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Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier is a bimonthly podcast focusing on Chabad emissaries, or shluchim, their personal struggles and the people…

By Staff Writer

May 11, 2021

China

Return To Chengdu

The Chabad emissaries in Chengdu, China must leave in a hurry to protect their children, and the community they built with love and care falls…

By Staff Writer

April 22, 2021

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Shluchim

Pioneer Chabad Emissary Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik, 88

The executive director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Italy, Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik passed away on Shabbat, February 13, after a long illness. He was 88. Rabbi…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

February 14, 2021

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Shluchim

Racing to the Finish Line: 20,000 Mitzvahs for Rabbi Yitzi

Diagnosed with ALS eight years ago, Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz of Temecula, California is unable to physically assist others in fulfilling mitzvot. But he continues to…

By Estee Hanoka

February 9, 2021

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Shluchim

Sofia, Bulgaria: Fire Destroys Home, Chabad Family of 12 Safe

A Saturday night fire sparked by an electric short, left the home of the city’s Chabad representatives and their ten children a charred skeleton.

By Staff Writer

December 6, 2020

Kinus

Chabad Shluchim Conference Becomes World’s Longest Zoom Event

By now, it is in its 114th hour and still going strong!

By Ashira Weiss

November 18, 2020

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Shluchim

Chabad Mumbai: Remembering, Rebuilding

Twelve years ago this week, terrorists stormed the Nariman Chabad House in Mumbai. Members of the Islamic terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba held Chabad representatives Rabbi Gavriel…

By Shaindle Fogelman

November 17, 2020

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Kinus

Annual International Conference of Chabad Shluchim Opens Today

The 34th Annual International Conference of Chabad Shluchim opens today with 5,200 emissaries participating. Instead of taking place in New York this year, the four-day…

By Ashira Weiss

November 12, 2020

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Shluchim

Highest Civilian Honor For Chabad Rep in Kosovo

Chief Rabbi of Albania and Chabad representative to Thessaloniki and the Lower Balkans Rabbi Yoel Kaplan received a surprise award from Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi…

By Ashira Weiss

November 4, 2020

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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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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…

By Sarah Ogince

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

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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

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

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

Lifecycle

Paying It Forward

The post on the WhatsApp group shared by Chabad reps described the situation: A young dad in some remote town in a province of northern…

By Staff Writer

September 16, 2020

Ukraine

President Zelenskyy Meets With Jewish Leaders

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Ukrainian Jewish leaders, among them many Chabad emissaries, to discuss safety and compliance with pandemic regulations during the upcoming High…

By Staff Writer

August 27, 2020

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Shluchim

Walnut Creek Welcomes New Shluchim

Community Welcomes Shluchim With Flowers And Gifts

By Staff Writer

August 25, 2020

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Lifecycle

Four Babies And An 11-Year-Old Brit in Hong Kong

Community navigates pandemic regulations to import mohel from Israel

By Ashira Weiss

August 24, 2020

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Croatia

A Turf War Between Homeless Street Performers, A Rabbi’s Resolution

“Are you mad at me, Rabbi?” My mind began to race through possibilities, “Why would I be mad at this stranger?” To Read The Full…

By Lubavitch.com

August 17, 2020

New Centers

New Shluchim to Erie, PA

Just as soon as coronavirus restrictions ease up, Chabad will open in Erie, Pennsylvania. Rabbi Dovie and Mushkie Kivman will move from their home in Brooklyn to serve…

By Ashira Weiss

August 3, 2020

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Reflections

Managing the stress of uncertainty

Chabad shluchim tell us how the individual challenges they’ve navigated in their personal lives have inured them to the stress of uncertainty and self-isolation. To…

By Rabbi Chaim Bruk

July 27, 2020