Karen Schwartz

Melanie Siddig, 28, is getting ready to help her community this Purim. On Tuesday afternoon, she’ll head off to Chabad University Student Center - El Lazo in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to volunteer at a festive holiday meal for some 200 Jews in need. It’s h...

Jewish students at Michigan State University gathered together throughout the night of Monday, Feb. 13 to mourn those who were killed and to pray for the recovery of those wounded by a gunman who killed three students and critically wounded five others. I...

Judah Adler, 23, was glad to be able to hear from Rabbi Eli Backman one last time as a student at the University of Maryland. Backman, who has directed Chabad at the University of Maryland with his wife, Nechama, since 1995, kicked off the class of 2022’s...

As flooding swept through Yellowstone National Park this week, Chabad centers were focal points for help to both local community members and travelers alike. Heavy rain and melting snow trapped hikers, who were rescued by extraordinary efforts by search-a...

Passover is right around the corner, and Jewish families and friends around the world are eagerly looking forward to being together once again on the Seder nights. Chabad-Lubavitch centers are opening their doors to a record number of guests, and everyone...

Last year at this time, the world was still struggling with a pandemic. This year, hearts and minds are turned towards the people of Ukraine. Nevertheless, Jewish people around the world are celebrating the holiday of Purim—as they have ever since they fa...

In a normal year, Zach Ollivierre, 17, would have been eager to travel cross-country from Mission Viejo, Calif., to Brooklyn, N.Y., and stand in front of thousands of his peers to talk about what’s important to him as a Jewish teen. But when he spoke to a...

Zahava (Gwenn) Flait and her husband, Stuart, are more excited than ever for Purim to arrive. The holiday will be their first time back in person at Chabad of West Boca Raton, Fla., since last Purim, when the coronavirus pandemic began to spread throughou...

Since Erin Lofties can’t host a Hanukkah gathering in her home this year, she’s attending one in another city ... remotely. “It’s a good chance to see what other people are up to, to see how they’re celebrating, and to feel connected again,” she says. She...

Even though Lance Cpl. David Pfeifer, 20, isn’t sure that he’ll be able to make it home to celebrate Hanukkah with family this year, the U.S. Marine is excited that for the first time ever, he’ll be marking the holiday with other Jewish troops stationed a...