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Chabad Completes New Center in Vancouver Island, Victoria

Chabad of Vancouver Island, Victoria, opened the Verrier Family Chabad Centre for Jewish Life and Learning last Wednesday, August 24th, in a historic ceremony.

By Staff Writer

August 29, 2016

A Homecoming: 500 Chabad Rabbis Convene in Russia

500 Chabad representatives from former Soviet countries and Europe convene in Russia once again

By Baila Olidort

August 23, 2016

Children of Prison Inmates Go Camping

In 2011, Aleph Institute established the Aleph Institute Jonathan Stampler Camp Fund, giving children of incarcerated parents the chance to attend Jewish summer camp by…

By Staff Writer

August 23, 2016

Chabad Opens in Cochise County, Arizona

New Shluchim move to Sierra Vista, Arizona to provide services to local Jews.

By Staff Writer

August 22, 2016

Books: APIKOROS OR IGNORAMUS?

Many years ago an apikoros (heretic) moved into a Jewish town, and word of his presence soon spread. The local Rabbi had never met an…

By Miri Birk

August 16, 2016

Life Sketches: Cheesecake for Bibi

It was a Saturday night in 2012. Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu was sitting shiva after his father’s death and my husband and I felt that…

By Chana Canterman

August 16, 2016

New Mikvah in Siberia Marks Rebirth of the Jewish Community

Omsk’s Jewish community celebrated the opening of a new women’s mikvah last month. Community-funded, the building project garnered the support of more than 1,000 local…

By Rena Udkoff

August 8, 2016

Have Kosher, Will Travel

Helene Bortz is planning her next family vacation. A mom of four grown boys and the director of a non-profit, Bortz enjoys traveling the world…

By Rena Udkoff

August 4, 2016

Adults in Preschool: A Peek Inside Osher’s Classrooms

The school’s parents bequeathed it the name “Osher,” meaning both happiness and wealth, reflecting the joy and enrichment Osher provides.

By Dvora Lakein

August 1, 2016

Jewish Life Grows at McGill University

After being displaced from their campus Chabad House digs for some three years, hundreds of Jewish students who find a haven at Chabad of McGill…

By Rena Greenberg

July 28, 2016

On the Prowl: Missionaries in The Holy Land

One day, after arming soldiers with maps, he watched them enter their armored personnel vehicles and drive off on a routine mission. As he watched…

By Dvora Lakein

July 25, 2016

We Used To Call It A Mitzvah

The other day I heard someone say Chabad was “a humanitarian Jewish organization.” I cringed. She had just come from an event promoting a “groundswell…

By Baila Olidort

July 21, 2016

Hungarian Yeshiva Desecrated by Nazis Restored to Jewish Community

Hungarian-born Jewish children may not appreciate the rich background to their summer camp experience.

By Rena Udkoff

July 20, 2016

Diary: Italy 1956-2016

I was a rabbinical student then, and traveling with me were nine of my fellow students. The Rebbe had sent us on a mission to…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

July 18, 2016

Terror on the French Riviera: Nice Jewish Community Reels From Attack

The girls saw tens of people killed, including “babies in carriages and elderly,” before they ran to take shelter in a nearby restaurant.

By Rena Greenberg

July 14, 2016

Op-Ed: Healing the Racial Divide

It was only months later, on Feb. 6, 1992, that, as a 5-year-old returning home from elementary school, I was informed of the murder of…

By Rabbi Avraham Lapine

July 11, 2016

Elie Wiesel: “Therefore Be Jewish”

The passing this Shabbat, June 2, of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, has been garnering reactions from leaders and laypeople around the world. A prolific author…

By Baila Olidort

July 3, 2016

UpStart Awards ZABS Place National Recognition

The store began as a response to young adults with special needs who were aging out of established programming. Before its inception, this population often…

By Dvora Lakein

June 20, 2016

West Orange Celebrates Opening of New Chabad Center

The Jewish community of West Orange, NJ participated in the dedication of Chabad’s new center, June 14. The center is located at 401 Pleasant Valley…

June 19, 2016

Chabad Rabbi Competes on CHOPPED

It is Leap of Faith, literally and otherwise, the latest episode of the Food Network’s popular cooking competition, Chopped. Rabbinic contestant, Rabbi Hanoch Hecht, Chabad’s…

By Dvora Lakein

June 9, 2016

FJC Kickstarts Exciting New Summer Program

This year, 30 members of EnerJew gathered in Moscow to work on their new project, SummerJew, which will see these same camps staffed with local…

By Etti Krinsky

June 7, 2016

Changing the Landscape of Jewish Life in the FSU

On Sunday, the Jewish community will celebrate the holiday of Shavuot, marking the Sinai revelation, when the Jews received the Torah 3,328 years ago. Now…

By Dvora Lakein

June 3, 2016

Philanthropist Mr. David Chase, 86

Philanthropist extraordinaire, Mr. David Chase, a founding member of the Machne Israel Development Fund and Chairman of the Board of the Rabbinical College of America,…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

June 3, 2016

Remembering Rivky

Rivky Berman, a young woman who battled serious illness while serving as a Chabad emissary, passed away Monday. Rivky’s pluck and perseverance, her larger-than-life attitude…

By Staff Writer

May 31, 2016