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President Obama Welcomes Chabad-Lubavitch to the White House

President Obama noted his appreciation for the Rebbe’s lifetime of work and recognizing that education is among many shared Jewish and American values – values…

By The White House

April 27, 2015

New Chaplaincy Program to Train Rabbinical Students

In the coming year, the yeshiva will be offering students enrolled in its four year program training them for a career in the field of…

By Mushkie Junik

April 27, 2015

Nepali Locals, Travelers, Find Food, Solace at Chabad

“Our greatest worry now is to make sure that anyone who comes to the Chabad House should have a hot meal,” the Chabad representative says.

By Rosie Jacobs

April 27, 2015

Nepal Jewish Leaders Appeal For Help As Crisis Deepens

“The country is devastated, buildings that once proudly stood are now rubble, streets that once were bustling are now deserted,” says the Chabad representative.

By Rosie Jacobs

April 26, 2015

Nepal Earthquake Survivors Flock To Chabad

In the midst of Shabbat morning prayers at the Chabad House in Kathmandu, Nepal, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the country. The death toll is…

By Rosie Jacobs

April 25, 2015

Education Olympics Finalists Compete in Jerusalem

Sixty finalists of the Darkeinu Olympic Jewish heritage quiz were flown to Israel from countries in the Former Soviet Union for the final stage of…

By Rosie Jacobs

April 23, 2015

Judaism Grows in Pacific Northwest

It is surprising that this city, which claims the smallest percentage of religiously affiliated citizens in the U.S., counts some 11 Chabad centers.

April 22, 2015

Chabad Provides Himalayan Trekkers With Satellite Phones

The breathtaking views from mountain precipices and jagged cliffs beckon, but with real danger, and invariably, Chabad is called in on rescue missions when hikers…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

April 21, 2015

Chabad Starbucks Club: College Students Get Into the Giving Habit

A growing group of students have become members at a new club created at the Chabad Jewish Student Center at ASU, to cultivate giving practices…

By S. Fridman

April 16, 2015

Kehot Publication Garners Benjamin Franklin Book Award

Daily Wisdom, an anthology of 378 lessons from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, was the gold winner of the prestigious 2015 Benjamin Franklin…

By Rosie Jacobs

April 15, 2015

A Day School Grows in Brooklyn Heights

Opening a private school in 2015 is a risky business. As the most intensive form of Jewish education, a day school is also by far…

By Maayan Jaffe

April 15, 2015

Abandoned in Kharkiv? Community in Crisis Struggles for Survival

Kharkiv’s Jewish community’s leaders are holding together a now fragile phenomenon, working to maintain the infrastructure, the programs and services they’ve painstakingly established to raise…

By Baila Olidort

April 9, 2015

Seniors Study Talmud, Reap Social Benefits

Some 50 seniors regularly attend the program which meets five days a week for two and a half hours of Talmudic, Biblical and Chassidic study.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

April 1, 2015

A Leap of Faith

I love to jump! And so, after school I went leaping around New Zealand, across Australia, Africa and finally to Israel.

March 31, 2015

In Montreal, Communal Seders Not Just for Needy

Sarah Yevzeroff, well into her 80’s, would have celebrated last Passover by herself in her Montreal apartment. “My husband died and I have only one…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

March 29, 2015

Children of Chabad Reps Deliver Winning Speeches in Federation of Greater Vancouver’s Contest

Taking lessons from contemporary life, the children of Chabad-Lubavitch representatives to Downtown Vancouver won top spots in the Public Speaking Contest Award of the Jewish…

By Rosie Jacobs

March 25, 2015

Not Just for Kids : Hands-On at the Matzah Bakery

At Chabad of Rochester, Rabbi Nechemia Vogel decided to appeal the inner child of his community’s adults. After 30 years of catering to generations of…

By Mushkie Junik

March 24, 2015

Decoding the Origins of Jewish Tradition

Set to begin in early May, the course promises to examine the differences between the Biblical writings and the Talmudic, Jewish law, and myriad of…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

March 23, 2015

Historic Birmingham Synagogue Restored

300 members of the community of Birmingham, England met in the Jospeh Cohen hall to celebrate the rededication of the 159 year old Singers Hill…

By Mushkie Junik

March 19, 2015

Keeping Pre-Bar-Bat Mitzvah Coming Back For More

Once they approach Bat and Bar Mitzvah milestone, tweens typically drop out of Hebrew School. This fact is supported by the findings of a 2008…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

March 16, 2015

Digging Deeper: Groundbreaking for Rashi’s Campus

The people who loved her and the life she modeled were driven to harness their grief towards positive change. Within a year of her passing,…

By B. Davids

March 15, 2015

Historic California Ranch Acquired by Jewish Camp

“The ranch had outdoor components that would make it unique Jewish camp. There were goats, horses, a lake, large grounds and in close proximity to…

By Rosie Jacobs

March 11, 2015

A Measure of Jewish Pride: Germany’s Largest Mezuzah Gets Notice

“The reaction to anti-Semitism may be to hide our identity. But we need to wear our Judaism proudly,” says Rabbi Yehudah Tiechtel, executive director of…

By Rosie Jacobs

March 10, 2015