Rivkah Lewin

Finally, we were there! Amid a cluster of small buildings, the door of the bus opened and a man greeted us with a warm smile. It was Rabbi Danny Cohen, Chabad emissary to Hebron, who serves the soldiers with a strong yet gentle presence...

When attorney Michael Soshnick saw the two four-foot-tall swastikas emblazoned in bright orange on the front doors of Congregation Beth Sholom Chabad in Mineola, N.Y., he was both hurt and outraged.

At first I couldn't imagine how I could take in a child at that moment, but I couldn't say no to a Jewish child who needed a home...

For Israelis living in the United States, a network of Chabad Houses offer programming in Hebrew and a wellspring of Jewish involvement.

Wyatt Hall, 18, arranged a public menorah lighting in Gulfport, Miss., essentially on his own, although a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi from nearby New Orleans helped out.

Two Hebrew schools operated by Chabad-Lubavitch centers cater to children with special needs through individualized curriculums and personal attention from instructors.

The Jewish community in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, La., welcomed a new Torah scroll to the Chabad Jewish Center there. The dedication honored a family’s lost parents and a community’s rebirth.