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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…
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My Shabbat in Cyprus
When life gives you lemons…find a Chabad House. Let me begin at the end. I have always admired Chabad. Their passion and commitment to every…
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Ireland’s Jews Respond to Hate
Over one-third of Irish Christians polled in 2024 believed that Jews “still talk too much about what happened to them in the Holocaust.” The findings,…
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Custom Made: What is the Power of the Minhag?
Stranded in the Australian outback, the small team of explorers were exhausted, hungry, and a thousand miles from home.  Robert Burke and William Wills had…
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Ep. 55: Chabad’s Return To Mumbai
Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 55 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives
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Playing by Heart
In January the largest satellite radio provider in America, SiriusXM, added a track to its “Spa” channel from a new, emerging artist. “Eyes That Sparkle,”…
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Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar, 78
Rabbi Sholom Ber Lipskar, founder of the Aleph Institute and The Shul of Bal Harbour, passed away on Shabbat. He was 78.  Known affectionately as…
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Counting Days
As we count the weeks and months since the deep traumas of October 7, the practice of Sefirat HaOmer offers insight
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Community Heals Together as Moldova Mikva Dedicated
Moldova Mikva Dedicated in Memory of Teen
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Chabad Centers Offer Refuge Amid Raging Wildfires
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,…
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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…
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Art as Avodah: A Visual Conversation with Tobi Kahn
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…
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Chabad Welcomed in Mountain Principality of Andorra
Amid Warming Relations, Jewish Community Welcomes its First Rabbi
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What Israel Means To Them Now: Shehekhiyonu
Following the events of October 7, I reached back to a poem I committed to memory when I first read it—a poem written when we…
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Exodus of an Artist
Ukrainian-born painter Michael Gleizer’s journey from the Soviet Union to America tells a new story about art, freedom, and faith
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What Israel Means To Them Now: The Gift
In the days following October 7, when the scope and horror of the Shemini Atzeret massacre became clear, I felt my mother’s experiences during the…
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The Heirs of Asher Lev
Young religious artists forge new paths in an unknown land
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Above The Fray
Judaism is neither liberal, nor progressive, nor conservative. It is Judaism. It precedes all of these categories, cuts through them, and floats above them. The…
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Judaism Unadorned
Style, Substance, and Sukkah Decorations
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Remembering Rebbetzin Chana: Jewish Feminine Role Model
A feminine role model of Jewish activism and proponent of Jewish scholarship, is being remembered today, on her yahrzeit.
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The October 8th Jew
When tragedy shatters belief, the conversation may continue in a different form
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Leading with Autism
Gedaliah Shaffer wasn’t thrilled when his mother enrolled him in Shrub Oak International School. His mother, Liba Shaffer, was herself ambivalent about the decision. But…
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Chicago Chabad Brings Jewish Resources to DNC
Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois is prepared to welcome Jewish visitors to the city
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A Leader Who Transcends Himself
We present one of 12 essays that were published in the Lubavitch International Journal, Thirty Years: A Deeper Look, honoring the Rebbe’s legacy.
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