Tamar Runyan

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin opened a new Chabad-Lubavitch run preschool in the Israeli capital for the first day of school last week.

Israeli Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger and Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yehuda Tiechtel – now with the added title of Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Berlin – completed a two-day whirlwind of meetings and a press conference in support of ritual circumcision.

Hundreds of supporters – most of whom were backpackers themselves at one time or another – gathered at the Diamond Theater in Ramat Gan, Israel, to pay tribute to the Kathmandu Chabad House that has provided a home away from home for the thousands of Jewi...

One group, comprised of Mendel Mondshine and Mendy Bekerman of Moscow and Yisrael Gotlieb of Nikolayev, took their camera with them to share highlights of their trip.

Alaska. For many family members and guests, the location was nothing short of extraordinary, but for the bride, who grew up as the daughter of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries Rabbi Yosef and Esty Greenberg, it was home.

Chabad-Lubavitch of Berlin director Rabbi Yehuda Tiechtel formally accepted the title of “Rabbi of the Community” from Jewish Community of Berlin chairman Dr. Gideon Joffe.

Augmenting classes already offered by the Chabad House, the program is suited to adults from all backgrounds with courses that include an exploration of the Hebrew alphabet, beginner’s Talmud study, and an examination of the complexities of the Kabbalah.

Years ago, a young Jewish woman from Argentina decided she needed to take a break from it all. She escaped to the resort town of Punta del Este in Uruguay, and was relaxing on the beach one Friday afternoon when she saw a sign, or rather a banner, from ab...

Hungarian politician Csanád Szegedi, who resigned last month from the ultra-nationalist Jobbik Party after discovering his Jewish roots, apologized for his past anti-Semitic statements, telling Rabbi Shlomo Koves that he is not ashamed of his newfound ide...

When a child rides a bicycle without training wheels for the first time, it can be one of the most exciting and memorable experiences in his young life.