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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

Centers

Turning Lament to Laughter

“I will never forget that horrific day,” says Rabbi Friedman. “I’ll never forget when Andy told me his daughter was probably among the fatalities. And…

By Mussi Sharfstein

January 13, 2021

New Centers

New Shluchim to Tracy, CA

As many people transferred to a work-from-home model during the last year due to COVID restrictions, many, especially those with young children, began to look…

By Staff Writer

January 11, 2021

Teens

College-Level Courses for Jewish Teens Picks Up Pace

CTeen U, the Chabad teen program will be launching a new college-accredited course in February. The 14-week Spring course, titled “Introduction to Jewish Law,” a…

By Staff Writer

January 7, 2021

Hospital

A Warm Hug on a Cold, Lonely Street

About five years ago, I was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which causes thickening of the heart muscle.

By Ashira Weiss

January 6, 2021

Inclusion

Opening Chabad House Doors a Little Wider

An accessible Sukkah Mobile in Arkansas, sign language interpreters at Chabad events in Alabama, and in Virginia, a lowered bimah that allows people in wheelchairs…

By Ashira Weiss

January 5, 2021

Editorial

The Story of 2020

How will we tell our grandchildren the story of 2020? I thought about that as I held the tiny fingers of my baby granddaughter, born…

By Baila Olidort

December 31, 2020

New Centers

New Shluchim to Burien, WA

Rabbi Moshe and Devorah Wolff have been appointed to establish a new Chabad center to service the cities of Burien, Federal Way, and the surrounding…

By Staff Writer

December 30, 2020

Features

A Judge and a Jew

Ginsburg, who passed away on September 18 at the age of 87, was memorialized as a brilliant jurist, a tireless advocate for women’s rights, and…

By Sarah Ogince

December 29, 2020

Statement

Statement By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters

The Chabad-Lubavitch international community mourns the passing of Mrs. Ann Kuperman (Golda Perel bas Reb Dov), of blessed memory. She will be remembered widely and…

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

December 29, 2020

Centers

Where the KKK Once Marched, a Thriving Jewish Presence

Earlier this month, the Jewish community in Forsyth County, Georgia, laid the cornerstone for the first Jewish establishment in an area where it once would…

By Ashira Weiss

December 28, 2020

Shluchim Of The World

SOTW: Kosher in Indiana

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

By Staff Writer

December 24, 2020

Features

Remembering Miracles and Tragedy Aboard Flight 232

Baruch she-asah li nes ba’makom hazeh. “Blessed is the One who performed a miracle for me in this place.” Yisroel Brownstein, a 40-year-old clinical psychologist,…

By Ashira Weiss

December 23, 2020

Editorial

Family Time

In late 1990, the Rebbe asked that a pictorial album of Chabad representatives be created. It would include photos of all the shluchim families—men, women,…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

December 21, 2020

Mezuzah for Miami-Dade Mayor

Among the first orders of business for newly elected Miami Mayor Daniella Levine Cava was affixing a mezuzah to her office doorpost. The ceremony, on…

By Ashira Weiss

December 21, 2020

President of Germany’s High Court Kindles Chabad Menorah

Karlsruhe, Germany, seat of Germany’s Supreme Court and home to some 2,000 Jews, celebrated Chanukah this year, as every year, with distinguished leaders participating in…

By Ashira Weiss

December 18, 2020