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Bob Tennenbaum was 28 years old when he was hired as the chief architect and planner for one of America’s early planned communities, Columbia. Now…

By Dvora Lakein

February 6, 2017

Today in Jewish History: Yud (10) Shvat

Yud Shvat is one of the most important events in the Chabad-Lubavitch calendar.

By Staff Writer

February 6, 2017

Chabad to Open on the Greek Island of Rhodes

Well over 150,000 Israeli tourists visited the Greek island of Rhodes in 2016. For many, the first question asked when they arrived was, “Where is…

By Staff Writer

February 2, 2017

Jewish Federation of Chapel Hill Recognizes Chabad Representative

Rabbi Zalman and Yehudis Bluming receive the Earl and Gladys Siegel Award

By Dvora Lakein

January 31, 2017

Chabad Emissary Opens Illinois’ Annual “State of the State” Address

Rabbi Avraham Kagan, director of government affairs for Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois and Rabbi of Chabad of River North, delivered the invocation at the joint…

By Staff Writer

January 31, 2017

Chabad Representative Curates a Unique Judaica Collection

Witness to History, a self-described “traveling museum” with a mission to preserve, inspire, and connect evolved into an eclectic Jewish exhibit including manuscripts coins, maps,…

By Staff Writer

January 22, 2017

Moving Forward

“Pray for the welfare of the government, for were it not for the awe of it, men would swallow one another alive.” (Ethics of the…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

January 20, 2017

Life Sketches: The Empty Seat

A gentleman comes over and asks if he could sit down in the empty seat next to mine. It is the only available seat left…

By Yosef Yitzchak Wolff

January 17, 2017

Portland, Oregon: School’s Closed, But Chabad Preschool Takes Shabbat Party Online

In a unique and creative effort to compensate for all the fun children are missing at school, The Gan - Portland Jewish Preschool is taking…

By Staff Writer

January 13, 2017

Israeli President Ruvi Rivlin Visits Tbilisi’s Great Synagogue

Israeli President Ruvi Rivlin met with representatives of the Georgian Jewish community, including Chabad shliach Rabbi Meir Kozlovsky, in the Great Synagogue in Tbilisi Tuesday.

By Staff Writer

January 11, 2017

Chabad of Vail Overturns 1970s Amendment, Establishes Religious Center

Chabad Jewish Center has just purchased a building to be used as its permanent home, overturning a longstanding amendment in the process.

By Esther Gopin

January 9, 2017

Yeshiva Offers Progressive Masters In Chaplaincy

Chaplaincy opens up a world beyond the rabbinate, for women and others who want to be involved in pastoral care.

By Dvora Lakein

January 4, 2017

Australian Prime Minister Visits Central Synagogue in Sydney

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy joined the pre-Shabbat menorah lighting ceremony at the Central Synagogue of Sydney this past Friday.

By Staff Writer

January 2, 2017

In Conversation With Géza Röhrig, Lead Actor of Son of Saul

I hope that twenty years of Torah study has affected me. It wasn’t like during the shooting of the movie I suddenly thought of a…

By Baila Olidort

December 29, 2016

Overview: Chanukah 5777 in Moscow, Russia

For Russia’s Jews, the Chanukah holiday, its lights and message of religious freedom and the triumph of good over evil has particular resonance. Here are…

By Staff Writer

December 28, 2016

Hebrew Academy Attempts Guinness World Record for Biggest Latka

Bring on the puns: Huntington Beach community members, along with students and faculty of Hebrew Academy, took the adage “go big or go home” very…

By Esther Gopin

December 27, 2016

New Center for Jewish Life Dedicated in Stamford, CT

Situated on a prime two acres of land along one of Stamford’s busiest thoroughfares, the 20,000-square-foot center provides much-needed space for Chabad’s many activities.

By Staff Writer

December 26, 2016