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A Jewish Community in Central Florida Passes the Torch

Brevard County, has seen tremendous population growth over the past decade. Recently, Temple Israel, a mainstay Reform congregation in the area, sold eight acres of…

By Rena Udkoff

April 12, 2021

Africa

New Chabad to Open in Zambia

Rabbi Shlomo Bentolila, Director of Chabad of Central Africa, announced his intent to open a new Chabad center in Zambia in memory of his wife,…

By Mussi Sharfstein

April 9, 2021

Holocaust

Personal Journeys: A Child of the Holocaust

Dozens of eyes silently follow the slender man on the speaker's dais. The only sound in the hall is his voice, which captivates the audience.…

By Staff Writer

April 8, 2021

Features

Batter’s Up . . . But Never on Shabbat

Infielder and pitcher Elie Kligman has been running the bases as long as he can remember. One of the top-ranked youth players in Nevada, the…

By Dvora Lakein

April 6, 2021

Hospital

A Stranger in the Land

I had never seen thirty-three degrees Fahrenheit on the weather forecast. My English isn’t great, and I felt so alone.

By Staff Writer

March 25, 2021

Editorial

A Personal Affair

In the days leading up to the Seder last year, as I scrubbed my kitchen clean of chameitz, I questioned the point of this highly…

By Baila Olidort

March 25, 2021

The Rebbe in 1964: On Jewish Education, Community, Responsibilty

The streamlined jet-age conveyance had flown the writer to New York; and vintage limousine had completed the journey to Brooklyn

By Samuel Kaplan

March 24, 2021

Travel Deals, Points, Miles, And a Jewish Burial

How anonymous points hobbyists helped complete the burial of Dr. Jay Goldstein

By Mussi Sharfstein

March 21, 2021

Education

The New Day Schools

This fall, in the midst of the pandemic, four Jewish day schools opened in cities up and down the East Coast. Almost no one noticed.

By Sarah Ogince

March 20, 2021

Passover

“And You Shall Tell Your Child” Part 1

We asked individuals engaged in various Jewish educational models to explore "how we might better nurture Jewish children today to grow proud to identify with…

By Staff Writer

March 16, 2021

Campus

A Year and Counting: On Covid and Campus and Chabad

College is a time of expanding horizons and new experiences. For the last 12 months, it’s also been a place of the great (and sometimes…

By Dvora Lakein

March 14, 2021

Friendship Circle

Making It Happen: Bar/Bat Mitzvahs With Special Needs

Any boy’s bar mitzvah brings changes in the transition from child to man. But those turning thirteen over the past year have had to contend…

By Masha Shollar

March 9, 2021

Lifesketches

Life Sketches: A Rabbi and a Priest

So a rabbi and a priest walk into a bar. No, this is not a joke, it’s a true story. But it wasn’t a bar,…

By Yossy Goldman

March 7, 2021

Conversion

Statistical Outlier: From Catholic Woman To Chasidic Scholar

Born to an Italian Catholic family in Binghamton, NY, Ani briefly attended Sunday school and took her first Communion, until dropping out of church, with…

By Tzipora Reitman

March 6, 2021

Conversion

A Nation is Born

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

By Boruch Werdiger

March 5, 2021

Centers

Nature & Nurture at New Colorado Chabad Campus

Everything in Colorado circles back to outdoor recreation, and Chabad of South Metro Denver’s new $6 million campus is no exception.

By Mussi Sharfstein

March 2, 2021

Life sketches

Life Sketches: Tevye in the 99-Cent Store

I walked into the 99-cent store on Poway Rd. and noticed a man smiling at me so I gave him a big “Hello!”

By Mendy Rubenfeld

February 28, 2021

Purim in the Age of the Coronavirus

Those below a certain age do not remember a time like this—when there was no anti-vax movement because the fear of disease was so much…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

February 23, 2021

Virtual

Annual CTeen Shabbaton Goes Virtual

Teens around the world joined an action-packed weekend for the 13th annual CTeen Shabbaton. Although the event is normally held in Brooklyn, New York, this…

By Estee Hanoka

February 22, 2021

Outreach

Life Sketches: Tefillin in the Eldridge St. Shul

This past summer, my wife and I and our 12-year-old daughter spent a few days in New York for her bat mitzvah. We love Jewish…

By Rabbi Yossie Denburg

February 21, 2021

New Centers

A Homecoming

Rabbi Shmuel and Shterni Freedman arrived with their baby in December, just as the annual Chabad menorah lighting was about to begin. The community turned…

By Staff Writer

February 15, 2021

Shluchim

Pioneer Chabad Emissary Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik, 88

The executive director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Italy, Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik passed away on Shabbat, February 13, after a long illness. He was 88. Rabbi…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

February 14, 2021

Outreach

Life Sketches: The Pushka in My Hand

Mark,* the father of a six-year-old girl, recently lost his wife. I listened silently to his heartbreaking story. Was there anything I could do for…

By Shmuly Hecht

February 14, 2021

Reflections

“How Long Are You Going to Be On the Fence?”

Rabbi Yehoshua (Josh) Gordon, 66, Chabad representative of Encino, California since 1973, passed away on Chof Tes Shvat of 2016 after battling an illness. Tonight commemorates…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

February 10, 2021