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New Chabad Representatives In Cornhusker State

Rabbi Daniel and Chaya Blotner arrived in Omaha, Nebraska last Thursday morning. The couple join Rabbi Mendel and Shani Katzman in their work here in…

By Dvora Lakein

February 12, 2020

To Be The Rebbe’s Emissary

In a 2014 interview with me, Rabbi Grunblatt shared his ideas about serving as the Rebbe’s emissary, and the attitudes and rigors that inform him,…

By Baila Olidort

February 4, 2020

Masks for the Elderly in Shanghai

Monday, February 3, Rabbi Shalom Greenberg from Chabad-Lubavitch of Shanghai donned his mask and made his way to the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum with a…

By Staff Writer

February 3, 2020

1200 USC Students Reserve for Campus’s Shabbat Dinner for 1000

“What do you do when Shabbat 1000 becomes Shabbat 1200, and it's only Wednesday?” Rabbi Dov Wagner posted on Instagram and tweeted that evening.

By Dvora Lakein

January 31, 2020

It’s Not A Hand-Out, It’s A Hand-Up

The clothing drive was a project of Chabad of Markham’s sweeping Tikkun Olam program, a venture that brings suburban families into the lives, and hearts,…

By Dvora Lakein

January 23, 2020

Still a Dollar

In the spring of 1981, the Lubavitcher Rebbe spoke about Jewish unity as an antidote to looming threat of warfare and terror at the time.…

By Dvora Lakein

January 22, 2020

Marathon Man

Jeremy Cooper, 26, is “running” a marathon, leining every Shabbat for the next 1,000 weeks. Weekday mornings, the Columbia University MBA candidate will get his…

By Boruch Werdiger

January 20, 2020

Changing the Jewish Narrative

For many, Belgrade's Jewish community is defined by the tragedy of the Holocaust. But as a new movement devoted to changing the narrative grows, the…

By Baila Olidort

January 16, 2020

Mystery Donor

As Chabad events gained popularity, the Kaminetzkys’ rented apartment began to shrink. It was time to move forward. But with a weak economy and a…

By Baila Olidort

January 15, 2020

European Chabad On Campus Reps Gather For Conference

Chabad representatives serving twenty university campuses Europe-wide met up in London last weekend for Chabad on Campus Europe’s annual conference

By Ashira Weiss

January 14, 2020

Stranded In Halifax, El Al Passengers Spend Shabbat With Chabad

Flight attendants started running, there was a definite smell of smoke and suddenly the flight path screens showed the plane making a u-turn. It was…

By Ashira Weiss

January 13, 2020

Monday is CTeen’s Kippah Day: Answer to anti-Semitism

As Jewish organizations worldwide stand in solidarity and unite to fight anti-Semitism, Jewish teen boys all over the world are doing their part on January…

By Mussi Sharfstein

January 13, 2020

Ideal Partnerships For An Ideal Cause

Studies tracking charitable contributions consistently find that the American Jewish community is overrepresented. Philanthropy is a tremendous point of Jewish pride, but all too often,…

By Rena Udkoff

January 9, 2020

Black Fire, White Fire

Although it’s a staple of the synagogue service, the reading of the Torah remains something of a mystery to many. Here’s an up-close look at…

By Boruch Werdiger

January 8, 2020

Texas Chabad ‘Mom’ Receives “Be Remarkable” Award

Manya Lazaroff, director of Chabad at Texas A&M University was in the middle of a meeting when a crew from KBTX-TV arrived at the Rohr…

By Ashira Weiss

January 6, 2020

Ukraine Chabad Builds Apartment Complex For Emissaries

Yesterday, Chabad of Dnipro, Ukraine, laid the foundation for an apartment complex located near the iconic Menorah Center, one of the largest Jewish community centers…

By Staff Writer

January 2, 2020

Seven Menorahs in North East, London: A Grateful Man Gives Back

When Grant was a child in the sixties, living in Stamford Hill, in a non-observant home just two streets away from the Lubavitch Foundation of…

By Mussi Sharfstein

January 1, 2020

Chanukah 2019 Story Roundup

A roundup of the stories and thought pieces that made up our Chanukah content for Chanukah 2019-5770.

December 31, 2019

Do We Need Anti-Semitism To Keep Us Jewish?

Swados asked the Rebbe whether it was his opinion, then, “that the tragedy was not a unique visitation upon the Jewish people, and that it…

By Baila Olidort

December 31, 2019

Soul Lights

Sitting with the Rebbe’s shluchim at the closing session of the Annual International Conference of Chabad Lubavitch Emissaries near the end of November, I felt…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

December 30, 2019

A Wink From Above

It’s happened to all of us. In this column, we asked readers to tell us about that uncanny experience that reminded them that sometimes, miracles…

December 28, 2019

At 100, Vet Who Fought The Nazis Lights Menorah For The First Time

When the rabbi visited Yeffim Isakovich at his home on Thursday, the fifth night of Chanukah, to celebrate the Red Army Veteran’s 100th birthday, Yeffim…

By Ashira Weiss

December 27, 2019

A Rock From Dachau At A Massachusetts Menorah

He ran to his car parked nearby and I wondered what he could possibly be giving me. He returned with a small lucite box that…

By Rabbi Michoel Green

December 26, 2019

Fun Chanukah Quiz!

Jewish tradition employs candle lighting to mark many important events, significant dates and Shabbat and festivals. Lighting candles is central to the observance of Chanukah.…

December 24, 2019