The Nature of Healing: The Rebbe and Nobel Prize Cardiologist Bernard Lown

Following the Rebbe’s 1977 heart attack, Lown perceived the Rebbe’s holistic vision of healing It was the height of the Cold War, 1977. Dr. Bernard Lown—world-renowned Harvard cardiologist, pioneer of the direct-current defibrillator for cardiac resuscitation and co-founder of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)—was in Moscow. Beginning […]

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The Rhyme and Rhythm of Chassidic Life Through Chassidic Song

Ethnomusicologist talks spirituality and music in Chabad tradition Many a participant and observer of Chabad life has been transfixed by the melodies and strains that punctuate, and indeed uplift, the everyday life of a Chassidic community. The often wordless melodies dictate the mood and set the tone of an event, whether a meditational niggun (“melody”)during […]

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Grand Jewish Educational Center Underway in Buenos Aires

A brisk two blocks’ walk from the Headquarters of Chabad of Argentina, a massive construction project is underway. As Chabad’s nearby Oholey Chinuch Educational Center nearly bursts at the seams, the enormous skeleton of iron rods and concrete coming together in the heart of Buenos Aires is a harbinger of a bright future.  When completed, […]

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Drawing Strength from Difficulties Theme of 2021 Conference of Chabad Emissaries

Gathering focuses on serving Jewish communities despite all challenges EDISON N.J.—On a night that most often showcases the profound growth and success of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, this year’s International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim) paused to recognize and draw strength from the many difficulties emissaries meet and overcome in the course of their work. […]

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International Conference Of Shluchim 2021 Gala Banquet

The 38th International Conference Of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries concluded with a gala banquet attended by Chabad Rabbis and their partners and supporters. The evening celebrated Chabad’s achievements over the past two years and reflected on the hardships emissaries encounter in the course of their work. Throughout the evening, stories were shared that drew into focus the […]

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At the Rebbe’s Ohel, Emissaries Reconnect and Recommit

Praying on behalf of the communities they serve and the entire Jewish people QUEENS, N.Y. —They came from far and near, like children returning home. Single file, the thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries each passed through rows of tombstones to pray at the Ohel, the resting place of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous […]

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