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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

A Shabbat Dinner for Wine Country Survivors

With California’s wine country reeling from this week’s horrific wildfires—the most destructive of their type in California’s history—Chabad of Sonoma County is rallying the forces…

By Staff Writer

October 19, 2017

To get her sukkah to Inwood Park in Manhattan on Sunday, artist Shaina Denburg detached its walls. But even in pieces, it didn’t fit in…

By Dvora Lakein

October 10, 2017

A First for Sukkot in Shanghai

Rabbi Shalom Greenberg has celebrated Sukkot in Shanghai every year since 1998, but this year’s the first that he’s been able to legally import the…

By Staff Writer

September 25, 2017

Dinner Raises Money for Free Meals in South Florida

How to raise money for dinner? Why, host a dinner, of course.

By Staff Writer

September 19, 2017

Repost: Chabad Marks Birthdate of Movement’s Founder

On 18 Elul, Jewish communities the world over will mark the anniversary of the birthdate Rabbi Schneur Zalman on Liadi, founder of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

By Staff Writer

September 8, 2017

In Time for Shavuot: Israel’s Chief Rabbinate Revises Tablet Logo

Israel’s chief rabbinate updated the design of their logo in which the Ten Commandments will now be depicted in a square rather than the familiar…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

May 21, 2015

Lag B’Omer After The Earthquake

This year, Lag B’omer comes at a difficult time for Chabad of Nepal. While sitting down to create her poster, Chani’s husband, Rabbi Chezki was…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

May 7, 2015

In Montreal, Communal Seders Not Just for Needy

Sarah Yevzeroff, well into her 80’s, would have celebrated last Passover by herself in her Montreal apartment. “My husband died and I have only one…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

March 29, 2015

Kharkiv’s Woes Didn’t Stop Purim Pomp

With Ukraine’s war in the east and the nation’s economic collapse, you’d think Purim might have taken a back seat this year to this struggling…

By Staff Writer

March 9, 2015

Jewish, Deaf and Proud at Historic Chanukah Events

At the first ever Chanukah event for the deaf community in New York, the excitement was silent but palpable.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

December 30, 2014

IDF’s Lone Soldiers Honored in Jerusalem

At least a thousand people came out to celebrate at a menorah lighting saluting some 100 IDF Lone Soldiers.

By Staff Writer

December 25, 2014

Florida Stolen Menorah Replaced with Bigger One

When a nine-foot menorah standing outside the Chabad House in Boca Raton, Florida, was stolen last year, the rabbi promised that if that menorah was…

By Staff Writer

December 24, 2014

After Battles Fought and Won, Menorah Lights Shine

Public menorah lightings, in the past debated and controversial, are now marked across the United States as a celebration of religious freedom.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

December 23, 2014

Council of Europe Leader Honors Chanukah

Chanukah, it turns out, is a favorite with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland.

By Staff Writer

December 22, 2014

Baltimore’s City Hall Unveils Large Menorah

When a Chabad rabbi visiting Baltimore’s city hall last year Chanukah was greeted by a small menorah dwarfed by the dominating seasonal displays, he suggested…

By Staff Writer

December 22, 2014

#ShareTheLights: Menorah’s Message to Millions

Now trending, the hashtag #ShareTheLights is getting millions of people in on the Chanukah tradition of sharing the lights and the inspiration of this ancient…

By Staff Writer

December 18, 2014

Menorah at the Kremlin

At the Kremlin, Aleksander Torshin, Acting Chairman of the Russian Parliament, lit the shamash candle, and congratulated thousands of Jews celebrating Chanukah. “Mazel Tov and…

By Staff Writer

December 17, 2014

U.S. Vice President Joins Menorah Lighting

“Tonight is about miracles, the miracle of courageous warriors overcoming the great odds,” Biden said, pointing to another noteworthy miracle: “Thousands of years later, Judaism…

By Staff Writer

December 17, 2014

German Interior Minister Notes Berlin Chanukah Miracle

At the Brandenburger Gate, where Germans once marked the rise of the Nazi party and Hitler announced his plans to make the world Judenrein, thousands…

By Staff Writer

December 17, 2014

Chanukah at Sporting Events

This year’s Chanukah will be celebrated at more than a dozen sporting venues. To read about these, go to As American as Apple Pie: Chanukah…

By Staff Writer

December 16, 2014

Texas Gov’s Most Memorable Moment: Dancing with the Rabbis

“It’s been fun,” Governor Rick Perry told reporters of his life as Governor. “Some of you got to watch [my son] Griffin walk in the…

By Staff Writer

December 16, 2014

From Banks to Office Buildings: Proud to Have Their Own Menorah

It is now forty-one-years since the first Chanukah menorah went up in the public sphere by Chabad-Lubavitch. More recently this phenomenon has been taken on…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

December 14, 2014

As American as Apple Pie: Chanukah at the Stadium

Over a dozen sports stadiums will be hosting Jewish Heritage Nights during the Chanukah holiday, an event that has become popular with sport fans.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

December 10, 2014