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Protestors clashing with riot police last Wednesday in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, left the small Jewish community in this Central Asian republic feeling particularly vulnerable and anxious

By Mordechai Lightstone

April 11, 2010

Hungarian Jews Concerned About National Elections

Hungary's Jewish community is keeping a wary eye on this Sunday's national elections, in which a right-wing extremist group is expected to garner an unprecedented…

By Chana Katz

April 9, 2010

Chabad Seders in Cusco, Peru

Despite widespread damage in January caused by Peru’s worst flooding in five years, with numerous access roads closed, Chabad-Lubavitch hosted some 700 guests for its…

April 7, 2010

Founder of Chabad Institutions in Canada, 94

Rabbi Moses E. Gerlitsky, one of the founders of the Rabbinical College of Canada and Chabad in Canada passed away Sunday April 4, 2010 in…

April 7, 2010

Passover Parade In Chicago

(lubavitch.com) Sporting T-shirts with “This Passover, Experience Your Freedom,” 75 rabbinical students and schoolchildren packed into 13 fifteen-passenger vans last Tuesday on a parade that…

By Mendy Rimler

March 25, 2010

600 Chabad Rabbinical Students Set Out On Passover Tour

Six hundred Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students, itineraries in hand, will disperse to some 280 cities worldwide, in time for the Passover Seders that begin on March…

By Staff Writer

March 25, 2010

When Do We Eat?

It may not be one of the four questions, but it gets asked all the same, and this one needs to be answered before the…

March 23, 2010

Sharansky to Jewish Students: Jewish Identity Key to Freedom

Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, drew some 20,000 listeners as he delivered a Passover web address.

By Baila Olidort

March 22, 2010

North Cyprus: Jewish Adults, Children, Get Ready for Passover

In a first for North Cyprus, Jewish children here worked up a joyful Passover spirit as they rolled up the sleeves and rolled out the…

March 21, 2010

Wellesley-Weston Community Rallies To Support Flooded Chabad Center

In the week since a massive flood devastated the Wellesley-Weston Chabad House, community members have rallied together to help clean up and rebuild.

March 21, 2010

Lubavitch.com Hosts Jewish Digerati at SXSW Festival’s Kosher BBQ

New among the workshops and panels at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas, was Judaism 2.0.

By Staff Writer

March 19, 2010

Paying for Passover

In a tight economy, it takes smarts and efficiency for Chabad representatives to bring Passover to their communities.

By Rivka Chaya Berman

March 17, 2010

Oldest Synagogue in Siberia

(lubavitch.com) After a long interruption, renovations on the Choral Synagogue in Tomsk, one of the oldest synagogues in Siberia, are well underway.The project, which began…

By Staff Writer

March 17, 2010

Leeds University Students Celebrate a Belated Bat Mitzvah

Jewish girls traditionally celebrate their coming-of-age when they turn 12. But last Sunday, seven women at Leeds University in England played catch-up

By Staff Writer

March 16, 2010

New Volume of Chabad Encyclopedia Published

This newest volume represents just one slice of a monumental project aimed at explaining issues raised in the discourses of the Chabad...

By Mordechai Lightstone

March 15, 2010

French Ambassador Visits Florida Chabad Center

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March 11, 2010

Chabad Academy Student Wins Regional Spelling Bee

David Habibi, a fifth grader of Chabad Academy of Myrtle Beach, became the champion of the 22nd annual Regional Spelling Bee Tuesday night, earning him…

March 10, 2010

Egypt’s Jews Celebrate Restoration of Maimonides Synagogue

(lubavitch.com) About a dozen Chabad emmisaries participated Sunday in the festive rededication of the ancient Maimonides synagogue in Cairo.

By Chana Katz

March 8, 2010

Chabad of Santiago Mobilizes Relief Aid

Chabad-Lubavitch of Santiago is mobilizing its resources with a plan of action to bring relief aid to areas affected by the recent earthquake.

By Staff Writer

March 5, 2010

The Hidden Jews of Solano County

(lubavitch.com) It’s an 820 square mile swath in Northern California with a population of about 500,000. Until recently, anyone living there who happened to be…

By S. Fridman

March 4, 2010

Blog: Purim At Riker’s Island

The first stop for all is the security checkpoint just outside of Rikers Island. Photo identifications are reviewed and clearance is given to proceed forward.

By Yosef Shidler

March 4, 2010