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A Moment of Truth
The tents are gone. But last year’s encampments on U.S. campuses have wrought a change in mindset and mood so profound, there’s no going back…
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Do We Need Anti-Semitism To Keep Us Jewish?
Swados asked the Rebbe whether it was his opinion, then, “that the tragedy was not a unique visitation upon the Jewish people, and that it…
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An Interview with the Rebbe’s Doctor – Dr. Ira Weiss
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…
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Editorial: The People Of Israel Live
It was a sunny, balmy day when I visited the site of the Nova Festival, and the Nahal Oz army base several months ago. As…
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Reflections on 5784
We didn’t see it coming. The dark ages were well behind us. We could laugh incredulously at the old tropes and ugly stereotypes shamelessly used…
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Turn Our Eulogies to Dance
Israel’s military cantors have had little reprieve during this war. The units, which usually officiate at formal state events, have been leading funerals back to…
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Changing The Conversation: Ditzah Or
Baila Olidort speaks with Ditzah Or
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Reflections On Leadership
How would the Rebbe bring healing to survivors nursing shame and insecurity, wanting to hide their identity, to forget, to be left alone in their…
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Toward A Resilient Jewry
What are those truths for which we are hated? And how do we build resilience against this onslaught?
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Zelda: Remembering an Israeli Poet
Among the poets in Israel’s literary circles, many quietly remembered Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky on Tuesday (April 18) 27 Nissan. That Zelda, as she was simply…
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Purim: Seeking Unity Toward Positive Reversals
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…
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The Rebbe: He Wanted to Change Human Nature
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…
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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…
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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.
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“My soul thirsts for You”: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (1948-2020)
The outpouring of tributes to this “gentle giant,” as one of his students aptly put it, offer glimpses of his captivating presence and the magnitude…
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In Transition
When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, the people gathered against Aaron and said to him, “Come,…
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It’s Never Too Late
Across every segment of Jewish life, in America and elsewhere, we are seeing a demand for genuine, substantive, Torah study opportunities
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Memories of the Heart
Elisha Wiesel speaks with Lubavitch International about his famous father and raising his children to love Yiddishkeit
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The Ways We Give
Donors no longer just want to write a check. They want to be involved, they want a direct path to targeted giving
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On Board With COCI
"I wanted to create an environment so that the communal Jewish world would see Chabad for the powerhouse that it is, in terms of its…
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Measuring Growth
Now CEO of Travel Funders Network, the Texas resident devotes a portion of his time working with Chabad representatives in the strategic development of data-driven…
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Reb Yoel: Reflections On A Chasidic Prodigy
He shaped the contours of Chabad scholarship over the course of seventy years
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The Year Of Shabbos
When the condominium towers in Surfside collapsed because of structural fatigue, the question was deafening: Were we thinking?
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The Rebbe Created a Culture
It is easier, of course, to stay within our safe spheres. So we speak mostly of the Rebbe’s love and acceptance. But that doesn’t convey…
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