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Custom Made: What is the Power of the Minhag?

Stranded in the Australian outback, the small team of explorers were exhausted, hungry, and a thousand miles from home. Robert Burke and William Wills had…

Boruch Werdiger | June 12, 2025

Chabad of Madison Unveils New Center Amid Jewish Growth

Despite rising antisemitism that makes headlines almost daily, Chabad continues its activities, building and growing Jewish communities across the country, reminding everyone that Jewish life…

By Leibel Kahan

June 9, 2025

Podcast

Ep. 55: Chabad’s Return To Mumbai

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 55 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

June 8, 2025

Military

The Story of Private First Class Ray J. Kaufmann

As war raged in 1943, Ray J. Kaufmann knew what he had to do, and he wouldn’t let a little thing like his age get…

By Tzemach Feller

May 26, 2025

Chabad Opens on Mykonos Island

“There was nothing Jewish here,” says Ori Philosof, a businessman who has called the island of Mykonos home for the past several years. “We were…

By Leibel Kahan

May 21, 2025

Playing by Heart

In January the largest satellite radio provider in America, SiriusXM, added a track to its “Spa” channel from a new, emerging artist. “Eyes That Sparkle,”…

By S. Schreiber

May 13, 2025

Russian Jews Connect in Shanghai

Sporting kippahs and tzitzit, 800 Jews from Russia who completed a course of Judaic study, walked the streets of China’s biggest city celebrating their identity. …

By Tzemach Feller

May 13, 2025

Chabad Opens in Niagara Falls USA

Daniel Treger, a college student from Buenos Aires, Argentina, was visiting Niagara Falls in January when he noticed the Chabad Mobile Center near the main…

By Tzemach Feller

May 9, 2025

Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar, 78

Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar, founder of the Aleph Institute and The Shul of Bal Harbour, passed away on Shabbat. He was 78. Known affectionately as…

By Tzemach Feller

May 6, 2025

Podcast

Ep. 54: Finding The Frozen Chosen

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 54 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

May 4, 2025

History

Today In Jewish History: 2 Iyar

Today is Bet (2) Iyar, the birthday of Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch, also known as the Rebbe Maharash. Rabbi Shmuel was born in the Russian…

By Staff Writer

April 29, 2025

Holiday & Shabbos

And There Was Light

Marnie Perlstein, an advocate against antisemitism in Sydney, Australia, calls herself an “accidental influencer.” When protestors burned an Israeli flag on the steps of the…

By Sarah Ogince

April 28, 2025

Chabad at the Draft: Kosher, Shabbat and Tefillin in Green Bay

As thousands converge on Green Bay, Wisconsin — the site of this year’s NFL Draft — this weekend, Chabad-Lubavitch of Wisconsin is providing kosher meals,…

By Tzemach Feller

April 24, 2025

Features

Counting Days

As we count the weeks and months since the deep traumas of October 7, the practice of Sefirat HaOmer offers insight

By Boruch Werdiger

April 22, 2025

1,000 Gather for Chabad Kids’ Shabbaton; Jewish Knowledge Championship

More than 1,000 Jewish children and parents gathered in Crown Heights, New York for the CKids International Shabbaton, the largest summit of Hebrew School families.…

By Tzemach Feller

April 16, 2025

Miami Hospitals See Surge in Jewish Resources Thanks to Chabad

Chabad of Miami’s hospital chaplaincy initiatives is in the midst of a significant expansion. It has given hundreds of Jewish hospital employees, patients, and their…

By Tzemach Feller

April 15, 2025

Editorial

Sons And Daughters At The Seder Table

It was unseasonably cold on the first night of Passover back in 1979. Snow had fallen the day before and melted into slush puddles that…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

April 10, 2025

Chabad of Michigan Reaches 16,000 Homes with Gifts of Shmurah Matzah

More than 16,000 Jewish families across Michigan have received handmade shmurah matzah this year. The initiative, by Chabad Lubavitch of Michigan, enlisted the help of…

By Tzemach Feller

April 10, 2025

Passover

Frissons Of Redemption

The theme of redemption is universal, and, perhaps this year more than ever, it resonates on many levels. Here, we invited some writers and poets…

By Staff Writer

April 10, 2025

Passover

More Questions For The Seder Table

Jewish people love to ask questions. As part of the Passover tradition, we ask four at the Seder table. We asked four Chabad representatives our…

By Staff Writer

April 10, 2025

Lubavitcher Rebbe’s 123rd Birthday Marked as Education and Sharing Day

In houses of legislature across the United States and beyond, the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s 123rd birthday — this year on April 9 — is being marked…

By Tzemach Feller

April 8, 2025

Rebbe

A Bed, a Table, a Chair and a Lamp

The Rebbe did not hold press conferences nor grant press interviews. So reporters would usually be directed to my office where I did my best…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

April 8, 2025

Today in Jewish History: 11 Nissan, Birthday of The Rebbe

Tonight and tomorrow marks the 123rd birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of blessed memory. On this day, Yud-Alef (11) Nissan, we…

By Staff Writer

April 8, 2025

Passover

The Annotated Seder Plate: Insights, Tidbits, and Fun Facts

Haggadah Since escaping Egypt, the Jewish people have celebrated Passover by telling the story of the Exodus. Over time, the story became more formal and…

By Boruch Werdiger

April 8, 2025

Books

The Haggadah Collection At The Library Of Agudas Chassidei Chabad

The prestigious Haggadah collection of Chabad’s Central Library began in December 1924, when the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, acquired the collection of…

By Staff Writer

April 8, 2025