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Historic: Two Synagogues and Two Torahs at the Banks of the Danube

At the shores of the Danube River, seventy-five years after 20,000 Jews were murdered there, the Jewish community of Budapest, Hungary celebrated this week the…

By Mussi Sharfstein

September 26, 2019

Chabad Makes it Easier Than Ever to Find a Service in Australia

As communities all over the world prepare for High Holy Day services, Chabad is looking out for the small towns, making sure cities of less…

By Mussi Sharfstein

September 25, 2019

Chabad Regains Rights to Krakow Synagogue Before High Holy Days

Judge Jacek Blat of the court of Krakow ruled today that the Izaak synagogue must be returned to Chabad of Krakow and reopened to the…

By Mussi Sharfstein

September 25, 2019

Sixty Three Days

When she was almost two weeks old, Gila and I boarded an early morning Delta flight bound for my mother’s bedside. We repeated the trip…

By Dvora Lakein

September 24, 2019

REPOST: Shofar in Kaluga, Russia

As this was our first Rosh Hashanah in Kaluga, we wanted to invite as many Jews as possible to celebrate the holiday with us. But…

By Michoel Oishie

September 23, 2019

New $7 Million Chabad Center Opens in Flagstaff

Flagstaff, AZ - Dr. Merrill and Rhoda Abeshaus were among Northern Arizona’s pioneers of Jewish life back in the 1970s. When in 2006, they heard…

By Tzipora Reitman

September 20, 2019

A Spiritual Injection for Azerbaijan’s Hidden Jerusalem

Just about thirty miles from the Caspian Seashore, in the northeast of Azerbaijan, lies the only all-Jewish town outside of Israel and Kiryas Joel and…

By Ashira Weiss

September 19, 2019

In the Birthplace of Hippies: A New Chabad Center

It is known as the birthplace of the Hippie Movement (and counts some well-known Jewish hippies in its history), and on Sunday, the Haight Ashbury…

By Ashira Weiss

September 18, 2019

Gan Izzy in the City

It’s mid-summer and somewhere in a train car way below New York City a group of ninety kids are playing a lively, volley-ball like game…

By Ashira Weiss

September 16, 2019

Shabbat Brings Young Singles Together in Latin America

Over the last 30 years, every August the Peguisha has brought thousands of young Jews together for 4 day of workshops, lectures, kumzits and inspiration.…

By Ashira Weiss

September 13, 2019

Kids Spend a Day Cleaning a Cemetery

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