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A Warm Hug on a Cold, Lonely Street
About five years ago, I was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), which causes thickening of the heart muscle.
Opening Chabad House Doors a Little Wider
An accessible Sukkah Mobile in Arkansas, sign language interpreters at Chabad events in Alabama, and in Virginia, a lowered bimah that allows people in wheelchairs […]
The Story of 2020
How will we tell our grandchildren the story of 2020?  I thought about that as I held the tiny fingers of my baby granddaughter, born […]
New Shluchim to Burien, WA
Rabbi Moshe and Devorah Wolff have been appointed to establish a new Chabad center to service the cities of Burien, Federal Way, and the surrounding […]
A Judge and a Jew
Ginsburg, who passed away on September 18 at the age of 87, was memorialized as a brilliant jurist, a tireless advocate for women’s rights, and a liberal icon with rock-star status—the Notorious RBG. Her Jewish identity, however, proved harder to pin down.
Statement By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters
The Chabad-Lubavitch international community mourns the passing of Mrs. Ann Kuperman (Golda Perel bas Reb Dov), of blessed memory.  She will be remembered widely and […]
Where the KKK Once Marched, a Thriving Jewish Presence
Earlier this month, the Jewish community in Forsyth County, Georgia, laid the cornerstone for the first Jewish establishment in an area where it once would […]
SOTW: Kosher in Indiana
The strange, funny and meaningful things that happen out in the trenches as Chabad representatives go about their business . . .
Remembering Miracles and Tragedy Aboard Flight 232
Baruch she-asah li nes ba’makom hazeh.  “Blessed is the One who performed a miracle for me in this place.”  Yisroel Brownstein, a 40-year-old clinical psychologist, […]
Family Time
In late 1990, the Rebbe asked that a pictorial album of Chabad representatives be created. It would include photos of all the shluchim families—men, women, children—and the Chabad Houses, synagogues, and schools they created.
Mezuzah for Miami-Dade Mayor
Among the first orders of business for newly elected Miami Mayor Daniella Levine Cava was affixing a mezuzah to her office doorpost. The ceremony, on […]
President of Germany’s High Court Kindles Chabad Menorah
Karlsruhe, Germany, seat of Germany’s Supreme Court and home to some 2,000 Jews, celebrated Chanukah this year, as every year, with distinguished leaders participating in […]
Talmud Teasers: Teacher Training
The word Chanukah in Hebrew comes from the same root as chinuch—education, and, indeed, one of the central messages of Chanukah concerns the significance of education. The Talmud includes discussions and anecdotes underscoring the value that Judaism attaches to education, and the place of prominence it accords the teacher. 
Virtual Hugs for the Hospitalized
Rachel* clutched the package close to her chest, in her room at Morristown Medical Center. In the hospital for a month as she is treated for a cancer that is in advanced stages, she, like thousands of those in hospitals and long-term-care facilities while COVID rampages, faced the prospect of a lonely Chanukah without a single visitor allowed.
Music, Light, and Love for US Troops
It began with a little music.  Chaplain to the Iron Rangers and Rabbi on Post at Fort Riley Army Installation in North Central Kansas, Rabbi […]
Four Brit Milot, Four Cities, Four Days
It was a whirlwind week for Rabbi Yossi Simon, director of the Chabad House of Golders Green in London, England. The rabbi, who is also a mohel, performed four brit milot in four different cities in as many days.
Chanukah in the Time of Covid
In line with local COVID guidelines, Chabad communities around the world will be giving the 2,215-year-old traditions of Chanukah a 2020 twist.
Sofia, Bulgaria: Fire Destroys Home, Chabad Family of 12 Safe
A Saturday night fire sparked by an electric short, left the home of the city’s Chabad representatives and their ten children a charred skeleton.
In Orlando, Something to Celebrate
As COVID cases in their state spiked for a second time, Meir and Shawna Waizman wondered what more they could do to protect their friends and neighbors in Orlando, Florida.
SOTW: Shabbos Goy
The strange, funny and meaningful things that happen out in the trenches as Chabad representatives go about their business . . .
New Shluchim to Lagos, Nigeria
When Rabbi Mendy and Mazal Sternbach met for the first time, they discovered they had matching stamps on their passports: both had spent time assisting the Chabad representatives in Nigeria
Ckids International Crowns Australia’s First ‘JEWQ Champion’
Ethan Ickowiz from JEMS Bondi, NSW is the new JEWQ Champion. Ckids International crowned Ethan “Ultimate JewQ champion of Australia” at the JEWQ grand finale Sunday night
NYU’s Longest COVID Patient Released
“This is the moment I have been praying for from the moment I woke up at NYU this summer,” said Rabbi Yudi Dukes, Thursday, appropriately, on Thanksgiving Day.
Turkey Dinners For Park City Homebound
It’s the day before Thanksgiving and the kitchen at the Bistro Kosher Deli in Park City, Utah is bustling. A team of volunteers, dressed in PPE move around preparing tens of individually packed turkey dinners for the homebound and needy.
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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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