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Chabad to Open on the Greek Island of Rhodes

Well over 150,000 Israeli tourists visited the Greek island of Rhodes in 2016. For many, the first question asked when they arrived was, “Where is…

By Staff Writer

February 2, 2017

Jewish Federation of Chapel Hill Recognizes Chabad Representative

Rabbi Zalman and Yehudis Bluming receive the Earl and Gladys Siegel Award

By Dvora Lakein

January 31, 2017

Chabad Emissary Opens Illinois’ Annual “State of the State” Address

Rabbi Avraham Kagan, director of government affairs for Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois and Rabbi of Chabad of River North, delivered the invocation at the joint…

By Staff Writer

January 31, 2017

Chabad Representative Curates a Unique Judaica Collection

Witness to History, a self-described “traveling museum” with a mission to preserve, inspire, and connect evolved into an eclectic Jewish exhibit including manuscripts coins, maps,…

By Staff Writer

January 22, 2017

Moving Forward

“Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for the awe of it, men would swallow one another alive.” (Ethics of the…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

January 20, 2017

Life Sketches: The Empty Seat

A gentleman comes over and asks if he could sit down in the empty seat next to mine. It is the only available seat left…

By Yosef Yitzchak Wolff

January 17, 2017

Portland, Oregon: School’s Closed, But Chabad Preschool Takes Shabbat Party Online

In a unique and creative effort to compensate for all the fun children are missing at school, The Gan - Portland Jewish Preschool is taking…

By Staff Writer

January 13, 2017

Israeli President Ruvi Rivlin Visits Tbilisi’s Great Synagogue

Israeli President Ruvi Rivlin met with representatives of the Georgian Jewish community, including Chabad shliach Rabbi Meir Kozlovsky, in the Great Synagogue in Tbilisi Tuesday.

By Staff Writer

January 11, 2017

Chabad of Vail Overturns 1970s Amendment, Establishes Religious Center

Chabad Jewish Center has just purchased a building to be used as its permanent home, overturning a longstanding amendment in the process.

By Esther Gopin

January 9, 2017

Yeshiva Offers Progressive Masters In Chaplaincy

Chaplaincy opens up a world beyond the rabbinate, for women and others who want to be involved in pastoral care.

By Dvora Lakein

January 4, 2017

Australian Prime Minister Visits Central Synagogue in Sydney

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy joined the pre-Shabbat menorah lighting ceremony at the Central Synagogue of Sydney this past Friday.

By Staff Writer

January 2, 2017

In Conversation With Géza Röhrig, Lead Actor of Son of Saul

I hope that twenty years of Torah study has affected me. It wasn’t like during the shooting of the movie I suddenly thought of a…

By Baila Olidort

December 29, 2016

Overview: Chanukah 5777 in Moscow, Russia

For Russia’s Jews, the Chanukah holiday, its lights and message of religious freedom and the triumph of good over evil has particular resonance. Here are…

By Staff Writer

December 28, 2016

Hebrew Academy Attempts Guinness World Record for Biggest Latka

Bring on the puns: Huntington Beach community members, along with students and faculty of Hebrew Academy, took the adage “go big or go home” very…

By Esther Gopin

December 27, 2016

New Center for Jewish Life Dedicated in Stamford, CT

Situated on a prime two acres of land along one of Stamford’s busiest thoroughfares, the 20,000-square-foot center provides much-needed space for Chabad’s many activities.

By Staff Writer

December 26, 2016

Who Is The Teacher In That Photo?

When you look at photographs of Jewish life in Europe before the Holocaust, do you wonder who the people in this picture were? Did they…

By Leah Namdar

December 26, 2016

Book Review: For the Love of Truth

Peace and Truth. The two qualities are often at odds. It is easy to maintain the peace if we are willing to bend the truth,…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

December 22, 2016

Berlin Jewish Community to Step Up Chanukah Activities Following Attack

Berlin’s grand menorah lighting will take place at the Brandenburg Gate as it has in years past. This year it will be dedicated to the…

By Staff Writer

December 21, 2016

Chabad of Aventura Breaks Ground on New Facility

Aventura Chabad’s new facility showcases incredible growth from trailer to multimillion-dollar center

By Staff Writer

December 19, 2016

Prime Minister and Sarah Netanyahu Visit Great Synagogue in Astana, Kazhakstan

Bibi Netanyahu shares words from the Rebbe at Kazhakstan Great Synagogue

By Staff Writer

December 15, 2016

Outreach

Life Sketches: The Convert at Kol Nidre

It was 1991, our first year in Solon, and a week before our model Passover Seder when a woman in a local supermarket approached me.

By Zushe Greenberg

December 14, 2016

Illinois Governor Takes Dreidel for a Spin

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner Gets a Gimmel

By Staff Writer

December 14, 2016

Prime Minister Netanyahu Visits Chabad School in Baku, Azerbaijan

Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and his wife Sarah met with children at the Azerbaijan Ohr Avner Chabad Jewish Day School today, where they spoke…

By Staff Writer

December 13, 2016