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Upon hearing the siren alert, you have 60 seconds to enter the protected space. If you are indoors—enter a bomb shelter (mamad), reinforced security room…

By Sarah Rindner

December 1, 2025

Jewish Tourists Mark First Shabbat in Sapa as Chabad Center Opens

While traveling through Laos, Israeli tourists Tzuriel and Tal Denis stopped into the local Chabad House, where Rabbi Moishi Belinov mentioned that a new Chabad…

By Leibel Kahan

November 30, 2025

History

Today in Chabad History: 9 (Tes) Kislev

The 9th of Kislev marks both the birthday and passing of the Mitteler Rebbe (the second Chabad Rebbe), Rabbi Dov Ber of Lubavitch (1773-1827).

By Staff Writer

November 30, 2025

Podcast

Lubavitch International Debuts New Weekly Podcast

Lubavitch International has launched a fresh, thoughtful addition to its storytelling lineup: a new weekly podcast delivering an inspiring takeaway from the parsha in under…

By Staff Writer

November 26, 2025

Podcast

Ep. 60: A California Rabbi’s Mission Behind Prison Walls

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 60 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

November 23, 2025

Newly Expanded Chabad House Opens at UChicago

On Family Weekend this fall, the University of Chicago’s Jewish students had something to celebrate — the grand opening of an expanded Chabad House, marking…

By Leibel Kahan

November 23, 2025

Kinus

LIVE: Watch The Kinus

By Staff Writer

November 16, 2025

Thousands Convene in New York for the Annual International Conference of Shluchim

Some 6,500 Chabad-Lubavitch representatives and their guests are convening in New York over the course of an extended weekend for the annual International Conference of…

By Tzemach Feller

November 12, 2025

History

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

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

By Staff Writer

November 10, 2025

New Center for Jewish Students in Kansas is a Home Away From Home

A fifty-foot mural, a massive glowing menorah, indoor swings, a serene waterfall, and a kosher commercial kitchen — the new Chabad House at KU is…

By Leibel Kahan

November 10, 2025

Grand Opening for World’s First Carbon-Neutral Chabad House at Vassar College

Vassar, a small Upstate New York college of 2,400 students, offers a boutique, curated campus experience. Now, Vassar’s estimated 600 Jewish students have a space…

By Leibel Kahan

November 7, 2025

Kindness Delivered By Chabad Cares Nevada

When a woman in Reno called looking for a rabbi to visit her ailing husband in the hospital, Rabbi Moshe Cunin didn’t hesitate. Within an…

By Leibel Kahan

November 7, 2025

Chabad Emissaries Evacuated By Boat From Flooded Center in Vietnam

Rain is not unusual in Vietnam. Some regions receive close to 100 inches of rain a year. But this year’s rainy season has seen typhoon…

By Tzemach Feller

October 31, 2025

Holiday & Shabbos

And There Was Light

Marnie Perlstein, an advocate against antisemitism in Sydney, Australia, calls herself an “accidental influencer.” When protestors burned an Israeli flag on the steps of the…

By Sarah Ogince

October 30, 2025

From Converts to Campus Shluchim: The Unlikely Story of South African Chabad Reps

Growing up in a Christian home in Cape Town, South Africa, Chananyah Duthie never met a Jew until he stumbled, curious, into a synagogue in…

By Leibel Kahan

October 29, 2025

Miami’s Mitzvah Beasts: Cybertrucks Bringing Judaism to the Streets

On a LinkedIn post about a year ago, Rabbi Mendy Kaminker of Chabad of Hackensack, New Jersey, wrote: “I have a dream: To create the…

By Leibel Kahan

October 29, 2025

After Hurricane Melissa Hammers Jamaica, Chabad Shelters and Aids Community Amid Rescue Effort

Hurricane Melissa smashed into the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica as one of the most powerful Atlantic storms recorded. The country’s Chabad house, led by…

By Tzemach Feller

October 28, 2025

Podcast

Ep. 59: Borscht Belt Meets Bible Belt

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 59 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

October 25, 2025

Homeless Youth in Mat-Su Valley, Alaska Helped by the Rebbe’s Letter

Michelle Overstreet is an avid reader. She’s the type who will devour a book swiftly, and leave sticky notes on the pages she especially likes.…

By Tzemach Feller

October 18, 2025

Editorial

Memories of Sukkot 1991

Sukkot 1991 was different. The crowds were enormous. But this time, the Rebbe remained standing in the sukkah for the next six and a half…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

October 5, 2025

Rabbi of Manchester Synagogue Appeals to Jews to Attend Shul

“We, the Chabad-Lubavitch worldwide community, are outraged by the murder and maiming of Jews who who were attacked in cold blood when they came to…

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

October 3, 2025

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

October 1, 2025

High Holidays

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,…

By Mariashi Groner

September 30, 2025