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Ten IDF couples wed in massive Tel Aviv wedding

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Ten couples with a member serving in the Israel Defense Forces will get married during a simultaneous ceremony in Tel Aviv on Tuesday in what has been described as one of the Jewish state’s...
Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

‘Explosion’ of conspiracy theories on social media about ‘tunnels’ at Chabad

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The account Frum TikTok was one of many to post footage of a riot at a synagogue that is part of the world headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch. Police were called after “young agitators,” as Chabad put it,...
Letters in the Torah. Credit: Cottonbro studio/Pexels.

The secret of Jewish survival

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We are the wandering Jews. Sometimes, I am also a wondering Jew. I wonder how we have survived as a people with the very same values and traditions that have been our legacy for...
Chanukah menorah. Credit: tomertu/Shutterstock

The search for success

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Chanukah, the beautiful "Festival of Lights," begins on Dec. 7. Everyone knows the story: The Maccabees defeated the mighty Greek armies and reconquered Jerusalem. When they wanted to kindle the Menorah in the Temple,...
A Chanukah menorah display on a car in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine on Nov. 30, 2021. Credit: Oksana Kuznetsova Dnepr/Shutterstock.

Menorah car parades set to light up cities worldwide

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Chanukah celebrates light, religious freedom and—a theme less often emphasized—the potential of young people. This year, Jews around the world will take that celebration to the streets more powerfully than ever. Last December, as Kyiv...
The comedian Eli Lebowicz (left) helped fellow participants at the "March for Israel" wrap tefillin on Nov. 14, 2023. Credit: EliComedy.com.

Jewish great awakening follows Oct. 7 terror attacks

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Those who experience the trauma of losing a friend or loved one or seeing them injured in a violent conflict often become more religious, according to research that U.S., Canadian, Czech and German researchers published in...

Thousands of rabbis in New York pray for Israel, world

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Thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries who are gathered in New York City for the 40th annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim), assembled at the Ohel in Queens, N.Y., the resting place of the...
In the Novellus restaurant dining room are (from left): Rabbi Chaim Landa, Joe Ancmon, Bob Affholder and Brett Affholder, October 2023. Photo by Bill Motchan.

St. Louis-area restaurant going kosher for a day, proceeds headed for Israel

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A local restaurant will change its entire menu and kosher its kitchen for one day in support of Israel. Novellus, at 201 N. Main St. in St. Charles, a suburb of St. Louis, announced...
Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak Vorst. Source: YouTube.

Rabbi who founded Chabad in the Netherlands dies at age 85

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Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak (Ies) Vorst, founder of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in the Netherlands, died on Sept. 14 at the age of 85. Vorst was born in 1938, the son of the chief rabbi of Rotterdam....
Ido Sarfati stands outside the remains of his businesses that were destroyed by wildfires last week that swept through Lahaina on the island of Maui, Aug. 14, 2023. Photo courtesy of Ido Sarfati.

Maui fire survivors tell of Chabad’s assistance in wake of disaster

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When Ido Sarfati moved to the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui a decade ago, he thought he had the perfect place to build a business. And he did; it grew...