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Book Review/ Revealing the Secrets: An Academic Explores The Rebbe’s Teachings

The academic world hasn’t always been friendly to Chasidism or Kabbala. Nineteenth-century

By Shmuel Klatzkin

January 8, 2010

French Consul General Visits Lubavitch Headquarters

(lubavitch.com) France’s Consul General, Mr. Philippe Lalliot, toured Chabad Lubavitch’s international headquarters in Brooklyn, Wednesday. The Consul General was accompanied by his Press and Information…

By Dvora Lakein

January 8, 2010

Chabad-Lubavitch Community In Grief As Two Die in Accident

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters mourns the tragic deaths, Wednesday, of 10-year-old Avrohom Dovid Lieberow, and 20 year-old Mrs. Pesha Leah Azoulay.

By Staff Writer

January 7, 2010

Major Jewish Philanthropist Explores Chabad’s Russian Roots

Guma Aguiar is making up for lost time. Last week, the young billionaire sprinted through blizzard conditions in Russia and Ukraine, tracing the early history…

By Baila Olidort

January 5, 2010

Jewish Children of Russian Immigrants At Winter Camp

For 20 Russian Jewish boys from Brooklyn, Staten Island and New Jersey, a weeklong winter camp this past December in Monticello, New York, offered them…

By Mordechai Lightstone

January 5, 2010

Twin Cities Media, Citizens, Help To Save Minnesota Yeshiva

Today’s financial climate earns foreclosures scant notice. But with a thriving yeshiva in middle America facing that prospect, the response is coming in fast and…

By C.R. Lundy

January 4, 2010

A Jewish Community Grows In Cabo San Lucas

(lubavitch.com) Once a week, Benzion Hershcovich leaves his house at the crack of dawn while his wife and children are still asleep. The twenty-something rabbi…

By Mordechai Lightstone

January 1, 2010

Crunch Time: Rolling Out Passover Matzahs in December

Until the last few decades, they were available only at select Judaica shops or in Brooklyn storefronts. These days, the crispy confections can be had…

By Dvora Lakein

December 30, 2009

Chabad Centers Devise Strategies To Outwit the Recession

When Wall Street cheers as the Dow Jones scrapes its way up from 12-year lows, it sounds faint and hollow to Chabad centers on Main…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

December 24, 2009

PERSPECTIVES: Compromising A Sacred Trust

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By Simcha Backman

December 24, 2009

Chanukah First At Staples Center

"Fans came out to support their team and were privileged to witness the first Menorah lighting at Staples Center," said Rabbi Backman.

By Levi Margolin

December 22, 2009

At McGill University, Jewish Students Host Inaugural Shabbat Dinner

On a recent Friday night, Rabbi Shmuly Weiss and his wife Rashi were guests in their own Montreal home.

By David Lipson

December 21, 2009

Chabad Representatives Near Auschwitz Say Interest in Polish Jewish Life Strong

The'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign stolen Friday from the entrance to the Auschwitz death camp has been recovered, say Polish police authorities. Five men were reportedly…

By Mordechai Lightstone

December 20, 2009

How Chanukah Came Out of Closet

The first public menorah went up in San Francisco’s Union Square, in 1975. Erected by the late Rolling Stones promoter and Holocaust survivor Bill Graham

By Natasha Rosenstock

December 18, 2009

Chanukah Pride Parade in NYC

(lubavitch.com) 200 teenagers were shuttled Tuesday in Hummer stretch limousines outfitted with rooftop menorahs, to the Jewish Heritage Museum in New York City. It was…

December 17, 2009

Illinois Governor At Chanukah Party in State Offices

(lubavitch.com) Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois attended a Chanukah party on Monday in Downtown Chicago, hosted by Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois. State Senator Ira Silverstein,…

December 15, 2009

A Menorah Made of CROCS

(lubavitch.com) They’ve been carved of chocolate and ice, constructed of lego and food cans, and now, Chabad of Hong Kong will light a menorah made…

By Staff Writer

December 15, 2009

World’s First Single Malt Menorah

Two hundred people showed up at Buckhurst Hill Chabad to watch the lightning of a 7 foot menorah built out of clear piping filled with…

By Yaacov Behrman

December 15, 2009

Energy Magnate Aguiar Makes Chanukah Gift to Chabad-Lubavitch

Energy magnate Guma Aguiar has made a gift of $770,000 to Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in honor of Chanukah 2009.

December 14, 2009

Reinterpreting The Latke, Deconstructing the Doughnut

(lubavitch.com) Latkes with applesauce and sour cream may be a familiar favorite, but Pessy Haskelevich is serving them instead with a side of pear and…

By David Lipson

December 13, 2009

Chabad Rabbi Attacked in Vienna

A Muslim man attacked a Chabad rabbi Saturday night as he was conducting the annual ceremony to light the public Chanukah menorah in Stefenfaltz Square…

By Hana Levi Julian

December 13, 2009

Uruguayan President Vázquez meets with Chabad

Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez met last Monday with members and friends of Chabad-Lubavitch of Uruguay, headed by Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov.

By Mendy Rimler

December 13, 2009

Elie Wiesel To Hungary’s Jews: Stay Jewish

On a rare visit to Hungary this week, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel applauded Chabad-Lubavitch for its work reviving Jewish life in his native country.

By Brenda Farkasz

December 11, 2009

Allegheny vs. ACLU: Good for Chanukah

When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that placing Chabad-owned menorahs in public spaces did not violate the establishment clause, it set a slab of precedent…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

December 10, 2009