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A Funeral & a Bar Mitzvah

After Naomi Rosenberg’s funeral, Rabbi Alter Korf brought her dream true by celebrating a bittersweet Bar Mitzvah with her two sons

By Rabbi Alter Korf

May 26, 2022

Ukraine

Rabbi Moscowitz Returns to Wartorn Kharkiv

Three months after the war began, Rabbi Moshe Moscowitz drove fifteen hours back to his Kharkiv community and synagogue

By Yoni Brown

May 24, 2022

Features

Rifka’s Hot & Cold Journey to Judaism

After her stormy teenage years, Rifka Chilungu gave up on atheism, got hooked on Judaism, and missed her college graduation to attend a Brooklyn seminary

By Yoni Brown

May 22, 2022

Young Professionals

Young North American Jews Bond on Volcano Getaway

Dozens of young Jewish professionals from across the United States bonded on a Chabad getaway to Antigua, Guatemala last weekend

By Yoni Brown

May 20, 2022

Shluchim

Lisbon Conference Evokes Memories For Chabad Emissaries

Chabad emissaries from across Europe and Africa gathered on the Portuguese pier where the Lubavitcher Rebbe escaped Nazi-occupied Europe in 1941

By Yoni Brown

May 18, 2022

Podcast

Ep. 24: Bagels, Bears & Baalei Teshuva in Berkeley

The 24th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

May 17, 2022

Features

Anatomy of a Law

Most commandments in the Torah are so cryptic that a straightforward perusal will leave the reader without the knowledge necessary to understand or fulfill them

By Staff Writer

May 17, 2022

Ukraine

Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky Visits Ukrainian Orphans

Secured by Chabad Headquarters, a generous grant allows the weary Zhytomyr community to begin rebuilding their lives

By Yoni Brown

May 12, 2022

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

Features

I Will Learn It on a Train, I Will Learn It in the Rain

What was once the province of an elite few is now available for free online in every language

By Rena Udkoff

May 9, 2022

Holiday & Shabbos

Rabbi Dovid Olidort: Behind The Iron Curtain

These are the personal Shabbos stories of an eclectic group of influential personalities

By Rabbi Dovid Olidort

May 3, 2022

Podcast

Lamplighters 1 Year Anniversary: Our Favorite Stories

The 23rd episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

May 3, 2022

New Centers

Paris, Mexico, and Gresham, Oregon

After bumping into Chabad rabbis around the world, Jack Skiterman knew he had to reach out to the new Chabad couple in his own Oregon…

By Yoni Brown

May 2, 2022

Memories of the Heart

Elisha Wiesel speaks with Lubavitch International about his famous father and raising his children to love Yiddishkeit

By Baila Olidort

April 27, 2022

Community

Small Town, Small Miracles, Big Impact

A Chabad couple puts their gift for leadership, friendship, and partnership to work, enriching the Jewish community of Las Cruces, NM

By Dvora Lakein

April 25, 2022

Passover

Massive Pesach Seders Welcome Refugees Across Europe

This Pesach, Chabad centers across Europe are hosting the largest seders in their history

By Yoni Brown

April 15, 2022

Talmud

Talmud Teasers: Moses, Miracles & Matzah

Passover is packed with more traditions, customs, and historic significance than any other holiday on the Jewish calendar. The Talmud dedicates considerable discussion to these,…

By Staff Writer

April 15, 2022

Passover

Haggadah Marginalia

The Haggadah is one of those oceanic Torah texts. It invites continual return and reengagement, as we come back each year at the seder, to…

By Boruch Werdiger

April 13, 2022

Centers

New 770 Replica to Serve as Innovative Headquarters for Chabad of Illinois

First envisioned by the late Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, the already-iconic building is eight years in the making

By Yoni Brown

April 13, 2022

Ukraine

Vienna Springs into Action to Take In Ukrainian Students

The Lauder Chabad School in Vienna is going to extreme lengths to accommodate 700 Ukrainian refugee families—free of charge.

By Yoni Brown

April 13, 2022

Editorial

Better Than Birthday Cake

Chabad communities around the world are launching a truly ambitious 1,210 new institutions.

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

April 11, 2022

Passover

Guest Editorial: Why Is This Night’s Matzah Different?

It’s 2022, and this year your matzah may likely taste radically different from all other Passover matzahs. The simple Passover matzah, made of nothing but…

By Rabbi Gedalia Potash

April 10, 2022

In Pursuit of Practicable Freedom

Parents, however, who choose to educate their children in private schools are taxed all the same, while additionally having to pay full tuition for their…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

April 10, 2022