Chabad-Lubavitch
News and updates about Chabad-Lubavitch

$50,000 reward for information on Crown Heights attacker
According to Jewish leader, recent wave of anti-Semitic attacks reminds locals of 1991 Crown Heights anti-Jewish riots.

Russian Jews to learn about rescue and betrayal in Poland
1,100 Russian Jews visit Auschwitz, hear about Polish rescue, betrayal of Jews.

Wounded IDF veterans tour college campuses with Chabad
Wounded IDF soldiers share stories of terror and bravery with Jewish students on West Coast campuses.

'There's no kosher meat, but the fish are great'
New (and first) Chief Rabbi of Iceland, Rabbi Avi Feldman, hopes in conversation with Arutz Sheva that circumcision law will not be passed.

3,000 guests attend Passover seder in central Moscow
Seders held in all 36 Chabad Houses scattered throughout Moscow, in all yeshivas and public institutions, even in Moscow's Butyrka prison.

Bennett: I'm religious thanks to Chabad
Education Minister Naftali Bennett says Chabad responsible for bringing him and his family closer to Judaism.

Trump meets with Chabad rabbis in Oval Office
US President remembers last Lubavitcher Rebbe on anniversary of his birth.

The King and the Rabbi
Morocco's King Mohammed VI makes unexpected stop at Chabad tefillin stand in France to chat about the Lubavitcher Rebbe, 7 Laws of Noah.

Watch: Canadian Chabad house vandalized
Footage captures vandal smashing glass doors of Chabad House in Thornhill, Ontario. 'An anti-Semitic and hateful act.'

'Putin is good to Jews'
Chabad emissary to Moscow describes warm relations between local Jews, Pres. Putin, says anti-Semitism non-existent in Russia.

Chabad brings largest group of the year to Israel
Over 770 participants from 80 communities tour the country with JLI, The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute.

Tel Aviv official: Chabad 'missionaries' need to be banned
Tel Aviv city council official rips Chabad 'missionary activities' after being asked whether he wanted to put on Tefillin.

University of Kansas opens kosher kitchen in student dining hall
University of Kansas teams up with Chabad to offer kosher dinners once a week.

Weekly Tanya lesson: Chap. 39, class 1

Nikolas Cruz:
Chabad security footage shows attacker ‘casually walking by’
Chabad Center in Coral Springs, Florida may have evidence to help police bring Parkland High School shooter to justice.

Iceland to receive 1st resident rabbi in recent history
Chabad sends emissaries to last major European capital without a synagogue.

Russian Jews win trips to Paris - by studying Judaism
Chabad organizes fully-funded cruise, trip to Auschwitz, for Russian Jews who attend classes on Judaism.

Chabad hasid donates a quarter million shekels to IDF, police
Australian delegation brings warm clothes to IDF, Border Police, in Judea and Samaria, dedicates event halls to the tune of $71,508.

What it’s like to be Jewish in South Korea
Chabad emissaries in South Korea are preparing for the Winter Olympics, emphasize their country is safe, has no anti-Semitism.

American Chabad rabbi expelled from Russia, labelled 'extremist'
US-born Chabad rabbi married to Russian citizen labelled 'extremist', abruptly ordered out of Russia.

Weekly Tanya lecture: Chap.38, class 3

Tanya: Chap. 38, lecture 1

Weekly Tanya lecture: Chap. 37, class 10

Watch: Trump waves to Chabad hasidim
US Pres. Trump stops, waves to Chabad hasidim as they hold signs thanking him for Sholom Rubashkin's release.

Weekly Tanya lecture: Chap. 37, class 9

Chabad emissaries ambushed in Judea stone attack
Chabad 'Hanukkah Operation' vehicle ambushed while traveling to support soldiers in Judea. Miraculously, passengers unscathed.

'Green' community center lets participants run the show
At a non-denominational Jewish center in Ferndale, Michigan, Chabad directors step back to allow residents a free hand in deciding programs.

Court orders eviction of world's largest Chabad yeshiva
Chabad Yeshiva in Tzfat to be forcibly evacuated after court rules against the institution in custody battle.

Weekly Tanya lecture: Chap. 37, class 7

The Chassidic Congress Center:
Binyanei Ha'uma readies for tens of thousands of Hasidim
An estimated 400 tons of books arrive this morning in 40 large trucks for Binyanei Ha'uma in Jerusalem ahead of next week's Book Fair.

