100 Down, 900 To Go Jeremy Cooper, 26, is “running” a marathon, leining every Shabbat for the next 1,000 weeks. Weekday mornings, the Columbia University MBA candidate will get his leining fix at Chabad of the Upper West Side or some other minyan in the city. Cooper’s a newlywed, and he loves traveling with his […]

More than 30 states saw Chanukah events at capitol buildings and governors’ mansions If you were somewhere in the United States this Chanukah, more likely than not the governor of the state you were in hosted a menorah-lighting. In the 46 years since the first public menorah was lit in front of Independence Hall in […]

12-year-old Chayale Mendelsohn recently celebrated her bat mitzvah in her hometown of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, which is better known for wild elk and exhilarating skiing than parshah study and Shabbat candles. Vivacious and articulate, Chayale is a chip off the old block of her parents, Rabbi Zalman and Raizy Mendelsohn, who have directed Chabad of […]

On February 9, students from 3 Miami Hebrew schools will go head-to-head onstage in a Torah competition Kids in Sunny Isles Beach love Hebrew School. The minute they walk through the door, they have smiles on their faces—then when they leave they go back to their regular, busy lives. “Homework has never really worked for […]

Does Jewish life have a future in Belgrade? For many, Belgrade’s Jewish community is defined by the tragedy of the Holocaust. But as a new movement devoted to changing the narrative grows, the city’s Jews are discovering the joys of a vibrant, sustainable Jewish experience. Does Jewish life have a future in Belgrade?  For many, […]