Historian Avraham Rosen discusses his groundbreaking new book that holds relevance for all In “The Holocaust’s Jewish Calendars,” historian Avraham (Alan) Rosen presents a groundbreaking and richly illustrated exposition on the Jewish concept of time by examining handwritten, typed and printed calendars that Jewish men and women created during the Holocaust in ghettos, in concentration […]

The public menorah has become a ubiquitous symbol at shopping malls, parks and public spaces the world over. But arguments over holiday displays and the religious nature of their symbols have been waged in town halls, on city boards and have even reached the Supreme Court. From our archives, Lubavitch.com presents two articles that look […]

Cafe built and serviced by individuals with special needs opens in Milwaukee It smells like a cafe ought to. The rows of eclairs and tarts and cupcakes line the glass counter in perfect, high-caloric formation. Light streams in through large windows, dimpling the whipped cream on the flawlessly frothed drinks.  And then the barista asks […]

“Hey Rabbi, getting ready for takeoff at Newark. Found four other Jewish guys on board. Think we can get a minyan?” At 4:00 A.M. last Monday, Moshe Rosenblatt pressed send on the text, turned his phone off and settled in for the three-hour flight to Omaha, Nebraska. When Rabbi Mendel Katzman, Chabad representative to Nebraska, […]

In Suffolk County, Long Island, temples and synagogues are slowly closing their doors. Over the past thirty years, several have merged and many have shuttered altogether. Iconic, historic and previously thriving places of Jewish worship are now standing empty, defunct. But Village Chabad in Stony Brook just built a new $4.6 million, 13,000 sq. ft. […]