How the U.S. Holocaust Museum’s New Calendar Distorts the Holocaust
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has just published a 2019 calendar which focuses on the museum’s new exhibit about Americans’ responses to the Holocaust. Remarkably, two-thirds of the calendar has nothing do with Americans’ responses to the Holocaust. This…
Ari Fuld: A Staunch Defender of Israel and the Truth
Those who knew Fuld think of “how the mighty have fallen.” He was a devout adherent to the laws of Judaism, he studied hard, and he fearlessly defended Israel and the Jewish nation against those he perceived to be fighting…
Parshas Ha’Azinu – Preserving the Awesome Level of Spirituality
Since this is the first Shabbos after Yom Kippur, it is important to try to preserve that awesome level of spirituality that we all attained on this holiest of all days and utilize it to enhance our Shabbos. Each individual…
The Last Jewish Presence in the Ghost Town That Was Myrtle Beach, S.C
Even though the weather is dry and the winds are breezing at a gentle 17 miles per hour, Rabbi Eli Reyder reports that Myrtle Beach is quickly becoming a ghost town. “We are helping people find places to go, especially the elderly…
”It Can Be Done” – 75 Years Since the Rescue of Denmark’s Jews
As the final minutes of Rosh Hashana ticked away, thirteen year-old Leo Goldberger was hiding, along with his parents and three brothers, in the thick brush along the shore of Dragor, a small fishing village south of Copenhagen. The year…
5778: The Year in Review
A look back at the year’s most formative stories In the Jewish year 5778, Chabad.org/News covered hundreds of events that shaped the lives of individuals and communities around the world. We wrote about those who came together in aid of…
Faith & Fasting: A Look at the Practice Ahead of Yom Kippur
Food abstention and restrictions are ancient practices whose purpose and benefit span across the three Abrahamic faiths—Judaism, Christianity and Islam Fasting is the most commonly known Yom Kippur ritual. According to a 2016 Pew survey, 40 percent of American Jews…
Blowing Shofar Amidst the Smoke and Ashes – Memories of 9/11
The image is seared into my mind. Walking over the Williamsburg Bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan in the early morning, looking to the right, and seeing giant plumes of smoke rising from the spot where the Twin Towers had stood…
Nike Shares Fall; Backlash Over Colin Kaepernick Ad Deal Flares Up
Is there business logic for Nike embracing Colin Kaepernick? I think there is, for the NFL and athletic shoe business are very different. In the conservative blogosphere, on Fox News, and among my friends, the name of Nike has been…
Eid al-Adha and the Theft of the Jewish Narrative
Twisting history has long been part and parcel of Islamic culture. But it has also been to the detriment of Arabs, particularly the Palestinians Jews living adjacent to Arab neighborhoods in Israel were awoken before sunrise last week for three…
Bringing the Sound of the Rosh Hashanah Shofar to the Homebound
Volunteers around the world fan out to visit those who cannot make it to synagogue Allan Sheff says he “will never forget” when Rabbi Leibel Fine came to his doorstep with a shofar in hand. “It was the first day of Rosh Hashanah,…
Muslim Zanzibar Gets Its First-Ever Jewish Center
Winding alleyways make their way past carved doors before spilling into crowded marketplaces. Zanzibar, today an autonomous part of the East African country of Tanzania, was once, not too long ago, a Sultanate. The island, 23 miles off the African…
UAE Judo Competition Relents; Allows Israeli Flag & Anthem at Event
In a radical departure from its entrenched position on banning the use of Israeli symbols by athletes at their international sporting events, the United Arab Emirates has announced that the Israeli flag may be displayed and the Israeli national anthem…
Crisis on Campus: Anti-Israel Forces and the Battle for the Jewish Future
These days, campuses are increasingly battlefields where chief among the spoils are the hearts, minds and loyalties of the next generation of the Jewish people. You send your kids off to college, and they come back telling you that Israel…
Southampton Chabad Gathers Elite of the Hamptons for Annual Gala Dinner
The Southampton Chabad held its seventeenth annual dinner benefit on Sunday August 26, 2018 at the Bridgehampton home of Maria and Ken Fishel with cocktails beginning at 5:30 PM. The Fishel’s magnanimously opened up their Gatsbyesque estate to host the…