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Philanthropist extraordinaire, Mr. David Chase, a founding member of the Machne Israel Development Fund and Chairman of the Board of the Rabbinical College of America,…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

June 3, 2016

Remembering Rivky

Rivky Berman, a young woman who battled serious illness while serving as a Chabad emissary, passed away Monday. Rivky’s pluck and perseverance, her larger-than-life attitude…

By Staff Writer

May 31, 2016

Tefillin on the Run: Chabad at the Comrades

The Comrades Marathon is to South Africa what the New York City Marathon is to the United States. Only two times as long.

By Dvora Lakein

May 26, 2016

Memorial Museum Opens to Honor Jewish Life in Brazil

Yona Krasilchik arrived in Sao Paulo in 1908 with a small group of landsmen from Bessarabia. By 1912, he had helped build Kehilat Israel, the…

May 24, 2016

European Jewish Forum for Women Meets in Prague

When the Nazis invaded Prague in 1939, they seized Judaica collections from around the region. Their goal: to replace the Jewish Quarter’s residents with the…

By Dvora Lakein

May 20, 2016

LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD: Male and Female He Created Them

Does the world really need another book about Women and Judaism? Like the “Mommy Wars”—the subject often makes women enemies of one another.

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

May 19, 2016

Jewish by Design: Chabad at FIT

They meet weekly in A320, an unassuming club room at the iconic Fashion Institute of Technology. Students of toy design, fashion, and business, they gather…

By Dvora Lakein

May 17, 2016

Mental Health Awareness Grows on College Campuses

The first crisis the young Chabad rabbi encountered when he arrived at the University of Pennsylvania was a suicide. The victim was the son of…

By Dvora Lakein

May 15, 2016

Former Choir Boy Turns Chabad Campus Rabbi

During a two-week period several years ago, Matthew Devlin felt hopeless. The 18-year-old came to rest his head one night on a table in a…

By Dvora Lakein

May 12, 2016

260,000 Study Sessions And Counting

The organization, which matches people as study partners, celebrated its 10th anniversary at a gala dinner honoring its volunteers. Those volunteers, who commit to weekly…

By Dvora Lakein

May 9, 2016

Ukraine

LUGANSK: Forgotten Refugees, Emissaries in Exile, Jewish Community Holds On

In the summer of 2014, Chana Gopin, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary in Lugansk, Ukraine sat down to write the 150th editor’s letter of The World of…

May 5, 2016

Chabad of UCF To Expand

A two-acre property down the block from the University of Central Florida campus will soon see a a three million dollar facility go up. The…

By Etti Krinsky

May 5, 2016

Chief Rabbi Mirvis Participates at Inauguration of Chabad of Buckhurst Hill

The fast growth of Chabad of Buckhurst Hill prompted three moves until most recently, they moved into new premises, a space five times bigger than…

By Staff Writer

May 3, 2016

Uruguay: Looking Back, Moving Forward

Uruguay’s tight-knit Jewish community was stunned last month when a prominent Jewish businessman was murdered in Paysandu, a small city 235 miles north of the…

By Dvora Lakein

May 1, 2016

Editorial: Making the Exodus Personal

As the UN and the EU continue to stoke the fires of anti-Semitism with their sanctimonious condemnations of Israel, here in the U.S., a spate…

By Baila Olidort

April 21, 2016

And You Shall Tell Your Child . . .

The overriding purpose of the observance of the Passover Seder and all its many rituals, says the Torah, is v’hee-gadta l’vincha—to teach your children. To…

April 20, 2016

A Model Seder at A Catholic University

For the past 21 years, the Weisses have worked with the South Florida community nearby the university, but struggled trying to establish a Chabad presence…

By Etti Krinsky

April 17, 2016

Moscow Opens Goodwill Center In Time For Passover

The center houses a large store of second-hand furniture and clothing giving those in need the opportunity to shop for their holiday needs with dignity.

By Etti Krinsky

April 14, 2016

A Model Practice Seder Made of Chocolate

From chocolate Seder plates, to four cups of chocolate milk, the students got their chocolate fix through all fifteen steps of the Seder.

By Etti Krinsky

April 12, 2016

A Year After the Earthquake, Chabad of Nepal Prepares for Annual Seders

The city is still far from a complete recovery, but Chabad emissaries to Nepal, Rabbi Chezki and Chani Lifshitz are planning their annual Passover seders.

By Etti Krinsky

April 11, 2016

JLI Toward Inclusion

RCII has teamed up with JLI, the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, creating Toward Inclusion, a compelling course that will advocate for, and advance, the inclusion…

By Dvora Lakein

April 5, 2016

A Prayer Book for the Blind

For the first time ever, Russian readers who are blind can follow in the siddur. The first Russian translation of the prayer book in braille…

By Staff Writer

March 30, 2016

Making Merry With Kharkiv Jewish Community

Still in the throes of struggle, the spirit of triumph reigned supreme as the community marked 25 years since Rabbi Moshe and Miriam Moskovitz arrived…

By Staff Writer

March 29, 2016