Recent Articles from Chabad.org

• In Frigid, Blacked-Out Texas, Chabad Houses Are a Lifeline - Opening homes with warmth and concern February 18, 2021
  Phyllis and her friend Mary Alice were at home in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Monday afternoon, and they were cold. Like millions of other Texans, they had no power and no means to get warm as the temperatures outside continued to drop. “It was very difficult to deal with,” the 73-year-old Phyllis, a member of […]
• Rabbi Elie Cohen, 79, Torah Scholar and Mathematician - A devoted teacher both in synagogues and in university classrooms February 17, 2021
  Depending on who you ask, Rabbi Elie Cohen might be described as either a brilliant Torah scholar or a brilliant mathematician. But for those who knew him best, he was both—a devoted rabbi and a dedicated professor—a man of deep faith and extensive knowledge, who passed away in Montreal at the age of 79 in […]
• Scouted by the Major Leagues, Nevada Teen Won’t Play on Shabbat - A teen’s love of Judaism comes before everything, he says January 14, 2021
  For decades, Jewish baseball fans have looked to Sandy Koufax as a role model for refusing to pitch in game one of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur. While that stood out as an example for Jews everywhere, one Nevada teen is hoping to take it a step further and become […]