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By Miriam Karp

April 28, 2015

Judaism Grows in Pacific Northwest

It is surprising that this city, which claims the smallest percentage of religiously affiliated citizens in the U.S., counts some 11 Chabad centers.

April 22, 2015

Abandoned in Kharkiv? Community in Crisis Struggles for Survival

Kharkiv’s Jewish community’s leaders are holding together a now fragile phenomenon, working to maintain the infrastructure, the programs and services they’ve painstakingly established to raise…

By Baila Olidort

April 9, 2015

Nonagenarian Thanks Russia for Liberating Her from Auschwitz

“I have come here to thank the soldier from the Red Army who came to save me. Who knows where I would be today, if…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

March 9, 2015

Chabad Families, Communities, Grow in Small, Remote Communities

A growing number of Chabad couples who give up the material bounty and spiritual security of life in a developed, Jewish community, choosing instead to…

By Rena Greenberg

February 12, 2015

Dust Particles: Levi Robin, Singer/Songwriter

Dressed in plaid shirt and grey slacks with wisps of curly hair poking out of his black Fedora, Levi Robin sits in his studio cradling…

January 20, 2015

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Unseen, Unheard, Poor Philadelphia Demographic Becomes Community Concern

Philadelphia’s Jewish Relief Agency a meeting ground for goodness

By Rena Greenberg

January 15, 2015

Promise Made by Little Hungarian Girl During WWII Fulfilled

When Robert Rubinstein, a Toronto businessman, had to fulfill the dying wish of a Hungarian Christian woman, he reached out to the Chabad rabbi in…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

January 14, 2015

Town with “No Jews” Gets Its Own Jewish Center

Back in 1850, Solano County’s Indian Chief didn’t bargain for a Chabad Center, but chances are he’d be a proud man today knowing that one…

By Rena Greenberg

December 31, 2014

Building Bridges Across the Ocean with Israel Connect

An innovative program recently established in canada is fast becoming an international story of building bridges that answers with a resounding “yes.”

By Rena Greenberg

December 30, 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

Children Travel Through Jewish Time

Since opening some 50,000 people a year have been greeted by Abraham as he offers a gateway into the 7,000 square-foot tour of Jewish culture…

By Marla Cohen

December 18, 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

A Menorah With A Past Donated To Chabad of Ottawa

The Christian family kept the menorah for years as a valuable reminder of their family history. Recently, Bloomfield decided that the menorah should be returned…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

December 5, 2014

Brooklyn Beat: “Excuse Me, Are You Jewish?”

Josh Wolff, a documentary filmmaker, was annoyed. It was Rosh Hashana, and Chabad students eager to share the mitzvah of shofar, were canvassing the streets…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

December 4, 2014

Early Childhood Studies Spur Parents To Choose Jewish Preschools

Chabad preschools, consistently in the vanguard of progressive early-childhood methodologies, are contributing to a marked shift in the educational priorities of Jewish families with little…

By Rena Greenberg

November 4, 2014

Murdered by Soviets in 1938, Jewish Activist’s Gravesite Found

After years of digging through the files of the KGB—the communist state security agency formerly known as the NKVD—a mass grave with over a dozen…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

November 3, 2014

Monday the Rabbi Brought Soup

Rabbi Shmuel Marcus, Chabad emissary to Los Alamitos, California is driving very, very carefully. In the back seat of his car is a box with…

By Rena Greenberg

October 31, 2014

Pre-War Chabad Yeshiva Building in Poland Long Thought Gone, Is Found

A rookie researcher from S. Paulo, Brazil made it her goal to locate the former glorious building of the Lubavitch Yeshivah school, known as Tomchei…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

October 30, 2014

After Firebomb Ukraine Synagogue Sees Growth

Since the fire-bomb attack, the community decided to conduct more of its events than is usual, on its premises, raising awareness of and pride in…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

October 7, 2014

Shofar In The Park

Chabad rabbis, students and volunteers, will be canvassing army bases, senior centers, hospitals and even prisons, and sounding the shofar blasts for any Jew who…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

September 24, 2014

A Train Crash, A Missing Spouse, A Day in the Life of Two Chabad Rabbis

A woman from the Houston was area injured in the Metro-North train crash in the Bronx. Her husband was trying to locate her. Could Chabad…

By Baila Olidort

December 10, 2013

Interview: On The Art of the Halakhic Process With Rabbi Chaim Rapoport

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By Baila Olidort

November 14, 2013

A Community of Jewish Teens Grows On Boston’s North Shore

15-year-old Sasha Matusevich grew up on Boston’s North Shore. In many ways, the public school sophomore is your typical American teenager whose love for dancing…

By Rishe Groner

October 20, 2010