Crisis presents unique challenges that Colel Chabad intends to rise to JERUSALEM—For most of its 300-year history, Colel Chabad, the oldest charity in the Holy Land, has served Jewish refugees, immigrants and the displaced from around the world. Over the centuries, most who arrived in the land of Israel desperate and impoverished were, as in […]

JewQ brings together kids from across North America and beyond Hundreds of children and their parents gathered at a New Jersey hotel for an inspirational Shabbat experience as they count down to the start of JewQ, an International Torah Championship, on Sunday morning. Some 2,000 kids from North America, Central and South America and elsewhere […]

Helped by Chabad at every step Alona Dedovsky considers herself lucky. For nine days she, her husband, young son, elderly parents and even older great-aunt lived deep underground in Kharkov’s Prospekt Gagarina subway station. “We came there early and got space in the metro cars where it was warmer,” says Dedovsky. “Most people had to […]

Rabbi Avraham Zajac’s class finishes the entire Talmud over seven years At 6:10 a.m., Sunday through Friday, dozens faithfully gather for an hour-long Talmud class with Rabbi Avraham Zajac, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of South La Cienega (SOLA) in Los Angeles. The study group has slowly leafed their way through the Talmud’s 2711 folios almost three […]

Interview with Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz, currently in Moldova Reporting on the deepening humanitarian crisis in war-devastated Ukraine, CNN interviewed Chabad Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz, who is currently in Moldova, where Chabad-Lubavitch has been bringing thousands of Jewish refugees. Berkowitz was quick to point out that he was just one among hundreds of Chabad emissaries on the […]

Basic food staples are hard to come by in besieged Ukrainian city While many Ukrainians continue to flee, the people of Kherson, including its Jewish community, have nowhere to go. The city of almost 300,000, which last week came under Russian control, is shut off from the rest of the country, with no way in […]

Israel’s emergency service sends a mobile command post to Kfar Chabad As shelling continues in beleaguered Ukraine, many have fled to neighboring countries along an often treacherous journey that takes days to traverse. Still others have been unable or reluctant to escape, while men aged 18-60 must stay and help with the war effort. A […]

In Episode 20 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Chani’s Kosher Take-Out, a food establishment that operates out of Chabad of Central Massachusetts. Not only is their kosher food garnering rave reviews and funding programs and building improvements, its “Pastrami Shlichus” is bringing the Jewish […]

Many Brands That Have Pulled Out Of The Russian Market Following The Ukraine Invasion, But not for Chabad.

They’ve made the treacherous journey to the border. Where to now? In the last two weeks some 22,000 Jewish Ukrainian refugees have streamed to the war-torn nation’s borders with the help of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries on the ground. After a treacherous bus, car or train ride, they wait at one of Ukraine’s international border crossings for […]