I was 6 years old and my family was planning a trip to Israel. My father had not seen his parents for several years, and we were going to...

Last week’s death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers during his arrest has reignited racial tensions that have b...

It's okay to be concerned about the ignoring of social distancing requirements and also the effect the extended quarantine is having on t...

Last week brought a slew of new anti-Semitic attacks against Jews in the most visible Jewish part of the country — in and around New York...

The Jewish new year came upon us in a whirlwind, and at Chabad it was celebrated with many events over the last month—starting with my 40...

Another act of horrific anti-Semitic barbarism, this time in the Chabad synagogue of Poway, CA on the last day of Passover, six months to...

Dear Friend, A year ago this week, Chanie and I flew to New York with our son Mendy, where he began putting on tefillin for the first tim...

In a recent New York Times op-ed, “The Hypocrisy of Hanukkah,” novelist Michael David Lukas described Hanukkah as being a holiday for hyp...

During this year’s High Holidays I observed that nobody at our Chabad House’s Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services was Orthodox. Of cour...

Dear Friend, When was the last time someone said that the reason he or she goes to High Holiday services is because of the rabbi’s sermon...

Dear Friends, Our son Mendy's bar mitzvah was two and a half months ago and we're still in the process of coming down from the high of ce...

Dear Friends, Several years ago I was asked to join a review committee for a private foundation that supplies seed money for new Chabad e...

In recent a conversation with a friend, he mentioned to me, almost boastfully, that his grandfather was very religious. My response was t...

Sixty-seven years ago this week, in January 1951, the Lubavitcher Rebbe officially took over the leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movem...

An emotional week for sure. And I’m not even talking about the devastating  Hurricane Harvey aftermath (but you can read about that here)...

It’s no secret that some Jewish holidays are unfortunately less popular and less observed than others. This can be due to a lack of knowl...

Countless articles and stories have been written about the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; about his life, his global impact, his...

By now you probably received the invitation to the Grand Opening of the new Chabad House on June 11. It will be a fun afternoon for every...

This Friday’s Hebrew date is the 11th of Nissan, and it is the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s birthday. As a child and later as a yeshiva student, e...

Dear Friends, A typical Purim column usually consists of heralding the heroism of Esther and Mordechai, the role they played in standing ...