Recent Articles

• A Small Day School Makes a Big Impact in Tennessee - Nicknamed ‘the lab school,’ it’s known for academics and fostering Jewish identity March 5, 2018
  As far as Sara Zemel is concerned, her school is the perfect size. “I know every single person,” says the 11-year-old. “And it’s better that way.” With nearly three-dozen students, the Stanford Eisenberg Knoxville Jewish Day School—a kindergarten through fifth-grade elementary school—is admittedly small, but it has been making a name for itself in terms […]
• Rabbis Comfort Families After Train Derailment in Washington - 100 wounded and three fatalities in first ride of Amtrak’s new Seattle to Portland route December 19, 2017
  Shortly after he heard the news that an Amtrak train had derailed on Monday morning in the city of DuPont, Wash., Rabbi Yosef Schtroks, who co-directs Chabad of Olympia in Tumwater, Wash., headed for a nearby hospital where the injured were taken. “Realizing that this took place in my own backyard, that there are people […]
• In Midst of Catastrophic Fires, a ‘Sacred Responsibility to Reach Out’ - Southern California rabbis provide food, clothing and essentials to evacuees December 7, 2017
  As firefighters in Southern California continue to battle the volatile winds and flames that have burned more than 100,000 acres in Ventura County and decimated some 20,000 in Los Angeles County, Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries sprang into action to see what they could do to help—finding places for people to stay, and offering distributions of food, clothing […]
• Canadian Emissary Addresses Knesset on Premarital Counseling Law - Goldie Plotkin presents Torah perspective as new bill is considered December 6, 2017
  Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Goldie Plotkin was invited to speak at a Knesset meeting last month on the need for premarital counseling for Jewish men and women. The voluntary program created by a proposed new law would provide substantial financial benefits for participants.Plotkin, who along with her husband, Rabbi Avrohom Plotkin, co-directs Chabad Lubavitch of Markham in […]
• ‘Shabbat House’ Welcomes 1,000 to Dinner in Its First Year - Inviting all to weekly Friday-night warmth in New Jersey November 26, 2017
  For more than 10 years, the property near a busy intersection sat dormant. Deeded to Lubavitch Center of Essex County, it had potential. At least, that’s what Rabbi Baruch and Devorah Klar thought. The space was too small for a synagogue, so the Klars kept paying taxes on a chunk of land that was filled […]