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Large families which emphasize the joy, and the immense opportunity of bringing children into the world, may even present a kind of “counter culture” wherein…

By Sarah Rindner

July 25, 2019

10 Things to Know Before Sending Your Kid to Chabad Camp

Summer is here, school is out and if you’re one of the thousands of parents who have enrolled their kids at your local Chabad camp,…

By Ashira Weiss

July 19, 2019

Chabad School in Azerbaijan Ranked Among Top Twenty In The Country

Last week, Chabad’s Or Avner school in Baku was ranked by the State Examination Center (SEC) among the top twenty schools in Azerbaijan. The annual…

By Mussi Sharfstein

July 17, 2019

First Jewish Youth Center Opened in Russia’s Far East

250 members of the Jewish community of Birobidzhan, Russia, celebrated the opening this month of Chabad’s 25 million ruble ($400,000), 6,500 square feet Jewish youth…

By Mussi Sharfstein

July 15, 2019

A Lone and Destitute Jewish Woman Gets A Jewish Burial

A convivial funeral home owner, a retired insurance investigator and a Massachusetts rabbi teamed up to bring an abandoned body to Jewish burial this morning.…

By Ashira Weiss

July 11, 2019

When Friendship Isn’t Only For Kids: The Circle Expands to 21 Plus

Friendship Circle for adults, which piloted this past year, will provide monthly opportunities for social and educational engagement for adults between twenty and thirty-five. The…

By Dvora Lakein

July 11, 2019

Heirs to the Rebbe’s Legacy

To anyone familiar with the Rebbe’s teachings, the principles of positive psychology that are so popular today echo the Torah-based ideals that the Rebbe advanced:…

By Baila Olidort

July 10, 2019

Jewish and Canadian Law Contrasted at Westmount Symposium

A lawyer and a rabbi come together in the opening line of many a joke, but at Chabad of Westmount they come together twice annually…

By Ashira Weiss

July 8, 2019

Statement By Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters

Every day that Jews are barred from entering the synagogue by armed guards is an unforgivable violation of the Jewish people!

July 5, 2019

In the Numbers: Chabad’s Growth in the Past 25 Years

"Will Chabad survive?" asked a headline in a leading Jewish journal in the days following the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1994. At the…

July 4, 2019

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Passing to be Marked Worldwide

July 6 (Tammuz 3) will mark twenty-five years since the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s passing in 1994. To commemorate, Chabad centers worldwide celebrated the Rebbe’s life and…

By Mussi Sharfstein

July 3, 2019

Russia: Humanitarian Aid During Flooding Disaster in Irkutsk

Torrential rains hit the Russian region of Irkutsk this week, causing the area to declare an immediate state of emergency. In response, volunteers in nearby…

July 2, 2019

Prison Reform Summit Brings Together 350 Leaders In Criminal Justice System

Three hundred and fifty people gathered together this week at Columbia Law School for Rewriting the Sentence, a two-day, high-level summit on alternatives to incarceration.

July 2, 2019

In Conversation with Nobel Prize Winner Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel, one of the most passionate Jewish voices of our time, enjoyed an enduring correspondence and personal relationship with the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Mr. Wiesel,…

By Baila Olidort

July 1, 2019

Serving Up Kosher at Wimbledon Tennis

Wimbledon Tennis starts this Monday and for the eleventh year, a kosher food stand will serve the needs of Jewish patrons.

By Ashira Weiss

June 27, 2019

Poway Rabbi Addresses UN Session on Anti-Semitism

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein of Chabad of Poway addressed the UN General Assembly this morning during a special session on combating anti-Semitism. “Anti-Semitism is not a…

By Ashira Weiss

June 26, 2019

Illness Doesn’t Disrupt Israeli Children’s Summer Fun

It’s Firefighting Day at the Lev Chabad day camp at Meir Hospital, and four-year-old Shira Maatuf is impatient for activities to begin. She has been…

By Frayda Kaplan

June 21, 2019

It’s Forty Years for Chabad of the Conejo

Over 1,300 people gathered at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza to celebrate forty years of Chabad in the Conejo, California. Headed by Rabbi Moshe…

By Aidel Cohen

June 19, 2019

Summer Is Conference Season for Chabad Emissaries

Summer is conference season for Chabad emissaries. Whether they serve college students, teenagers, the elderly, the ill, or the professionals, a tailor-made conference provides them…

By Mussi Sharfstein

June 18, 2019

Tennis Capital Gets New Center and Scores “Advantage Chabad”

It's a little over thirty years in the making, but Chabad of Wimbledon now has its very own center! Original concern: regulations in England specify…

By Ashira Weiss

June 18, 2019

Limmud FSU Conference Addresses Anti-Semitism

Leading the commemoration for victims of recent anti-Semitic attacks at Limmud FSU’s second annual conference for Jewish Russian-speakers was Rabbi Avi Bukiet, director of the…

By Shaindle Fogelman

June 17, 2019

Hamas Rocket Falls Outside the Chabad Center in Sderot

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Thursday night fell less than fifteen meters (fifty feet) from the Chabad center in Sderot and hit…

By Frayda Kaplan

June 14, 2019

A Compact Study Routine

On a recent flight somewhere over the Rocky Mountains, Doug Revere pulled out his trusty Chayenu, a weekly compilation of Torah lessons and thoughts. When…

By Dvora Lakein

June 13, 2019