1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (368+ words) More than 350 residents of Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley contributed to the construction of a local mikvah. The first to be built in the state outside of Anchorage, the mikvah formally opened on June 30. The Greenbergs, who run Chabad of Mat-Su, built…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (315+ words) The sign went up on one of Reykjavik’s main streets, and people stopped to stare. For a community that had spent decades gathering in living rooms and hotel ballrooms, the sight of a Jewish center sign — on a striking green-and-white…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (322+ words) A Legal Battle in Boca Raton For fifteen years, Rabbi Naftaly and Henya Hertzel ran the Chabad Israel Center in Boca Raton. For fifteen years, their local Homeowners Association tried to stop them. The HOA classified Shabbat gatherings as commercial…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (158+ words) Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters Ep. 66: Kosher Corned Beef On The Emerald Isle In Episode 66 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Zalman and Rebbetzin Rifky Lent, Chabad emissaries…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (359+ words) Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters Today in Jewish History: 12-13 Tammuz 12-13 Tammuz, or the "celebration of freedom," runs from June 27-28, 2026 The twelfth of Tammuz (this year: June 27) is the birthday of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of blessed memory....

3+ week, 22+ hour 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…...

4+ week, 1+ day 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…...

4+ 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+ mon, 1+ 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+ mon, 4+ 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,…...