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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

Two New Jersey Teens Honored for Meal Program Initiative

It’s not very common for teenagers to be the honorees at a gala event, but that’s exactly what happened on May 22 at Chabad of…

By Mussi Sharfstein

June 11, 2019

Massachusetts Rally Combats Anti-Semitism

Hundreds bearing supportive signs and Israeli flags gathered at City Hall in Peabody, MA on Wednesday for a peace rally. The event was the community’s…

By Aidel Cohen

June 6, 2019

Union College Chabad Celebrates First Shavuot with a Torah of its Own

When Sara Covelli walked across the stage at Union College last spring and accepted a rolled parchment proclaiming that she had earned her bachelor’s degree…

By Tzipora Reitman

June 6, 2019

South London’s First Kosher Shop Honors Memory of Rabbi’s Slain Brother

London's new kosher shop had previously operated informally out of the home of Rabbi Nissan and Sarah Dubov, who founded Chabad of Wimbledon in 1988.…

By Tzipora Reitman

June 5, 2019

Leadership Training Trip to Begin for Young, Jewish Professionals

This upcoming June 16-23, Chabad's Young Professionals program is organizing a leadership trip to Russia for a select group of "ambassadors." Eligibility is restricted to…

By Staff Writer

June 4, 2019

Aleph Institute to Host National Summit for Alternative Sentencing

This June 17-18, Aleph Institute will partner with Columbia Law School to host Rewriting the Sentence, a summit on alternatives to incarceration. The high-level summit…

By Rena Udkoff

June 3, 2019

New Mikvah Opened In Gaithersburg, Maryland

At an event before Mother’s Day called “Mindfulness and Mikvah”, ninety women met to celebrate the opening of the Be’er Rachel Mikvah with a mix…

By Mussi Sharfstein

June 2, 2019

Poway Ceremonies Mark One Month

Last month, darkness made its way into the foyer at Chabad of Poway, California. On Wednesday, it was a scene of joyous celebration.

By Ashira Weiss

May 30, 2019

Itzhak Perlman, Ehud Barak Celebrate Opening of Campus/Community Chabad Center

Jewish college students in Jacksonville, Florida, and the city’s Southside Jewish community celebrated the opening of their new $3.8 million Morris and Lillian Tabacinic Chabad…

By Mussi Sharfstein

May 27, 2019

A (Permanent) Place to Call Home

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