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Moving above and beyond division and divisiveness into a joyous New Year
Ran Tzivoni of Haifa, Israel, is busy this week picking out a lulav and etrog, and is looking forward to spending the holiday of Sukkot at Chabad of Merkaz Hakarmel and going “sukkah hopping” with friends around the city. “Growing up on a kibbutz in the G...
Rabbi Levi Banon and a team of volunteers visit the Jewish Quarter of Marrakesh
In the week after a devastating 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Morocco, killing more than 2,900 people over a wide area near Marrakesh, Rabbi Levi Banon and teams of rabbinical students and volunteers have been visiting the devastated Old Ci...
Volodymyr Zelensky has his first formal meeting with Jewish officials since the war began
In a landmark meeting on the day before the onset of Rosh Hashanah, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with 32 Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis and other communal leaders from across the beleaguered nation, highlighting their widespread impact on Ukraine's...
Search for survivors continues as aid arrives from around the world
A devastating 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Marrakesh, Morocco, at around 11 p.m. on Friday night, killing more than 2,100 and leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The centuries-old Jewish Quarter in the heart of Marrakesh’s Old City was amo...
Suspects arrested in Hebron after drive-by shooting of Batsheva Nagari
JERUSALEM—Batsheva Nagari, a 40-year-old preschool teacher and mother of three from the Judean town of Beit Hagai was laid to rest late Monday in Kfar Etzion. Afterwards, her 12-year-old daughter remembered her mother and recalled the drive-by terrorist s...
Completion follows a months-long international effort
JERUSALEM—For the thousands of children and adults who gathered yesterday at the Kotel (Western Wall), it was a day of great joy—and not only for the completion of the eighth Children’s Sefer Torah. They were also there to celebrate the massive internatio...
Sara and Yisroel Gutovitch talk about their belief and trust
When Sara and Yisroel Gutovich of Los Angeles were married five years ago, their greatest shared hope was to raise a large Jewish family, even though they were getting a later-in-life start than most newlyweds. They were delighted when their oldest son wa...
Essential aid flows through Chabad’s on-the-ground network in Ukraine
As the war in Ukraine enters its 16th month, the humanitarian crisis continues to grow daily. Ever mindful that the conflict has drained Ukraine’s financial and human resources, and is causing crushing poverty to skyrocket from 2 percent to 25 percent of ...
‘Pan Klali’ petition read by Rabbi Abraham Shemtov
Tens of thousands of men, women and children from around the world waited patiently in line throughout the night and day today at the Ohel, the resting place in Queens, N.Y., of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. They were there ...
In advance of the anniversary of the Rebbe’s passing, Chabad.org's News Editor shared his journey from materialistic Manhattan to observant Judaism.
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