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Ep. 53: The Rabbi Who Would Give Anything to a Fellow Jew — Even a Kidney

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 53 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

March 16, 2025

Floodwaters Destroy City’s Chabad Soup Kitchen and Provisions

After torrential rains flooded Bahia Blanca, Argentina — a port town 400 miles south of Buenos Aires — the country’s Chabad representatives are coordinating a…

By Tzemach Feller

March 11, 2025

Community

Chabad’s Chelsea Giving Kitchen Elevates Food Donations

Celeb Chef Leads 100 in Preparing Gourmet Meals for Local Elderly, Indigent

By Tzemach Feller

December 18, 2024

aid

Chabad Rushes to the Aid of Hurricane-Ravaged Communities

“Anyone know someone who has access to a helicopter?” The post went out not long after Shabbat ended in North Carolina. Rabbi Bentzion Groner, a…

By Tzemach Feller

October 1, 2024

aid

On Hurricane-Battered Jamaica, Chabad Brings Faith, Food, and Friendship

Rabbi Yaakov Raskin Checked in on Every Jewish Resident after Cat-4 Hurricane Beryl Ravaged the Island

By Tzemach Feller

July 5, 2024

Humanitarian

California Chabad Rabbi Donates Kidney

Paul, a resident of Northern California’s Bay Area, was not likely to make it to his 60th birthday. Advanced kidney disease meant that he’d need…

By Staff Writer

February 14, 2024

aid

Maui Chabad Under Evacuation Orders as Wildfires Rage

Chabad Initiates Rescue Efforts Amid Emergency

By Staff Writer

August 10, 2023

United States

A Rabbi, a State Senator, and Seven Hundred Winter Coats for Ukrainian Orphans

Rabbi JJ Hecht and Senator Ray Lesniak gifted toys and designer winter coats to over seven hundred orphaned Ukrainian children, and got a glimpse of…

By Yoni Brown

November 2, 2022

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aid

Chabad Centers Gear Up for Relief Efforts in Hurricane-Battered West Florida

With thousands still trapped by Hurricane Ian’s storm surge, local Florida Chabad centers are offering a helping hand, delivering meals, and coordinating rescue and cleanup…

By Yoni Brown

September 29, 2022

Podcast

Ep. 28: From Kabul To Fremont: An Afghan Family Moves Into A Chabad House

The 28th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

August 4, 2022

Humanitarian

El Paso Independent School District Becomes First to Adopt ‘ARK’

An initiative encouraging routine charity is gaining a foothold in American public schools and places of business

By Yoni Brown

July 18, 2022

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Africa

A Quarter Million Meals From Chabad of Nigeria

As part of Chabad's humanitarian efforts to combat hunger in Nigeria, a quarter of a million meals were distributed to single-parent families last week, just…

By Yoni Brown

May 11, 2022

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Humanitarian

Aleph Rescues Afghans from Taliban

When the Taliban started sending him death threats, Fazel Malek* had to leave his wife and daughter behind in Kabul, Afghanistan. After a team of…

By Yoni Brown

April 2, 2022

Seniors

Hot Meals For Rostov’s Isolated Elders

Since Covid locked Rostov’s elderly in their apartments, Rabbi Chaim Danzinger and his team hand-deliver hot meals each day

By Yoni Brown

February 6, 2022

aid

Flying Food To Canadian Flood Victims

When unprecedented flooding cut thousands of British Columbians off from food supplies, Chabad of the Fraser Valley wanted to help

By Yoni Brown

December 20, 2021

Humanitarian

Chabad Rushes Water and Warm Clothing to Tornado Victims

Chabad emissaries in Kentucky are leading an effort to supply clothing, food, and water to devastated victims of the deadliest tornadoes in recent memory.

By Yoni Brown

December 14, 2021

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Humanitarian

Chabad Rabbi Returns Large Sum Of Cash Found in Couch

Rabbi Mendy Yitzchaki stuck his hand deep into the couch last Thursday in search of his daughter’s missing earring. Nestled in a crack was a…

By Dvora Lakein

April 19, 2021

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Humanitarian

If the Shirt Fits, Pass It On

Cancer patients are already finding support, financial assistance, home-cooked meals, and even wigs at The Circle of Hope center in Merrick, Long Island. Now, they’re…

By Mussi Sharfstein

January 25, 2021

Humanitarian

Turkey Dinners For Park City Homebound

It’s the day before Thanksgiving and the kitchen at the Bistro Kosher Deli in Park City, Utah is bustling. A team of volunteers, dressed in…

By Ashira Weiss

November 25, 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

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