16+ hour, 7+ min ago  (395+ words) Johnny Ellis had a plan. He'd wrapped up his old job, had a new one starting in June, and was going to spend the time in between doing something he'd wanted to do for a while " study in yeshiva. He…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (262+ words) Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters Torah Scroll Welcomed to the Rebbe's Home In a joyous ceremony, a newly-written Torah scroll was dedicated and brought to its home: 1304 President Street, the home of the Rebbe and Rebbetzin, of righteous memory. The final…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (299+ words) Nearly 500 people filled Boston's JFK Presidential Library on May 14 to mark the 25th anniversary of Chabad of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. While the occasion celebrated a quarter-century of growth and impact, the evening's keynote address was less a reflection on the past…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (591+ words) Ten perspectives for present-day living, in the words of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, garnered from the extensive collection of his talks, writings and in-person conversations. Who comes first: myself or the society I live in? Primarily we must live the life…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (244+ words) Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters Today in Jewish History: The 85th Anniversary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Arrival in America Today is the eighty-fifth anniversary of the safe arrival of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson and his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka,…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago  (156+ words) Ep. 65: The Question That Changed Their Shlichus Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters Ep. 65: The Question That Changed Their Shlichus In Episode 65 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Peretz…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (456+ words) In 1677 BCE, Abraham purchased a plot of land in Hebron to bury his wife Sarah " the first Jewish land acquisition in history. The Torah devotes an entire chapter to the transaction, describing in meticulous detail how Abraham negotiated with the…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (224+ words) The book that Rabbi Eli Schlanger never lived to see published is now in reader's hands. Conversations With My Rabbi: Timeless Teachings for a Fractured World, co-authored by Rabbi Schlanger and Australian journalist and bestselling author Nikki Goldstein, was released…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (255+ words) The tiny island of San Andr's, Colombia, sits closer to Nicaragua than to its own mainland. What it lacks in size, it makes up for in foot traffic: nearly 90, 000 tourists visit the island year-round. And with thousands of Jewish backpackers…...

4+ week, 18+ hour ago  (301+ words) Rabbi Nochum Freedman grew up in Bah'a Blanca, Argentina " where his father traded comfort for calling and built a Jewish home in this smaller, harder-to-reach community deep in the Argentine interior, eight hours south of the capital. Decades later " after…...