20,000 Party For Shabbat
First-ever global pre-Shabbat party brings together families of special needs individuals and celebrities.
By Ashira Weiss
Friendship Circle: Embracing the Individual
The sound of blaring sirens heralded a flashing motorcade of fire trucks, ambulances, and police cars driving down her block.
By Liba Rimler
770 Food Packages For Muslim Families
25,000 meals delivered to 770 single-parent Muslim families in Nigeria as Ramadan ends.
By Ashira Weiss
Lag B’Omer Innovation Under Lockdown
On Monday evening at 18:00 sharp, 45,000 individuals tuned into the livestream at 18for18.com.au. Narrated and presented by children and individuals from Jewish communities across Australia […]
By Ashira Weiss
Fighting For His Life, A Rabbi Inspires Music and Mitzvot
Sarah Dukes is sure that her comatose husband hears the music she plays for him. The accomplished composer sits at her piano every night, her fingers […]
The First Outpost: Casablanca, Morocco
In the early 1950s, these young couples were dispatched by the Rebbe to Morocco to help its illustrious, Sephardic Jewish community under threat.
By Rena Udkoff
A RAY OF LIGHT IN THE NIGHT
This past week was incredibly challenging for our family. As I have shared, my first cousin Rabbi Benny Wolff, Chabad rabbi in Hanover, tragically passed away […]
Court Confirms Chabad’s Exclusive Rights To Flagship Synagogue At 770 Eastern Parkway
“Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters is gratified by the decision handed down last week by the Civil Court of the City of New York, confirming exclusive rights […]
Adopted at Age 91, A Holocaust Survivor Finds Love and Hope
Patty Picarelli wasn’t very hopeful as she dialed the number for the Chabad Jewish Center of Barrie, Ontario.
By Ashira Weiss
Two Universities React as Antisemitism Steps Out of the Shadows
While college administrators debate the limit of free speech, Chabad campus leaders take action.
By Sarah Ogince
A Hebrew School Becomes A Community
How has one innovative Hebrew School made the Big Apple the city of choice for Jewish families?
By Ashira Weiss
Forever Young: On Marking Seventy Years
Professor Susan Handelman shares her reflections on turning seventy years old
Oxygen And Other Blessings
They started prepping me for transfer to the ICU. I started googling. Survival rate following organ failure is 50%.
Popping Bottles With Intention
“I’m still popping bottles, but instead of popping them at a bar or nightclub, it’s at the Shabbat table. It’s the same hustle but with a deeper intention.”
Growing Gains in Toronto
Even as he cut the ribbon on the doors of the Romano Chabad Centre, Rabbi Mendel Bernstein knew it was too small.
By Dvora Lakein
Rabbi Leibel Groner, Long Time Aide of Rebbe
Over the course of nearly 40 years, Rabbi Groner was usually seen standing at the Rebbe’s side, managing the Rebbe’s private audiences, and later during the Rebbe’s practice of distributing dollars for charity on Sundays.
When Jewish Life Goes Viral: A Quiet Goodbye
In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. As people die and are buried with no family to see them off, part four examines how CDC protocol is causing Judaism’s sacred burial societies, to dramatically alter traditional practice.
By Dvora Lakein
When Jewish Life Goes Viral: Baby Blues
In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part three, we look at the precautions taken while arranging a brit and the creative baby-naming ceremonies being held.
By Ashira Weiss
Alone But Not Abandoned: Initiatives Bring Relief to Individuals in Isolation
As the corona pandemic forces people homebound, those without support systems are worried. How they will procure basic daily necessities–as well as provisions for the […]
By Liba Rimler
When Jewish Life Goes Viral: What a Wedding!
In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part two, we look at how wedding celebrations continue while adhering to social distancing policies.
By Ashira Weiss
When Jewish Life Goes Viral: Home for Shabbat
In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part one, we look at how Chabad is revising its boisterous Shabbat celebrations
By Ashira Weiss
A NOVEL RECOVERY
We humans have a primordial need to know. When something happens that upends our reality, we feel great urgency to unravel the enigma. We need to comprehend the significance we trust is there. If only we could make sense of the madness, we could (try at least) to accept it with some equanimity.
Demand Soars for DIY Seder Kits
The COVID-19 pandemic during the days leading up to Passover challenges Chabad to help people throughout the world celebrate the holiday while sheltering in place, at home.
EARTHQUAKE ROCKS ZAGREB
Panic swept residents of Zagreb Sunday morning when, while sheltering at home from the coronavirus, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake--the largest in 140 years--struck the city.
By Staff Writer
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Mitzvahs at the ADL Never Is Now Summit in New York City
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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.
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New Chabad Center in Buckeye — The Gateway to Arizona’s West
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Chabad Young Professionals Rabbis Gather For Convention in Raleigh
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Texas Chabad Brings Aid To Flood Victims
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Chabad Brings Kosher Food To Wimbeldon
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Hundreds of young Dallas Jewish professionals joined Shabbat 500, an annual project of the Intown Chabad.
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Holocaust Survivor Margot Friedlander was laid to rest after her passing at 103.


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