Aviva Okeson-Haberman mourned by her childhood community in Peoria, Ill. Reporter Aviva Okeson-Haberman, 24, who had recently landed her dream job at KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR affiliate, was killed on April 25 by an apparently stray bullet shot through her apartment window. As the shocking news has made its way around the world, tributes, expressions […]

The strange, funny, and meaningful things that happen out in the trenches as Chabad representatives go about their business . . .  Mussie Begun – Chula Vista, CA Episode 2/6 Mike, our friend, had been at the car mechanic all morning trying to figure out if there was something wrong with his motor. He was […]

Project Likkutei Sichos is very pleased to announce a new partnership with the premier English language Torah weekly, Chayenu. Through the commitment that Chayenu has made to this endeavor, Chayenu will feature thorough summaries of the weekly sichos in the new Chayus publication, a branch of Chayenu geared for Anash shuls, and will soon expand […]

Chabad Young Professionals event in Manhattan and a sweet new brand “Any idea that comes to mind on Lag BaOmer will be successful.” That’s what Sara Armet, a fashionista and luxury personal shopper from Manhattan’s chic Upper East Side, heard at a Lag BaOmer event she attended last year with the community she considers herself […]

Is Judaism too ritualistic? Rabbi Yoel Kahn, the preeminent Chasidic scholar and legendary expositor of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s teachings, once devised a thought experiment with some pretty eye-opening results: Imagine that it’s the Seder night, and a Jew is sitting at home. There’s some matzah on the table in front of him, but this individual […]

Penn campus co-director and graduate student co-author their first book For Vikki Kalbacher, an accidental arrival at a Chabad Chanukah party six years ago yielded more than just latkes. The event initiated a relationship that has since deepened her involvement with the Jewish community and study of Judaism. Now, Kalbacher has teamed up with Nechama […]

Giving children time to stop and think about what’s important The Florida Legislature passed a bill today requiring that all public-school students be given a brief period to pause and reflect as they begin each school day. The State Senate’s approval of the Moment of Silence in Public Schools bill follows its passage in Florida’s […]

One of the most populous cities in Western China, Chengdu is the thriving capital of Sichuan Province. Today, out of a population of more than 14 million, about forty-five individuals are Jewish. That’s less than one one-thousandth of one percent. But for the Chabad shluchim there, that’s reason enough to be in Chengdu.  When the […]

Jewish community houses evacuated as fires continue to burn In the midst of a raging wildfire at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, a campus rabbi braved the flames that were engulfing nearby buildings to salvage a Torah scroll and other sacred objects from the Jewish student center. The blaze began in the […]

Fluent in four languages, she kept an open home and heart for all Long before she got married in the summer of 1989, Myriam Bentolila knew that she wanted to serve as a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary. That’s the life she had grown up on in Milan, Italy, where her parents were sent in the early 1960s […]