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When Politics and Religion Don’t Mix: Chabad at Oberlin College

This October, fliers calling for an end to “Jewish privilege” appeared all over the Oberlin College campus.Promoting Jewish observance in that kind of environment might…

By Sarah Ogince

April 17, 2018

Book Review: Torah From The Warsaw Ghetto

In 1950 a buried manuscript from the Warsaw ghetto was uncovered. "We live in an age in which faith is approached critically, as if it…

By Dr. Henry Abramson

April 12, 2018

Everything Is Illuminated

In this feature, Lubavitch International looks at the unique gifts a Chabad representative brings to her community. Rochel Groner, director of the Friendship Circle and…

By Baila Olidort

April 3, 2018

Food Distribution Helps Families in Need

For a family living on an already tight budget, the added expense of preparing for Passover can seem insurmountable. This struggle is what motivated Rabbi…

By Ashira Weiss

March 29, 2018

Israel’s President Rivlin Makes A Wish

Remarks by Israel’s President, Reuven Rivlin on March 19, 2018 at a conference sponsored by TheMarker, an Israeli daily business newspaper published by Haaretz. "I’ve…

March 27, 2018

States Proclaim Education and Sharing Day

Governors in States all across the Union are proclaiming March 27th 2018, Education and Sharing Day “in recognition of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s outstanding and…

By Ashira Weiss

March 27, 2018

Sacrilegious in Scandinavia

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