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Yom Kippur With The Rebbe

The highest moment, for me, came at the end of Yom Kippur, when—after fasting for twenty-five hours—we affirmed loudly in unison, with all our energy,…

Mariashi Groner | September 20, 2026

The Day Jewish Pride Won

Every baseball journalist knows that you don’t talk to a starting pitcher on the day he is scheduled to make his start. Pitchers typically have…

By Tzemach Feller

September 20, 2026

Flashback: Lubavitcher Rebbe Sends Emissary to Conduct Yom Kippur Services in Greenland

NEW YORK (LNS) – Jewish personnel stationed at the United States Air Force base in Thule, Greenland, will – to their pleasant surprise – have…

Ep. 68: The Jewish Awakening of Vancouver Island

September 17, 2026

Podcast

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 68 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

September 16, 2026

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 16, 2026

Faces of Chabad: Sorella Abrahams

“When I was a child, I was walking with a friend on a Friday afternoon in London and we met these 2 Israelis schlepping suitcases.…

Remembering Rebbetzin Chana: Jewish Feminine Role Model

September 16, 2026

History

A feminine role model of Jewish activism and proponent of Jewish scholarship, is being remembered today, on her yahrzeit.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

September 16, 2026

Rosh Hashanah, Not Only a Jewish Celebration

This week, Jewish people the world over will be marking Rosh Hashanah, a holiday commemorating the beginning of creation.

By Shaindle Fogelman

September 10, 2026

The Shofar’s Blast Beyond the Synagogue

On a Rosh Hashanah morning in 2011, a curious crowd gathered by the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park. When the blast of the shofar cut…

September 9, 2026

Return: Reclaim, Relate, Reconnect

Research is showing that people spend less time socializing than they did twenty years ago

By Rabbi Yakov Danishevsky

September 8, 2026

Machne Israel Development Fund Relaunches With New Generation of Supporters

Counted & Blessed

As soon as we got into the car, the Rebbe expressed concern. Might the photographer have been offended by his blessing? After all, the Rebbe…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

September 7, 2026

Chabad reps and supporters renew the Rebbe’s model of collective responsibility for Jewish communities worldwide Some 100 guests met over an intimate lunch at the…

By Tzemach Feller

September 3, 2026

An Address in the Amazon

Guests at the Raichmans’ Shabbat table in Manaus, Brazil think they’re eating chicken schnitzel. It’s pirarucu — a massive Amazonian fish, served kosher in a…

Chabad at USC Opens New Center With Campus’s First Kosher Restaurant

September 2, 2026

“A proud Jew rather than a fearful one.” That, student Noah Razak told some 400 people gathered on Severance Street Sunday night, is what Chabad…

Faces of Chabad: Shmuli Nachlas

September 1, 2026

“My parents gave us a home where Judaism, the Rebbe, and education weren’t just talked about—they were lived. Going to the Rebbe in New York…

Chabad Marks Birthday of Movement’s Founder

September 1, 2026

History

On 18 Elul, we celebrate the birthday of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

Fourth Chabad Center Opens on the Island of Corsica

August 30, 2026

A storefront on the main road in Calvi, on Corsica’s northwest coast, is now home to the island’s fourth Chabad center. Walk out of the…

Chabad Rabbi Menachem Mendel Axelrod Inaugurated as Chief Rabbi of Moldova

August 19, 2026

Chabad Rabbi Menachem Mendel Axelrod was installed Wednesday as the new Chief Rabbi of Moldova in the historic Glazers’ Synagogue in Chișinău. Rabbi Axelrod has…

By Tzemach Feller

August 18, 2026

Building Connection in Barbados

Shabbos comes at nearly the same time every week in Barbados, the furthest southeast island in the Caribbean. Close to the equator, the days barely…

Faces of Chabad: Talia Voskoboynik

August 18, 2026

“I grew up in California in a traditional conservative family. I always had a strong sense of Jewish identity, but Judaism was never something I…

Ep. 67: The Storm That Nearly Swept Away Everything They Built

August 17, 2026

Podcast

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 67 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

New Youth Center and Mikvah for Thornhill’s Russian Jewish Community

August 12, 2026

In the 1950s, Chaya Esther Zaltzman traveled 36 hours by train each way — every month — from Dushanbe, Tajikistan, to reach a mikvah in…

Innisfil Gets Its First Year-Round Jewish Home

August 11, 2026

For decades, Jewish families from Toronto have spent their summers on the shores of Lake Simcoe. “This is the Canadian Catskills,” said David Turk, a…