Wednesday, / July 16, 2025
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Of Boy Scouts, Rabbis, and Mikvehs
To become an eagle scout, Rochester boy scout Benjy Spanjer was required to undertake, lead, and manage a project that would benefit a school, religious institution, or community. His choice? Help renovate a local mikveh.
New Kids on the Block
As far as neighborhoods go, South of Market does not have the best reputation. The half-square-mile area is patchwork of abandoned warehouses and organic juice bars, where the homeless share sidewalks with robotics engineers fresh out of Stanford.
Re: In Conversation With Géza Röhrig, Lead Actor of Son of Saul
Re: In Conversation With Géza Röhrig, Lead Actor of Son of Saul
Re: Woman’s Strength
Re: Woman’s Strength
Re: Made in the Image of G-d: The Jewish Way in Death and Burial
Re: Made in the Image of G-d: The Jewish Way in Death and Burial
Re: Jewish Federations and Chabad Find a New Way Forward
Re: Jewish Federations and Chabad Find a New Way Forward
Arson at Chabad of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada
An arsonist at The Chabad Jewish Center of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada Monday set fire to cars in the building’s parking lot shortly after 8 p.m. after attempting to set fire to a restroom trashcan in the building.
Los Alamitos HS Students Pick Up Shawarma, Hebrew, and Foreign Language Credits at Chabad
There are very few things that can stop teens from sleeping in on Sundays, but Los Alamitos Hebrew High has them jumping out of bed.
Low Tech Cool Brings Hi-Impact Change To South Africa
Everyone, no matter their financial capacity, has something to offer another and these little arks could be quickly and painlessly filled before being gifted to someone less fortunate.
For Jewish Students at ASU, It’s Time to Play Ball
Chabad’s new student recreation center gives Jewish ASU students a place to hang out and have fun
Florida Chabad Wins Grand Prize in “Give Day” Contest
Chabad of Clearwater, Florida, took home first place in a local contest this week, coming ahead of nearly 600 other nonprofits in the greater Tampa Bay area in a bid to win grand prize.
As French Jews Arrive In Israel, Chabad Reaches Out
French students and residents in the port area now have a Chabad center of their own
What’s Your Hunger?
A members-only operation like Costco, The Family Store sells subsidized groceries and home goods to over 500 Jewish families. In a city where a bottle of kosher milk costs five dollars, even working individuals in Montreal struggle to put food on the table.
Survivors of Terror: Israel’s Double Orphans Grow Up
In Israel, doubly orphaned survivors of terror and their grandparents pick up the pieces.
Pie (No Longer) in the Sky
35 minutes is all it takes to cook one of the new, highly-anticipated kosher Gino’s East pizzas. But for Rabbi Yosef Moscowitz, the man responsible for bringing Chicago’s world-famous pie into kosher homes, it took closer to 5 years.
Moses, Mirrors and the Trauma of Birth
There is something starkly disconcerting—almost sacrilegious—about taking a “biographical approach” to the life of Moses.
Jewish Federations & Chabad Find A New Way Forward
Toledo Chabad and the Federation broke the mold. Together, they formed an effective partnership that has since served Toledo’s Jewish community, making it a model of cooperation.
Chabad of Berlin Publishes German Prayerbook, Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
A new German-language siddur makes the Jewish prayer book accessible to modern German speakers.
My Heart Is In Samara…
Dina Deutch served as an emissary in Samara, Russia, since 1997. With 5,000 Jewish residences on their mailing list, Dina and her husband have built an impressive coterie of educational programming, social services and religious outlets in Russia’s sixth largest city.
Rabbi Mendel Deitsch, 64, OBM
We mourn the passing of Chabad emissary Rabbi Menachem Mendel Deitsch, who passed away Saturday in Jerusalem after sustaining severe injuries in an anti-semitic attack last October.
Russia: Thousands Attend More Than 500 Public Seders Across the Country
Over 500 public Seders were attended by thousands of Jews in Russia this year.
Illinois Declares Education and Sharing Day, Welcomes Passover with Gov. Rauner
In what has by now become a tradition, Governor signed a proclamation declaring 11 Nissan as "Education and Sharing Day.”
Thousands of Berlin Jews Receive Assistance for Pesach
This year, over 1,000 welfare-supported Jewish families in Berlin received generous food baskets in honor of the holiday of Passover.
A Passover Message for Today
Let us come together at the Seder table, and celebrate the dignity, the humanity, the goodness and the G-dliness that unite us.
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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.
A Brooklyn Street is now named Lubavitcher Rebbe Way
150 Jewish service members gathered at The Shul of Bal Harbour for the 18th annual Aleph Military Symposium and Shabbaton.
Spirituality on the slopes
International Conference of Chabad Shluchos group photo
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