With safety top of mind, Chabad develops innovative Torah readings for all Another Jewish holiday is fast approaching—Shavuot, when the Jewish people received the Torah on Mount Sinai 3,333 years ago. And like everything else over this unique period of world history, Jewish communities worldwide are gearing up to mark the two-day holiday—celebrated from sunset […]

Hamas takes responsibility for attacks Breaking story updated at 3 p.m. ET JERUSALEM—Multiple rockets were launched from Gaza towards Jerusalem and cities in central Israel minutes after an ultimatum from Hamas for Israel to withdraw forces from two flashpoints in Jerusalem went into effect at 6 p.m. The Hamas terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the […]

In the face of dire predictions, the Rebbe’s message of hope spreads quickly Second of a two-part on the Six-Day War. The first article, ‘How the Kotel Became Synonymous With Tefillin During the Six-Day War‘, can be read here. “We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with […]

More than a half-century later, the impact of the Rebbe’s 1967 worldwide call continues to grow First of a two-part series on the Six-Day War. The second article, ‘Before the Six-Day War: A Lone Voice Reassures a Fearful Jewish People’, can be read here. It was the morning of June 7, 1967, the third day […]

Former King’s Daughters Inn transforms into Jewish student center honoring beloved professor As Duke University celebrates commencement festivities and bids farewell to their 2021 graduates, there is additional cause for celebration among its Jewish students. They can now look forward to greeting incoming students this fall for a new year of Jewish programs, classes and […]

Terrorist arrested after attack that wounded two others Yehuda Guetta, a 19-year-old yeshivah student from Jerusalem, died of a gunshot wound to the head that he received on Sunday while waiting at a bus stop near his school in Itamar, in northern Samaria. Two of his friends were also injured in the attack. The terrorist […]

Friends shattered by the loss of a special young man Among the 45 boys and men who lost their lives in the Meron disaster on Lag BaOmer was Ariel Achdut, from the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem, who was among a group of select young Torah scholars at Yesodot HaTorah in Tel Aviv, one of the […]

Remembrances and memories from relatives and friends The following are brief obituary profiles and remembrances of the 45 lives that were lost on Lag BaOmer at the resting place of Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai in Meron, Israel. Readers are invited to include additional recollections in the response box following this article. May their memories be […]

Teens help seniors struggling to secure Covid vaccine France launched its COVID vaccine to a rocky start. Shortages and delivery issues, the suspension of AstraZeneca shots, and mandatory pre-vaccination consultations contributed to a slow, frustrating rollout. Seniors wanting to be vaccinated must book an appointment on an online portal, where the limited number of slots […]

The village of Kfar Chabad was established 72 years ago today. The Chabad village of Kfar Chabad, located about 5 miles south of Tel Aviv, was established on the 21st of Iyar in 1949 by the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of blessed memory.  In 1946, many Chabad Jews had fled Russia and […]