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High Holidays

Stringing and Piercing: A Reflection on the High Holiday Prayers

Where words fail us, the shofar comes forward. It pierces our souls and the very heavens with the reverberations of its sound.

By Dr. Chana Silberstein

September 18, 2025

Chabad Opens $6.5 Million Jewish Campus in Minneapolis

In a state where antisemitism has made headlines in recent years, a swank new Chabad campus rises in celebration of Jewish life in Minnesota. The…

By Leibel Kahan

September 17, 2025

Israelis Find a Home in Fort Myers

For years, Amit Assulin would make a two hour drive to Miami every Friday just to spend Shabbat with other Israelis. Residing in Fort Myers,…

By Leibel Kahan

September 16, 2025

Podcast

Ep. 58: The Tennis Star and the Country Girl Changing Jewish Life in Milwaukee

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 58 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

September 10, 2025

Building Community in Bowie

On August 24th, Bowie baseball fans celebrated the annual Jewish Heritage Day at Prince George’s Stadium — home of the Minor League Chesapeake Baysox. Beyond…

By Leibel Kahan

September 7, 2025

A Moment of Truth

The tents are gone. But last year’s encampments on U.S. campuses have wrought a change in mindset and mood so profound, there’s no going back…

By Baila Olidort

September 1, 2025

National Disaster

From the Ashes: Pacific Palisades Rebuilds

Of all the things they lost in the Los Angeles wildfires, Jessica and Michael Heshel miss their friends most. The growing community of young parents…

By S. Schreiber

August 31, 2025

Chabad Reps Graduate IDF Officers’ Course

Rabbi Netanel Ben Maas is a Chabad-Lubavitch representative in the town of Mikhmoret, Israel, a small seaside moshav located north of Netanya. Like most Israeli…

By Tzemach Feller

August 31, 2025

Jewish Life Thrives at VCU

As a recent graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Ariel Binyamin can remember back to when there was virtually no sense of Jewish representation there. Especially…

By Leibel Kahan

August 25, 2025

A Catholic Priest Returns

His parents named him Sheftil Binyamin. He was born deaf and attended a Catholic school for children with special needs. In his early twenties he…

By Tzemach Feller

August 18, 2025

Podcast

Ep. 57: The Over-The-Road Rabbi – Every Mile, Every Soul

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 57 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

August 12, 2025

A Floating Home for Jewish Students in Paris

Nestled on the left bank of the River Seine, Paris’ 13th Arrondissement bustles with college campuses, high-rise apartment buildings, and riverside cafes. Throngs of students…

By Tzemach Feller

August 4, 2025

Jewish Summer Fellowship in Catskill Mountains

A dozen Jewish students from across the U.S. and the U.K. are experiencing a six-week fellowship of Jewish education in New York’s Catskill Mountains. The…

By Tzemach Feller

July 31, 2025

Machne Israel Announces Grant Funding New “Mitzvah Tanks”

Machne Israel — the social services branch of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement — has announced a new initiative that will provide grants to three Chabad centers…

By Tzemach Feller

July 21, 2025

A Sprawling New Home for Jewish Life in the Berkshires

This summer, as visitors flock to the Berkshires for mountain views and musical performances at Tanglewood, Chabad of the Berkshires opened the doors to a…

By Leibel Kahan

July 20, 2025

Travel

Headed to a National Park? Chabad Has You Covered

Chabad Centers Near National Parks Make Judaism Accessible to Thousands of Visitors Each Year

By Tzemach Feller

July 20, 2025

Living Jewishly in Tatarstan

Far from St. Petersburg or Moscow, the city of Naberezhnye Chelny in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan is a booming industrial hub. For decades, the…

By Leibel Kahan

July 17, 2025

Features

From Dealing Drugs To Writing Scrolls

It took years in and out of physiatric wards, and several close brushes with death at the hands of mafia-hitmen and street toughs before Jordan…

By Yoni Brown

July 17, 2025

Podcast

Ep. 56: Two Converts, One Mission – Reviving Jewish Life in Stellenbosch

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 56 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

July 6, 2025

Chabad Opens on the Dominican Republic’s North Coast

In the 1930s — when most countries had sealed their borders to Jewish refugees fleeing Europe — the Dominican Republic opened its doors, and a…

By Leibel Kahan

July 6, 2025

Chabad Brings a Jewish Revival to West Adams

Walking down a street in West Adams, California, on Purim eve, Rabbi Michoel Zajac spotted a couple wearing what looked like festive headgear. “Happy Purim!”…

By Leibel Kahan

July 1, 2025

Rebbe

Standing at Two Thresholds: A Chasid in Academe

We present one of 12 essays that were published in the Lubavitch International Journal, Thirty Years: A Deeper Look, honoring the Rebbe’s legacy.

By Naftali Lowenthal

June 25, 2025

New Chabad Reps in La Plata, Argentina, are “Building Community, Soul by Soul”

About an hour’s drive southeast of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is the meticulously-designed and beautifully-maintained provincial capital, La Plata. Besides being the home to Buenos Aires…

By Tzemach Feller

June 24, 2025

Chabad on Wheels: A Lifeline for Jews in Rural Alabama

Isolation, intermarriage, and evangelical activism threaten to chip away at Jewish identity in America’s Deep South. Chabad on Wheels offers a hands-on solution — bringing…

By Leibel Kahan

June 17, 2025