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At a time when other faith communities are experiencing a dearth of young religious leadership, within Chabad there are many like Mendel and Avremel: 20…

By Rena Greenberg

July 28, 2015

The Tefillin Box

At the Shipudei Beer Sheva Mediterranean style eatery, they are used to serving hummous, shwarma and falafel. These days, owner Yossi Bitton has thrown some…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

July 23, 2015

Women Front, Center of Budapest’s Budding Jewish Community

When Kata Nádas, 31, a Hungarian Jew, first began attending Chabad programs at sixteen, her parents were concerned. Their associations with Judaism were all dark:…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

July 22, 2015

In Once-Judenrein Germany Jewish Life Blossoms

Twenty five years ago, he says, the attitude was that “Jewish life should be kept in the backyard,” and he didn’t see a need for…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

July 16, 2015

Rabbi Simcha Zirkind, Pioneer of Chabad Activities in Quebec, 76

Rabbi Simcha Zirkind, 76, Chabad representative in Montreal, QC, tragically passed away on Shabbat. Founding the first Chabad House in the city at McGill University…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

July 12, 2015

Learning Life Lessons From Wacky Science

As electric leaf blowers blow rolls of toilet paper, a delighted crowd of young children listen to Dr. Schnitzel derive life lessons from Newton’s laws…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

July 9, 2015

Train Station To Auschwitz Now A Shelter for Refugees Fleeing ISIS

Ripped from their homes by the Nazis 70 years ago, 8,000 Jews were hauled to Stazione Centrale – Milan, Italy’s central train station – where…

By Rosie Jacobs

July 8, 2015

Soul Strings Beckon, A Conductor Follows

When Israel Edelson, a rising conductor under the tutelage of legendary maestro Leonard Bernstein, arrived in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights, he was searching…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

July 2, 2015

Center With A Soul Goes Up In Wilmette, Illinois

Rabbi Dovid and Rivke Flinkenstein managed Chabad’s activities in their basement before moving to a storefront in Kely Cleaners Plaza, slowly expanding into several of…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

June 26, 2015

Bethesda, Chevy Chase Jewish Communities See Remarkable Growth

Spurred to action by one woman who “gave of herself 110%” to build facts-on-the-ground, inspire meaningful connections and a joyful Jewish present, this is a…

By Rena Greenberg

June 17, 2015

Knesset Reflects on Rebbe’s Legacy

On the occasion of the 21st yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, opposition leaders gathered in the Israeli parliament to salute the…

By Rosie Jacobs

June 16, 2015

German Foreign Minister Meets With Chabad Community Leaders

The Menorah Jewish Center, the world’s largest Jewish community center, received Germany’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier when he visited Ukraine, late last month.…

By Rosie Jacobs

June 11, 2015

Chabad Rabbi Inspired South Carolina’s Anti BDS Law

South Carolina passed a historic bill into law that will make businesses think twice before boycotting Israel. Representative Alan Clemmons, Chairman of the South Carolina…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

June 9, 2015

Upscale and Kosher in Siberia

If he were alive today, Moshe Vishedsky would be incredulous. A pious Chabad Chasid, he suffered ten punishing years in a Siberian labor camp with…

By Rosie Jacobs

June 8, 2015

Rabbi Binyomin Klein, Member of Rebbe’s Secretariat, 79

Rabbi Binyomin Klein, 79, longtime aide and member of the secretariat of Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, passed away on Friday morning in Brooklyn,…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

June 5, 2015

Rio Jewish Community Prepares for Summer 2016 Olympics

As Rio di Janeiro prepares to host the summer 2016 Olympics, the city’s local Jewish community is busy with its own preparations.

By Mushkie Junik

June 3, 2015

What’s Inside That Pretty Mezuzah Case?

It’s not all that unusual to discover that rolled inside that decorative mezuzah case you purchased in Israel or at your local Jewish gift shop,…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

June 2, 2015

The Shmuel Rohr Brit Milah Clinic of Russia Opens

At Marina Roscha—Moscow’s Jewish Community Center—men and women make life changes on a daily basis as they discover their Jewish traditions.

By Staff Writer

June 1, 2015

In Time for Shavuot: Israel’s Chief Rabbinate Revises Tablet Logo

Israel’s chief rabbinate updated the design of their logo in which the Ten Commandments will now be depicted in a square rather than the familiar…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

May 21, 2015

A Terror Survivors’ Reunion

Earlier this month, nearly 60 years later, 40 remaining survivors attended a reunion. They met in that same synagogue where in April 1956 the terrorists…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

May 20, 2015

Book Review: Transitions In Language And Leadership

Zornberg introduces her discussion of Bamidbar, the fourth of the Five Books of the Torah, by outlining the dramatic terrain of the “midbar”—a great and…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

May 18, 2015

After 30 Years, Rabbi Fulfills Promise to Dying Mother

Matthew Jurgens has one vague and cherished memory of his mother that he holds on to “ever so tightly:” playing a card game with her…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

May 14, 2015

Nepal Crisis Worsens Following Second Quake

Still reeling from last month's major earthquake, Nepal was struck yet again Tuesday, this time by a 7.3 magnitude earthquake. The quake and its aftershocks,…

By Rosie Jacobs

May 13, 2015

Official Goverment Reception in Germany Serves Kosher

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin and some 2500 guests participated at the official gala event hosted by Germany’s President Joachim Gauck, commemorating 50 years of diplomatic…

By Staff Writer

May 13, 2015