Access to thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch centers and services worldwide This past week some 45 million Americans took to the roads, rails and the skies, many traveling for the first time in more than a year. Fueled by a surge in vaccinations and the subsequent easing of coronavirus restrictions, the summer of 2021 is shaping up […]

Students in the township of Sparta get time to think about what’s important Larry Pearson, 77, was ready to settle down and retire a few years ago in the sleepy township of Sparta, N.J., until he read a book that gave him pause and didn’t allow him to rest, compelling him to act. “It all […]

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters drops the third episode in its series of podcasts about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives. In Episode 3 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, high school baseball player Elie Kligman tells reporter/producer Gary Waleik about his goal to become the first-ever Major Leaguer to be completely […]

Chabad at UCF Celebrates Students’ Soccer Victory Only days after a momentous tournament victory, Ariel Hadar, Yoni Sorokin, and Itzik Efraim, three Israeli soccer players at the University of Central Florida, were invited to a special Shabbat dinner that Chabad at UCF was throwing in their honor.  For the three champions, celebrating with their Jewish […]

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Mikvah at Chabad RGV in South Texas will be dedicated in memory of local IDF Sgt. Sean Carmeli Chabad of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas is set to complete the construction of a 850-square-foot mikvah in the city of McAllen—the first in the city’s close to 100 years of Jewish history. The mikvah, Mei […]

After 15 years of effort, a commemorative stamp is issued When David Novack, a young first lieutenant with the 100th Infantry Battalion, fought for the United States Army in the European theater during World War II, he never could have envisioned that one of his grandsons would be a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi who would be taking […]

Philanthropic New Jersey company stepped up to fill an urgent void In a year of a global pandemic, you might think that an unexpected national glue shortage would not be that big of a deal—after all, the year has seen a range of odd shortages. But for 20,000 Jewish families isolated in their homes for […]

Andrew Lindhardt built bridges over the chasm of disability By all accounts, Andrew Lindhardt was a people person. Using a small keyboard to “speak” at Friendship Circle events, he would “work the room.” Smiling broadly and chatting with each attendee, he seamlessly built bridges over the chasm of disability. It was no surprise that when […]