#TefillinForYitzi and other good deeds for Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz Covid has been difficult for all of us. But for Yitzi Hurwitz, legendary Chabad rabbi in California who has continued to maintain a lively social and spiritual life despite grappling with ALS, they have been particularly challenging. Before the coronavirus reared its head, his Los Angeles […]

The annual CTeen weekend convention culminated in a Manhattan street concert NEW YORK—On double-decker buses and packed subway cars, 2,500 exuberant Jewish teens from 650 chapters of the Chabad-Lubavitch teen network CTeen converged on Manhattan’s Times Square for a concert and musical havdalah ceremony marking the end of Shabbat. Saturday night’s mass display of Jewish […]

Jews take shelter in synagogue; Russian troops make incursion to city; heavy aerial bombardment In the last 72 hours, Kharkov, Ukraine’s second city, has been rocked by increasingly heavy aerial bombardment and shelling. Earlier today, artillery slammed into a residential neighborhood, with reports of dozens of civilians killed and hundreds injured. All this has made […]

Chernigov, Ukraine Our community is under siege and facing an unqualified humanitarian crisis. Artillery shells have been exploding sporadically across our city since Thursday. We’re just sixty miles from the Russian border, and Russian forces have surrounded the city.  We’re sheltering thirty-five people in the basement of the Chabad House, including one lady whose apartment […]

350,000 Jews are served by 200 Chabad couples in 35 cities and towns Ukraine has been under attack since the early morning of Feb. 24, and the country’s entire population is in danger, including the 350,000 Jews who call it home. For many Jews around the world, the name Ukraine conjures images of the place […]

Jewish teens gather in New York City in an uplifting display of Jewish pride and unity; featuring a special Havdalah ceremony, meaningful inspiration and an exhilarating concert. Source: https://www.lubavitch.com/live-cteen-jewish-pride-in-times-square/

Forty Jewish teens made their way through Manchester Airport security on Thursday morning wearing neon green beanies. Alfie Joseph looked around with pride. His CTeen chapter would be well represented at this year’s Shabbaton in New York City. “Once we were through security, all the boys wrapped tefillin together,” Alfie recalls. Donning tefillin publicly at […]

Chabad rabbis are providing material aid and spiritual comfort wherever possible Despite weeks of buildup, the all-out war that broke out in Ukraine in the early hours of Feb. 24, has brought shock and worry to the entire country, including its 350,000 Jews. “One second, they’re bombing now!” Miriam Moskovitz exclaimed in a telephone interview […]

Tzvi Holt is an observant staff sergeant with the Vermont National Guard Tzvi Holt, 40, is a staff sergeant in the Vermont National Guard and a full-time military man. He’s also an observant Jew and the father of four girls. This February, the long-serving soldier received a promotion to the rank of staff sergeant. Holt […]