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August 18, 2026, 8:39 pm

Violence erupts outside Chabad House in Sri Lanka

“The fuel here is antisemitism,” Chabad Rabbi Yossi Gabai told JNS after protesters hurled stones and firecrackers in the direction of the Jewish center.

By Etgar Lefkovits

A Star of David forms part of the design of the Jewish Cultural Center under construction in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. (Larry Luxner)

August 9, 2026, 12:18 pm

Montenegro’s tiny Jewish community navigates uncertain territory as hostility toward Israel increases

The country has been a top destination for Israeli tourists, but a recent brawl has unsettled some.

By Larry Luxner

On Wednesday’s podcast, Tucker Carlson blamed Chabad for the Iran war. (Screenshot of "The Tucker Carlson Show")

March 5, 2026, 2:16 pm

Chabad on high alert after false Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens war claims

Two leading right-wing anti-Israel influencers hurl accusations that the highly visible Hasidic sect is somehow behind the Iran conflict

By Hannah Feuer

Female emissaries of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement gather for a group photo in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on Feb. 6, 2026. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

February 8, 2026, 11:19 am

From far corners of the world, the women of Chabad gather in freezing Brooklyn

The annual gathering of female Chabad emissaries provided a respite for women typically on the front lines of Jewish life in far-flung communities.

By Grace Gilson

New York Attorney General Letitia James, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani speak at a press conference outside Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, after a man was arrested for ramming his car into the building, Jan. 28, 2026. (Screenshot)

January 29, 2026, 8:55 am

Man arrested after ramming car into 770 Eastern Parkway, Chabad’s NY headquarters

No one was injured in the incident, which drew NYPD chief Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani to Crown Heights.

By Philissa Cramer

Stranded travelers diverted to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport as a result of a snowstorm that gripped the United States enjoy kosher food courtesy of Chabad, Jan. 24-25, 2026. (Credit: Courtesy of Chabad of Minnesota)

January 27, 2026, 5:12 pm

Minnesota Chabad steps in to feed 300 passengers on diverted Israel flight

One traveler wrote: “After a very long day of travel, it was incredible to enjoy some tasty, home-cooked food.”

By JNS

The 16-story building at 9911 W. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles that Chabad plans to convert into the Chabad Campus for Jewish Life after a $100 million gift from real estate investor Alon Abady. (Chabad.org)

January 13, 2026, 4:31 pm

LA real estate investor gives Chabad $100M to build one of the world’s largest Jewish centers

The 16-story Pico-Robertson tower will become a global hub for Jewish worship, education and social services.

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Sen. John Fetterman lights the menorah, sans ladder in 2024 at B'nai Emunoh Chabad (Photo by David Rullo)

December 14, 2025, 12:05 pm

Targeted Chanukah lighting underscores defiant Chabad mission to set globe aglow

Over 50 years after the first public menorah lighting in Philadelphia, annual tradition has spread to some 15,000 locales worldwide from Australia to Uzbekistan

By Rossella Tercatin

Firefighters respond to a blaze at the Chabad of Charlotte County. (Punta Gorda Police Department)

September 25, 2025, 10:00 am

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

The letter “J” was also written in spray paint in multiple places around the building.

By Grace Gilson

The first Nusach Ari service in Pittsburgh occurred on Passover 1903, on the second floor of 11 Townsend St., seen here in the 1950s, shortly before being demolished for the redevelopment of the Lower Hill. (Photo courtesy of the City of Pittsburgh Archives)

September 18, 2025, 11:37 am

Chabad crosses the Alleghenies

A discovery sheds light on the early history of Chabad Chassidim in Pittsburgh.

By Eric Lidji

Rabbi Sholom Lipskar listens as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at the Shul of Bal Harbour on June 14, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

May 6, 2025, 10:00 am

Sholom Lipskar, influential Chabad rabbi who reshaped Florida community, dies at 78

Lipskar also founded the Aleph Institute, which serves Jews who are incarcerated or in the military.

By Philissa Cramer

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, April 2, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 18, 2025, 9:13 am

Itamar Ben-Gvir is coming to America, with stops at Yale and in New York already set

The far-right Israeli minister will visit a Yale Jewish society and Chabad.

By Andrew Lapin

The Pittsburgh delegation to the CYP international conference (Photo courtesy of CYP)

February 10, 2025, 10:32 am

Pittsburghers join immersive Jewish weekend at Chabad Young Professionals Summit

About 700 Gen Zers and millennials from 30 countries took part in the event

By Deborah Weisberg

Rabbi Levi Shemtov, executive vice president of American Friends of Lubavitch, speaks at the National Menorah lighting on the Ellipse, just south of the White House, in Washington, D.C., Dec. 25, 2024. (Photo by Mike Wagenheim)

December 26, 2024, 12:44 pm

Overflow crowd, smiles and tears at National Menorah lighting in DC

“The Maccabees were also exhausted, but they didn’t give up,” Rabbi Levi Shemtov, who organizes the event, told JNS.

By Mike Wagenheim

Since the United Arab Emirates made peace with Israel four years ago, Dubai has become an increasingly popular travel destination for Jews. (Envato)

November 26, 2024, 9:40 am

Killing of Israeli rabbi in UAE could strengthen ties between Israel and Arab neighbors, experts say

Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law who led the Abraham Accords negotiations, pledged $1 million to Chabad in UAE in memory of one of its emissaries.

By Ron Kampeas