Weekly Tanya lecture: Chapter 37, Class # 6

Weekly Tanya lecture: Chap. 37, class 5

4 Penn State students charged in menorah vandalism
Students stole 9-foot menorah from home of campus Chabad rabbi, leave it damaged outside Jewish fraternity.

Uganda is 100th outpost for Chabad-Lubavitch
Chabad outreach movement now spans 100 nations around the globe, cracking triple digits with its first Chabad house in Uganda.

4,500 Chabad emissaries from around the world gather in New York
4,500 of Chabad's 5,500 emissaries worldwide gather in New York for a group photo, representing 93 different countries around the globe.

Jewish family’s adopted son accused of trashing Chabad preschool
Florida teenager scrawls Hitler slur on Chabad preschool, smashes bookshelves and televisions.

Photos: Chabad shluchim conference underway
About 4,000 Chabad emissaries from around the world arrive in New York to attend annual conference.

Muslim Republic president lauds Chabad at yeshiva opening
President of Muslim Republic of Tatarstan in Russia attends opening of new Chabad yeshiva, praises Jewish community.

All-time high:
35,000 Jews spend Shabbat in Hevron
Kiryat Arba, Hevron streets fill with caravans and tents as Jews from Israel and the Diaspora gather for Shabbat.

Princeton Hillel apologizes for cancelling Hotovely speach
Head of Princeton University Hillel says cancellation of Deputy FM's speech was a mistake, Hillel was not seeking to 'silence' Hotovely.

Princeton Chabad hosts Hotovely speech after Hillel cancels
Left-wing group pressures Princeton campus Hillel to cancel speech by Israeli Deputy FM over political views. Speech made at campus Chabad.

Connecticut Chabad wins 10-year legal fight to open Chabad House
Judge rules Chabad must be allowed to open center in historic district 10 years after plans to open center rejected,

Yet Again:
Tel Aviv municipality shuts down Chabad tefillin stand
Tel Aviv orders Chabad rabbi to shutter tefillin stand, six weeks after Herziliya fines rabbi for putting tefillin on willing passersby.

Jewish billionaire distributed $100 to anyone singing at Kotel
Chilean billionaire Leonardo Farkas arrives at Western Wall, gives 100 dollar bills to anyone singing Chabad songs.

Attempted kidnapping at 770
Woman questioned by police after she attempts to walk off with child at the headquarters of the Chabad movement.

Sukkah at Brandenburg Gate makes history
Chabad rabbi sets up public sukkah opposite symbol of Nazi power.

Tens of thousands gather in 770's study hall
Tens of thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch students gather in the main study hall at 770 Eastern Parkway.

Las Vegas rabbi helps Nevada Governor with prayer
Visits family of wounded woman in hospital, stays for press conference.

Las Vegas Jewish community rallies to help following shooting
2 Las Vegas synagogues raise $50,000 for treatment of woman wounded in mass shooting.

Did the Lubavitcher Rebbe really say that?
Bus ad claims Chabad Rebbe told woman to ask her husband before traveling to New York; feminists insist ad is sexist.

Listen: Yonatan Razel sings 'Ya'ale Tachnunenu'
The Israeli music star covers the melody sang by Chabad Jews on Yom Kippur.

Chabad leaders: Report child abuse to secular authorities
Chabad rabbis rule Jewish law permits abusers to be reported directly to non-Jewish authorities, say no reason to ask rabbi first.

The Chabadnik who held a water war in the middle of Manhattan
Meet Meir Kay, a young Jew from New York who spearheaded a project to cheer and inspire everyone via online videos.

California animal rights group sues to stop kapparot ceremony
Group seeks to force California police to prevent pre-Yom Kippur custom.

Lapid in Arad: Battle not over religion, but over money
Yair Lapid visits Arad and attacks haredi minister: 'It's ridiculous that a minister would attend a violent rally.'

Superstar Natan Goshen releases new version of Chabad classic
Natan Goshen releases 'K'chomer Yotzer', a popular Chabad song used on Yom Kippur.

Herzliya Mayor apologizes for Tefillin flap
Herzliya Mayor apologizes to Chabad Jew who was fined Friday for offering to put teffilin on passersby. 'It was a misunderstanding.'

Dramatic Shabbat rescue on Caribbean island
ZAKA volunteers worked desperately Shabbat to save Chabad emissary's family stranded during hurricane.

He offered to help someone put on tefillin - and was fined
Herzliya municipal supervisor forces Chabad man to close tefillin stand, pay heavy fine.
