Mourning over destroyed and lost possessions coupled with gratitude for lives spared The Richler children of Mullica Hill, N.J., were celebrating back to school with a dance party in their living room when one of the oldest looked out the window and said, “There’s a tornado outside.” “It came within 500 feet of our house,” […]

In the wake of Hurricane Ida, Chabad helps each day while planning for High Holidays About 12 hours after Hurricane Ida left New Orleans, the Chabad emissaries to Metairie, La., were welcoming people in the neighborhood to the Chabad center for a barbecue dinner. “We had to empty our freezers because there is no power […]

Rabbi Judah Mischel reframes repentance as a joyous journey of self-actualization The high holiday of Rosh Hashanah that begins this year at sunset on Monday, Sept. 6, is also the opening of the Aseret Yemei Teshuvah, the Ten Days of Repentance, an annual period of self-assessment during which we reflect on all that we thought, […]

Rabbi Moshe Margaretten has helped dozens escape war-torn Afghanistan, including the women’s national soccer team, with more on the way It reads like a fantastical plot: Afghanistan’s government falls to the Taliban, a group bent on undoing decades of progress. Thousands desperately trying to escape the incoming radical regime are left stranded and families are […]

New JewishU program offers high-quality Torah courses The beginning of the school year is upon us, and there’s exciting news for all Jewish college students.  Chabad on Campus International, a world leader in Jewish campus education, has been feverishly working on a new, innovative learning program called JewishU that is redefining what it means for […]

Earlier this summer, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida paid a visit to the Bal Harbour Jewish community, not for the last time that month. He was there, at the local Chabad Shul, to sign a Moment of Silence bill into law. Like similar bills in several other states, it calls on schoolteachers to institute a […]

Participated in trailblazing efforts to disseminate the Rebbe’s teachings Rabbi Sholom Jacobson was a man of many talents: he had a sharp mind, was a gifted artist, an inspiring orator, a prolific writer and deft organizer. Yet he used them all for one purpose, to further the vision of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of […]

Google maps-based directory offers a world of detail for thousands of centers Every day, thousands of people in every nook and cranny of the planet search for a Chabad-Lubavitch center close to home, and that is never more true than before the High Holidays. Whether looking for a welcoming place to pray on Rosh Hashanah […]

From the tallest building in the world to the southernmost point in the U.S., Chabad will bring Rosh Hashanah to all As the 2021 High Holidays approach and the Delta variant of the coronavirus creates a new time of uncertainty, one sure constant will be the availability of safe High Holiday services at Chabad-Lubavitch centers […]