Florida rabbi finds eager audience for ‘Gates of Trust’ and other ancient texts Duties of the Heart (Chovot Halevavot), authored almost a millennia ago by Rabbi Bahya ibn Paquda in Spain, is a classic work of Jewish literature, but not yet a New York Times bestseller. But when Terri Zweig, who left Virginia to move […]

Chaya Chitrik will be keynote speaker Sunday at International Conference Straddling Europe and Asia, and extending into the Bosphorus Strait, the city of Istanbul, Turkey, boasts 700 years of rich Jewish history. Chaya Chitrik, who will be this year’s keynote speaker at the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Woman Emissaries, says it’s been an honor and […]

After a year of social distancing, thousands meet up again, virtually. In a usual year, the international conference of Chabad women representatives—known simply as the Kinus—draws over three thousand women from around the world to Brooklyn, New York, for four days of classes, symposia, and networking. But this isn’t a usual year, and with the […]

Today marks a notable date in Chabad history: 22 (Chof-Beis) Shevat, the 33rd anniversary of the passing of Rebbetzin Chaya Moussia Schneerson, wife of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of blessed memory. Daughter of a Rebbe and wife of a Rebbe, the Rebbetzin carried the mantle of position in a humble manner and with […]

Greatness comes in many forms. Often we imagine the character of a giant as someone who influences an entire world, forgetting the silent majesty of those who make such greatness possible.  Much has been said of the global achievements of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, but little is known to the public about […]

Larry Pearson does not have school-aged children. He isn’t a teacher. Nor is he a rabbi. So why is he attending local school board meetings? In his words, “When I see something important that should get done, I do it.”  These days, the important something is implementing a “Moment of Silence” in his local Sparta, […]

When the Chabad rabbi of Los Alamitos was feeling stuck some months ago, he wrote a song. “I thought about the Jews who came before me, who were also feeling stuck,” said Rabbi Shmuel Marcus. He and his brother Bentzi, otherwise known as 8th Day band, have released a popular single: Rollin. “It’s based on […]

We regret to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Twerski. Born in Milwaukee, to Devorah Leah nee Halberstam, who was the daughter of the second Rebbe of Bobov, and Rabbi Jacob Israel Twerski, who was the rabbi of Beth Jehudah synagogue in Milwaukee. The elder Rabbi Twerski immigrated to America in 1927, and was […]

A 19-year old boy named Chaim Stern leaned over the railing of the ship he was traveling on. Nearly two years before, he had left his homeland of Czechoslovakia to escape persecution from the spreading Nazi threat. Now, as he reached British held Israel, the ship, full of refugees like himself, was turned around because […]