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Putting Children First: Chabad of Los Feliz, CA Dedicates New Center

In the Wake of Wildfires, New Center Brings Food, Shelter to Angelinos

Finding Beauty in Sacred Space

January 30, 2025

Centers

More than just a matter of window dressing, new Chabad centers reflect an aesthetic that plays an important role in the spiritual life of the…

Community Heals Together as Moldova Mikva Dedicated

January 26, 2025

Judaism

Moldova Mikva Dedicated in Memory of Teen

Ep. 51: El Rabino of Cabo

January 21, 2025

Podcast

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 51 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

January 13, 2025

Florida’s Amelia Island Welcomes its First Rabbi

Douglas Greene, a real estate investor, moved to Amelia Island, Florida about 15 years ago. Like many of the island’s residents, Greene and his wife,…

Chabad Centers Offer Refuge Amid Raging Wildfires

January 12, 2025

aid

On either side of them, houses burned. While the fires tearing through the Los Angeles area have left several dead, and entire communities in ruins,…

Chabad Brings Jewish Life to Caribbean Vacationers

January 9, 2025

Caribbean

Crowds of Jewish people—vacationers as well as year-round locals—celebrated Chanukah at events organized by Chabad centers that dot the Caribbean

Today in Jewish History: The Victory in Chabad Library Trial

January 5, 2025

History

On the 5th of Tevet (Hei Teves) in 1987, the extensive library of the sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, was declared as belonging to…

Remembering Chanukah With My Father

January 5, 2025

The Chassidic masters used to say, “Listen to the Chanukah candles; every one tells a story.” As we prepare to kindle the special 8th light,…

By Rabbi Yossel Kranz

January 1, 2025

Chanukah

When Kids Are The Lone Menorah

Jewish students at secular primary schools all over the country face daily challenges to their cultural and religious identities.

By Ashira Weiss

December 29, 2024

Trois-Rivières Historic Jewish Community Welcomes Chabad Center

Sometime during the height of the COVID pandemic, Rabbi Aaron Spiro posted an ad on Facebook — something that read along the lines of: “Are…

By Leibel Kahan

December 24, 2024

A Chanukah Message From Rabbi Krinsky

Dear readers, I’m waiting for Chanukah. In fact, I can’t wait to give thanks “for the miracles of those days in our time . . .” It’s…

By Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky

December 24, 2024

Chanukah

Public Menorahs Turn 50

15,000 Public Menorahs Will be Placed by Chabad this Year, 50 Years Since the First Public Menorah at Independence Hall

December 24, 2024

Chabad Opens in Leander, Texas, Amid Tech-Fueled Boom

Rachel Binder’s family had no idea they were Jewish. Her great-grandmother made sure of that. But when someone in the family discovered a menorah and…

Chabad’s Chelsea Giving Kitchen Elevates Food Donations

December 23, 2024

Books

Soul, Body, Essence

Engaging the Essence: The Torah Philosophy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Yosef Bronstein Maggid Press

By Naftali Lowenthal

December 21, 2024

Community

Celeb Chef Leads 100 in Preparing Gourmet Meals for Local Elderly, Indigent

Finding the Hidden Jews of Brazil

December 18, 2024

Mivtzoim

Several summers ago, on the 7,000-mile “Southern Route,” a group of Chabad yeshiva students visited the city of Pelotas, Brazil, planning to spend Shabbat at…

By Leibel Kahan

December 12, 2024

Podcast

50th Episode of Lamplighters Podcast Published: The Outpost In Oklahoma

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 50 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

December 9, 2024

Books

Book Notes

Letters for Life Guidance for Emotional Wellness From the Lubavitcher Rebbe Levi Y. Shmotkin Ezra Press As a teenager, Levi Shmotkin lost his oomph for…

Art as Avodah: A Visual Conversation with Tobi Kahn

December 8, 2024

Art

Tobi Kahn’s art lives in two worlds. His paintings of expansive oceanic horizons, akin to the color field works of Mark Rothko, hang in the…