Thousands of college students celebrate Jewish identity at annual Shabbaton The ballroom pulsated with the energy of 1200 college students meeting, dancing, playing games and snacking at the penultimate event of the 2019 Chabad on Campus International Shabbaton this Saturday night. From as far away as Sheffield, England and Paris, France and as locally as […]
As Getty Fire Burns in LA, Chabads Offer Assistance
At about 1:34 on Monday morning, a eucalyptus branch fell onto a power line in the hills of Brentwood, California, sparking a fire that quickly burned more than 500 acres. By 3:15 the LA Fire Department’s emergency system had ordered the evacuation of some 10,000 homes. As Rabbi Baruch Yosef and Channa Hecht at Chabad […]
Treasures From the Chabad Library
The library’s collection was started by the founder of Chabad, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), and expanded with each subsequent Lubavitcher Rebbe. Throughout this timespan, it survived the ravages of Jewish travails—sustaining considerable losses in fires, confiscations by hostile governments, and relocations within Eastern Europe as Jews fled from one place to another—until it […]