6+ hour, 27+ min ago   (269+ words) For decades, Jewish families from Toronto have spent their summers on the shores of Lake Simcoe. “This is the Canadian Catskills,” said David Turk, a Toronto businessman who moved to Innisfil two years ago. A seasonal synagogue opened in the…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (324+ words) Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters Faces of Chabad: Elie Estrin I was in officer training school while my wife was pregnant with our next son. We expected that things would progress as normal. Then, we went to the doctors and they…...

3+ week, 1+ day 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…...

3+ week, 1+ day 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+ mon, 1+ week 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....

1+ mon, 2+ week 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+ mon, 2+ week 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, 3+ week 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+ mon, 3+ week ago   (324+ words) In January 2001, Rabbi Yaacov and Devora Halperin set up a folding table in the sunroom of their Lehigh Valley home, and a handful of Jews showed up for Shabbat. After twenty-five years, they have been joined by hundreds more to…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (829+ words) Judaism has always known what a drink is for. Wine sanctifies the Sabbath, seals a marriage, marks the Passover. It is not incidental to the ritual — it is the ritual, poured and blessed and passed around the table. But more…...