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Yom Kippur Escape . . . Nowhere To Hide

Humans have been trying to hide from G-d ever since the days of Adam and Eve. We know it can’t be done, but we try…

By Simcha Weinstein

October 10, 2024

High Holidays

Have We Become Too Sophisticated For Yom Kippur?

Something has changed. In our minds, Yom Kippur has become complicated. The service doesn’t speak to us—the idea of sin no longer resonates. Praying all…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

October 9, 2024

Editorial

Editorial: The People Of Israel Live

It was a sunny, balmy day when I visited the site of the Nova Festival, and the Nahal Oz army base several months ago. As…

By Baila Olidort

October 8, 2024

History

Remembering Rebbetzin Chana: Jewish Feminine Role Model

A feminine role model of Jewish activism and proponent of Jewish scholarship, is being remembered today, on her yahrzeit.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

October 7, 2024

Education

The October 8th Jew

When tragedy shatters belief, the conversation may continue in a different form

By Alter Yisrael Shimon Feuerman

October 7, 2024

High Holidays

Rosh Hashanah, Not Only a Jewish Celebration

This week, Jewish people the world over will be marking Rosh Hashanah, a holiday commemorating the beginning of creation.

By Shaindle Fogelman

October 2, 2024

Editorial

Reflections on 5784

We didn’t see it coming. The dark ages were well behind us. We could laugh incredulously at the old tropes and ugly stereotypes shamelessly used…

By Baila Olidort

October 1, 2024

aid

Chabad Rushes to the Aid of Hurricane-Ravaged Communities

“Anyone know someone who has access to a helicopter?” The post went out not long after Shabbat ended in North Carolina. Rabbi Bentzion Groner, a…

By Tzemach Feller

October 1, 2024

High Holidays

Stringing and Piercing: A Reflection on the High Holiday Prayers

Where words fail us, the shofar comes forward. It pierces our souls and the very heavens with the reverberations of its sound.

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

October 1, 2024

High Holidays

Return: Reclaim, Relate, Reconnect

Research is showing that people spend less time socializing than they did twenty years ago

By Rabbi Yakov Danishevsky

September 30, 2024

Editorial

Dear G-d!

“The King is in the field.” A Chabad Chasidic tradition, from its founder Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, teaches us that in the days leading…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

September 29, 2024

High Holidays

Counted & Blessed

As soon as we got into the car, the Rebbe expressed concern. Might the photographer have been offended by his blessing? After all, the Rebbe…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

September 26, 2024

High Holidays

Sweet and Sweeter

The Meaning Behind High Holiday Traditions

By Dvora Lakein

September 26, 2024

New Centers

Surprise! It’s a New Chabad House in a Growing Sun Belt City

In 2000, the city of Surprise, Arizona had a population of just 30,000. The once-sleepy town, whose founder, legend has it, named it because she…

By Tzemach Feller

September 24, 2024

Teens

CTeen Lounge Opens in Phoenix, Connecting Jewish High Schoolers

First of its kind in the state of Arizona, gives Jewish teens in Phoenix 2500 square feet of space to hang out.

By Tzemach Feller

September 21, 2024

History

Chabad Marks Birthday of Movement’s Founder

On 18 Elul, we celebrate the birthday of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

By Staff Writer

September 19, 2024

New Centers

University of Kansas Chabad Breaks Ground on 10,000-Square-Foot Chabad House

$6M Building Campaign Comes as Chabad Sees Record Crowds Post-October 7

By Tzemach Feller

September 18, 2024

Podcast

Ep 48: Black, Jewish and Proud: How Rabbi Yossi Kulek Promotes Inclusion

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 48 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

September 15, 2024

Campus

Jewish Pride Tour Coming to Your Campus

Encampments, protests, and antisemitic rhetoric may be ramping up as students return to campus this fall, but something else is coming, too: A Jewish pride…

By Tzemach Feller

September 14, 2024

Features

Leading with Autism

Gedaliah Shaffer wasn’t thrilled when his mother enrolled him in Shrub Oak International School. His mother, Liba Shaffer, was herself ambivalent about the decision. But…

By Staff Writer

September 9, 2024

Lifecycle

A Jewish Burial in Rural Saskatchewan

It started with a phone call. Rabbi Avrohom Simmonds got a call from an American phone number. The caller was reaching out on behalf of…

By Tzemach Feller

September 2, 2024

New Centers

Northern Michigan Jewish Community Unites to Build New Chabad Center

Chabad of Traverse City Breaks Ground on the Sander Chabad Jewish Community Center

By Tzemach Feller

August 31, 2024

Ukraine

Ukrainian Refugee Children Find Respite at Poland Chabad Retreat

This August, more than 200 Ukrainian Jewish refugees enjoyed a two-week respite from the trauma of life in their war-torn homeland, as Chabad of Poland…

By Tzemach Feller

August 28, 2024