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A League of Their Own
As the Supreme Court prepares to issue decisions in two cases challenging affirmative action, a flurry of articles, podcasts, and op-eds have looked back at the Ivy League’s history of excluding Jews. Less attention has been paid, however, to what Jewish life in the Ivies looks like now, and what it tells us about the Jewish future—on campus and off
Chabad Opens in Zambia
The southern African country of Zambia is now home to its first rabbi in over seventy-five years
Make Her Name Great
My world turned upside down in the early hours of Monday, February 6th.  The time of the call—3:00 am—and the caller—my mother’s nursing home—telegraphed the […]
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
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 the famous Disputations of 1240.
Purim Notes From The Chasidic Rebbes
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
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 world.
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?
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
Thousands of Chabad’s women leaders pay last respects to one of their own
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
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 the hatred of madmen and the indifference of world leaders--and crushed in body and spirit?
Chabad of Puerto Rico Celebrates 25 Years
At a “Celebration 25” Gala on December 13, Chabad of Puerto Rico looked back on a quarter-century of transformative growth
Come And Hear: A Dad Defends Shabbat At Chabad
"Dad, isn’t it true that I can’t read from the Torah there?”
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
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
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 Chabad Center gives them all a permanent home.
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 timespan, it survived the ravages of Jewish travails—sustaining considerable losses in fires, confiscations by hostile governments, and relocations within Eastern Europe as Jews fled from one place to another—until it was finally smuggled out of communist Russia to the United States.
Chanukah Lights Go Up At Sunday Night Football
Millions Exposed to Holiday’s Message via the NFL
German City Celebrates New Torah Scroll
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
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 […]
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.
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
Largest-Ever Pegisha Shabbaton Brings University Students to Crown Heights
Over 1,200 students, almost 200 Chabad emissaries, came for this year’s Pegisha
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Holocaust survivor Helga Melmed is giving her time, energy, and priceless life experience to educate and care for Jewish children at Chabad of Venice, Florida’s Camp Gan Israel.
Mitzvahs at the World Cup
Mitzvahs at the ADL Never Is Now Summit in New York City
As 90,000 fans descend on Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara for this year’s Super Bowl, Chabad is welcoming hundreds of Jewish visitors with kosher food, prayer services, and mitzvah opportunities throughout the weekend.
New Chabad Center in Buckeye — The Gateway to Arizona’s West
Chabad Young Professionals Rabbis Gather For Convention in Raleigh
Texas Chabad Brings Aid To Flood Victims
Chabad Brings Kosher Food To Wimbeldon
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