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Ep. 35: The Music And Spirituality Of Songwriter Peter Himmelman

The 35th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

Purim: Seeking Unity Toward Positive Reversals

March 5, 2023

Editorial

When, back in the middle ages, a Jewish convert to Christianity brought his grievances against the Jews to Pope Gregory IX, his complaints led to…

Purim Notes From The Chasidic Rebbes

March 5, 2023

Holiday & Shabbos

Mordechai “The Jew” Mordechai was a Benjaminite, but he is called “Yehudi,” literally meaning a descendant of the tribe of Yehudah. Likewise, the Megillah refers…

Thousands of Jewish Teens Meet Up in Brooklyn

March 5, 2023

CTeen

It’s the annual CTeen Shabbaton weekend in Crown Heights, and the teens are thrilled to be sharing a weekend teens from 30 countries around the…

By Rochel Horowitz

February 24, 2023

Holiday & Shabbos

Searching For My Seat At Kiddush

The spacious banquet hall housing the Kiddush was jammed with round tables that were filling up fast. Which one should I join?

By Alex Troy

February 15, 2023

Kinus

Female Leadership Celebrated at 33rd Annual Chabad Conference

The International Conference of Chabad Shluchos opened Thursday, February 9.

A Community Grieves: Chabad Representative to Virgin Islands, 40, Is Laid to Rest

February 10, 2023

Shluchim

Thousands of Chabad’s women leaders pay last respects to one of their own

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

February 9, 2023

Holiday & Shabbos

Tu B’Shevat: Where’s the Fruit?

This plant-based holiday takes place in the middle of winter. Considering that the fruits of the trees haven’t yet begun to grow, why celebrate the…

By Rena Greenberg

February 5, 2023

Ep. 34: A Searching Teenager Becomes Rabbi in his Hometown

The 34th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

The Rebbe: He Wanted to Change Human Nature

February 2, 2023

Rebbe

How would the Rebbe pick up the reins in the aftermath of the Holocaust that left the Jewish people diminished by a third--millions exterminated by…

Chabad of Puerto Rico Celebrates 25 Years

February 1, 2023

Centers

At a “Celebration 25” Gala on December 13, Chabad of Puerto Rico looked back on a quarter-century of transformative growth

By Yoni Brown

January 23, 2023

Reflections

Come And Hear: A Dad Defends Shabbat At Chabad

"Dad, isn’t it true that I can’t read from the Torah there?”

By Alex Troy

January 19, 2023

Ep. 33: A Small Jewish Community in an African City of 20 Million

The 33rd episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

A Jewish Community Life Sprouts in Elk Grove, California

January 9, 2023

New Centers

Rabbi Chaim and Raizel Groner moved to Sacramento’s fastest-growing suburb in September to connect local Jews and build the city’s first Jewish community

By Yoni Brown

January 8, 2023

Centers

From Small Beginnings, Chabad Builds Big in S. Mateo, California

Over twenty-one years, Rabbi Yossi and Esty Marcus built a close-knit Jewish community, a successful summer camp, and a prestigious preschool. The $20 million Lent…

By Yoni Brown

January 2, 2023

Treasures From the Chabad Library

The library’s collection was started by the founder of Chabad, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), and expanded with each subsequent Lubavitcher Rebbe. Throughout this…

Today in Jewish History: The Victory in Chabad Library Trial

December 28, 2022

History

On the 5th of Tevet (Hei Teves) in 1987, the extensive library of the sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, was declared as belonging to…

Chanukah Lights Go Up At Sunday Night Football

December 28, 2022

Chanukah

Millions Exposed to Holiday’s Message via the NFL

German City Celebrates New Torah Scroll

December 19, 2022

Community

Its main synagogue was torched by the Nazis, its Torahs destroyed and its Jews murdered. Today, Karlsruhe, Germany is seeing a Jewish revival

Kindling Faith With The Chanukah Lights

December 16, 2022

Do miracles get in the way of your faith? Do you find them an obstacle to making a deeper commitment to Judaism? Many people find…

By Alex Troy

December 16, 2022

History

Remembering Chabad’s Beginnings, 223 Years Ago

It is the date on which, in 1798, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Chasidism, was released from Czarist imprisonment.

December 13, 2022

Ep. 32: Connecting Two Generations Of Rabbis In A Boston NICU

The 32nd episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

An Interview with the Rebbe’s Doctor – Dr. Ira Weiss

November 28, 2022

Rebbe

Dr. Ira Weiss, Senior Attending Cardiologist at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL, was called in to attend to the Lubavitcher Rebbe after he suffered a…