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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

Focus on the Individual at Chabad Banquet

Over 5,800 Chabad rabbis and lay leaders celebrated the culmination of the weekend International Conference of Chabad Shluchim with the grand Gala Banquet on Sunday…

By Ashira Weiss

November 25, 2019

Chabad Conference Goes All-Inclusive

A collaboration by the Ruderman Chabad Inclusion Initiative (RCII) and the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim will ensure that the conference, taking place this weekend…

By Ashira Weiss

November 24, 2019

Chabad Counts Over 130 New Emissary Couples Since Last Year’s Conference

The thirty-first annual International Conference of Shluchim is taking place this weekend in Brooklyn, New York. Among the 5,800 directors and lay leaders of Chabad…

By Mussi Sharfstein

November 21, 2019

Hungarian Government Recognizes Chabad of Hungary

Today, the government of Hungary officially recognized EMIH, the Orthodox Jewish Communities Association, the umbrella organization of Chabad of Hungary, granting them “special status.

By Mussi Sharfstein

November 19, 2019

Amid Unrest, New Emissaries Join Chabad of Hong Kong

Rabbi Mordechai and Goldie Avtzon at Chabad of Hong Kong are maintaining steady calm and focus. Last month, they recruited Rabbi Chaim and Menuchy Birnhack…

By Mussi Sharfstein

November 14, 2019

Digging the New Digs at Chabad of Indiana University

Chabad of Indiana University’s new home is only a short block away from its predecessor, but its central location acts as a magnet to the…

By Dvora Lakein

November 13, 2019

It’s Just About Being Jewish

The ballroom pulsated with the energy of 1200 college students meeting, dancing, playing games and snacking at the penultimate event of the 2019 Chabad on…

By Ashira Weiss

November 11, 2019

The Israeli of Alamo

Together with Yossi Posner, Goldshmid spent the month of August visiting Jewish inmates in 32 prisons across the American South. The pair, both 25 years…

By Dvora Lakein

November 11, 2019

Isolated, But Not Alone

What’s it like to keep a kosher home where kosher food isn’t available? Or to give your children a Jewish education where none exists? The…

By Mussi Sharfstein

November 8, 2019

Poway Street Renamed For Terror Victim

“This is an important moment to pay tribute to a life ended far too soon and one more special than I think we will ever…

By Mussi Sharfstein

November 6, 2019

Montenegro Appoints Country’s First Chief Rabbi

On Thursday, Montenegro, in the Balkans, appointed its first Chief Rabbi, at the opening ceremony of the Mahar conference.

By Mussi Sharfstein

November 4, 2019

A Path Out of Poverty and Into Jewish Service

Fifty students from Odessa and abroad currently attend Chabad’s Jewish University in Odessa. The Jewish University is the only institution of higher learning in the…

By Rena Udkoff

November 4, 2019