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Australia

Perth, Australia: Where the Swan River Meets the Southwest Coast

One afternoon in early September, four young men stepped onto Trigg Beach, a haven for surfers just north of Perth, Australia. A spring storm was…

Sarah Ogince | October 26, 2020

Shluchim

Bissli, Bamba and Bolognese Warm a Mother’s Heart

Ayelet Mamo Shay was feeling helpless. The Israeli businesswoman and author who lives in Gibraltar got word that her son, a university student in London,…

By Ashira Weiss

October 28, 2020

Shluchim Of The World

SOTW: “Bubby” In Virginia

The strange, funny and meaningful things that happen out in the trenches as Chabad representatives go about their business . . .

By Staff Writer

October 28, 2020

New Centers

New Shluchim To Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Rabbi Mendel and Esty Khutoretsky established a Chabad center on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. They joined the team of Chabad of Rural and…

By Staff Writer

October 27, 2020

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

Interview: Subliminally Speaking

In 1965, a young polymath launched a radical project sparking controversy within the traditional Jewish community. Over the next forty-five years, he and his team…

By Baila Olidort

October 26, 2020

Statement

Chabad Explores Opening New Centers in Muslim Countries

With the growing normalization between Muslim countries and Israel, we can expect to see a significant increase in the number of Jewish travelers and businesspeople…

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

October 26, 2020

Judaism

Ancient Scroll Sparks New Journey For Iranian Teen

It was about thirty years ago when an old Sephardic Jew named David Abtan walked into my office and said ‘Rabbi, I need a favor…

By Ashira Weiss

October 25, 2020

Education

A Quiet Moment

It is a typical, bustling morning at a middle school in Camarillo, California, and the students are about to take an algebra quiz. But first,…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

October 21, 2020

Shluchim Of The World

SOTW: I Spy In Frisco

The door opened up a tiny crack. “Sorry, not interested,” said the gentleman on the other side.

By Staff Writer

October 21, 2020

New Centers

New Shluchim To West Bel Air, California

Rabbi Mendy and Dobie Mentz were recently appointed to establish a Chabad community in West Bel Air, Los Angeles.

By Ashira Weiss

October 20, 2020

Talmud

Talmud Teasers: Tishrei Tractates

How's your knowledge of the Talmud? Test yourself with these Talmud Teasers.

By Staff Writer

October 19, 2020

Shluchim Of The World

SOTW: Flood Catastrophe At Chabad

Soon the water began seeping into the hall. By 5:45 it was rising to levels that seemed unsafe

By Staff Writer

October 15, 2020

Shluchim

A Searching Teenager Becomes Rabbi to His Hometown

One afternoon in the mid-nineties, an unaffiliated teenager from Krefeld, Germany, signed onto his AOL account to find G-d. He typed the words “rabbi” and…

By Dvora Lakein

October 14, 2020

Military

Chabad Rabbi Becomes Colorado National Guard’s First Jewish Chaplain

At a small, socially distanced ceremony held last week in Colorado, Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik made history as he became the Colorado Army National Guard’s first-ever…

By Ashira Weiss

October 14, 2020

New Centers

Cranberry Township, On The Precipice Of A Jewish Future

New Shluchim bring Jewish community to Pittsburgh suburb

By Ashira Weiss

October 13, 2020

Rebbe

An Interview with the Rebbe’s Doctor – Dr. Ira Weiss

Dr. Ira Weiss, Senior Attending Cardiologist at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL, was called in to attend to the Lubavitcher Rebbe after he suffered a…

By Baila Olidort

October 12, 2020

Holiday & Shabbos

Sukkah On Wheels – Around The World! {Updated}

Send in your pictures to our inbox (info@lubavitch.com) to feature your city’s Sukkah on wheels!

By Staff Writer

October 5, 2020

Shluchim Of The World

SOTW: Running Commentary

I started running about ten years ago, just to get some oxygen into my brain.

By Staff Writer

October 1, 2020

Editorial

Memories of Sukkot 1991

Sukkot 1991 was different. The crowds were enormous. But this time, the Rebbe remained standing in the sukkah for the next six and a half…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

October 1, 2020

It’s A Lemon. It’s An Orange. It’s An Esrog!

It may bear resemblance to its cousins, but the esrog is no simple citrus.

By Dvora Lakein

September 30, 2020

Features

“G-d” Is Not a Jewish Word

A long pause—I needed to think. Finally, I said: “No, I don’t believe in ‘G-d.’” Another pause. “Not with the meaning that word has in…

By Susan Handelman

September 29, 2020

High Holidays

Home Alone on the Holidays

For many of us, the High Holidays will look quite different this year. This year, we are called upon to lead those services ourselves, to…

By Boruch Werdiger

September 25, 2020

High Holidays

Have We Become Too Sophisticated For Yom Kippur?

Something has changed. In our minds, Yom Kippur has become complicated. The service doesn’t speak to us—the idea of sin no longer resonates. Praying all…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

September 24, 2020

History

Remembering Rebbetzin Chana: Jewish Feminine Role Model

Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, a feminine role model of Jewish activism and proponent of Jewish scholarship, mother of the Lubavitcher Rebbe and wife of Rabbi Levi…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

September 24, 2020

High Holidays

To Pray Alone: Days of Awe in the Age of Covid-19

Marc Zell was used to traveling, just not like this. The American-Israeli is an international lawyer, and it was his work in political consulting that…

By Boruch Werdiger

September 23, 2020

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October 29, 2020 6:14pm
Israeli businesswoman and #JewishMom @AyeletMamoShay was feeling helpless. Her son had been suddenly urged into quarantine abroad and she felt so far away.

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Chabad Lubavitch HQ @Lubavitch

October 29, 2020 5:10pm
After about fifteen minutes of shopping, a woman walks over to me and tells me, “Do you know how long it’s been since I heard the word Bubby?”
@rabbikranz
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