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Africa

New Chabad to Open in Zambia

Rabbi Shlomo Bentolila, Director of Chabad of Central Africa, announced his intent to open a new Chabad center in Zambia in memory of his wife,…

Mussi Sharfstein | April 9, 2021

Holocaust

Personal Journeys: A Child of the Holocaust

Dozens of eyes silently follow the slender man on the speaker's dais. The only sound in the hall is his voice, which captivates the audience.…

By Staff Writer

April 8, 2021

Features

Batter’s Up . . . But Never on Shabbat

Infielder and pitcher Elie Kligman has been running the bases as long as he can remember. One of the top-ranked youth players in Nevada, the…

By Dvora Lakein

April 6, 2021

Hospital

A Stranger in the Land

I had never seen thirty-three degrees Fahrenheit on the weather forecast. My English isn’t great, and I felt so alone.

By Staff Writer

March 25, 2021

Editorial

A Personal Affair

In the days leading up to the Seder last year, as I scrubbed my kitchen clean of chameitz, I questioned the point of this highly…

By Baila Olidort

March 25, 2021

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

March 24, 2021

The Rebbe in 1964: On Jewish Education, Community, Responsibilty

The streamlined jet-age conveyance had flown the writer to New York; and vintage limousine had completed the journey to Brooklyn

By Samuel Kaplan

March 24, 2021

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…

March 23, 2021

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

March 22, 2021

Travel Deals, Points, Miles, And a Jewish Burial

How anonymous points hobbyists helped complete the burial of Dr. Jay Goldstein

By Mussi Sharfstein

March 21, 2021

Education

The New Day Schools

This fall, in the midst of the pandemic, four Jewish day schools opened in cities up and down the East Coast. Almost no one noticed.

By Sarah Ogince

March 20, 2021

Passover

Five Communal Leaders Share Their Dream Seder Guest

We asked Chabad representatives to tell us which biblical, Talmudic or medieval personality they'd like to have at their Seder table.

By Staff Writer

March 18, 2021

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

March 17, 2021

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

March 17, 2021

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

March 17, 2021

Passover

Seder In The Bar

It was past midnight. The grand communal Seder ended on a high note. But this rabbi wasn’t about to call it a night.

By Rabbi Berel Levertov

March 17, 2021

Passover

“And You Shall Tell Your Child” Part 1

We asked individuals engaged in various Jewish educational models to explore "how we might better nurture Jewish children today to grow proud to identify with…

By Staff Writer

March 16, 2021

Campus

A Year and Counting: On Covid and Campus and Chabad

College is a time of expanding horizons and new experiences. For the last 12 months, it’s also been a place of the great (and sometimes…

By Dvora Lakein

March 14, 2021

Friendship Circle

Making It Happen: Bar/Bat Mitzvahs With Special Needs

Any boy’s bar mitzvah brings changes in the transition from child to man. But those turning thirteen over the past year have had to contend…

By Masha Shollar

March 9, 2021

Lifesketches

Life Sketches: A Rabbi and a Priest

So a rabbi and a priest walk into a bar. No, this is not a joke, it’s a true story. But it wasn’t a bar,…

By Yossy Goldman

March 7, 2021

Conversion

Statistical Outlier: From Catholic Woman To Chasidic Scholar

Born to an Italian Catholic family in Binghamton, NY, Ani briefly attended Sunday school and took her first Communion, until dropping out of church, with…

By Tzipora Reitman

March 6, 2021

Conversion

A Nation is Born

A family? A race? A religion? How do we define Jewish peoplehood? Does it matter? To Read The Full Magazine Story Log In Subscribe Subscriptions…

By Boruch Werdiger

March 5, 2021

Centers

Nature & Nurture at New Colorado Chabad Campus

Everything in Colorado circles back to outdoor recreation, and Chabad of South Metro Denver’s new $6 million campus is no exception.

By Mussi Sharfstein

March 2, 2021

Life sketches

Life Sketches: Tevye in the 99-Cent Store

I walked into the 99-cent store on Poway Rd. and noticed a man smiling at me so I gave him a big “Hello!”

By Mendy Rubenfeld

February 28, 2021

Holiday & Shabbos

Purim Notes From The Chasidic Rebbes

Mordechai “The Jew” Mordechai was a Benjaminite, but he is called “Yehudi,” literally meaning a descendant of the tribe of Yehudah. Likewise, the Megillah refers…

By Staff Writer

February 25, 2021

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