Devorah Leah News Today

The Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch was orphaned as a young child from his mother, Devorah Leah, the daughter of the Alter Rebbe. He was raised by the Alter Rebbe, who was once watching as he and his friends climbed a tree, competing to see who could climb the highest. At the end, the Tzemach Tzedek […]

Last year, when Heritage requested nominations for a Human Service Award recipient, Marvin Friedman of Oviedo told the editor, Christine DeSouza, he

Suburban Jewish community leaders are urging their congregations to keep Ukraine in their prayers during the eight-day Passover holy period. They also are asking families to show support by setting extra places at the Passover Seder this year or by inviting strangers in a symbolic gesture to those thousands of Jewish Ukrainians who cant observe the holiday rituals in peace while war rages in their homeland.

She never involved herself in how much other people kept or followed — she loved and accepted them all the same, with no judgment

When Rabbi Chaim Schmukler of Chabad of New Mexico in Albuquerque received a call from a Jewish man telling him that his homeless brother was in the city

Jacob Herzog is loudly trying to build Jewish life in a country where non-Islamic displays are forbidden, raising concerns among local Jews who prefer to stay under the radar

While many non-Orthodox institutions are unsure about their physical spaces after 1.5 years of mostly digital engagement, droves attend the Hasidic stream's in-person programming

Facing declining membership, a mainline Protestant congregation in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood listed its historic church complex for sale in the summer of last year. Church leaders were told it would

A building boom is a sign of the Hasidic outreach movements confidence in its appeal to the non-Orthodox.

From the blog of Aviva Edelstein at The Times of Israel