About a month after regular El Al flights between Israel and Moscow resumed, many Israelis whose home and family are in Israel found themselves stranded in the Russian capital, and now cannot return to the Land of Israel.
After losing his cousin Dovid Horowitz to mental illness, Azriel Boymelgreen, a young Chabad Jew raised in Crown Heights, turned his pain into purpose by launching a nonprofit to help other families in crisis.
The Vaad Hakashrus of Crown Heights has taken a major step towards expansion this week as it certifies a 13th Ave Bakery in Boro Park, just blocks from Maimonides Medical Center.
When Samuel Vengrinovich, 44, went missing deep in the Himalayas on June 6th, the odds were against his survival. On Sunday, June 16, Vengrinovich was found alive near a village he had walked towards for nine excruciating days.
The boom and shockwave was unlike anything Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gluckowsky had ever experienced. When an Iranian ballistic missile struck central Rehovot—a city in Israel’s center, just south of Tel Aviv—at 3 a.m. on Sunday morning, the explosion was so powerful that buildings shook 15 minutes away from the impact site.
This transformative class invites you to change your perspective and live life in 3D. Through a deep dive into the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s talks, you’ll learn how to shift your mindset, embrace a multidimensional view of life, and find purpose in every moment.
Tonight, 20 Sivan (June 16, 2025), children worldwide will gather for a brief, powerful virtual rally devoted to Torah, tefillah, and tzedakah in the zechus of the soldiers and all our brothers and sisters in Eretz Hakodesh.
For Ireland’s small Jewish community of about 2,700 people, these numbers are not shocking — but they reflect a sobering reality of growing antisemitism. Nonetheless, daily Jewish life continues despite or perhaps, in spite— of it.
Boys from the FJC Alumim Children’s Home in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, celebrated their Bar Mitzvah in Ashkelon, Israel—where they now live with their friends—three years after fleeing under fire at the outbreak of the crisis.
Registration is now live for the 25th annual Kinus HaMechanchim, set for Wednesday–Thursday, August 13–14 י״ט–כ׳ מנחם אב in Stamford, Connecticut. The two-day conference will bring Lubavitcher Mechanchim together for professional growth, peer connection, and renewed focus ahead of the school year.
Starting at around 11:10 pm local time, Israeli residents began hearing sirens. First in the north, from the Lebanon border to as far south as Aviel. Then at about 1:05 am local time, rockets started descending on the south of Israel; from Eilat to the Negev.
In these trying times, many are searching for strength, clarity, and direction, this week’s Living Torah carries a message of profound relevance—one that feels deeply guided by hashgacha pratis (Divine Providence).
On Sunday, Erev Shavuos, 5 Sivan 5785 (June 1st), the Beis Din Tzedek of Crown Heights hosted a welcome event for a group of visiting rabbonim who traveled to the Rebbe’s shchunah. The gathering took place at the Eshel Hotel […]
The City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, home to Harvard University, has agreed to allow the local Chabad Center to expand, after initially denying Chabad expansion rights through a zoning denial. The agreement comes following a settlement in the discrimination lawsuit filed by Chabad against the city.
“We’re all doubling on wrapping tefillin with others and lighting candles for the strength of our soldiers.”
With great sadness we report the passing of R’ Chaim Yitzchok (Harry) Spiegal OBM, from Los Angelas/Israel/Crown Heights. He passed away on Shabbos Bhaloscha, the 18th of Sivan, 5785.
The following story was transcribed from an audio recording of Rabbi Moshe Wolfson, who was interviewed by his grandson Yossi Wolfson and his son Shaya Wolfson.
