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For Jewish Students at ASU, It’s Time to Play Ball

Chabad’s new student recreation center gives Jewish ASU students a place to hang out and have fun

By Nehama Silvers

May 8, 2017

Florida Chabad Wins Grand Prize in “Give Day” Contest

Chabad of Clearwater, Florida, took home first place in a local contest this week, coming ahead of nearly 600 other nonprofits in the greater Tampa…

By Staff Writer

May 5, 2017

As French Jews Arrive In Israel, Chabad Reaches Out

French students and residents in the port area now have a Chabad center of their own

By Esther Gopin

May 3, 2017

What’s Your Hunger?

A members-only operation like Costco, The Family Store sells subsidized groceries and home goods to over 500 Jewish families. In a city where a bottle…

By Dvora Lakein

May 2, 2017

Survivors of Terror: Israel’s Double Orphans Grow Up

In Israel, doubly orphaned survivors of terror and their grandparents pick up the pieces.

By Rena Udkoff

April 27, 2017

Pie (No Longer) in the Sky

35 minutes is all it takes to cook one of the new, highly-anticipated kosher Gino’s East pizzas. But for Rabbi Yosef Moscowitz, the man responsible…

By Scott Hirsch

April 27, 2017

Moses, Mirrors and the Trauma of Birth

There is something starkly disconcerting—almost sacrilegious—about taking a “biographical approach” to the life of Moses.

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

April 26, 2017

Jewish Federations & Chabad Find A New Way Forward

Toledo Chabad and the Federation broke the mold. Together, they formed an effective partnership that has since served Toledo’s Jewish community, making it a model…

By Rena Udkoff

April 25, 2017

Chabad of Berlin Publishes German Prayerbook, Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day

A new German-language siddur makes the Jewish prayer book accessible to modern German speakers.

By Staff Writer

April 24, 2017

My Heart Is In Samara…

Dina Deutch served as an emissary in Samara, Russia, since 1997. With 5,000 Jewish residences on their mailing list, Dina and her husband have built…

By Dvora Lakein

April 19, 2017

Rabbi Mendel Deitsch, 64, OBM

We mourn the passing of Chabad emissary Rabbi Menachem Mendel Deitsch, who passed away Saturday in Jerusalem after sustaining severe injuries in an anti-semitic attack…

By Staff Writer

April 16, 2017

Russia: Thousands Attend More Than 500 Public Seders Across the Country

Over 500 public Seders were attended by thousands of Jews in Russia this year.

By Staff Writer

April 14, 2017

Illinois Declares Education and Sharing Day, Welcomes Passover with Gov. Rauner

In what has by now become a tradition, Governor signed a proclamation declaring 11 Nissan as "Education and Sharing Day.”

By Staff Writer

April 13, 2017

Thousands of Berlin Jews Receive Assistance for Pesach

This year, over 1,000 welfare-supported Jewish families in Berlin received generous food baskets in honor of the holiday of Passover.

By Staff Writer

April 13, 2017

A Passover Message for Today

Let us come together at the Seder table, and celebrate the dignity, the humanity, the goodness and the G-dliness that unite us.

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

April 7, 2017

From Cemeteries to Celebration: Jewish Students Spend Spring Break in Berlin

While their classmates were spending spring break in warmer climates, 18 Jewish students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign traveled to Berlin for a…

By Lazer Cohen

April 7, 2017

Book Review: Early Years

“What was the Rebbe’s childhood like? Who were his contemporaries? What kind of schooling did he receive? Who were his mentors and teachers? What role…

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

April 6, 2017

Zaidy’s Passover Seder

Few holidays compete with Passover’s child-centered rituals. The seder packs customs and narratives enough to animate a child’s imagination all year round.

By Baila Olidort

April 5, 2017

New Nursing Center, First of its Kind, Opens in Moscow

It was a small but impressive ceremony last week marking the opening of the Shaarei Tzedek Jewish Chesed Center which provides professional nursing care to…

By Staff Writer

April 5, 2017

“We Need Your Prayers”

In September 2014, Lubavitch International ran a three-part series on the cities affected by the war. Three years later, we asked Rabbi Vishedski to update…

By Baila Olidort

April 4, 2017

Chasidic And Unconventional

Chavie Bruk moved to Bozeman, Montana with her husband Chaim in 2007. Their community has grown steadily since and so has their family, but not…

By Dvora Lakein

April 4, 2017

Baking Bread in Brooklyn

An educational matzah experience attracts over 2,000 visitors a season—including the occasional senator.

By Chava Leiba Witkes

April 3, 2017

Reshaping the Jewish Landscape in Northern Arizona

A groundbreaking ceremony this past Sunday, March 26, for the Molly Blank Jewish Community Center, now marks a new era for Flagstaff's Jewish community.

By Esther Gopin

March 31, 2017