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Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone is the social media editor at Chabad.org and the creator of exceptional experiences for Jews in tech and digital media. He currently resides with his family in Brooklyn, New York, where he happily tweets between sips of coffee from his Chemex. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @Mottel
From Ukraine to Alexandria, Kipper dedicated himself to community
When news broke of Israeli-Canadian Ziv Kipper’s murder in Alexandria, Egypt, on May 7, a widely shared photo showed him smiling widely, wearing tefillin, with two Chabad rabbinical students at his side. It was taken in the Alexandria home of the frozen f...
Act by right-wing legislator roundly condemned by colleagues in Polish parliament
Despite the best, and somewhat ludicrous, efforts of an extreme nationalist politician, the light of the Chanukah menorah continues to burn bright in Warsaw, Poland. During the annual menorah lighting at the Sejm, the Polish parliament, Grzegorz Braun, a ...
Fifty years ago, the Rebbe transformed “La Marseillaise” into a Chassidic song
Thousands of eyes were trained on the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—as he stood at the center of the cavernous synagogue at 770 Eastern Parkway, Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters. It was time to begin the hakafot, the Simchat T...
Chabad Rabbi Meyer Orenstein continues a family tradition of visiting Jews across North Dakota
In what has become a family tradition, Chabad Rabbi Meyer Orenstein is visiting North Dakota this summer as a Roving Rabbi. He and Rabbi Levi Shusterman are crisscrossing the state to meet and inspire Jewish residents, visiting the towns of Fargo, Grand F...
Pesha Leah Lapine was murdered on Feb. 6, 1992. Her memory continues to inspire.
Rabbi Avraham Lapine describes his childhood in broad, simple terms. His earliest years often seem as distant to him as the noisy, asphalt streets of his native Brooklyn, N.Y., are from the quiet, suburban green of his home today in Columbia, Mo. “I was j...
Pandemic concerns at forefront amid preparations for 38th annual emissaries’ meeting
Preparations are underway for the 38th annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim), which will be held this year in a dual virtual and in-person format from Oct. 28 through Oct. 31. Due to ongoing concerns about Covid...
Rabbi Shlomo Noginski at home after being treated at a local hospital; suspect in custody
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Shlomo Noginski was repeatedly stabbed on July 1 outside the Shaloh House Jewish Day School in Brighton, Mass. Noginski serves as a rabbi and teacher at Shaloh House, a Chabad institution serving the Boston-area’s Russian Jewish com...
Bernard Haller’s gravestone declares that he never missed a day of tefillin or ate non-kosher meat
When Bernard (Baruch) Haller enlisted in the United States Marines in 1941, he had two goals: to serve his country and to survive. To accomplish these goals, he knew that he’d need the help of a Higher Power. And so Haller, known to friends as Bernie, vow...
Chabad.org’s Daily Study app is revamped in time for 3 Tammuz, the anniversary of the Rebbe's passing
Daily Torah study has never been easier—be it in line at the bank, on the subway on your way to work or at your dining-room table after a long day at work. One of the most popular Jewish apps, Chabad.org’s Daily Study, first released in 2014, has been reb...
New York mayor sought to inspire leadership based in kindness and compassion
The consummate gentleman politician, David N. Dinkins was dapper and self-effacing, possessing a gentility and humility all too rare in politics. As the 106th mayor of New York City—and the first African-American chief executive—Dinkins served in a time o...
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