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Celebrating Gains in Jewish Life at Largest Ever Chabad Conference

Record-breaking attendance at this year’s International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries, set to take place this weekend in Brooklyn, New York, highlights a year of continued…

By Yoni Brown

November 16, 2022

History

Birthday of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson in 1860 (5621)

20 Cheshvan: Birthday of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson in 1860 (5621).

By Staff Writer

November 14, 2022

Features

Coming Back From Cancellation

The notorious practice of “cancellation” suggests that our society has forgotten how to forgive, and how to make amends. What is the Jewish perspective? Here…

By Boruch Werdiger

November 13, 2022

Centers

Kenosha, Wisconsin, Gets New Jewish Home in Stunning Turnaround

After three years of meticulous planning fell apart, Rabbi Tzali and Rivkie Wilschanski found a new home for their 118-year-old Jewish community in just three…

By Yoni Brown

November 7, 2022

United States

A Rabbi, a State Senator, and Seven Hundred Winter Coats for Ukrainian Orphans

Rabbi JJ Hecht and Senator Ray Lesniak gifted toys and designer winter coats to over seven hundred orphaned Ukrainian children, and got a glimpse of…

By Yoni Brown

November 2, 2022

Campus

Confronting Cancel Culture on Campus

As political discourse on campus approaches the point of no return, Jewish students and Chabad reps are mining their own argumentative tradition for guidance, inspiration,…

By Sarah Ogince

October 31, 2022

Podcast

Ep. 31: Merging Torah And Science: Lessons From The Life Of Dr. Binyomin Abrams

The 31st episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

October 30, 2022

Community

After Joyous Sukkot, Long Road Ahead for Fort Myers Jewish Community

The Chabad of Fort Myers community took time out from urgent repairs and water-damaged homes to celebrate a “phenomenal” community Sukkot complete with dancing.

By Yoni Brown

October 23, 2022

New Centers

Jewish Community and Culture Comes to Life in Martha’s Vineyard

Ahead of the summer of 2022, the Alperowitzes booked a one-way ticket to the island on the ferry and launched Chabad of Martha’s Vineyard out…

By Yoni Brown

October 23, 2022

Holiday & Shabbos

It’s A Lemon. It’s An Orange. It’s An Esrog!

It may bear resemblance to its cousins, but the esrog is no simple citrus.

By Dvora Lakein

October 6, 2022

High Holidays

Holidays after the Hurricane: Chabad of Cape Coral Observes Yom Kippur

Despite flooded streets, power outages, and evacuations, Cape Coral’s Jewish community came together for Yom Kippur services at Rabbi Yossi Labkowski’s Chabad center

By Yoni Brown

October 6, 2022

Four Communal Leaders Share Personal Regrets and Resolutions

The High Holidays are a time dedicated to repentance and reflection. We’ve asked four Chabad leaders to share with us some of the regrets they…

By Mussi Sharfstein

October 2, 2022

History

Remembering Rebbetzin Chana: Jewish Feminine Role Model

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

By Dovid Zaklikowski

September 30, 2022

aid

Chabad Centers Gear Up for Relief Efforts in Hurricane-Battered West Florida

With thousands still trapped by Hurricane Ian’s storm surge, local Florida Chabad centers are offering a helping hand, delivering meals, and coordinating rescue and cleanup…

By Yoni Brown

September 29, 2022

High Holidays

Sweet and Sweeter

Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah . . . the holidays in the Hebrew month of Tishrei are chock-full of traditions uniquely symbolic of…

By Dvora Lakein

September 25, 2022

High Holidays

Chabad of Puerto Rico Preps for New Year While Delivering Post-Hurricane Aid

In the wake of the severe damage to Puerto Rico’s infrastructure this week, caused by Hurricane Fiona, Rabbi Mendel Zarchi has worked with U.S. companies…

By Yoni Brown

September 25, 2022

High Holidays

Machzor Marginalia

Between the lines, at the High Holiday services

By Boruch Werdiger

September 25, 2022

Editorial

Prayers for a New Year

What a year it’s been. Rising prices, more crime, economic uncertainty, political instability, and social discord call to mind the words of the Machzor from…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

September 25, 2022

Weekly Torah Thought

To Grow or to Give?

On Rosh Hashanah, we reflect on Elkanah and Chana’s different approaches to the value of self-development, and how it relates to the value of helping…

By Yoni Brown

September 22, 2022

Reflections

The TSA Speaks: An Elul Encounter

The Jewish month of Elul is the time when God is most accessible. It is the season when “the King is in the field”—meaning God’s…

By Alex Troy

September 22, 2022

Historic Moment for Jewish Life and Leadership

(Cambridge, MA) — In a first for Jewish student life on campus, Harvard Chabad announces the establishment of the Harvard Chabad Endowment for Jewish Leadership,…

By Yoni Brown

September 22, 2022

Podcast

Ep. 30: World’s First Chabad on Campus Still Going Strong

The 30th episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

September 22, 2022

Editorial

In Transition

When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, the people gathered against Aaron and said to him, “Come,…

By Baila Olidort

September 19, 2022

Weekly Torah Thought

The Cryptography of Blessings

When Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s son came for blessings, why did the Sages respond with hurtful words?

By Yoni Brown

September 15, 2022

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