Saturday, / January 11, 2025
Lubavitch News Service
Young Readers, Jewish Day Schools, Gear Up for Kehot’s (Chabad) 2007 Book-A-Thon
The 21 days from November 4-25 promise to be quiet ones for Jewish children around the world who have signed up for the Kehot Book-A-Thon.…
Shabbaton Happy, College Students Deepen Jewish Identity With Chabad
Quadrupling its usual Shabbat dinner attendance, Chabad of USC had no choice but to put up a vast outdoor tent to accommodate all the students that…
Chabad Relief Now To Focus On Returning Evacuees
As evacuees make their way back home, Chabad’s thirty representatives in the San Diego area are shifting gears from their initial scramble to offer shelter and distribute…
In Memoriam: Mrs. Sarah (Charlotte) Rohr
Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim worldwide mourn the passing of Mrs. Sarah (Charlotte) Rohr. Mrs. Rohr, matriarch of the illustrious Rohr Family, and beloved wife of Mr. Sami…
A Chabad Tradition Takes Off in Daytona
How a city known for NASCAR, Harley Davidson rallies, and spring break shenanigans came to need a 25,000 square foot Chabad-Lubavitch center is quite a…
Chabad Boosts Jewish Activity in Small Suburbs
Next month’s meeting between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will turn international media attention to Annapolis. But one Jewish…
Chabad Leaders Support Illinois Law Mandating Moment of Silence
Since the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed mandatory school prayer in 1962, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory, advocated passionately for, at minimum, a moment of…
Chabad “Heightens Spiritual, Moral Consciousness of City,” Mayor Says
Mayor Terry Bellamy proclaimed a “Chabad Day of Goodness and Kindness” in honor of Chabad of Western North Carolina’s inauguration of its new home on…
New Search Engine Makes Finding Chabad Centers Fast, Easy
Lubavitch.com, the official news website of Lubavitch World Headquarters, has launched a new, high powered Center Search offering users the most up-to-date, comprehensive directory of…
On Campus: After Katrina, Chabad Builds New Student Center At Tulane
Two years after Hurricane Katrina put Chabad of Tulane’s plans for expansion on hold indefinitely, a new 6,000 square foot Rohr Chabad Student Center, with…
Ottawa’s Largest Sukkah Expands
Ottawa’s largest sukkah now has a living room and a fireplace, bringing real Jewish warmth to Chabad Jewish Youth Library’s holiday activities. Chabad Jewish Youth…
A First for Jewish Inmates in a Texas Prison: High Holy Days Plus Sukkot
While religious books are being purged from federal prison libraries, a Texas state prison hosted a prayer service, complete with two Chabad rabbis and a…
Chabad Offers Women of Bucks County Reprieve From The Mommy Wars
In Newtown, PA, they’ve called a truce on the Mommy Wars. Much has been made over full time moms and working world moms facing off…
Inside Chabad: A Big Brother Program To Nurture Children of Shluchim
Zevi and Levi Feldman, ages 10 and 12 are brothers. They're also best friends. The boys live with their parents, Rabbi Mendel and Basya Chana…
In Small Brazilian Neighborhood, One Thousand March With Chabad Rabbi To Tashlich
Home of soccer and Carnival, religion does not usually take center stage in Sao Paulo, Brazil. But this Rosh Hashana saw of hundreds of Jews…
A Time to Share
The Jewish New Year, 5768, is a particularly unique year as it is the year of Shemittah the Sabbatical year. This Rosh Hashanah marks the…
Berlin Jews Emerge From the Shadows
Under the sparkle of crystal chandeliers, pink roses and gilded leaves, guests sat riveted Sunday night in a dreamy white tent listening to one community member after another…
Chabad-Lubavitch of Greater Boynton Attracts A Young, Booming Community
Opening a brand new preschool with an Italian twist, buying a new 3-acre plot for expansion, and planning for more satellite centers, Chabad of Greater…
Chabad Offers CIA’s Chefs A Sampling of Rosh Hashana
In the run up to Rosh Hashana, Rabbi Hanoch Hecht is preparing to offer the (Culinary Institute of America) CIA’s Jewish Culture Club a sampling…
Sziget Festival Counts Losses, Chabad Counts Gains
Organizers of one of Europe’s largest summer events report the weeklong pop music and cultural Sziget Festival which ended last week a major flop. Not…
Chabad-Lubavitch To Give Palm Harbor Its First Mikvah
Backhoes hungrily bit into the concrete shell of an empty pool to make space for two new mikvahs, the first in Palm Harbor, FL. Jaw…
Videos & Galleries
Videos & Galleries
Ice and fire combine to illuminate the night, courtesy of Chabad of Steamboat Springs.
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The “World’s Widest Menorah” will be kindled at Chabad of Clearwater, Florida
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A unique menorah stands at Wasilla Lake in Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley, placed by Rabbi Mendy and Chaya Greenberg of the Mat-Su Jewish Center Chabad
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The Executive Director of Machne Israel, Rabbi Shmaya Krinsky, paid a Shiva visit to the family of Rabbi Tzvi Kogan, הי״ד, Shliach of the Rebbe in the UAE, who was brutally murdered
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Olathe, Kansas—the state’s fourth-largest city—will welcome its first Jewish center
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On a windswept beach in beautiful Turks and Caicos, Chabad Rabbi Shmulik Berkowitz brings Sukkot observances to tourists and locals on the Caribbean island
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Sukkah on aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln
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Keren Mamosh Impact Report
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