Rabbi Menachem and Rivkie Block, Chabad of Plano, TX tell of a 30-year journey of a Jewish family and a Siddur from their parent returned decades later.

Classmates and staff of the Nigri Shluchim Online School joined together in Crown Heights for their annual reunion and Day of ...

There is an old Jewish anecdote about the late former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (who died in Nov. 2023, aged 100), who decides to make for himself a custom-made beautiful three-piece suit of ...

Rabbi Chaim Zanvil Abramowitz, known as the Ribnitzer Rebbe, died on Oct. 18, 1995. He was believed to be 102 years old. Abramowitz is considered a righteous leader in Hasidim. On his Yahrtzeit, or ...

Donald Factor, a man whose life was defined by service — to his country, his synagogue and everyone lucky enough to know him — died June 30 at the age of 88. Known for his sharp wit, meticulous nature ...

At the end of this week’s Torah portion of Chukat, when the Jewish people’s 40-year journey through the desert is coming to a conclusion, Moses sends messengers to the Amorite king, Sichon, requesting ...

Tens of thousands of people from across the world visited the Old Montefiore Cemetery in Cambria Heights over the weekend to mark the 31st anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Menachem Mendel ...

The 3rd of Tamuz, this year on Sunday, June 29th, marks the 31st Hilula of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Known affectionately and simply as The Rebbe, he was probably the ...

An evening exploring emotional well-being and remembering Lubavitch Rebbe Menachem M. Schneerson is promised as author and Chasidic scholar Rabbi Levi Y. Shmotkin delves into his book, “Letters for ...

My husband Daniel and I were frantically searching our yard, looking for our Russian tortoise Hershel. Hershel had escaped before, just like our other tortoise, Mr. Tenenbaum. Tortoises, slow as they ...

Levi Y. Shmotkin didn’t set out to write a book when he began poring through the correspondence of the Rebbe,Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994). He started with a notebook. The notebook eventually ...