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Holocaust

Adopted at Age 91, A Holocaust Survivor Finds Love and Hope

Patty Picarelli wasn’t very hopeful as she dialed the number for the Chabad Jewish Center of Barrie, Ontario. To Read The Full Magazine Story Log…

By Ashira Weiss

April 29, 2020

Campus

Two Universities React as Antisemitism Steps Out of the Shadows

While college administrators debate the limit of free speech, Chabad campus leaders take action. To Read The Full Magazine Story Log In Subscribe Subscriptions to…

By Sarah Ogince

April 24, 2020

Education

A Hebrew School Becomes A Community

How has one innovative Hebrew School made the Big Apple the city of choice for Jewish families? To Read The Full Magazine Story Log In…

By Ashira Weiss

April 24, 2020

Reflections

Forever Young: On Marking Seventy Years

Professor Susan Handelman shares her reflections on turning seventy years old

By Susan Handelman

April 23, 2020

Reflections

Oxygen And Other Blessings

They started prepping me for transfer to the ICU. I started googling. Survival rate following organ failure is 50%.

By Rabbi Elazar Green

April 23, 2020

Campus

Popping Bottles With Intention

“I’m still popping bottles, but instead of popping them at a bar or nightclub, it’s at the Shabbat table. It’s the same hustle but with…

By Tzipora Reitman

April 20, 2020

Centers

Growing Gains in Toronto

Even as he cut the ribbon on the doors of the Romano Chabad Centre, Rabbi Mendel Bernstein knew it was too small. To Read The…

By Dvora Lakein

April 13, 2020

When Jewish Life Goes Viral: A Quiet Goodbye

In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. As people die and are…

By Dvora Lakein

April 3, 2020

When Jewish Life Goes Viral: Baby Blues

In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part three, we…

By Ashira Weiss

April 1, 2020

Seniors

Alone But Not Abandoned: Initiatives Bring Relief to Individuals in Isolation

As the corona pandemic forces people homebound, those without support systems are worried. How they will procure basic daily necessities–as well as provisions for the…

By Liba Rimler

March 31, 2020

When Jewish Life Goes Viral: What a Wedding!

In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part two, we…

By Ashira Weiss

March 29, 2020

When Jewish Life Goes Viral: Home for Shabbat

In this multimedia mini-series, we look at Chabad’s response to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on Jewish life events. In this, part one, we…

By Ashira Weiss

March 27, 2020

A NOVEL RECOVERY

We humans have a primordial need to know. When something happens that upends our reality, we feel great urgency to unravel the enigma. We need…

By Baila Olidort

March 25, 2020

Demand Soars for DIY Seder Kits

The COVID-19 pandemic during the days leading up to Passover challenges Chabad to help people throughout the world celebrate the holiday while sheltering in place,…

By Tzipora Reitman

March 23, 2020

EARTHQUAKE ROCKS ZAGREB

Panic swept residents of Zagreb Sunday morning when, while sheltering at home from the coronavirus, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake--the largest in 140 years--struck the city.

By Staff Writer

March 22, 2020

Amid School Shutdowns, Thousands Attend Virtual Hebrew School

With school closed in cities and countries around the world, thousands of Jewish children have logged in to the Virtual Hebrew School, a project of…

By Ashira Weiss

March 18, 2020

Purim Makes it to Maryland VA Hospital Just in Time

This year, the threat of COVID-19 meant that Purim could not come soon enough, especially for seniors isolated in nursing homes.

By Toby Trompeter

March 17, 2020

Aleph Gives Alternative Sentencing A Go

Rabbi Moshe Mayir Vogel is the Executive Director of the Aleph Institute-North East Region. Together, with a team of social workers, Vogel ensures that “No…

By Dvora Lakein

March 16, 2020

STATEMENT BY CHABAD-LUBAVITCH HEADQUARTERS ON COVID-19

Specifically, the virus reminds us that none of us is an island; that each one of us affects others and is affected by others. And…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

March 15, 2020

Gleaning Jewish Wisdom Through Art

On the first Friday of every month, the quiet cobblestone streets of Old City Philadelphia are reborn into a bustling, contemporary art scene. Thousands of…

By Lela Casey

March 12, 2020

Coronavirus Couldn’t Stop This Pre-Purim Joy

On Wednesday, with a little help from technology, a coronavirus-related setback was averted for a group of seniors and children.

By Ashira Weiss

March 8, 2020

Teens Pledge Soul Support at Shabbaton

Saturday night, two thousand and seven hundred high school students, from six hundred and twenty cities in twenty-four countries around the world, gathered in Times…

By Ashira Weiss

March 5, 2020

Conference Conversations

Once a year, Chabad leaders serving communities around the world, meet at the Annual International Conference of Shluchot (Chabad women emissaries). At the last Kinus,…

By Ashira Weiss

March 4, 2020