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Come And Hear: A Dad Defends Shabbat At Chabad

"Dad, isn’t it true that I can’t read from the Torah there?”

By Alex Troy

January 19, 2023

Podcast

Ep. 33: A Small Jewish Community in an African City of 20 Million

The 33rd episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

January 9, 2023

New Centers

A Jewish Community Life Sprouts in Elk Grove, California

Rabbi Chaim and Raizel Groner moved to Sacramento’s fastest-growing suburb in September to connect local Jews and build the city’s first Jewish community

By Yoni Brown

January 8, 2023

Centers

From Small Beginnings, Chabad Builds Big in S. Mateo, California

Over twenty-one years, Rabbi Yossi and Esty Marcus built a close-knit Jewish community, a successful summer camp, and a prestigious preschool. The $20 million Lent…

By Yoni Brown

January 2, 2023

Treasures From the Chabad Library

The library’s collection was started by the founder of Chabad, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), and expanded with each subsequent Lubavitcher Rebbe. Throughout this…

By Baila Olidort

December 28, 2022

History

Today in Jewish History: The Victory in Chabad Library Trial

On the 5th of Tevet (Hei Teves) in 1987, the extensive library of the sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, was declared as belonging to…

By Staff Writer

December 28, 2022

Chanukah

Chanukah Lights Go Up At Sunday Night Football

Millions Exposed to Holiday’s Message via the NFL

By Staff Writer

December 19, 2022

Community

German City Celebrates New Torah Scroll

Its main synagogue was torched by the Nazis, its Torahs destroyed and its Jews murdered. Today, Karlsruhe, Germany is seeing a Jewish revival

By Staff Writer

December 16, 2022

Kindling Faith With The Chanukah Lights

Do miracles get in the way of your faith? Do you find them an obstacle to making a deeper commitment to Judaism? Many people find…

By Alex Troy

December 16, 2022

History

Remembering Chabad’s Beginnings, 223 Years Ago

It is the date on which, in 1798, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Chasidism, was released from Czarist imprisonment.

By Baila Olidort

December 13, 2022

Podcast

Ep. 32: Connecting Two Generations Of Rabbis In A Boston NICU

The 32nd episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

November 28, 2022

Rebbe

An Interview with the Rebbe’s Doctor – Dr. Ira Weiss

Dr. Ira Weiss, Senior Attending Cardiologist at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL, was called in to attend to the Lubavitcher Rebbe after he suffered a…

By Baila Olidort

November 24, 2022

Campus

Largest-Ever Pegisha Shabbaton Brings University Students to Crown Heights

Over 1,200 students, almost 200 Chabad emissaries, came for this year’s Pegisha

By Staff Writer

November 22, 2022

Kinus

Celebrating Gains in Jewish Life at Largest Ever Chabad Conference

Record-breaking attendance at this year’s International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries, set to take place this weekend in Brooklyn, New York, highlights a year of continued…

By Yoni Brown

November 16, 2022

History

Birthday of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson in 1860 (5621)

20 Cheshvan: Birthday of the fifth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneerson in 1860 (5621).

By Staff Writer

November 14, 2022

Features

Coming Back From Cancellation

The notorious practice of “cancellation” suggests that our society has forgotten how to forgive, and how to make amends. What is the Jewish perspective? Here…

By Boruch Werdiger

November 13, 2022

Centers

Kenosha, Wisconsin, Gets New Jewish Home in Stunning Turnaround

After three years of meticulous planning fell apart, Rabbi Tzali and Rivkie Wilschanski found a new home for their 118-year-old Jewish community in just three…

By Yoni Brown

November 7, 2022

United States

A Rabbi, a State Senator, and Seven Hundred Winter Coats for Ukrainian Orphans

Rabbi JJ Hecht and Senator Ray Lesniak gifted toys and designer winter coats to over seven hundred orphaned Ukrainian children, and got a glimpse of…

By Yoni Brown

November 2, 2022

Campus

Confronting Cancel Culture on Campus

As political discourse on campus approaches the point of no return, Jewish students and Chabad reps are mining their own argumentative tradition for guidance, inspiration,…

By Sarah Ogince

October 31, 2022

Podcast

Ep. 31: Merging Torah And Science: Lessons From The Life Of Dr. Binyomin Abrams

The 31st episode in its series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives

By Staff Writer

October 30, 2022

Community

After Joyous Sukkot, Long Road Ahead for Fort Myers Jewish Community

The Chabad of Fort Myers community took time out from urgent repairs and water-damaged homes to celebrate a “phenomenal” community Sukkot complete with dancing.

By Yoni Brown

October 23, 2022

New Centers

Jewish Community and Culture Comes to Life in Martha’s Vineyard

Ahead of the summer of 2022, the Alperowitzes booked a one-way ticket to the island on the ferry and launched Chabad of Martha’s Vineyard out…

By Yoni Brown

October 23, 2022

High Holidays

Holidays after the Hurricane: Chabad of Cape Coral Observes Yom Kippur

Despite flooded streets, power outages, and evacuations, Cape Coral’s Jewish community came together for Yom Kippur services at Rabbi Yossi Labkowski’s Chabad center

By Yoni Brown

October 6, 2022