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Stranded In Halifax, El Al Passengers Spend Shabbat With Chabad

Flight attendants started running, there was a definite smell of smoke and suddenly the flight path screens showed the plane making a u-turn. It was…

By Ashira Weiss

January 13, 2020

Monday is CTeen’s Kippah Day: Answer to anti-Semitism

As Jewish organizations worldwide stand in solidarity and unite to fight anti-Semitism, Jewish teen boys all over the world are doing their part on January…

By Mussi Sharfstein

January 13, 2020

Ideal Partnerships For An Ideal Cause

Studies tracking charitable contributions consistently find that the American Jewish community is overrepresented. Philanthropy is a tremendous point of Jewish pride, but all too often,…

By Rena Udkoff

January 9, 2020

Black Fire, White Fire

Although it’s a staple of the synagogue service, the reading of the Torah remains something of a mystery to many. Here’s an up-close look at…

By Boruch Werdiger

January 8, 2020

Texas Chabad ‘Mom’ Receives “Be Remarkable” Award

Manya Lazaroff, director of Chabad at Texas A&M University was in the middle of a meeting when a crew from KBTX-TV arrived at the Rohr…

By Ashira Weiss

January 6, 2020

Ukraine Chabad Builds Apartment Complex For Emissaries

Yesterday, Chabad of Dnipro, Ukraine, laid the foundation for an apartment complex located near the iconic Menorah Center, one of the largest Jewish community centers…

By Staff Writer

January 2, 2020

Seven Menorahs in North East, London: A Grateful Man Gives Back

When Grant was a child in the sixties, living in Stamford Hill, in a non-observant home just two streets away from the Lubavitch Foundation of…

By Mussi Sharfstein

January 1, 2020

Chanukah 2019 Story Roundup

A roundup of the stories and thought pieces that made up our Chanukah content for Chanukah 2019-5770.

December 31, 2019

Soul Lights

Sitting with the Rebbe’s shluchim at the closing session of the Annual International Conference of Chabad Lubavitch Emissaries near the end of November, I felt…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

December 30, 2019

A Wink From Above

It’s happened to all of us. In this column, we asked readers to tell us about that uncanny experience that reminded them that sometimes, miracles…

December 28, 2019

At 100, Vet Who Fought The Nazis Lights Menorah For The First Time

When the rabbi visited Yeffim Isakovich at his home on Thursday, the fifth night of Chanukah, to celebrate the Red Army Veteran’s 100th birthday, Yeffim…

By Ashira Weiss

December 27, 2019

A Rock From Dachau At A Massachusetts Menorah

He ran to his car parked nearby and I wondered what he could possibly be giving me. He returned with a small lucite box that…

By Rabbi Michoel Green

December 26, 2019

Fun Chanukah Quiz!

Jewish tradition employs candle lighting to mark many important events, significant dates and Shabbat and festivals. Lighting candles is central to the observance of Chanukah.…

December 24, 2019

The All for All Synagogue

Every Shabbat, Rabbi Anchelle Perl invites congregants to step forward with requests for prayers during the traditional Misheberach ceremony. What’s less traditional is the type…

By Dvora Lakein

December 19, 2019

You say Worrier, We’ll Give you Warrior

The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute’s new course is turning worriers into warriors and attendees are suiting up in droves. JLI’s latest six-week syllabus is being…

By Dvora Lakein

December 18, 2019

Chabad Opens at Israel’s Newest Airport

Discussions to install a Chabad Center at the new airport began in 2017 as airport construction was underway. “The Chabad stand at Ben-Gurion is very…

By Ashira Weiss

December 16, 2019

Chabad Rabbis Join Substance Use Disorders Educational Initiative

18.7 million Americans have a substance use disorder. That’s one in twelve adults. Joining the fight against addiction are three Atlanta-area Chabad rabbis, who have…

By Mussi Sharfstein

December 10, 2019

Power to the Children

Twenty passionate educators came together last month at a conference in Plano, Texas. Hosted by Rivkie Block, Chabad’s representative here, together with Chabad’s Early Childhood…

By Dvora Lakein

December 9, 2019

Latte with a Side of Love

It smells like a cafe ought to. The rows of eclairs and tarts and cupcakes line the glass counter in perfect, high-caloric formation. Light streams…

By Dvora Lakein

December 4, 2019

Miracle Minyan in Omaha

“Hey Rabbi, getting ready for takeoff at Newark. Found four other Jewish guys on board. Think we can get a minyan?” At 4:00 A.M. last…

By Ashira Weiss

December 3, 2019

Amidst A Decline in Synagogues, Chabad Builds in Stony Brook

Village Chabad Stony Brook just built a new $4.6 million, 13,000 sq. ft. Jewish center in the heart of the New York town. “We are…

By Mussi Sharfstein

December 2, 2019

Prayers and Aid in Aftermath of Albanian Earthquake

An earthquake that hit Albania early Tuesday morning has left death and wreckage in its wake. “People stand around their collapsed homes searching for loved…

By Ashira Weiss

November 28, 2019

Dreams Come True: Himalayan Hike for the Blind

The idea of arranging a hike for the blind and visually impaired came from Rabbi Chezky and Chani Lifshitz of Chabad of Kathmandu, Nepal. "We…

By Yossi Sirota

November 28, 2019

Miami and Rostov Bat Mitzvah Girls Celebrate Together

When Ava Greenwald celebrated her bat mitzvah last September in Bal Harbour, Florida, her parents went all-out. The party included a DJ, a special dress,…

By Mussi Sharfstein

November 27, 2019