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More than a million people visit annually, but it is during the 24-hour period of Lag B’Omer that the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai…

By Dvora Lakein

April 30, 2010

The Hidden Jews of Solano County

(lubavitch.com) It’s an 820 square mile swath in Northern California with a population of about 500,000. Until recently, anyone living there who happened to be…

By S. Fridman

March 4, 2010

The Greenbergs 17: A Leader in Every Time Zone

(lubavitch.com) Some call it “fate,” but the Greenbergs prefer “mission.” The children of Rabbi Moshe and Devorah Greenberg—there are seventeen in all—are dispersed around the…

February 9, 2010

Transition in Lubavitch: January 28, 1950

Today, the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Shvat, marks the sixtieth Yahrtzeit of the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn of Lubavitch.

By Mordechai Lightstone

January 25, 2010

Holocaust Survivors Find Social Support With Ivolunteer

Under Manhattan’s dazzling lights, Holocaust survivors met Tuesday at the Cooper Square Hotel’s magnificent penthouse, where they were joined by donors and volunteers in celebration…

By Dvora Lakein

January 14, 2010

Major Jewish Philanthropist Explores Chabad’s Russian Roots

Guma Aguiar is making up for lost time. Last week, the young billionaire sprinted through blizzard conditions in Russia and Ukraine, tracing the early history…

By Baila Olidort

January 5, 2010

Allegheny vs. ACLU: Good for Chanukah

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that placing Chabad-owned menorahs in public spaces did not violate the establishment clause, it set a slab of precedent…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

December 10, 2009

Scion of Chabad Musical Family Passes Away

Rabbi Shamshon Charitonow, an expert on Chasidic melodies and a survivor of Soviet oppression, passed away last Thursday, Nov 26, in Brooklyn. He was 91…

By Mordechai Lightstone

December 3, 2009

Remembering Mumbai: A Traveler’s Reflections On the First Yahrzeit

On November 26, 2008 at 9:45PM, two terrorists stormed the Chabad House in Mumbai, India.

By Hillary Lewin

November 18, 2009

U.S. Military Armory Is Transformed for Chabad Banquet

This Sunday evening, thousands will file into the Troop C Armory for the banquet session, concluding the International Conference of Shluchim.

By Dvora Lakein

November 15, 2009

Have Bed, Will Host: Crown Heights Residents Host Travelers Year Round

The Crown Heights community’s hosting marathon begins in September...

By Sara Spielman

November 12, 2009

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In Conversation: Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky was secretary to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, for a period of 40 years. As a young boy of 13,…

August 11, 2009

Dear Rebbe, I Have A Story For you

The following letter was sent to the Lubavitcher Rebbe probably in the early 1980s, and brought to the attention of the Wellsprings journal by the…

June 24, 2009

Drug Rabbi Gets High Award

(lubavitch.com) Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 83rd birthday last week with a parade in her honor (moved several months beyond her actual birthday due to…

By R. C. Lundy

June 21, 2009

Kfar Chabad: It Takes A Village . . .

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By Zalman Nelson

June 4, 2009

Chabad Remembers Israel’s Efraim Katzir

(lubavitch.com) Efraim Katzir, Israel’s fourth president who served from 1973 to 1978, internationally recognized biophysicist, and Zionist activist, died Saturday evening in his home at…

By Zalman Nelson

June 2, 2009

A Jerusalem Landmark: Chabad’s Tzemach Tzedek Shul

(lubavitch.com) Visitors to the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City are often moved by the sight of the Hurva Synagogue. Destroyed by the Jordanians in…

By Joel Haber

May 22, 2009

Business Unusual: A Chabad Rabbi Helps Businesses Grow

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By R. C. Lundy

May 20, 2009

400,000 Head to Mt. Meron for Lag B’Omer

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By Zalman Nelson

May 11, 2009

Jewish Organization Implores Pope To Help Identify Hidden Children of Holocaust

(lubavitch.com) Pope Benedict XVI’s scheduled visit to Israel May 11-15 is eliciting mixed reactions among Israelis. But Chabad Rabbi Shalom Dov Lifshitz hopes the visit…

By Zalman Nelson

May 7, 2009

Building Jewish Futures in Reno, Nevada

(lubavitch.com) Three mornings a week, Tracy Kutler straps five-year old Griffin into the family car for the 45-minute drive from Truckee, California to Reno, Nevada.…

By C.R. Lundy

May 3, 2009

Books: Meditations on Mitzvot

(lubavitch.com) The face of Chabad in the twenty-first century has been the shliach and the shlucha. Incredibly dedicated and energetic couples have fanned out around…

By Shmuel Klatzkin

April 29, 2009

Jewish Participants Find A Welcome Antidote to Durban II

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By Zalman Nelson

April 20, 2009

At Pratt University, Students Design Chabad’s Jewish Center

(lubavitch.com) If students build it, students will come. Construction is set to begin on a 2,000 square foot storefront which will serve the 5,000 Jewish…

By Dvora Lakein

April 19, 2009