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Chabad-on-Campus Opens New Center in Rittenhouse Square

For the first time ever, Jewish students studying at any of the cluster of arts colleges in Center City, Philadelphia, will have their own Jewish…

By Staff Writer

August 26, 2010

The Kotel Siddur: A Better Experience at Israel’s Western Wall

In addition to comprehensive translations and transliterations, the Kotel Siddur offers explanations and insights into the spiritual meaning of the site.

By Rivka Chaya Berman

August 25, 2010

After 60 Years, Óbuda Synagogue To Open Its Doors For Rosh Hashana

Sixty years after it was emptied of its Jewish worshipers, the Óbuda synagogue in Budapest—the oldest in Hungary, will open its doors to services this…

By Mordechai Lightstone

August 25, 2010

Raising the Bar At Jewish Preschools

This September the Olam Academy of Basking Ridge, New Jersey will open its doors to welcome 16 students into its inaugural kindergarten

By Sarah Lehat

August 24, 2010

Australian Premier Says Thank You for Chicken Soup

On Ms Keneally’s last visit to the kosher kitchen, she was suffering from a head cold. The following day she received a package at her…

August 23, 2010

OK in the UK: As College Students Grow, So Do Chabad Services

University students heading back to school in the United Kingdom will find their Chabad centers on campus expanding....

By Rivka Chaya Berman

August 23, 2010

Former Governor and Senator George Allen Addresses National Jewish Retreat

(lubavitch.com) This past Thursday, August 19, George Allen, former Governor of Virginia, gave the keynote address at the National Jewish Retreat in Reston, VA. The following…

August 19, 2010

A Year Late, A Sderot Boy Gets His Bar Mitzvah Party

The fourteen year old knew better than to complain to his parents when his milestone birthday went by without celebration. Serving as his parents’ legs…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

August 19, 2010

Gan Israel Teenager Administers CPR, Saves Life

A counselor who had just returned from a summer at Camp Gan Israel of Alpharetta, GA came to the rescue at an Engelwood Cliffs, New…

By Mordechai Lightstone

August 19, 2010

National Jewish Retreat Opens in Virginia

Possibly the largest national Jewish study program of its kind, the five-day Retreat this year opens Tuesday, August 17, and will offer an unusual Jewish…

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

August 17, 2010

Will Kiwis Kill Kosher?

Now that a New Zealand court has granted a temporary stay on the country’s kosher slaughter ban, chicken soup might return to Rabbi Shmuel and…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

August 11, 2010

Precious Findings: Inscriptions in an old Torah scroll

This summer, the Jewish community of Port Washington welcomed a Torah scroll to the city’s local Chabad center that was begging, it seemed, to be…

By Sarah Lehat

August 10, 2010

New: Russian Translated Pentateuch with Rashi Commentary

Russian language readers interested in Biblical Judaic texts can now study the Torah, or the Pentateuch...

By Sarah Lehat

August 10, 2010

A Jewish Community in Sydney Grows Young, Vibrant

A shuttered bankers’ training facility will soon reopen as Chabad’s Jewish community retreat center in Sydney’s North Shore.

By Rivka Chaya Berman

August 9, 2010

Mezuza Marathon

In most places, it is possible to identify a Jewish residence by the mezuzah on the doorpost. Not so in parts of the FSU, where…

August 6, 2010

New Mikvah Construction Begins for Smolensk

Smolensk, the capital city of the Smolensk Region, located on the Dnieper River some 360 kilometers (224 mi) west-southwest of Moscow, home to approximately 5000…

August 6, 2010

On Two Jews

Where do the needs of one Jew stop, and those of the other begin?

By Mordechai Lightstone

August 4, 2010

Early Childhood Education Gets a Head Start

Recipients of a Chabad educational grant program that will open new preschools in the U.S. met with Mr. David Slager, the philanthropist underwriting the $5…

By Staff Writer

July 30, 2010

Blind Date: Two Jews, Two Phones, One Torah

Sanford Rosenthal surfs the web using a talking computer. To find matching clothes each morning, he feels the Braille labels on his shirts. His cell…

By Dvora Lakein

July 28, 2010

In Small Town Viroqua, Jewish Teenagers Explore Identity

Viroqua, on a ridge in the Ocooch Mountains of Southwestern Wisconsin, is 50 miles from the nearest Jewish community, an unlikely venue for a study…

By Sarah Lehat

July 26, 2010

The Stranger On The Plane [Blog]

I have not seen him in a month, and in that time, the cancer that is chasing my son’s body has paralyzed his entire left…

By Donna Powell

July 19, 2010

Rabbi Isaac Luria, Mystic for the Ages

Known as The Ari (The Lion), a Hebrew acronym for “the G-dly Rabbi Isaac,” Rabbi Luria's thought and teachings have become the cornerstone of the…

By Mordechai Lightstone

July 16, 2010

Aussie Rabbi Gives Peace a Chance

A Chabad rabbi was one of three representatives sent by Australia’s federal government recently, to an international peace conference hosted by a Muslim non-governmental organization…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

July 16, 2010

The eighth note!

I remember way, way back in the day, when I was a Yeshivah student, I used to help a certain Chabad House every so often…

By Benny Hershcovich

July 14, 2010