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Getting A Head Start On Rosh Hashana With Chabad

Rosh Hashana is probably the best known and most widely observed Jewish holiday. And, with hundreds of thousands of free seats available and prayer services

By C.R. Lundy

September 2, 2010

Released Time Bolsters Jewish Identity of NY Public School Students

Every Wednesday during the past year, 230 Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students instructed more than 1,110 students from 114 public schools across New York City in Jewish…

By Dvora Lakein

August 31, 2010

Kehot Releases Special Tribute to Teachers and Educators

The Educator’s Privilege, newly released by Kehot Publication Society, offers guidance and inspiration for educators from the talks and correspondences of the Lubavitcher Rebbe...

August 30, 2010

F.R.E.E. Greets Thousands At Brighton Beach Festival

Thousands who came to the Annual Brighton Beach Festival on Sunday, heard the shofar blasts and took time to learn about the upcoming Jewish High…

August 30, 2010

Nevada’s Jewish Day School Opens New Building

As schools across the country open their doors this September some 180 students of the Desert Torah Academy will be entering a brand new, state-of-the-art…

By Mendy Rimler

August 30, 2010

Larry King to Host Chabad Telethon

CNN television personality Larry King will be hosting the special 30th anniversary Chabad “To Life!” telethon, to be broadcast live from Hollywood this Sunday.

By Mendy Rimler

August 29, 2010

Dnepropetrovsk Jewish Community Targets City’s 16-30 Year Olds

Poster ads along Dnepropetrovsk’s main drags call on the city’s Jewish 16-30 year olds with the promise of $1000 UAH if they join a one-month…

August 27, 2010

One Million Jews in Russia

Russia’s Jewish population is at about one million, says the FJC President, Alexander Boroda.

August 27, 2010

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