Amid School Shutdowns, Thousands Attend Virtual Hebrew School
With school closed in cities and countries around the world, thousands of Jewish children have logged in to the Virtual Hebrew School, a project of Merkos’s Chabad Kids Network-CKids.
By Ashira Weiss
Purim Makes it to Maryland VA Hospital Just in Time
This year, the threat of COVID-19 meant that Purim could not come soon enough, especially for seniors isolated in nursing homes.
Aleph Gives Alternative Sentencing A Go
Rabbi Moshe Mayir Vogel is the Executive Director of the Aleph Institute-North East Region. Together, with a team of social workers, Vogel ensures that “No Jew is alone,” behind bars.
By Dvora Lakein
STATEMENT BY CHABAD-LUBAVITCH HEADQUARTERS ON COVID-19
Specifically, the virus reminds us that none of us is an island; that each one of us affects others and is affected by others. And if something as small as a microbe is all it takes to trigger a global crisis, every deliberate act of goodness that we practice can create a positive universal transformation.
Gleaning Jewish Wisdom Through Art
On the first Friday of every month, the quiet cobblestone streets of Old City Philadelphia are reborn into a bustling, contemporary art scene. Thousands of eager guests wander through, enjoying the wide variety of music and art exhibitions.
By Lela Casey
Coronavirus Couldn’t Stop This Pre-Purim Joy
On Wednesday, with a little help from technology, a coronavirus-related setback was averted for a group of seniors and children.
By Ashira Weiss
Teens Pledge Soul Support at Shabbaton
Saturday night, two thousand and seven hundred high school students, from six hundred and twenty cities in twenty-four countries around the world, gathered in Times Square, New York. As the iconic billboards streamed videos of the Lubavitcher Rebbe the crowd sang 'I'm a Jew and I'm proud.'
By Ashira Weiss
Conference Conversations
Once a year, Chabad leaders serving communities around the world, meet at the Annual International Conference of Shluchot (Chabad women emissaries). At the last Kinus, Lubavitch.com caught up with several of the three thousand sisters-in-arms.
By Ashira Weiss
It’s Never Over Even When It’s Over
“Many of the girls come from dysfunctional homes or don’t have a home,” says one of the camp’s organizers, Sheva Rapoport. “YEKA is a safe, loving environment that provides the warmth and love they’re missing all year. It’s a lifeline for our girls.”
By Dvora Lakein
New Jewish Cemetery for Southwest Florida
A new Jewish cemetery was consecrated in Fort Myers last week under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida.
Bay Area Mother and Daughter Released From Quarantine
Esther and Chaya put on their own masks and stayed inside with some challah and grape juice (the only kosher items they had) to see them through. But things didn’t get better.
By Rhona Lewis
Inaugural Scroll For Island Nation
Uri Krauss was turning 50. His wife, Adina was determined to mark the occasion with a memorable surprise—the dedication of a brand new Torah scroll.
But where would such a gift have the maximum impact?
By Ashira Weiss
A First for Canberra: Jewish School Opens
The first Jewish school for the Australian Capital Territory and region has opened its doors this week in what is being hailed as a historic milestone for the Canberra Jewish community.
By Staff Writer
Chabad Unveils Memorial Sculpture to Marjory Stoneman Douglas Students
On Thursday, February 14, a sculpture immortalizing the story of 3,320 students was unveiled at Chabad of Parkland.
By Rhona Lewis
Serving With Love, Focus At Gala Banquet
At finale banquet of five-day conference, Chabad representatives focus on serving their communities with love.
By Ashira Weiss
International Conference Convenes In Brooklyn
They speak a variety of different languages, range in age from early twenties to late seventies, and hail from 100 different countries, but these 3,100 are convening in Brooklyn with one purpose in mind.
By Ashira Weiss
New Chabad Representatives In Cornhusker State
Rabbi Daniel and Chaya Blotner arrived in Omaha, Nebraska last Thursday morning. The couple join Rabbi Mendel and Shani Katzman in their work here in the Gateway to the West.
By Dvora Lakein
To Be The Rebbe’s Emissary
In a 2014 interview with me, Rabbi Grunblatt shared his ideas about serving as the Rebbe’s emissary, and the attitudes and rigors that inform him, intellectually and practically, as he continues to execute his mission.
Masks for the Elderly in Shanghai
Monday, February 3, Rabbi Shalom Greenberg from Chabad-Lubavitch of Shanghai donned his mask and made his way to the Shanghai Jewish Refugee Museum with a provision of 10,000 masks.
By Staff Writer
1200 USC Students Reserve for Campus’s Shabbat Dinner for 1000
“What do you do when Shabbat 1000 becomes Shabbat 1200, and it's only Wednesday?” Rabbi Dov Wagner posted on Instagram and tweeted that evening.
By Dvora Lakein
It’s Not A Hand-Out, It’s A Hand-Up
The clothing drive was a project of Chabad of Markham’s sweeping Tikkun Olam program, a venture that brings suburban families into the lives, and hearts, of people from across greater Toronto.
By Dvora Lakein
Still a Dollar
In the spring of 1981, the Lubavitcher Rebbe spoke about Jewish unity as an antidote to looming threat of warfare and terror at the time. Specifically, he addressed the power of Jewish children, when united through a Torah scroll.
By Dvora Lakein
Marathon Man
Jeremy Cooper, 26, is “running” a marathon, leining every Shabbat for the next 1,000 weeks. Weekday mornings, the Columbia University MBA candidate will get his leining fix at Chabad of the Upper West Side or some other minyan in the city.
Changing the Jewish Narrative
For many, Belgrade's Jewish community is defined by the tragedy of the Holocaust. But as a new movement devoted to changing the narrative grows, the city’s Jews are discovering the joys of a vibrant, sustainable Jewish experience.
Photo & Video
Kinus
Mitzvahs at the ADL Never Is Now Summit in New York City
Kinus
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.
Kinus
New Chabad Center in Buckeye — The Gateway to Arizona’s West
Kinus
Chabad Young Professionals Rabbis Gather For Convention in Raleigh
Kinus
Texas Chabad Brings Aid To Flood Victims
Kinus
Chabad Brings Kosher Food To Wimbeldon
Kinus
Hundreds of young Dallas Jewish professionals joined Shabbat 500, an annual project of the Intown Chabad.
Kinus
Holocaust Survivor Margot Friedlander was laid to rest after her passing at 103.


Get Inspiration to your inbox!
Join our weekly newsletter for inspiration and updates