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Promise Made by Little Hungarian Girl During WWII Fulfilled

When Robert Rubinstein, a Toronto businessman, had to fulfill the dying wish of a Hungarian Christian woman, he reached out to the Chabad rabbi in…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

January 14, 2015

$1 Million Ruderman Chabad Initiative To Promote Inclusion

The Ruderman Family Foundation (RFF) has put $1 million towards the establishment of a partnership with Chabad-Lubavitch in order to create a culture of inclusion…

January 13, 2015

STATEMENT BY CHABAD-LUBAVITCH HEADQUARTERS

Prime Minister Valls was right in acknowledging that France will be judged a failure if its Jews are forced to flee. We urge Paris’s city…

January 11, 2015

France: In Face of Anti-Semitism, Jews Deepen Identity

Friday's terror siege on a kosher supermarket in France, in which four people were killed, is the most recent of anti-Semitic violence that has targeted…

By Rena Greenberg

January 11, 2015

Parshat Shemot: “Je Suis Charlie”

Today, I am not only Chanie. I am Charlie. I am Shmuel, Mordechai, Andrea, Zeri, Noach, Mery, Sara

By Chanie Zaklikovsky

January 9, 2015

All Dressed Up And Ready To Go

Some time ago, they accepted an invitation to a dinner in the hope of meeting new friends. “I’m not much of a believer, but that…

By Natalie Ling

January 8, 2015

In Prison and Desperate, But Not Alone

The photo of a rabbi reaching through the prison bars embracing the inmate on the other side, begs for background.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

January 7, 2015

Students Pack the House at Chabad of UVM

Burlington, the largest city in Vermont, was named as the “best college town in America” by Travel and Leisure last year.

By Natalie Ling

January 6, 2015

Eldest of Chabad Representatives, Rabbi Dovid Edelman, 90

Rabbi Dovid Edelman, dean of the Lubavitch Yeshivah Academy (LYA), in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, passed away this past Friday, at the age of 90.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

January 4, 2015

Town with “No Jews” Gets Its Own Jewish Center

Back in 1850, Solano County’s Indian Chief didn’t bargain for a Chabad Center, but chances are he’d be a proud man today knowing that one…

By Rena Greenberg

December 31, 2014

Tokyo, Japan, Gets Its First Kosher Restaurant

In a country where baba ghanoush, a Middle-Eastern favorite made of eggplant and mayonnaise or tahini is hard to come by, Chabad of Tokyo is…

By Staff Writer

December 30, 2014

Jewish, Deaf and Proud at Historic Chanukah Events

At the first ever Chanukah event for the deaf community in New York, the excitement was silent but palpable.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

December 30, 2014

Building Bridges Across the Ocean with Israel Connect

An innovative program recently established in canada is fast becoming an international story of building bridges that answers with a resounding “yes.”

By Rena Greenberg

December 30, 2014

Students Mark Dean’s 90th Birthday with Mitzvahs

When the nonagenarian celebrated his birthday this past Shabbat, the students presented him a photo book titled 90 acts of kindness.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

December 29, 2014

IDF’s Lone Soldiers Honored in Jerusalem

At least a thousand people came out to celebrate at a menorah lighting saluting some 100 IDF Lone Soldiers.

By Staff Writer

December 25, 2014

Siberian Rabbi Honored on Province’s 80th Anniversary

The Krasnoyarsk Krai province honored eighty people who “have devoted themselves to the benefit of the region,” including the city of Krasnoyarsk’s chief rabbi, Rabbi…

By Staff Writer

December 24, 2014

Florida Stolen Menorah Replaced with Bigger One

When a nine-foot menorah standing outside the Chabad House in Boca Raton, Florida, was stolen last year, the rabbi promised that if that menorah was…

By Staff Writer

December 24, 2014

After Battles Fought and Won, Menorah Lights Shine

Public menorah lightings, in the past debated and controversial, are now marked across the United States as a celebration of religious freedom.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

December 23, 2014

Council of Europe Leader Honors Chanukah

Chanukah, it turns out, is a favorite with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland.

By Staff Writer

December 22, 2014

Baltimore’s City Hall Unveils Large Menorah

When a Chabad rabbi visiting Baltimore’s city hall last year Chanukah was greeted by a small menorah dwarfed by the dominating seasonal displays, he suggested…

By Staff Writer

December 22, 2014

#ShareTheLights: Menorah’s Message to Millions

Now trending, the hashtag #ShareTheLights is getting millions of people in on the Chanukah tradition of sharing the lights and the inspiration of this ancient…

By Staff Writer

December 18, 2014

Children Travel Through Jewish Time

Since opening some 50,000 people a year have been greeted by Abraham as he offers a gateway into the 7,000 square-foot tour of Jewish culture…

By Marla Cohen

December 18, 2014

Menorah at the Kremlin

At the Kremlin, Aleksander Torshin, Acting Chairman of the Russian Parliament, lit the shamash candle, and congratulated thousands of Jews celebrating Chanukah. “Mazel Tov and…

By Staff Writer

December 17, 2014

U.S. Vice President Joins Menorah Lighting

“Tonight is about miracles, the miracle of courageous warriors overcoming the great odds,” Biden said, pointing to another noteworthy miracle: “Thousands of years later, Judaism…

By Staff Writer

December 17, 2014