1+ hour, 58+ min ago   (340+ words) by Tzemach Feller – Lubavitch.com This summer, more than 40 Jewish college students applied for one of the 15 spots in the Jewish Summer Fellowship, a program under the auspices of the National Committee for Furtherance of Jewish Education (NCFJE) and led…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (433+ words) Crown Heights Info Faces of Chabad: Dovid Gurevich by Leibel Kahan – Lubavitch.com “I had a pretty typical Soviet upbringing—just being aware of my Jewishness without really knowing what it entailed. There was little access to anything Jewish until…...

3+ day, 15+ min ago   (156+ words) Senator Weber is also a strong supporter of the Shluchim and Chabad Houses in his district, including in Nyack, NY, and Suffern, NY. The visit offered Senator Weber a meaningful opportunity to experience the spiritual and cultural center of Chabad-Lubavitch…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (247+ words) Former Soviet dissident and Israeli statesman Natan Sharansky, who spent nine years in Soviet prisons for defending the right of Jews to live freely, is warning that Americans should never take freedom for granted—and should be vigilant whenever socialist…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (395+ words) Rabbi Yisroel Dov Levanoni Although I was raised in a chasidic family — we belonged to the Zidichov community in pre-war Czechoslovakia — I knew nothing about Lubavitch which was then based in Russia. Only in 1959 when I came to America — after…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1655+ words) by Leah-Perl Shollar – chabad.org The mystery began with a tantalizing clue: a woman without a name, known only through her relationship to someone else. In a letter written by the sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, to Rabbi Mordechai…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (509+ words) In honor of the 32nd yahrtzeit of the Rebbe, a remarkable tribute event was held in Paris, bringing together nearly 80 Chabad Houses from across the city and its surrounding suburbs. Shluchim invited members of their communities and those they have inspired,…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (554+ words) I grew up on the Lower East Side, before going uptown to study at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon, which is a part of Yeshiva University (YU). I would stay there for seven years, studying for my rabbinic ordination, as well…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1301+ words) But Reuven Morrison’s story began long before that tragic day. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1963, Morrison grew up under Communist Soviet rule, where any public display of Judaism could lead to imprisonment. Anti-Semitism was a daily reality. Teachers and classmates…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (963+ words) Longing, Love, and an Unfinished Mission This Thursday marks thirty-two years since Gimmel Tammuz. And perhaps an even greater question: How is it possible that after thirty-two years, those of us who knew the Rebbe still miss him so deeply?...