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The idea of a visit to the cemetery was hatched when Rabbi Nochum and Chyena Yusewitz of Chabad of Grass Valley were called to the…

By Aidel Cohen

September 12, 2019

Centers

What’s Joe DiMaggio Got To Do With Chabad?

Joe DiMaggio walks into a Chabad synagogue. This is not a joke. Although he died years ago, Joe has become a friend of our center.…

By Shaindle Fogelman

September 11, 2019

Come From Away: A 9/11 Broadway Musical’s Holy Message

Sudak’s ordeal is dramatized in Come From Away, a Tony award-winning musical in which his character plays a key role. The show is still running…

By Tzipora Reitman

September 10, 2019

Historic Belarus Synagogue Restored To Jewish Hands

Two weeks ago, after years of unsuccessful recovery attempts that included a 1992 lengthy legal battle that failed, Chabad of Brest purchased the city’s second…

By Mussi Sharfstein

September 10, 2019

They Biked Across America for Friendship

Chaim Weiss is about to enter his junior year of high school at a yeshivah in Far Rockaway, New York, with a summer experience under…

By Ashira Weiss

September 9, 2019

Buenos Aires: Tarnished Synagogue Returned to Former Glory

Knesset Israel Boca Barracas is a synagogue once more. Occupied by a squatter for the better part of two decades, the synagogue built in 1907…

By Dvora Lakein

September 4, 2019

Twenty Five Years After Genocide, Rwanda Rebounds

One of the fastest growing economies in Central Africa, and now one of the safest too, Rwanda has of late become a popular tourist destination.…

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

September 3, 2019

LifeTown: Reimagining Society, Redefining Inclusion

Set on five sprawling acres and surrounded by New Jersey’s hills and parks, LifeTown offers children and adults with special needs the opportunity to work,…

By Baila Olidort

September 3, 2019

For Tbilisi Students, this New School Year Heralds a New Building

It isn’t only a new school year for Tbilisi’s Jewish students. It’s an entirely new experience. On September 16, the first day of the Georgian…

By Dvora Lakein

August 29, 2019

Williamsburg Hosts Inaugural Jewish Arts Festival

When Rabbi Shmuly and Devorah Leah Lein arrived in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the area’s palindrome ZIP code, 11211 was the address of a thriving art scene.…

By Ashira Weiss

August 28, 2019

Florida Chabad Tackles Mental Health Conditions

“I was shaken,” Ella remembers. “She told me how her mother walked in as she was swallowing pills, intent on ending her life. And I…

By Mussi Sharfstein

August 22, 2019

Under the Umbrella: the Orthodox Rabbi and the Irish Catholic Walk to Shul

It was raining that Shabbat and I would not be driving. And the Torah prohibits us from carrying on Shabbat, so I didn't have an…

By Rabbi Yizhak Hecht

August 21, 2019

Students And Stress On Campus: Chabad at Texas A&M

This fall, Chabad will partner with Houston’s Jewish Family Services to offer a comprehensive Mental Health First Aid Training Day. The eight-hour CPR-style course will…

By Dvora Lakein

August 15, 2019

Five New Books For End-of-Summer Reading

There's lots of new books on the market this summer. Many of them have been created especially for the 25th anniversary of the Rebbe's passing.…

By Staff Writer

August 13, 2019

Greenpoint, Brooklyn Gets First Permanent Center

High-rises are going up along the waterfront of Brooklyn's northernmost neighborhood, and now the eclectic locale has got its own Greenpoint Chabad House—Jewish Center. Rabbi…

By Ashira Weiss

August 9, 2019

Hug in a Jug: Lovingkindness in Southern California

If you could put friendship in a dish, which food would you choose? The volunteers of “Hug in a Jug” have chosen chicken soup, and…

By Aidel Cohen

August 8, 2019

No More Tuna and Crackers ala Suitcase: Kosher is on the House

Chabad emissaries around the world are increasingly opening restaurants within, or near to, their centers. Mostly located in tourist spots, they offer a kosher meal…

By Dvora Lakein

August 6, 2019

President of Germany Visits Berlin Rabbi After Attack

But this week, Germany showed its intolerance of the incident when President Frank-Walter Steinmeier showed up on the rabbi’s doorstep. "I have come here to…

By Shaindle Fogelman

August 5, 2019

Essay: On Vulnerability and Trust

When did it become fashionable to talk about the power of vulnerability as if it were something positive rather than an inevitable fact of life?…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

August 5, 2019

Aeroflot Passengers Stranded on Shabbat No More

For the typical traveler, a delay will cause an important event to be missed, vacation days cut short, and work to be postponed. But Shabbat…

By Shaindle Fogelman

August 2, 2019

Communist-Era Torah Uplifts Small Colonie, NY, Community

After years of waiting, an over 100-year-old Torah that was smuggled from communist Belarus finally found a home in a suburb of Albany, New York,…

By Mussi Sharfstein

August 1, 2019

14th Annual Jewish Cultural Festival Draws Thousands to Guilford, CT

Rabbi Yossi and Rochel Baila Yaffe of the Shoreline have created an experience offering people the opportunity “to taste a little, listen a little and…

By Aidel Cohen

July 31, 2019

Poway: Healing in the Aftermath

The Yizkor service on the last day of Passover was to be Lori’s first opportunity to memorialize her mother who had died some months back.…

By Rena Udkoff

July 30, 2019

After Two Torahs Stolen, Hawaii Community Writes Four More

She’ll never forget the night the Torah scrolls were stolen from the Chabad Center of Honolulu, Hawaii. “It was traumatic,” remembers Perel Krasnjansky, director of…

By Mussi Sharfstein

July 29, 2019