Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson
The 20th of Av marks the 73rd year since the passing of the Rebbe's father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson.
By Staff Writer
Remembering Summer 1956
Sixty one years ago this summer, Friday morning, July 13,1956, concluding the two weeks in Europe, we flew from Rome to the Holy Land.
Torah Receives Royal Welcome in Queensland, AUS
Two hundred people danced through Kewarra Beach’s streets Sunday accompanied by a live band, a passel of photographers, and a ritual canopy. The center of all that attention? A brand new Torah scroll.
By Esther Gopin
Chabad Unveils New Tech Innovation Lab on Campus
In their latest move, Illini Chabad has unveiled a purpose-built innovation and study co-working space.
By Staff Writer
“Talmud Day” Commemorates Years of Learning in Sacramento
Five years ago, Rick Brodovsky, a Sacramento, California native, was at a crossroads. Confronted with difficult decisions and an unclear future, Brodovsky turned to his local Chabad rabbi for advice.
Kosher Comes to Jamaica—in the Form of Jerk Falafel
With the opening of the Kosher Hot Spot & Welcome Center in Montego Bay, Chabad of Jamaica is fusing two different food styles into an incredible Israeli-Jamaican culinary experience.
By Esther Gopin
History in the Making: A Jewish Revival Sweeps Yiddish-Speaking Birobidzhan
A mikvah under construction in Birobidzhan? Yes, and it will be the first for the Jews of the Jewish Autonomous Region in Russia’s Far East, where Chabad is leading a revival.
By Staff Writer
Meet Randy Kersh
Meet Randy Kersh. A 22-year old student at the University of North Florida, Randy dreams of becoming a Reform rabbi. He was prom king at his high school in Cooper City, and he’s the co-president of his campus Chabad student group, the Jewish Ospreys. Randy also has Down syndrome.
A Bar Mitzvah in Laos
Nestled between Thailand and Vietnam, Laos presents a daunting challenge to new Chabad reps Rabbi Shalom and Tammy Glitzenstein.
By Staff Writer
Breaking Bread in Buenos Aires—With 1,499 Friends
Students and young Jewish professionals celebrated Shabbat dinner at the La Rural convention center. They talked and sang and bonded over a three-course catered dinner that lasted until the wee hours of the morning.
By Esther Gopin
Chabad Teams Up with AEPi in Vienna for Mass Fraternity Bar Mitzvah
Earlier this month, five university students from the Lauder Business School in Vienna were joined by their families from Switzerland, Germany, Hungary and Ukraine as they celebrated their bar mitzvahs.
By Staff Writer
Survivor Moshe Holtzberg Pledges to Return to Mumbai
“I want to ask you something from all my heart… please continue to remember my parents.”
By Staff Writer
Knesset Speaker Visits Site of Former Incarceration
Israeli Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein recently paid a visit to a place where he was once kept captive: the infamous Butyrka prison in Moscow, the site of his three-months-long incarceration in 1984.
By Staff Writer
A First for Forsyth
Most synagogues don’t hold press conferences to announce the purchase of a permanent location, and most synagogue press conferences aren’t attended by the mayor, the chief of police, three county commissioners, state and local representatives, and members of the Chamber of Commerce.
Chabad Keeps Up at Kent State University
Rabbi Moshe and Mussie Sasonkin, who opened a campus Chabad center in May, recognize the opportunity that presents for interfacing with students individually.
By Staff Writer
The Rebbe’s Yahrtzeit
The life of a tzaddik is not a life of the flesh, but a spiritual life consisting wholly of faith, awe, and love of G‑d. - Tanya
By Staff Writer
Jewish Youth Center Opens in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia
A new children’s educational center opened its doors in FJC’s Jewish community of Krasnoyarsk, Southern Siberia this week.
By Staff Writer
Small-Town Jewish Communities Get a Holiday Boost
While many American Jews spent the days leading up to Shavuot baking cheesecakes, 110 Chabad rabbis were busy boarding planes and busses to different remote locations across North America.
By Staff Writer
Locals Work Together to Build Merrick’s First Mikvah
It seemed an unlikely prospect that the women of the small suburban community of Merrick-Bellmore-Wantagh in Long Island would one day have their own mikvah.
By Esther Gopin
Lubavitch International Wins Rockower Award
Lubavitch International won two awards in AJPA (American Jewish Press Association) Simon Rockower Awards Competition for Excellence in Jewish Journalism.
By Staff Writer
Jewish Life Blooms in Boquete, Panama
Boquete, Panama is a small town in the Chiriqui province in Panama’s interior, little more than thirty miles away from the Costa Rican border.
“Mi Ani? Modeh Ani!”
A clever advertising campaign in Tel Aviv has put oomph and dazzle into a traditional Jewish ritual. Slick video clips appearing on Chabad of Tel Aviv’s “Modeh Ani” social media pages feature singers and actors celebrating the morning ritual of giving thanks.
By Staff Writer
Small-City Chabad Emissaries Convene in Catalonia
A picturesque city in northeastern Catalonia famous for its medieval architecture and the old Jewish Quarter, Girona was host to the first-ever European and Central African Regional Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries earlier this week.
By Staff Writer
Stained Glass Windows Shine Light on Mitzvah Campaign
It was a hot August morning in Mequon, Wisconsin, when Rabbi Dovid Rapoport completed the Shacharit services and gently closed his siddur. “I don’t mind leading services,” the senior Chabad emissary joked, “but some stained glass windows would sure be nice.”
By Esther Gopin
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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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