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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

The Art of the Jew

In a recent conversation I was asked, “how do you see the Jewish people”? I was once told to that to see the soul of…

By Mayer Prager

July 14, 2010

A Boy For All Camps

It’s hard for the average kid to be in two places at once. But Ari Cohen is not your average kid. Last summer, the spunky…

By Dvora Lakein

July 14, 2010

Chabad Friendship Circles Win $20,000 Each in Chase Bank Giving Campaign

(lubavitch.com) Fourteen Friendship Circle branches across the U.S. have been voted to the top 200 in the Chase Community Giving, winning a prize of $20,000…

July 13, 2010

Senior Chabad Representative, Mrs. Rivkah Hecht, 91

Rebbetzin Rivkah (Ruthie) Hecht, a pioneer of the Jewish day school movement and one of the original Chabad emissaries to New Haven, Connecticut, passed away…

By Mordechai Lightstone

July 13, 2010

Time Passages

Arie (Lova) Eliav, one of Israel’s most decorated citizens, born in the Soviet Union, in 1924, was a Knesset Member and leader of the Labor…

July 12, 2010

For Israeli Students, Medical Training in Hungary Deepens Jewish Identity

Toasting the new graduates in Hebrew at the Hotel Intercontinental ballroom, 300 guests - proud family and friends from Israel and Budapest’s Jewish community -…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

July 11, 2010

Old and Wise

By Mayer Prager

July 8, 2010

Chabad on Campus Reaches Tipping Point

This past year, on an average Friday night, a combined total of 7,000 students took their seats at Chabad on Campus for Shabbat dinner. Some…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

July 5, 2010

Queen Elizabeth Meets With Chabad Representative of Canada

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July 4, 2010

Big Lots Donates $100,000 to Chabad House

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July 2, 2010

Fourteen Chabad Centers in the Running for $20k

Some 14 Chabad centers are now within the top 200 most voted for non-profits in the U.S. The votes are accumulating on the Chase Bank…

By S. Fridman

July 2, 2010

Medvedev First Russian President To Visit Birobidjan

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev is the first Russian head of state to visit Birobidjan, the capital of Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region. Russia's Chief Rabbi, Chabad-Lubavitch…

July 2, 2010

Chabad Opens New, First Mikvah in Seine-et-Marne, France

Some 150 people from the local Jewish community attended the opening on Monday, together with Shluchim from the area.

June 30, 2010

Yeshiva Program Helps Jewish College Kids Gain Torah-Study Skills

In many ways Michael Friedman is no different than a lot of other college students who take a short break before in late spring, after…

By Amihai Tzippor

June 30, 2010

Chabad’s Bais Chana Institute Ranks Second of Top Ten NonProfits Empowering Women

(lubavitch.com) Bais Chana Women’s Institute has been named one of the top nonprofits empowering women by GreatNonprofits and GuideStar. The distinguished educational institution has opened…

By Dvora Lakein

June 28, 2010