In Episode 11 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, Lamplighters Reporter/Producer Gary Waleik presents his unlikely – and long – story of embracing the Jewish faith and how, at several points in his life, he learned from and was supported by Chabad emissaries … from his hometown and many other places […]

“My zaidy called it ‘di heiliger Shabbos’ (the holy Shabbos); my father called it the Shabbos; I call it ‘the Sabbath,’ my children call it ‘Saturday,’ and my grandchildren call it ‘the day before Super Bowl Sunday’.” This pithy anecdote describes a tragic trend among Jews who came over from the Old World and failed, […]

For 16 years, Chabad of Long Island City has cheered on the runners with kosher snacks and prayers As they cross the Pulaski bridge from Brooklyn to Long Island City and pass the halfway mark of the New York City Marathon’s 26.2 miles, an exuberant Jewish welcome awaits the runners. They hear the Jewish music […]

After surviving the Holocaust, he went on to establish the first yeshivah in Brazil When Rabbi Chaim Binjamini established a yeshivah in Petropolis, outside Rio de Janeiro, it made history in Brazil. It had 20 students: 10 from São Paulo, four from Rio de Janeiro, three from Belem, two from Porto Alegre and one from […]

Chabad of Naperville Celebrates Grand Opening and New Youth Directors In just one month of extreme growth, Chabad of Naperville, Illinois has doubled their staff size and more than tripled the size of their Chabad center. Chabad of Naperville was founded sixteen years ago by Rabbi Mendy and Alta Goldstein. Until this August, the Chabad […]

Dr. Ira Weiss, Senior Attending Cardiologist at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, IL, was called in to attend to the Lubavitcher Rebbe after he suffered a severe heart attack in late 1977. He stayed on for several weeks and remained the Rebbe’s cardiologist through 1992. In that capacity, he had rare access to the Rebbe. Baila […]

“My zaidy called it ‘di heiliger Shabbos’ (the holy Shabbos); my father called it the Shabbos; I call it ‘the Sabbath,’ my children call it ‘Saturday,’ and my grandchildren call it ‘the day before Super Bowl Sunday’.” This pithy anecdote describes a tragic trend among Jews who came over from the Old World and failed, […]

Following the Rebbe’s 1977 heart attack, Lown perceived the Rebbe’s holistic vision of healing It was the height of the Cold War, 1977. Dr. Bernard Lown—world-renowned Harvard cardiologist, pioneer of the direct-current defibrillator for cardiac resuscitation and co-founder of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)—was in Moscow. Beginning […]

The Torah will bring healing and comfort to a shattered family and community The scribe dips his quill into the black ink and brings it to the parchment. With intense focus, he begins to outline a Hebrew letter. This letter, along with 304,805 other handwritten letters, will form a Torah scroll. For four hours daily, […]

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