Rebecca Sugar serves on the Boards of Chabad on Campus International, the Gatestone Institute, and Shavei Israel. She helped found the Jewish Parents’ Forum at The Tikvah Fund. She earned her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.A. in Jewish History from the Jewish Theological Seminary.  Rebecca founded and ran The Alumni Community, […]

Limited in-person gathering did not diminish universal camaraderie and shared purpose BROOKLYN, N.Y.—As 5,384 Chabad-Lubavitch women leaders gathered on six continents for a weekend of reflection, camaraderie and educational workshops—all held virtually with optional in-person attendance in Brooklyn, N.Y.—they united on Sunday, Jan. 23, for an evening of tribute to Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, of […]

Spread wry Chassidic wit and wisdom throughout the Holy Land Rabbi Zushe Posner, the beloved American-born mentor to generations of Israeli yeshivah students whose piercing Chassidic wit and devotion to straightforward honesty was a canon of its own, passed away on Friday, 12 Shevat. He was 85 years old. His decades-long career in Jewish education […]

In Episode 17 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, Lamplighters Reporter/Producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Zalman and Rebbetzin Toba Grossbaum, who started the country’s second Friendship Circle program and expanded into the 53,000 square foot Life Town facility, which creates opportunities for special needs individuals. The programs are based […]

Adam Valen-Levinson wasn’t looking for Judaism in Shanghai, China, and he definitely wasn’t thinking about starting a Jewish podcast. He wasn’t raised observant. In fact, the first time he laid tefillin was as a 21-year-old in the United Arab Emirates, a story he tells in his book, The Abu Dhabi Bar Mitzvah. Adam, who is […]

Chabad-Lubavitch women’s conference broadcast Sunday, Jan. 23, from 8:30 p.m.-10 p.m. A program at the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries honoring the legacy and ongoing influence of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, of righteous memory, will be broadcast worldwide Sunday, January 23 at 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., corresponding to the anniversary of the Rebbetzin’s […]

Many daughters have done worthily, but you surpass them all. —Proverbs 31:29 The five day Annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchos began last week in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The conference of the Chabad women leaders and educators is traditionally held around the 22nd of Shevat, this year on January 24, the 34th anniversary of the […]

Sessions at 31st annual conference held in person and live streamed around the world Thousands of leaders and role models in communities around the globe are joining together in person and online for the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchos in Hebrew), which encompasses six days of camaraderie, bonding. learning and inspiration […]

Dean of Oholei Torah Yeshiva educated and inspired thousands of students Rabbi Zushe Wilhelm, a renowned Torah scholar, author of many Torah works and longtime dean of the high school division of Educational Institute Oholei Torah in Brooklyn, N.Y., passed away on Wednesday night, Jan. 5 (4 Shevat). He was 62 years old. He served […]

Thousands join virtual programming alongside scaled-back in-person reunion. In ordinary times, the international conference of Chabad women representatives — known simply as the Kinus — drew over 3,000 women from around the world to Brooklyn, New York. The Covid-19 pandemic forced the event to go entirely online last year. With the Omicron variant raging, this […]