Karen Schwartz

When Ido Sarfati moved to the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui a decade ago, he thought he had the perfect place to build a business. And he did; it grew to include seven retail shops that sold skincare products and other offerings to touris...

With the deadliest wildfires in the United States in a century claiming at least 93 lives and leaving thousands homeless on the island of Maui, emergency workers continued their search for survivors in the charred ruins of burned-out buildings. Chabad-Lub...

More than 1,000 local residents and visitors from around the world gathered in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, on Monday, Aug. 7, to mark the 79th anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, and to honor his legacy. Today, his resting...

When white supremacists mockingly set up a table at the University of Florida in Gainesville earlier this year after multiple antisemitic chalk-written messages began appearing on and off campus, a fearful feeling of “Can this be happening here?R...

Sixteen-year-old Simon Mirkes from Farmington Hills, Mich., was on a summer camp trip in the Alaskan wilderness when he collapsed and died this week near Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park. With help from Chabad-Lubavitch of Alaska, his fellow cam...

Guy Rejwan spent a recent Wednesday night taking in cooking tips and learning from a renowned chef how to make delicious salmon and mashed potatoes as part of the Chelsea Shul’s “Cooking for a Cause” program. It was the inaugural event for the...

For Marina Braverman of Staten Island, N.Y., being together with 600 other Russian-speaking Jews from around the world at the 14th annual Russian Jewish Shabbaton weekend earlier this month was something she looked forward to all year long. It’s an annual...

Passengers on the Barcelona Metro are getting a sense of the inspiration sparked by the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. As they pass through one of the transit system’s underground tunnels, they are greeted by Israel-based artist ...

Jewish families around the world, including babes in arms, will be gathering in synagogues this Friday, May 26, to hear the reading of the Ten Commandments on the holiday of Shavuot. For many, it’s the children who are encouraging their parents to join th...

Omri Howes spent this past weekend making friends with Jewish students from around the world. The 11-year-old from Falmouth, Maine, traveled with his parents to Stamford, Conn., to take part in the fifth annual JewQ International Jewish Knowledge Champion...