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Chabad of Zhytomyr has been caring for their community since they were displaced
Five Ukrainian evacuees from Zhytomyr, Ukraine, celebrated a joint bar mitzvah in the Israeli city of Ashkelon last month—a milestone marking not just their coming of age, but their journey from war-torn Ukraine to safety in Israel. “It was a Zhytomyr cel...
Netanyahu also gave the President a mezuzah case made from shrapnel
During their meeting on Tuesday at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented President Donald Trump with two gifts: a dollar bill from the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, and a mezuzah. The mezuzah case...
The towering symbol of protection launches a regional campaign to put one on every Jewish home
On the side of Route 130 in South Brunswick, N.J., a striking new sight is drawing both local traffic and out-of-town visitors: the world’s largest kosher mezuzah, towering over six feet tall, mounted proudly at the entrance of Chabad of South Brunswick’s...
Built a statewide network of Jewish life during his 65 years of service, brought hundreds of Chabad emissaries to the Sunshine State
Rabbi Avraham Korf, regional director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Florida and a trailblazing emissary whose work transformed the Jewish landscape of the southeastern United States, passed away on Monday evening, July 7, at the age of 92. A beloved figure in Fl...
Chabad operates a Mitzvah Tank that brings Jewish warmth to city residents and visitors alike
Niagara Falls is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the world. Now, a new Chabad Center—directed by Rabbi Yehuda and Yehudis Lorber—offers thousands of Jewish travelers an oasis of Judaism on the American side of the heart of this natural land...
When the Sixth Rebbe was arrested, Latvian MP Mordechai Dubin took action
Just after midnight on Wednesday, June 15, 1927, agents of the Soviet secret police, then known as the OGPU, barged into the Leningrad apartment of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory, and arrested him. Over ...
An international diplomatic crisis heightened the threat to the Rebbe’s life and helped secure his deliverance.
Over 80 people have been killed; Rabbi Yossi and Malkie Marrus are leading the community response
After flash floods in the Texas Hill Country left more than 80 people dead in the central part of the state, devastated communities are mourning the dead, and praying for the injured and the missing. The scope of the disaster—among the dead are dozens of ...
Attack on East Melbourne's oldest synagogue marks latest in string of antisemitic incidents across Australia
Hours after Shabbat began on July 4, a lone arsonist attempted to set fire to the historic East Melbourne Synagogue in Australia’s largest city. Approximately 20 Jews, including children, were there for Friday-evening prayer services. At the time of the a...
The Mishpacha Children's Home, directed by Chabad of Odessa, cares for 124 children
German Foreign Minister Johann Wedepohl paid a special visit to the children of the Mishpacha Children’s Home orphanage in Odessa, more than three years after his government’s swift action helped rescue them from the horrors of war. When war erupted in Uk...