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You could be forgiven for thinking that the bans on circumcision, kosher slaughter, and religious education are coming from the governments of Soviet Russia or…

By Sarah Ogince

March 22, 2018

An Intergenerational Passover Experience

In this age of smart technology, the messaging and information children absorb often leave parents out of the loop. Chabad representatives around the world see…

By Ashira Weiss

March 21, 2018

How Matzah Created An Attitude Shift

The noise is amped up, the kids are animated. Rabbi Levi Landa is dressed up as Moses. Elaborate backdrops and props depict the story of…

By Dvora Lakein

March 19, 2018

Shabbat of Meaning for Texas Students

The BDS movement on campuses has intimidated Jewish students who are often afraid to openly identify. Working to combat that, Chabad representatives from across the…

By Ashira Weiss

March 15, 2018

Diaspora Jews Explore Israel, Uncover A Richer Jewish Identity

American Jews, recent studies report, are increasingly feeling that Israel is just not all that important to them. But eight days of sightseeing and soul…

By Ashira Weiss

March 15, 2018

KOSHER DINING COMES TO KU CAMPUS

Jewish students and professors make up about eight percent of the general population at the University of Kansas. Following the fall college break, they were…

By Ashira Weiss

March 7, 2018

New Jewish Cemetery Inaugurated in Moscow

A new Jewish cemetery has recently been inaugurated in Moscow’s Vastrikovsky neighborhood. The nearby old Jewish cemetery is nearly full, and remaining plots are costly.

By Ashira Weiss

March 6, 2018

Can An Underfunded School Actually Transform a Community?

Small Jewish day schools—those with less than 100 students—occupy a fragile place in our society. Located outside of centralized Jewish communities, these schools must fight…

By Chava Leiba Witkes

March 4, 2018

Students at Yale, Vanderbilt and UF Dedicate Purim to Parkland Victims

With news of the Parkland school shooting so fresh in their minds Carly Weiss, 21, and Rebecca Papilsky, 22, both students at University of Florida…

By Ashira Weiss

March 1, 2018

Teenagers and a Giving Purim Spirit

Maybe it’s because the news has been so heartbreaking lately, but Jewish teens at CTeen chapters around the USA are looking to make their Purim…

By Ashira Weiss

February 28, 2018

Students to Bring Purim Joy to Israel’s Northern Border

In Israel, dressing as a soldier is a popular choice of Purim costume. But living as a soldier on an isolated base during this holiday…

By Frayda Kaplan

February 27, 2018

Kosher in Corsica

In 2017, Chabad’s representative to Corsica, Levi Pinson, approached Jean Michel about opening a kosher kitchen to serve the growing number of Jewish tourists, holiday…

By Frayda Kaplan

February 22, 2018

Florida Governor Meets With Parkland Chabad Community Leaders

“We cannot just wait to respond to the next crisis. We need to deal with the fundamental moral void and emotional darkness that currently exists…

By Shaindle Fogelman

February 19, 2018

February Is Jewish Inclusion Month

Inclusion seems to be the buzzword of the year. But what does it mean? This February the Ruderman Chabad Inclusion Initiative has partnered with Friendship…

By Shaindle Fogelman

February 19, 2018

A “Jewish Embassy” In South Korea

Since 2008, Rabbi Osher and Mussy Litzman, South Korea’s first permanent rabbi, have been the address for all things Jewish to the 500-1000 Jews living…

By Frayda Kaplan

February 19, 2018

Young Jewish Professionals Down Unda’ Create A Community

Chabad Young Professionals of Melbourne celebrated their two-year milestone this week with a gala at the River Room in the chic Crown Towers downtown. Members…

By Ashira Weiss

February 15, 2018

A New Chabad To Open In The Granite State

Rabbi Berel and Rochy Slavaticki and newborn son Mendel are moving to the town of Durham, home to the University of New Hampshire. UNH, a…

By Staff Writer

February 14, 2018

Chabad To Open in Iceland

But there’s been a growing interest among a diverse group of local Jews, particularly young families, to cultivate a Jewish community in Reykjavik. And a…

By Baila Olidort

February 11, 2018

Hot Meals in Cold Snow

Rather than slowing down during this latest snowfall, in which Moscow saw over half of their monthly snowfall come down in one day, Shaarei Tzedek…

By Ashira Weiss

February 7, 2018

Gearing Up For SuperBowl Sunday With A Kosher Tailgate Party

“Patriots and Eagles fans may find themselves in Vikings territory, but Chabad’s kosher tailgate party will be their Jewish home away from home,”

By Frayda Kaplan

February 2, 2018

When the Taps Run Dry

Cape Town, South Africa’s second largest city, is facing a drought so severe that city officials are planning to turn off all water on April…

By Dvora Lakein

February 1, 2018

Wounded IDF Soldiers Feted In New York

B’Lev Echad (translated as “with one heart”) was founded by Rabbi Uriel and Shevy Vigler of Chabad Israel Center of the Upper East Side in…

By Frayda Kaplan

January 31, 2018

Moscow’s Jewish Museum Remembers Sobibor

Today in Moscow, Israel’s Prime Ministers Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin paid tribute to the Sobibor uprising. At an exhibition hosted at the…

By Shaindle Fogelman

January 29, 2018