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Rabbi Chaskel Besser, Activist for Polish Jewry

Rabbi Chaskel Besser, who fled Poland shortly before the Second World War, becoming an active player on the American Jewish scene and leader in the…

By Mordechai Lightstone

February 12, 2010

A Conversation with Ted Yale

At 23, Ted Yale is possibly the youngest candidate on record to run for Congress. The soft-spoken Pennsylvania native competing in the Republican primary for…

By Baila Olidort

February 10, 2010

The Greenbergs 17: A Leader in Every Time Zone

(lubavitch.com) Some call it “fate,” but the Greenbergs prefer “mission.” The children of Rabbi Moshe and Devorah Greenberg—there are seventeen in all—are dispersed around the…

February 9, 2010

Costa Rica Elects Jewish VP

Luis Lieberman, a former banker and well known financier, is to become the country’s VP. He ran with Laura Chinchilla, a social conservative, who won…

By Staff Writer

February 8, 2010

Flashback: 22nd of Shevat 1988

February 11, 1988, Rebbetzin Chaya Moussia Schneerson, wife for sixty years, of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, passed away early Wednesday morning, February…

By Lubavitch News Service

February 4, 2010

Rabbi Mom

The 22nd annual International Conference for Chabad Shluchos convenes this week Wednesday. The five-day affair pulls 2,500 women from 70 countries back to their Brooklyn…

By Dvora Lakein

February 3, 2010

Yeshiva College Primary School Bondi Performs Brilliantly in School Rankings

(lubavitch.com) The newly established Yeshiva College Primary School (Cheder Chabad Lubavitch) in Bondi, first in Australia to have Torah studies approved equivalent to secular studies with…

January 31, 2010

FIU President Hosts Shabbat Dinner For Chabad Rabbi

The Chabad Jewish Student Center at FIU, known as the Tabicinic Chabad House, was founded by Rabbi Levi and his wife, Sashie, in August of…

By Levi Margolin

January 28, 2010

Remembering a Tragic Past Spurs Jewish Continuity in Europe Today

European and Israeli state heads are this week meeting with Jewish leaders and Chabad representatives in Europe...

By Staff Writer

January 27, 2010

From Carlsbad to Carlsbad: Chabad of La Costa Welcomes a Torah home

The 200-year old scroll originally belonged to the Jewish community of Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary), Czechoslovakia. Until the 1840s..

By Dvora Lakein

January 26, 2010

Chabad Rabbinical Students Conclude Annual Conference

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By Mordechai Lightstone

January 26, 2010

Transition in Lubavitch: January 28, 1950

Today, the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Shvat, marks the sixtieth Yahrtzeit of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn of Lubavitch.

By Mordechai Lightstone

January 25, 2010

BLOG: About Black Boxes and Jewish Pride

Caleb Leibowitz, a reserved 17 year old yeshiva student, is hardly the type to appreciate the limelight. But he was smack in the center of…

By Baila Olidort

January 22, 2010

After 80 Years, Key to Baltimore Presented to Chabad

Initially intended to be presented by Mayor William Frederick Broening to the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn

By Mendy Rimler

January 21, 2010

Chabad Gives Cardozo Law Students an Edge in the Job Hunt

At Chabad’s recent Attorneys and Law Students Networking Event, 75 students got to know powerbrokers like real-estate mogul and attorney Leon Charney...

By Rivka Chaya Berman

January 21, 2010

British Royal Prince Tours Nariman Chabad House, Donates Funds

Prince Michael of Kent visited the Chabad Nariman house in Mumbai, India on Wednesday, January 20. A first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and the…

By Yaacov Behrman

January 20, 2010

Countdown Nears As Jewish Non-Profit Competes for $1-Million Prize

There are only three days left to get out the (Facebook) vote and help the sole Jewish non-profit competing to win $1 million dollars take…

By Amy Klein

January 20, 2010

Mayanot Women’s Program Marks Two Years of Growth

Mayanot, a provider of Taglit-Birthright programs and Jewish learning initiatives for college-age students, celebrated the second anniversary of its Women’s Program at a dinner this…

January 19, 2010

Chabad’s Haiti Relief Aid Reaches Orphans

In Parkland, Florida, two airplanes were being filled with provisions for children in a Haitian orphanage. Jerry Lowenstein has been sponsoring these children for years,…

By Dvora Lakein

January 19, 2010

From Pasadena to Rostov-on-Don: A Jewish Family Makes A Radical Move

In ways they never anticipated, Americans across the entire economic spectrum have radically lowered their living standards in the past two years.

By Baila Olidort

January 18, 2010

Old Mikvah Uncovered in Kostroma Synagogue

During minor construction activities in the kitchen of the Kostroma synagogue, the city’s Chief Rabbi discovered what appears to be an old mikvah.

January 18, 2010

Elliot Wolfson And Shmuel Klatzkin: An Exchange

Following the lubavitch.com review of Open Secret: Postmessianic Messianism and the Mystical Revision of Menahem Mendel Schneerson, author Elliot Wolfson, and reviewer Shmuel Klatzkin, exchanged…

January 16, 2010

Chabad of Dominican Republic Reaches Out To Haiti Volunteers

Two days after Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake, rescue efforts have yet to begin in earnest. As many as 50,000 people are feared…

By Yaacov Behrman

January 14, 2010

Holocaust Survivors Find Social Support With Ivolunteer

Under Manhattan’s dazzling lights, Holocaust survivors met Tuesday at the Cooper Square Hotel’s magnificent penthouse, where they were joined by donors and volunteers in celebration…

By Dvora Lakein

January 14, 2010