Chabad

Florida man arrested for Chabad fire after tip offs from his family

Police arrested Blake Richard Hoover, alleging that Hoover was motivated by antisemitism when he is thought to have set fire to the Chabad.

Blake Richard Hoover.
Firefighters respond to a blaze at the Chabad of Charlotte County.

Fire at Florida Chabad center before Rosh Hashanah investigated as potential hate crime

HUNDREDS OF haredi youth from seven ‘mechinot’ and three yeshivot hesder gather in front of the Western Wall before beginning their journey into the IDF, joining the Netzah Yehuda Battalion and other haredi units.

Book and sword: Netanyahu hails IDF's haredi Netzah Yehuda battalion at Western Wall

EFRAIM DUCHMAN of Colel Chabad distributes Eshel food cards to reservists.

High Holy Day lifeline: Colel Chabad stands with needy families of IDF reservists


Squirrel Hill synagogue vandal fined, sentenced to five years probation

Talya Lubit was fined restitution fees of $10,534 following her conviction of conspiracy to commit an offense and for defacing a religious building.

 Vandalism outside Pittsburgh Jewish Federation, left, and a Chabad synagogue, right, in Pittsburgh, July 29, 2024.

Grapevine, September 14, 2025: New Year in Nepal

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PROF. MICHAEL SELA.

New community centers return light to the lives of Israel's senior citizens

Colel Chabad operates a total of 160 centers, fostering an enriching environment for the elderly and retirees.

 A COLEL CHABAD worker comforts a survivor of the Iranian missile attack on Bat Yam.

Air-raid sirens interrupt ‘First Bell’ as Jewish schools open across Ukraine

Staff guided parents and children into protected areas under rehearsed protocols, then resumed events once the all-clear sounded amid renewed Russian strikes nationwide. 

Air raid sirens cut into the “First Bell” ceremony at a Jewish school in Zaporizhzhia on September 1, 2025.

US antisemitism envoy-designate inaugurates a Kohen bridge to the Alter Rebbe's tomb in Ukraine

After decades of waiting, Kohanim can now make a pilgrimage to the Alter Rebbe’s tomb, thanks to a new bridge dedicated by Yehuda Kaplun and the FJCU.

Chabad Rabbi Yehuda Kaplun, on August 22 inaugurated a special bridge for Kohanim to visit the Ukrainian tomb of Chabad founder Rabbi Shneur Zalman.

Gideon Sa'ar visits Lubavitcher Rebbe's grave ahead of first Washington visit as FM

During the visit, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar met with Chabad officials, recited Psalms, and prayed for the success of his trip to the US capital, as well as for the return of the hostages.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks at an event at the foreign ministry, May 26, 2025; illustrative.

Vilna Jewish leadership betray their heritage - opinion

Vilna was the center of the Zionist movement in the Soviet Union, hosting the Hibat Zion movement, Poalei Zion Party, and Chovevei Zion conventions.

 Vilnius, Lithuania

Ultra-Orthodox MK Goldknopf asks Netanyahu to finance Chabad's trip to New York

This comes after the Breslov hassidim received a framework that allows for NIS 10 million to be used in their Rosh Hashanah pilgrimages to Uman, Ukraine.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf seen in Jerusalem, September 27, 2023

Crown Heights residents defy radical antisemitic, anti-Chabad rally in New York

Crown Height Bites Back organized a rally calling for a riot against the Chabad community. They met with defiance by African-American residents and Jewish neighborhood watch groups.

 TWO JEWISH students hold up signs which read ‘Bring them home now’ and ‘Let us grieve,’ as they counter pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside Columbia University, in New York City, on the first day of the new semester, last Tuesday.

Loneliness has a cure

With an optimistic, compassionate vision, a 237-year-old charity is ensuring that Israel’s seniors are not alone

More than 16,000 older adults are chronically lonely and have little to no contact with other people

A Jewish heart in Europe: How Chabad in Vienna became a fortress of hope, education, and continuity

Where once stood a Nazi institution, now stands one of the largest Jewish campuses in Europe.

Where once stood a Nazi institution, now stands one of the largest Jewish campuses in Europe.