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Remembering Summer 1956

Sixty one years ago this summer, Friday morning, July 13,1956, concluding the two weeks in Europe, we flew from Rome to the Holy Land.

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

August 10, 2017

Torah Receives Royal Welcome in Queensland, AUS

Two hundred people danced through Kewarra Beach’s streets Sunday accompanied by a live band, a passel of photographers, and a ritual canopy. The center of…

By Esther Gopin

August 10, 2017

Chabad Unveils New Tech Innovation Lab on Campus

In their latest move, Illini Chabad has unveiled a purpose-built innovation and study co-working space.

By Staff Writer

August 7, 2017

“Talmud Day” Commemorates Years of Learning in Sacramento

Five years ago, Rick Brodovsky, a Sacramento, California native, was at a crossroads. Confronted with difficult decisions and an unclear future, Brodovsky turned to his…

By Nehama Silvers

July 28, 2017

Kosher Comes to Jamaica—in the Form of Jerk Falafel

With the opening of the Kosher Hot Spot & Welcome Center in Montego Bay, Chabad of Jamaica is fusing two different food styles into an…

By Esther Gopin

July 27, 2017

History in the Making: A Jewish Revival Sweeps Yiddish-Speaking Birobidzhan

A mikvah under construction in Birobidzhan? Yes, and it will be the first for the Jews of the Jewish Autonomous Region in Russia’s Far East,…

By Staff Writer

July 24, 2017

Meet Randy Kersh

Meet Randy Kersh. A 22-year old student at the University of North Florida, Randy dreams of becoming a Reform rabbi. He was prom king at…

By Mushkie Engel

July 24, 2017

A Bar Mitzvah in Laos

Nestled between Thailand and Vietnam, Laos presents a daunting challenge to new Chabad reps Rabbi Shalom and Tammy Glitzenstein.

By Staff Writer

July 13, 2017

Breaking Bread in Buenos Aires—With 1,499 Friends

Students and young Jewish professionals celebrated Shabbat dinner at the La Rural convention center. They talked and sang and bonded over a three-course catered dinner…

By Esther Gopin

July 12, 2017

Chabad Teams Up with AEPi in Vienna for Mass Fraternity Bar Mitzvah

Earlier this month, five university students from the Lauder Business School in Vienna were joined by their families from Switzerland, Germany, Hungary and Ukraine as…

By Staff Writer

July 11, 2017

Survivor Moshe Holtzberg Pledges to Return to Mumbai

“I want to ask you something from all my heart… please continue to remember my parents.”

By Staff Writer

July 5, 2017

Knesset Speaker Visits Site of Former Incarceration

Israeli Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein recently paid a visit to a place where he was once kept captive: the infamous Butyrka prison in Moscow, the…

By Staff Writer

July 4, 2017

A First for Forsyth

Most synagogues don’t hold press conferences to announce the purchase of a permanent location, and most synagogue press conferences aren’t attended by the mayor, the…

By Mushkie Engel

July 3, 2017

Chabad Keeps Up at Kent State University

Rabbi Moshe and Mussie Sasonkin, who opened a campus Chabad center in May, recognize the opportunity that presents for interfacing with students individually.

By Staff Writer

June 26, 2017

The Rebbe’s Yahrtzeit

The life of a tzaddik is not a life of the flesh, but a spiritual life consisting wholly of faith, awe, and love of G‑d.…

By Staff Writer

June 26, 2017

Jewish Youth Center Opens in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia

A new children’s educational center opened its doors in FJC’s Jewish community of Krasnoyarsk, Southern Siberia this week.

By Staff Writer

June 22, 2017

Small-Town Jewish Communities Get a Holiday Boost

While many American Jews spent the days leading up to Shavuot baking cheesecakes, 110 Chabad rabbis were busy boarding planes and busses to different remote…

By Staff Writer

June 20, 2017

Lubavitch International Wins Rockower Award

Lubavitch International won two awards in AJPA (American Jewish Press Association) Simon Rockower Awards Competition for Excellence in Jewish Journalism.

By Staff Writer

June 19, 2017

Jewish Life Blooms in Boquete, Panama

Boquete, Panama is a small town in the Chiriqui province in Panama’s interior, little more than thirty miles away from the Costa Rican border.

By Nehama Silvers

June 19, 2017

Locals Work Together to Build Merrick’s First Mikvah

It seemed an unlikely prospect that the women of the small suburban community of Merrick-Bellmore-Wantagh in Long Island would one day have their own mikvah.

By Esther Gopin

June 19, 2017

“Mi Ani? Modeh Ani!”

A clever advertising campaign in Tel Aviv has put oomph and dazzle into a traditional Jewish ritual. Slick video clips appearing on Chabad of Tel…

By Staff Writer

June 14, 2017

Small-City Chabad Emissaries Convene in Catalonia

A picturesque city in northeastern Catalonia famous for its medieval architecture and the old Jewish Quarter, Girona was host to the first-ever European and Central…

By Staff Writer

June 14, 2017

Stained Glass Windows Shine Light on Mitzvah Campaign

It was a hot August morning in Mequon, Wisconsin, when Rabbi Dovid Rapoport completed the Shacharit services and gently closed his siddur. “I don’t mind…

By Esther Gopin

June 9, 2017