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A Community Grows, A Generation Gap Closes

The generation gap grows wider and wider, but in the Jewish community of Venice & North Port, FL, one team of Chabad representatives might have…

By Etti Krinsky

March 17, 2016

War Hero Recalls Auschwitz

We salute them when we see them. We thank them for their service. Those of us at home appreciate the soldiers who give up basic…

By Etti Krinsky

March 16, 2016

New Chabad Center Meets Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Travelers to the Australian coast this spring will have a new item to add their itinerary. Opening in time for Purim is a Chabad House…

By Etti Krinsky

March 15, 2016

Moscow Inaugurates New Center to Feed Families

When a parent or child is hospitalized, families may find that they can only focus on their loved one. A new Bikur Cholim center opened…

By Etti Krinsky

March 10, 2016

Acts Of Kindness for Judah

The UC Berkeley campus is no stranger to conflict and dispute. Anti-Israel protests led by students are quite common. But on March 10th, students will…

By Etti Krinsky

March 8, 2016

If You Build, They Come

The spa-like ritual bath has has been lauded in local media for its beauty and elegance, drawing hundreds of visitors eager to have a look…

By Rena Greenberg

March 7, 2016

Blog: Progress In 180 Words

My special needs son has taught me to redefine progress. Checks on a chart, mastery of a "program" are a very small part of the…

By Raizy Metzger

February 24, 2016

Authorities Restore Synagogue to Jewish Community in Odessa

In a decision that has been repeated in many cities in the Former Soviet Union, authorities are restoring to Jewish communities synagogue buildings that were…

February 22, 2016

Women’s Mikveh To Open in Nigeria

West Africa will open the doors to its very first state-of-the-art mikveh in late spring 2016.

By Rena Greenberg

February 18, 2016

Blog: “How Long Are You Going to Be On the Fence?”

I grew up expecting every rabbi to be like Rabbi Gordon, thinking every rabbi could meld California cool with a Lubavitch core, crack jokes that…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

February 12, 2016

Ruderman-Chabad Advocate for Disability Reform

Twenty cents an hour. That is all some employees in America get for their hard work, and only because of their disabilities.

By Staff Writer

February 10, 2016

Jewish Community Mourns Rabbi Yehoshua Binyomin Gordon, 66

Rabbi Yehoshua Binyomin Gordon, 66, Chabad representative of Encinco, California since 1973, passed away on Monday, 28 Shevat 5776, after battling an illness.

By Staff Writer

February 8, 2016

Elevating Life Inside America’s Prisons

As the iron cell door clanged shut behind her, 37-year-old Marcia Singer* felt herself going numb. Staring down at her prison issued jumpsuit she thought…

By Rena Greenberg

February 7, 2016

House Calls in New Hampshire

Preparing for the New Hampshire primaries next week, the presidential candidates and their volunteers will do almost anything to win the votes of the Granite…

By Staff Writer

February 4, 2016

With the Women of Chabad: Time To Heal, Time To Celebrate

It was a celebration of Jewish women who saw past differences and disparities in age, language, cultural backgrounds, and economic status.

By Baila Olidort

February 2, 2016

Sister Time: Chabad Representatives Chill in New York

Their daily routines are intense. Many begin at dawn, mothering large families, leading day schools, preschools, and adult education courses that sustain and grow the…

By Dvora Lakein

January 28, 2016

Blog: Progress In 180 Words

I was fighting the stereotype of the centuries-old, self-sacrificing, nurturing balabuste with the progressive, intelligent persona of the contemporary Jewish woman.

By Rivkie Block

January 26, 2016

Blog: Progress In 180 Words

In a country where communications were extremely controlled and limited, today, without leaving my office, I use social media, webinars, Skype to reach out to…

By Boruch Gorin

January 25, 2016

Samarkand: Where Men Became Giants

In the 1964 Presidential election, Republican candidate Barry Goldwater is famously remembered as quoting the Roman orator, Cicero, in the following bold assertion: “I would…

By Miri Birk

January 21, 2016

Wordsmith: Mekusher

Some words don’t translate well from Hebrew to English, while others translate seamlessly but gain unintended meaning. The word mekusher is an example of the…

By Shmuel Loebenstein

January 19, 2016

Chandler, Arizona: Preschool to Chuppah, A Desert Community in Bloom

The postcard arrived at the right moment for the Mazers. Recently settled in Chandler, Arizona (Jewish pop. 4,000), the couple was looking for a Jewish…

By Dvora Lakein

January 18, 2016

Kivun: A New Model for Jewish Charter School Children

A group of second graders sit in a circle in a colorful New York City classroom as their teacher leads them in a guided meditation…

By Rena Greenberg

January 14, 2016

Finding Family, Faith, Future With Chabad of Binghamton

Tevye the dairyman was at a loss to explain the whys and wherefores of his Jewish traditions. Not so the digital natives and newly minted…

By Baila Olidort

January 11, 2016

Coffee and More: Chabad of Ashland Moves Into Former Starbucks Space

When Starbucks on South Ashland’s busy Siskiyou street—just off Southern Oregon University’s campus—chose not to renew its lease last April, students, faculty and local residents…

By Etti Krinsky

January 7, 2016