mitzvahs for Rabbi Yitzi

Diagnosed with ALS eight years ago, Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz of Temecula, California is unable to physically assist others in fulfilling mitzvot. But he continues to…

By Estee Hanoka

February 9, 2021

Seniors

Hope for Heroes in Rostov

Golda* was a toddler when peasants beat her parents during a pogrom in Rostov, Russia. A few years later she watched as Nazis rounded up…

By Ashira Weiss

February 8, 2021

Kinus

Watch The Virtual Gala Banquet – LIVE

By Staff Writer

February 7, 2021

Kinus

International Conference Of Chabad Lubavitch Shluchos Begins Online

In a usual year, the international conference of Chabad women representatives—known simply as the Kinus—draws over three thousand women from around the world to Brooklyn,…

By Estee Hanoka

February 4, 2021

Music

Feeling Stuck? Roll On!

When the Chabad rabbi of Los Alamitos was feeling stuck some months ago, he wrote a song. “I thought about the Jews who came before…

By Staff Writer

February 1, 2021

Education

A Moment of Silence, a Year of Hard Work

Larry Pearson does not have school-aged children. He isn’t a teacher. Nor is he a rabbi. So why is he attending local school board meetings?

By Mussi Sharfstein

February 1, 2021

Holiday & Shabbos

From Fruits to Roots

Two generations came together to celebrate Tu B’Shevat, the New Year for trees, at the Friendship Circle of Free Hebrew for Juniors in Montreal, Canada,…

By Estee Hanoka

January 27, 2021

Holocaust

Grandson of Holocaust Survivors: Remember the People, Make a Difference

Nearly 70 years after the atrocities of the Holocaust, Chaplain Menachem Stern shared the story of his family’s experiences with a group of servicemembers on…

By Sgt. 1st Class Jacob McDonald

January 27, 2021

Humanitarian

If the Shirt Fits, Pass It On

Cancer patients are already finding support, financial assistance, home-cooked meals, and even wigs at The Circle of Hope center in Merrick, Long Island. Now, they’re…

By Mussi Sharfstein

January 25, 2021

New Centers

New Shluchim to Casa Grande, AZ

Casa Grande, located approximately halfway between Phoenix and Tuscon in Arizona is quickly becoming a city of choice for families and individuals looking for cheaper,…

By Staff Writer

January 25, 2021

Rabbi Yudi Dukes

Rabbi Yudi Dukes, 39, Director of JNet

The worldwide family of Chabad Lubavitch emissaries is heartbroken by the passing of our dear, beloved colleague, Rabbi Yehuda Dukes, 39. Yudi, as he was…

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

January 21, 2021

Education

Jewish Day Schools Make The Grade

Amid a national discourse about the transformation of America’s school system in the wake of the pandemic, Jewish day schools are enjoying an unexpected boost:…

By Rena Greenberg

January 17, 2021