Psychology & Behavior

You needn’t look far for evidence of great rifts in Israeli society, fractures whose beginnings stretch back generations.

The new issue of the Israeli quarterly magazine Mayanotecha examines the nature of happiness in advance of the holiday of Purim.

Nestled in between two grassy knolls, the teens’ lodge is bustling with personal discovery...

Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students are visiting correctional centers and prisons across the United States.

Pulling off a kosher Jewish wedding in the heart of South Korea may seem like a logistical nightmare. But Rabbi Osher Litzman, who directs the Chabad Jewish Community of Korea in Seoul with his wife, Mussy Litzman, jokes that “there are no logistical chal...

For two days, my calls went unanswered. “I’m sorry I didn’t get back to you sooner,” Rabbi Viktor Atia tells me on the third day, “but I was in Vienna, Austria, telling my life story to four different audiences.” Rabbi Viktor Atia, 52, is a Chabad-Lubavit...

As someone living with Bloom syndrome, Rivky Berman couldn’t hide the fact that she was “different.” That, however, only served to fuel her desire to be a spokesperson for the acceptance of every individual’s unique path and circumstances. It was also wha...

A group of medical professionals, journalists and thinkers gathered last month at the Chabad Belgravia Community Centre in London for the launch of “A Time to Heal,” Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson’s rendering of the response of the Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Menache...

Men, women and children from throughout Israel were traveling today to the homes of Eyal Yifrach, 19, from Elad; Gilad Shaar, 16, from Talmon; and Naftali Frenkel, 16, from Nof Ayalon for the traditional levaya (funeral procession), which was scheduled to...

The bodies of three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped in the West Bank earlier this month have been found by Israeli forces north of the city of Hebron. The three students—Eyal Yifrach, 19, from Elad; Gilad Shaar, 16, from Talmon; and Naftali Frenkel, ...