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Though it doesn’t have a synagogue or other Jewish infrastructure, Darwin, Australia now boasts one important Jewish edifice: a cemetery.

By Dvora Lakein

May 23, 2019

20 Years in Oklahoma City and the Frontier is Friendly

When Rabbi Ovadia and Nechoma Goldman came to town in 1998, they were told Oklahoma City was reform country. “Nice thought, but you won’t last…

By Dvora Lakein

May 22, 2019

Texting Teens Compete in Jewish Knowledge

For better or for worse, teenagers spend much of their time on their phones””nine hours a day on average””making it an effective way to reach…

By Mussi Sharfstein

May 20, 2019

Police Investigating Third Suspicious Fire Set At A Massachusetts Chabad Center

Massachusetts law enforcement is investigating three arson incidents that occurred at two Chabad centers.

By Mussi Sharfstein

May 17, 2019

Chabad of Galloway Bridges the Generations

In October of 2016, Rabbi Meir and Shaina (Matusof) Rapoport arrived to Galloway township to serve Jewish students at Stockton University. They purchased a property…

By Shterna Karp

May 16, 2019

Hundreds Expected to Shabbat in the Heights

This weekend, hundreds of adults and children from seventy five cities around the world will spend Shabbat in Crown Heights exploring the Chabad heartland.

By Ashira Weiss

May 15, 2019

Your Place Is Here: An Emissary Reflects With Candor

On the day of the mikvah inauguration, Reizy Zaklas took a break from all the hoopla to reflect as we sat in her kitchen. I…

By Baila Olidort

May 13, 2019

Nurturing Leaders and Influencers at Chabad of Princeton University

“Chabad at Princeton was the first place I saw a Jewish community that was truly and equally open to Jews of all kinds””Jews whose theory…

By Tzipora Reitman

May 13, 2019

The Lamplighters of Zagreb

"For the first time in Croatia, we have the experience of a Jewish community that is practicing all the traditions. And this has changed everything.…

By Baila Olidort

May 9, 2019

Bat Mitzvah Club Ladies’ Edition

Twelve young women and their families gathered around the Shabbat dinner table last month at Chabad of Whitefield in Manchester, England, to celebrate the completion…

By Ashira Weiss

May 8, 2019

Wanted in Prison: Volunteers To Visit Inmates

Prison inmates are allotted a limited amount of visiting hours from family and friends. But for too many, visitors are rare. For some prisoners, years…

By Mussi Sharfstein

May 8, 2019

When is a Hill Not Just a Hill?

The natural playground is a living outdoor classroom where the children’s natural curiosity leads them to study caterpillars and collect millipedes. The playground uses materials…

By Tzipora Reitman

May 7, 2019

Giving Back: New Jersey Teens Partner With Local Crisis Helpline

Last year, the New Jersey teens packed care packages that were personally delivered to needy children in Mozambique by Posner. But there are needy people…

By Mussi Sharfstein

May 2, 2019

#ShareShabbat: When a Hashtag is an Invitation to Services and Solidarity

This Shabbat, several thousand synagogues around the globe will throw open their doors to hundreds of thousands of Jews who will show, through presence and…

By Dvora Lakein

May 2, 2019

Why is Chabad Hosting an Anti-Israel Activist?

It was terribly upsetting for me to learn about a Jewish pro-Palestinian activist who was feeling right at home at Chabad. American campuses are so…

By Mendel Matusof

May 1, 2019

Nature Rules, but Miracles Happen

Do you believe in miracles? To ask a Jew this question is like asking a raindrop whether it believes in clouds.

By Baruch S. Davidson

April 29, 2019

STATEMENT BY CHABAD-LUBAVITCH HEADQUARTERS ON THE POWAY SHOOTING

“Stop the dangerous downward spiral of anti-Semitism”

April 27, 2019

Getting High on Jewish Pride

Did someone say Jewish teens are feeling intimidated? Not the two-thousand-five hundred who converged on Manhattan’s Times Square for a spectacular havdalah and Jewish concert…

By Staff Writer

April 18, 2019

Rabbi Aharon Serebryanski, 86

The Chabad-Lubavitch community world-wide mourns the passing of Rabbi Aaron Serebryanski, director of Austalia's Chabad educational arm.

By Staff Writer

April 17, 2019

A First for Jamaica: Governor-General Declares Education and Sharing Day

Jamaica, a tiny 4,000 sq. mi. island in the Caribbean, declared April 16, 2019 as Education and Sharing Day. “This is incredibly historic,” says Rabbi…

By Shaindle Fogelman

April 15, 2019

Minding the Mission: Jewish Education

The old hatreds that we imagined had ended with the Holocaust have now resurfaced. The anti-Semitic rhetoric and the anti-Semitic violence are back, both in…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

April 15, 2019

Dreading the Seder: When Dad is in Prison

They are hidden victims. Humiliated and financially devastated, the children, spouses, and sometimes parents, of Jewish inmates are left to struggle silently for their survival…

By Rena Udkoff

April 11, 2019

National Recognition for LA Preschool

A Chabad preschool in the heart of urban Los Angeles, California has recently received certification and commendation from the organization Nature Explore for “fostering highly…

By Ashira Weiss

April 11, 2019

Chabad on Call Distributes Seder Kits To Hospitalized And Homebound

There are more Jews attending Passover Seders than Yom Kippur services, according to a Pew Research study, but those spending the Holiday of Freedom in…

By Mussi Sharfstein

April 10, 2019