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Gone To Ghana

Bitten by the travel bug? Flying is not what it used to be--not since the pandemic. Thankfully, there’s still virtual travel. Join us each #ThursdayTravel…

President Zelenskyy Meets With Jewish Leaders

August 27, 2020

Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Ukrainian Jewish leaders, among them many Chabad emissaries, to discuss safety and compliance with pandemic regulations during the upcoming High…

August 27, 2020

Wordsmith: Farbrengen

Gather together, men of the brotherhood. Sit together in peace, in harmony, in fraternity. Share your burdens. Cry with your fellow in his pain, laugh…

Walnut Creek Welcomes New Shluchim

August 26, 2020

Shluchim

Community Welcomes Shluchim With Flowers And Gifts

Four Babies And An 11-Year-Old Brit in Hong Kong

August 25, 2020

Lifecycle

Community navigates pandemic regulations to import mohel from Israel

Ruminations on the Parsha: Shoftim

August 24, 2020

Reflections

A Song for the Insane

Chabad Shluchim tell us how the individual challenges they’ve navigated in their personal lives have inured them to the stress of uncertainty and self-isolation. To…

By Shaina Rosenfeld

August 23, 2020

Weekly Torah Thought

My father was once asked by a Federation leader what he hoped to accomplish in Richmond. His response was simple: “I want to sit down…

By Rabbi Yossel Kranz

August 21, 2020

Out West in Wyoming

Bitten by the travel bug? Flying is not what it used to be--not since the pandemic. Thankfully, there’s still virtual travel. Join us each #ThursdayTravel…

Standing Up To Antisemitism In The Bluegrass State

August 20, 2020

AntiSemitism

When a Kentucky rabbi found himself the target of a white supremacist last week, he vowed not to be intimidated.

August 19, 2020

Wordsmith: Iskafya

Iskafya is the mind showing the body who his boss. “So, mister,” says the mind. “You want to indulge in that indulgence? Do you? No.…

A Turf War Between Homeless Street Performers, A Rabbi’s Resolution

August 19, 2020

Croatia

“Are you mad at me, Rabbi?” My mind began to race through possibilities, “Why would I be mad at this stranger?” To Read The Full…

By Lubavitch.com

August 17, 2020

770

August 16, 1940: 770 Purchased

It was on August 16, 1940, that 770 Eastern Parkway was purchased.

August 16, 2020

Weekly Torah Thought

Elul in the air

How many college students can fit into a tiny car or phone booth?

August 14, 2020

Blowing Into Newfoundland!

Bitten by the travel bug? Flying is not what it used to be--not since the pandemic. Thankfully, there’s still virtual travel. Join us each #ThursdayTravel…

August 13, 2020

Wordsmith: Derher

The phrase “I hear you” is the linguistic equivalent of a homeless orphan with no siblings. It makes sense in English on a very practical…

Gravesite of Rebbe’s Father Designated National Heritage Site

August 12, 2020

History

On the rabbi’s 76th yahrtzeit, Kazaky officials and US Commissioner designate National Heritage status

Rabbi Dukes Conscious and Communicating

August 11, 2020

Hospital

Borough President recognizes Rabbi hospitalized since March from COVID19

A Teacher In Israel: Rabbi Adin Even-Yisrael Steinsaltz, 83

August 9, 2020

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

We mourn the passing this morning of Rabbi Adin Even-Yisrael Steinsaltz.

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

August 7, 2020

Weekly Torah Thought

Dear G-d, I want to Kvetch…

Dear G-d, I need to KVETCH a little… I know you’re listening, so here goes… People are walking around shaking their heads, ringing their hands……

By Rabbi Sholom Moshe Paltiel

August 7, 2020

It’s Grenada, Not Granada!

Bitten by the travel bug? Flying is not what it used to be—not since the pandemic. Thankfully, there’s still virtual travel. Join us each #ThursdayTravel…

August 6, 2020

Wordsmith: Chasid

As is true of every close-knit cultural group that enjoys a history, traditions and habits particular and peculiar to it, conversations among Chabad Chasidim are…

August 5, 2020

New Centers

New Shluchim to Erie, PA

Just as soon as coronavirus restrictions ease up, Chabad will open in Erie, Pennsylvania. Rabbi Dovie and Mushkie Kivman will move from their home in Brooklyn to serve…