‘We Need a Miracle’: Jews of Ukraine Pray for Peace as Invasion Commences

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 […]

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Happiness is Next to Kindness

By Menachem Brod Translated by Yoni Brown Adar is a month of joy, and our Sages enjoin, “When Adar comes, we increase in joy.” This year, as in every leap year, there are two months of Adar and twice the joy. It sounds good, but it’s not apparent how “increasing in joy” translates into actual […]

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Ep. 19: Bringing Together the “Patchwork” Community of Solano County

In Episode 19 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Chaim and Rebbetzin Aidel Zaklos, who have built a strong Jewish community in Solano County, a 900 square mile rural area situated between Sacramento and the Bay Area. When the shluchim arrived there, numbers […]

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Why a Muslim Diplomat from Azerbaijan Is Helping Rebuild a California Synagogue

Tale of a shared childhood courtyard In the wee hours of the morning of Dec. 22, 2021, an intentionally lit fire tore through the building of Chabad-Lubavitch of Almaden Valley, Calif. In the hours that followed, a GoFundMe page created by community member Maryann Barsky garnered support from the wider San Jose community, with tens […]

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Sentimental About Plastic Bins

When we launched our Chabad preschool in 2008, I was introduced by a staff member to The Container Store’s clear plastic shoe boxes. They fit just perfectly into the cubbies for a change of clothing and diapers. We ordered a few cases. Soon, each child had two shoe boxes, boldly labeled with his or her […]

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Trove of Newly Digitized Jewish Texts Reveal Untold Historical Treasures

Thousands of manuscripts at Chabad-Lubavitch Library now readily available to the public In a move that is making waves in academic and lay circles, the Chabad-Lubavitch Library has created a new site with high-quality, full-color scans of a vast collection of thousands of precious manuscripts that have never been seen by the public—until now. Overnight, […]

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