In Northbrook, Ill., a big boost for the faithful on the move Regular attendees of synagogue services or Torah classes have long quipped how these activities energize them and provide them with the spiritual juice they need to make it through the day. At Lubavitch Chabad of Northbrook, an affluent suburb north of Chicago, that […]

Includes a collection of videos highlighting the Rebbe’s care for individuals in need LifeTown, the recreational, social and educational center in Livingston, N.J., that serves some of the region’s most vulnerable populations, has launched an interactive exhibit of photos and videos that show visitors the love and care for every individual demonstrated by the Rebbe— […]

Registration is open for a four-week series with Rabbi Moishe New, beginning July 13 at 7 p.m. The most significant choice a person may ever make in life is the commitment to marry. The Torah is filled with stories of marriages, from Abraham and Sarah’s lifelong matrimony, to Isaac’s rough road to meeting Rebecca, to […]

Victim of the Surfside Condo Collapse “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou Itty kept a book of quotes by her bedside. I have one, too. The quote that I opened to depicts Itty […]

Prayers, good deeds, and rescue efforts continue Search and rescue operation efforts continue in the hopes of finding survivors of the collapse early Thursday morning of the Champlain Tower, a 12-story oceanfront condominium in Surfside, Fla., just north of Miami Beach. Some 150 people remain missing under the rubble of the Champlain Towers. As prayers […]

Profiles and remembrances of those who lost their lives As search and rescue teams continue their heroic efforts to locate survivors of the collapse last Thursday morning of a 12-story oceanfront condominium in Surfside, Fla., the names of victims are being released to the public after identification and notification of the families. Prayers and good […]

Chabad UG at Duke’s new building is a historic, boutique hotel Chabad at Duke University Undergrad’s new building is the perfect place to create a home away from home for Jewish students. Being the former location of the popular King’s Daughters Inn, it has a long history of hospitality. Built in 1926, the building was […]

President Biden’s kneeling represented so much to me, a mother of nine Last week we witnessed the leader of the free world, U.S. President Joe Biden, going down on one knee in the Oval Office before Rivka Ravitz, the chief of staff of Israel’s outgoing President Reuven Rivlin. The moment was triggered when Biden was […]

‘It’s a very difficult situation,’ says Harlig, who also directs Chabad of Kendall and Pinecrest SURFSIDE, Fla.—Suit jacket slung over his arm and badge around his neck, Miami-Dade police chaplain Rabbi Yossi Harlig walks briskly down Collins Avenue. He’s heading back towards the pile, the Surfside site where hundreds of emergency workers have been desperately […]

In Episode 5 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, Rabbi Mordechai Abraham, Chabad shliach to Johannesburg, tells the story of how he found his “niche” finding and treating drug users in South Africa. Reporter Gary Waleik is also joined by a man Rabbi Abraham helped in his recovery. The “Addicts’ Rabbi” […]