Pocono Raceway Debuts First Kosher Food Stand in NASCAR History
In what is almost certainly a first for the 78-year-old sport, the Pocono Raceway will be introducing a kosher concession stand at the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series race this weekend.
CGI Parksville Releases Song for 70th Anniversary
CGI Parksville marks the milestone with Seventy Years Strong, featuring alumni Avraham Fried, Benny Friedman, Bentzi Marcus, Boruch Sholom Blesofsky, and Eli Marcus.
Gimmel Tammuz Event to Explore the Gift of the Rebbe’s Torah
Five renowned speakers will present focused 15-minute talks exploring the depth, originality, and enduring relevance of the Rebbe’s Torah.
First-Ever Tanya Printing in Chad, Africa Takes Place by Solo Female
A new chapter was written in the ongoing mission to spread the wellsprings of Chassidus to every corner of the globe as a Tanya was printed in the African nation of Chad for the very first time.
Here’s My Story: The Interview of a Lifetime
Rabbi Shalom DovBer Levine is an author, historian and researcher, who has published many books pertaining to the Chabad Movement and its leadership. He serves as the director and curator of the Chabad-Lubavitch Library. He was interviewed three times – in 1994, 2007 and 2023.
A Story – 25 Years In The Making – That Wouldn’t Let Go
It began with a simple conversation with Rabbi Aaron Margolin of the Chabad House of Virginia. He told me that nearly 25 years ago, he had conducted a levayah for a Yid—but to this day, there was still no matzeivah. No marker. No name on stone. Just silence.
Lamplighters Podcast: The Question That Changed Their Shlichus
In Episode 65 of Lamplighters: Stories From Chabad Emissaries On The Jewish Frontier, reporter/producer Gary Waleik presents the story of Rabbi Peretz and Rebbetzin Chanie Chein, Chabad emissaries to Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. The Cheins’ shlichus includes campus outreach, of course. But it also includes a dynamic new program, an approach to inner work modeled on a famous Maamer of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
A Bris and a Bar Mitzvah at 66
Seizing the opportunity to create an unforgettable mitzvah moment, Rabbi Minkowicz helped him put on Tefillin for the very first time. At 66 years old, the grandfather not only celebrated the Bris of his grandson, but also experienced a personal milestone—his own spiritual “Bar Mitzvah” moment.
CBDChabad Sydney Expands Weekly Lunch & Learn Network Across Sydney CBD with Launch of Barangaroo Program
The initiative forms part of CBDChabad Sydney’s ongoing effort to make Jewish learning, networking and community accessible throughout the city and downtown area, providing local residents, Jewish professionals and members of the wider Australian community with opportunities to connect, learn and build meaningful relationships during the workday.
For the first time, all 11 Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries representing 11 Central African countries gathered together on the rooftop of the Sheraton in Kinshasa on May 26, marking 35 years of Chabad of Central Africa.
Getting Central Africa’s Rabbis Into One Room Isn’t Easy
It took some of the conference-goers two flights and a layover in Europe just to get there. One flew from his home in Abuja, Nigeria to Paris and then on to Kinshasa, the capital and largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Another took the Accra to Amsterdam flight, before turning around and flying to Kinshasa.
From the Jersey Shore to São Paulo, Jewish Teens Unplugged for a Shabbos Together
The season opened the weekend of May 15, with two Shabbatons running at once on opposite ends of the hemisphere.
New Engagement!
Levi Stambler (Ukraine) to Musi Goldberg (São Paulo, Brazil)
Baby Boy!
Mendy and Mazal Sternbach from Lagos, Nigeria had a baby boy!
Picture of the Day
On the occasion of his birthday, Rabbi Yossi Michelashvili was presented with a special gift and cake from Oholei Torah in recognition of his dedication and generosity to the Yeshiva.
In Its First Year, ‘Shiur-It’ Unites 140 Young Shluchos Around the Rebbe’s Torah
The program’s motto carries its mission: learn it, live it, share it. Girls study a different aspect of hiskashrus each week, then take what they learn home and share it.
New Mitzvah Tank To Arrive in Crown Heights For Dedication at 770
A major addition to the fleet of Chabad Mitzvah Tanks in Eretz Yisroel is set to make a special appearance in Crown Heights this week, as supporters and friends of the Mitzvah Tank movement gather to welcome and dedicate a newly donated vehicle before it begins its mission of spreading Torah, mitzvos, and Yiddishkeit throughout the Holy Land.
What If Every Visitor Met the Rebbe?
Displayed on a lobby screen, waiting room TV, office monitor, or communal display, JEMStream continuously presents carefully curated moments with the Rebbe—teachings, personal encounters, stories, and timeless messages that engage visitors throughout the day.
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