One thousand five hundred participants sign up to meet their match Intermarriage rates continue to rise as more than half the number of Jews–60 percent– who married over the last decade, chose a non-Jewish spouse. According to the 2021 Pew Research Study of American Jewry, that’s up from 45 percent in the 2000s and 37 […]

Father of two made a commitment to dedicate more time to family and Jewish practice Only days before thirty year-old Amit Biran and most of his family would die in a tragic accident, he pledged to dedicate more time to family and his children. Amit, an Israeli, was studying medicine in Pavia, Italy, where he […]

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters drops the second episode in its series of podcasts about the personal struggles and achievements of Chabad representatives. In Episode 2 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik tells the story of Rabbi Avi and Mushky Feldman, Chabad emissaries to Iceland, who persuaded the government there to […]

College graduations provide faculty the opportunity to honor students who invest four years of hard work, but COVID restrictions have eliminated that experience for many. When the University of Minnesota announced that there would be no in-person commencement, Chabad organized a ceremony for students and their families. “We have become very close after spending four […]

Israeli expat on New Zealand soccer team expresses gratitude with prayer With fewer than three minutes remaining in regulation time, Jewish striker Tomer Hemed’s team, the A-League Wellington Phoenix, was trailing 2-1, and it appeared they’d drop the game to their opponents, Melbourne City. Then, in a deft feat of athleticism, Hemed slid past a […]

Michael Hurwitz earns a Ph.D. while learning Torah at Mayanot Institute for Jewish Studies Mayanot in Jerusalem tells many stories. Amid the booming voices of discoursing rabbis coming from the study hall, and the aroma of Thursday’s bourekas wafting in from the kitchen, comes a new story of the quiet sound of scholarship of another […]

Synagogue in Teaneck, N.J., and Colel Chabad collaborate in ongoing effort Thousands of children who attend day-care centers in some of the cities under daily missile attacks from Gaza—Sderot, Ashdod and Yavneh—received more than $40,000 worth of toys, games and treats before the holiday of Shavuot earlier this week, thanks to an ongoing campaign in […]

Serving residents and IDF troops near the Gaza border Undoubtedly, there is no city in the world that suffers as much from continuous artillery bombardment throughout the year as the southern Israeli city of Sderot. Located less than a mile from northern Gaza, Sderot (population 27,000) has been under regular rocket and mortar attack by […]