Saturday, / April 4, 2026
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August 16, 1940: 770 Purchased
It was on August 16, 1940, that 770 Eastern Parkway was purchased.
Elul in the air
How many college students can fit into a tiny car or phone booth?
Blowing Into Newfoundland!
Bitten by the travel bug? Flying is not what it used to be--not since the pandemic. Thankfully, there’s still virtual travel. Join us each #ThursdayTravel as we take a virtual tour of one of the 5000 communities around the globe served by Chabad. Fasten your seatbelts.
Wordsmith: Derher
The phrase “I hear you” is the linguistic equivalent of a homeless orphan with no siblings. It makes sense in English on a very practical level, but it is a phrase whose richness can only be fully realized in light of its Yiddish origins and philosophical significance.
Gravesite of Rebbe’s Father Designated National Heritage Site
On the rabbi’s 76th yahrtzeit, Kazaky officials and US Commissioner designate National Heritage status
Rabbi Dukes Conscious and Communicating
Borough President recognizes Rabbi hospitalized since March from COVID19
A Teacher In Israel: Rabbi Adin Even-Yisrael Steinsaltz, 83
We mourn the passing this morning of Rabbi Adin Even-Yisrael Steinsaltz.
Dear G-d, I want to Kvetch…
Dear G-d, I need to KVETCH a little… I know you’re listening, so here goes… People are walking around shaking their heads, ringing their hands… […]
It’s Grenada, Not Granada!
Bitten by the travel bug? Flying is not what it used to be—not since the pandemic. Thankfully, there’s still virtual travel. Join us each #ThursdayTravel as we take a virtual tour of one of the 5000 communities around the globe served by Chabad. Fasten your seatbelts.
Not by Fear But by Faith
The Rebbe’s Vision for a Just Society
Wordsmith: Chasid
As is true of every close-knit cultural group that enjoys a history, traditions and habits particular and peculiar to it, conversations among Chabad Chasidim are typically peppered with terms that have meanings particular and peculiar to it.
New Shluchim to Erie, PA
Just as soon as coronavirus restrictions ease up, Chabad will open in Erie, Pennsylvania. Rabbi Dovie and Mushkie Kivman will move from their home in Brooklyn to serve […]
Chicago Teens Paint The Town
Thirty-five Skokie teens who have been cooped up at home for the last four months had an opportunity to get their creative juices flowing recently.
Wine, Torah, and Song
After years of intensive training and a brilliant debut, a budding opera star took a trip to Israel and finally found his voice.
Managing the stress of uncertainty
Chabad shluchim tell us how the individual challenges they’ve navigated in their personal lives have inured them to the stress of uncertainty and self-isolation.

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Talmud Teasers: Staying Safe
The coronavirus pandemic has made us sensitive to the risks we take in our day-to-day living, and helped us become aware of the different ways […]
Hippy In the Mikvah
“The Rebbe encouraged me to continue with the doctorate. I blurted out, ‘But what about the heresy?’ The Rebbe answered: ‘You should write all the footnotes you need to write. And then’—with a broad smile—’you should do teshuvah.’”

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Hanover, Germany: A Tragedy and a Choice
Fifteen years ago, Zev Iluz’s phone rang. The Israeli expat had settled in Hanover, Germany, to escape the pressures of life in Israel. He wanted no reminders of what he had left behind.

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“Excuse me, are you Jewish?”
Does stopping people at random to talk about Judaism even work? And what actually happens inside a Mitzvah Tank? 
Pandemic And Priorities
Hospitals agonize over the allocation of limited medical supplies; city officials weigh the risk of an outbreak against the crushing cost of a prolonged lockdown.

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A Final Passage, From China to Israel
A Jewish man dies alone in Suzhou, China. Chabad engages an international effort to prevent cremation and bring his body for burial to Israel.

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Camp Gan Israel, Sleepaway Edition
55 Attend CKids’ Inaugural Overnight Camp
A Time to Heal
When the doors of Chabad Houses closed, and shluchim adopted social-distancing guidelines, we wondered how this edition of the magazine would take shape. More importantly, […]
Emerging From Lockdown, Romance Returns to Rome
With a tragic national death toll of 34,000, these moments of joy are particularly poignant for the Jewish community of Rome.
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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
Hundreds of young Dallas Jewish professionals joined Shabbat 500, an annual project of the Intown Chabad.
Holocaust Survivor Margot Friedlander was laid to rest after her passing at 103.
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