The Chabad House That Is Also a Farm
For many, walking into a synagogue or Chabad House for the first time can be harder than it looks. There is a door, and a […]
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Tending to Tanzania
Dar es Salaam means “abode of peace” in Arabic, and it’s where the call to prayer carries over the rumbling of generators. The heat comes […]
Faces of Chabad: Rivky Hertzel
“People think Zambia is exotic, but when people in Zambia hear I grew up in Alaska, they think that’s the crazy part. Alaska never felt […]
Chabad’s Downtown Chicago Sukkah Becomes an International Jewish Art Exhibition
Twenty-seven Jewish artists from around the world transformed Chabad’s longtime Daley Plaza sukkah into a public gallery, inviting thousands of passersby to encounter Jewish art, […]
Chabad of Kenya Opens New Center, Starts Search for Bigger One
For nearly two years, Rabbi Levi and Chaya Mushka Notik searched Nairobi for a new home for Chabad of Kenya. Space, budget and security were […]
Faces of Chabad: Yehuda Ferris
“My father was a cantor at a Conservative synagogue—that’s how we grew up. Reform, conservative, wherever my father worked, that was our level of observance. […]
Jewish Runners Make a Pit Stop at Chabad Sukkah
More than 100 members of the Nice Jewish Runners club made a nice Jewish stop this week as they made their way through Manhattan, New […]
Memories of Sukkot 1991
Sukkot 1991 was different. The crowds were enormous. But this time, the Rebbe remained standing in the sukkah for the next six and a half hours with no break for a drink or to rest his feet.
Celebrating this Year: Sukkot
This week marks Sukkot, the holiday of booths (or huts). The seven-day Festival of Joy comes begins tonight, October 13, at sunset, commemorating the Clouds of Glory that G-d protected the Jewish people with during their travels in the desert following their exodus from Egypt…
Judaism Unadorned
Style, Substance, and Sukkah Decorations
Yom Kippur With The Rebbe
The highest moment, for me, came at the end of Yom Kippur, when—after fasting for twenty-five hours—we affirmed loudly in unison, with all our energy, Shema Yisrael, and then, thrice, Baruch Shem, and finally, Hashem Hu HaElokim, seven times.
The Day Jewish Pride Won
Every baseball journalist knows that you don’t talk to a starting pitcher on the day he is scheduled to make his start. Pitchers typically have […]
Flashback: Lubavitcher Rebbe Sends Emissary to Conduct Yom Kippur Services in Greenland
NEW YORK (LNS) – Jewish personnel stationed at the United States Air Force base in Thule, Greenland, will – to their pleasant surprise – have […]
Ep. 68: The Jewish Awakening of Vancouver Island
Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters presents Episode 68 of its podcast series about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives
Have We Become Too Sophisticated For Yom Kippur?
Something has changed. In our minds, Yom Kippur has become complicated. The service doesn’t speak to us—the idea of sin no longer resonates. Praying all day in a foreign language seems alienating, fasting uncomfortable.
Faces of Chabad: Sorella Abrahams
“When I was a child, I was walking with a friend on a Friday afternoon in London and we met these 2 Israelis schlepping suitcases. […]
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.
Rosh Hashanah, Not Only a Jewish Celebration
This week, Jewish people the world over will be marking Rosh Hashanah, a holiday commemorating the beginning of creation.
The Shofar’s Blast Beyond the Synagogue
On a Rosh Hashanah morning in 2011, a curious crowd gathered by the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park. When the blast of the shofar cut […]
Return: Reclaim, Relate, Reconnect
Research is showing that people spend less time socializing than they did twenty years ago
Counted & Blessed
As soon as we got into the car, the Rebbe expressed concern. Might the photographer have been offended by his blessing? After all, the Rebbe said, she wasn’t Jewish, and she would not be celebrating Rosh Hashanah as her new year. The Rebbe suggested that I call Mr.
Machne Israel Development Fund Relaunches With New Generation of Supporters
Chabad reps and supporters renew the Rebbe’s model of collective responsibility for Jewish communities worldwide Some 100 guests met over an intimate lunch at the […]
An Address in the Amazon
Guests at the Raichmans’ Shabbat table in Manaus, Brazil think they’re eating chicken schnitzel. It’s pirarucu — a massive Amazonian fish, served kosher in a […]
Chabad at USC Opens New Center With Campus’s First Kosher Restaurant
“A proud Jew rather than a fearful one.” That, student Noah Razak told some 400 people gathered on Severance Street Sunday night, is what Chabad […]
