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CHABAD HEADQUARTERS CALLS FOR PRAYER AMID MT. MERON TRAGEDY

The world Jewish community is reeling from the tragedy that occurred last night, on the eve of Lag B’omer, at Mt. Meron, in the Holy…

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

April 30, 2021

Shluchim Of The World

SOTW: Car Noise

The strange, funny, and meaningful things that happen out in the trenches as Chabad representatives go about their business . . .

By Staff Writer

April 27, 2021

Features

Tradition, Tradition!

Is Judaism too ritualistic?

By Boruch Werdiger

April 26, 2021

China

Return To Chengdu

The Chabad emissaries in Chengdu, China must leave in a hurry to protect their children, and the community they built with love and care falls…

By Staff Writer

April 22, 2021

Humanitarian

Chabad Rabbi Returns Large Sum Of Cash Found in Couch

Rabbi Mendy Yitzchaki stuck his hand deep into the couch last Thursday in search of his daughter’s missing earring. Nestled in a crack was a…

By Dvora Lakein

April 19, 2021

Books

Book Notes

Scott Frank is a business executive. Yossi Lerman is a Chabad rabbi. Both have been on a quest to find more joy in life.

By Staff Writer

April 18, 2021

Shluchim Of The World

SOTW: My Child’s Kvetching

The strange, funny, and meaningful things that happen out in the trenches as Chabad representatives go about their business . . .

By Staff Writer

April 12, 2021

Centers

A Jewish Community in Central Florida Passes the Torch

Brevard County, has seen tremendous population growth over the past decade. Recently, Temple Israel, a mainstay Reform congregation in the area, sold eight acres of…

By Rena Udkoff

April 12, 2021

Africa

New Chabad to Open in Zambia

Rabbi Shlomo Bentolila, Director of Chabad of Central Africa, announced his intent to open a new Chabad center in Zambia in memory of his wife,…

By Mussi Sharfstein

April 9, 2021

Holocaust

Personal Journeys: A Child of the Holocaust

Dozens of eyes silently follow the slender man on the speaker's dais. The only sound in the hall is his voice, which captivates the audience.…

By Staff Writer

April 8, 2021

Features

Batter’s Up . . . But Never on Shabbat

Infielder and pitcher Elie Kligman has been running the bases as long as he can remember. One of the top-ranked youth players in Nevada, the…

By Dvora Lakein

April 6, 2021

Hospital

A Stranger in the Land

I had never seen thirty-three degrees Fahrenheit on the weather forecast. My English isn’t great, and I felt so alone.

By Staff Writer

March 25, 2021

Editorial

A Personal Affair

In the days leading up to the Seder last year, as I scrubbed my kitchen clean of chameitz, I questioned the point of this highly…

By Baila Olidort

March 25, 2021

The Rebbe in 1964: On Jewish Education, Community, Responsibilty

The streamlined jet-age conveyance had flown the writer to New York; and vintage limousine had completed the journey to Brooklyn

By Samuel Kaplan

March 24, 2021

Travel Deals, Points, Miles, And a Jewish Burial

How anonymous points hobbyists helped complete the burial of Dr. Jay Goldstein

By Mussi Sharfstein

March 21, 2021

Education

The New Day Schools

This fall, in the midst of the pandemic, four Jewish day schools opened in cities up and down the East Coast. Almost no one noticed.

By Sarah Ogince

March 20, 2021

Passover

“And You Shall Tell Your Child” Part 1

We asked individuals engaged in various Jewish educational models to explore "how we might better nurture Jewish children today to grow proud to identify with…

By Staff Writer

March 16, 2021

Campus

A Year and Counting: On Covid and Campus and Chabad

College is a time of expanding horizons and new experiences. For the last 12 months, it’s also been a place of the great (and sometimes…

By Dvora Lakein

March 14, 2021

Friendship Circle

Making It Happen: Bar/Bat Mitzvahs With Special Needs

Any boy’s bar mitzvah brings changes in the transition from child to man. But those turning thirteen over the past year have had to contend…

By Masha Shollar

March 9, 2021

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