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770 Food Packages For Muslim Families

25,000 meals delivered to 770 single-parent Muslim families in Nigeria as Ramadan ends.

By Ashira Weiss

May 24, 2020

Holiday & Shabbos

Lag B’Omer Innovation Under Lockdown

On Monday evening at 18:00 sharp, 45,000 individuals tuned into the livestream at 18for18.com.au. Narrated and presented by children and individuals from Jewish communities across Australia…

By Ashira Weiss

May 22, 2020

Hospital

Fighting For His Life, A Rabbi Inspires Music and Mitzvot

Sarah Dukes is sure that her comatose husband hears the music she plays for him. The accomplished composer sits at her piano every night, her fingers…

By Tzipora Reitman

May 10, 2020

Community

The First Outpost: Casablanca, Morocco

In the early 1950s, these young couples were dispatched by the Rebbe to Morocco to help its illustrious, Sephardic Jewish community under threat.

By Rena Udkoff

May 7, 2020

Reflections

A RAY OF LIGHT IN THE NIGHT

This past week was incredibly challenging for our family. As I have shared, my first cousin Rabbi Benny Wolff, Chabad rabbi in Hanover, tragically passed away…

By Rabbi Levi Wolff

May 5, 2020

Headquarters

Court Confirms Chabad’s Exclusive Rights To Flagship Synagogue At 770 Eastern Parkway

“Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters is gratified by the decision handed down last week by the Civil Court of the City of New York, confirming exclusive rights…

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

May 4, 2020

Holocaust

Adopted at Age 91, A Holocaust Survivor Finds Love and Hope

Patty Picarelli wasn’t very hopeful as she dialed the number for the Chabad Jewish Center of Barrie, Ontario.

By Ashira Weiss

April 29, 2020

Campus

Two Universities React as Antisemitism Steps Out of the Shadows

While college administrators debate the limit of free speech, Chabad campus leaders take action.

By Sarah Ogince

April 24, 2020

Education

A Hebrew School Becomes A Community

How has one innovative Hebrew School made the Big Apple the city of choice for Jewish families?

By Ashira Weiss

April 24, 2020

Reflections

Forever Young: On Marking Seventy Years

Professor Susan Handelman shares her reflections on turning seventy years old

By Susan Handelman

April 23, 2020

Reflections

Oxygen And Other Blessings

They started prepping me for transfer to the ICU. I started googling. Survival rate following organ failure is 50%.

By Rabbi Elazar Green

April 23, 2020

Campus

Popping Bottles With Intention

“I’m still popping bottles, but instead of popping them at a bar or nightclub, it’s at the Shabbat table. It’s the same hustle but with…

By Tzipora Reitman

April 20, 2020

Centers

Growing Gains in Toronto

Even as he cut the ribbon on the doors of the Romano Chabad Centre, Rabbi Mendel Bernstein knew it was too small.

By Dvora Lakein

April 13, 2020

Inclusion

A Nation is Born

A family? A race? A religion? How do we define Jewish peoplehood? Does it matter?

By Boruch Werdiger

April 13, 2020

When Jewish Life Goes Viral: A Quiet Goodbye

In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. As people die and are…

By Dvora Lakein

April 3, 2020

Seder In The Bar

It was past midnight. The grand communal Seder ended on a high note. But this rabbi wasn’t about to call it a night.

By Rabbi Berel Levertov

April 2, 2020

When Jewish Life Goes Viral: Baby Blues

In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part three, we…

By Ashira Weiss

April 1, 2020

Seniors

Alone But Not Abandoned: Initiatives Bring Relief to Individuals in Isolation

As the corona pandemic forces people homebound, those without support systems are worried. How they will procure basic daily necessities–as well as provisions for the…

By Liba Rimler

March 31, 2020

When Jewish Life Goes Viral: What a Wedding!

In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part two, we…

By Ashira Weiss

March 29, 2020

When Jewish Life Goes Viral: Home for Shabbat

In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part one, we…

By Ashira Weiss

March 27, 2020

A NOVEL RECOVERY

We humans have a primordial need to know. When something happens that upends our reality, we feel great urgency to unravel the enigma. We need…

By Baila Olidort

March 25, 2020

Demand Soars for DIY Seder Kits

The COVID-19 pandemic during the days leading up to Passover challenges Chabad to help people throughout the world celebrate the holiday while sheltering in place,…

By Tzipora Reitman

March 23, 2020

EARTHQUAKE ROCKS ZAGREB

Panic swept residents of Zagreb Sunday morning when, while sheltering at home from the coronavirus, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake--the largest in 140 years--struck the city.

By Staff Writer

March 22, 2020

Amid School Shutdowns, Thousands Attend Virtual Hebrew School

With school closed in cities and countries around the world, thousands of Jewish children have logged in to the Virtual Hebrew School, a project of…

By Ashira Weiss

March 18, 2020

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August 12, 2020 2:41pm
#WednesdayWord
Explore some of the terminology that peppers the conversation of Chabad Chasidim and you'll get a window into their rich lingo and cultural nuances.
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August 10, 2020 2:26pm
#OTD: The Rebbe's father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, passed away in the year 1944.

Today marks 76 years since his passing. Read more about his life by clicking below.

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