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Chabad Marks Birthday of Movement’s Founder

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

By Staff Writer

August 30, 2026

Fourth Chabad Center Opens on the Island of Corsica

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…

By Leibel Kahan

August 19, 2026

Chabad Rabbi Menachem Mendel Axelrod Inaugurated as Chief Rabbi of Moldova

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…

By Leibel Kahan

August 18, 2026

Faces of Chabad: Talia Voskoboynik

“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…

By Leibel Kahan

August 17, 2026

Podcast

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

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

By Staff Writer

August 12, 2026

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

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

By Leibel Kahan

August 11, 2026

Innisfil Gets Its First Year-Round Jewish Home

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…

By Leibel Kahan

August 5, 2026

Faces of Chabad: Elie Estrin

“I remember seeing on the news that the army would allow bearded chaplains. I figured—let me go to a recruiter. I thought that being a…

By Leibel Kahan

August 4, 2026

History

Remembering the Rebbe’s Father

Today marks the passing of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson

By Staff Writer

August 2, 2026

Lake Oconee Chabad Pop-Up Builds “New Jewish Family” In Georgia

Lake Oconee is a reservoir in central Georgia that has become a vacation destination. Dozens of towns, resorts, and golf communities dot the 374 miles…

By Tzemach Feller

August 2, 2026

Where the Continent Ends

Newfoundland runs on its own time — literally. The province keeps a half-hour time zone found almost nowhere else in the Western Hemisphere, thirty minutes…

By Leibel Kahan

July 27, 2026

Immersive Summer Fellowship Brings Jewish Confidence to Students

This summer, more than 40 Jewish college students applied for one of the 15 spots in the Jewish Summer Fellowship, a program under the auspices…

By Tzemach Feller

July 22, 2026

Judaism

Tisha B’Av: Remembering for a Better Future

This evening, Jews around the world will remove their shoes, begin a 25-hour fast, and sit low on the floor in the manner of mourners.

By Staff Writer

July 22, 2026

Faces of Chabad: Judy Lazar

“My childhood was quite picturesque until I was three. That was when the Nazis invaded Hungary. We had to leave our hometown and hide in…

By Tzemach Feller

July 21, 2026

A Mikvah in Mat-Su, Alaska

More than 350 residents of Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley contributed to the construction of a local mikvah. The first to be built in the state outside…

By Leibel Kahan

July 15, 2026

Iceland Gets Its First Jewish Center in History

The sign went up on one of Reykjavik’s main streets, and people stopped to stare. For a community that had spent decades gathering in living…

By Leibel Kahan

July 14, 2026

From Florida to Hawaii, Chabad Rabbis Fight for the Right to Gather

A Legal Battle in Boca Raton For fifteen years, Rabbi Naftaly and Henya Hertzel ran the Chabad Israel Center in Boca Raton. For fifteen years,…

By Leibel Kahan

July 14, 2026

Faces of Chabad: Dovid Gurevich

“I had a pretty typical Soviet upbringing—just being aware of my Jewishness without really knowing what it entailed. There was little access to anything Jewish…

By Leibel Kahan

July 8, 2026

Podcast

Ep. 66: Kosher Corned Beef On The Emerald Isle

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 66 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

July 7, 2026

On the Eve of 250: Jews and the American Experiment

As the United States nears its 250th birthday, a once-settled confidence has given way to uneasy questions. What does Jewish belonging mean when the promise…

By Boruch Werdiger

July 2, 2026