Jewish life

LA real estate investor donates $100M office tower to Chabad for largest Jewish center

Real estate investor Alon Abady donates a $100M office tower to Chabad, setting the stage for the creation of a massive Jewish center in the heart of Los Angeles.

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.
 SASSON GABAI in ‘Kugel.

From food to film: What an Indian thinks of kugel - opinion

Kai Balin on a journey to explore Orthodox Judaism

When is it enough?

 An illustrative photo of religious books.

From golems to Horton to banana menorahs: This year’s Hanukkah kids’ books light up the imagination


Parashat Toldot: Jacob’s conviction and Israel’s moral clarity

Jacob walked with conviction in silence; we must learn to walk with conviction amid the noise. 

JACOB IS left without closure.

Innovative program at CUNY colleges retools Hillels as social service hubs for students

The program aspires to turn Hillels at CUNY schools, whose 16,000 Jewish students are almost all commuters, into hubs for Jewish life.

Muhlenberg College Hillel is pictured at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S. March 26, 2025.

Memory and history: Quintessential components of who we are - opinion

As steeped as we are in our traditional ways of yore, we can adapt and change and incorporate new historical events into our lives.

AN IDF vehicle maneuvers inside the Gaza Strip last week. As Israel continues its defensive war to defeat Hamas and return our abused hostages, its reputation throughout almost the entire world devolves, the writer laments.

CAM Weekly Antisemitism Report – Alarming Levels of Antisemitism Recorded in UK

1,521 anti-Semitic incidents recorded across the UK in January-July 2025, the second-highest total ever

CAM Weekly Antisemitism Report

Brick by brick: The power of one in today’s fight for Jewish resilience - opinion

'The individual should never underestimate the power they have to make a difference.'

 An illustrative image of a man holding an Israeli flag.

Annual Shabbat in the Park Returns to New York on June 6

Young Jewish leaders to gather for JNFuture’s sold-out Shabbat in the Park, uniting in support of Israel and celebrating resilience through community and purpose.

 Jewish National Fund-USA's Shabbat in the Park

Amid rising antisemitism, Jewish life is surging on US campuses - opinion

A recent study from the Jewish Federations of North America found that nearly a third of American Jews have become more engaged in Jewish life since October 7.

 Students light candles this past Hanukkah during the Chabad on Campus International LivingLinks trip to Poland.

Birthright Israel works: Alumni are more Jewishly active than their peers, study finds - exclusive

The study assessed that due to Birthright participants having an increased chance of having a Jewish spouse, there were consequent indirect increases in Jewish engagement.

Birthright Israel participants

Modern Zionism: Embracing complexity, building a shared future - opinion

Modern Zionism is gradually abandoning David Ben-Gurion’s “melting pot” approach, embracing instead a profound social transformation.

 A silhouette of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, is displayed near a flag of the state of Israel on a building in Jerusalem.

Poor, frustrated antisemites: Truth, history must take second place to outrage - review

The endless suffering of the Jew and the frustration of the pathetic antisemite make a hell of a world that is filled with much beauty and mostly decent people.

 A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign, as they take part in a protest against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Turkey, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Istanbul, November 4, 2023.

It is time for a new vision of Zionism - opinion

After almost 77 years, it seems that Zionism has deviated from its path and needs to recalculate its course.

 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media while standing in front of a portrait of Theodore Herzl, the father of modern Zionism, during a visit to the Independence Hall in Tel Aviv October 14, 2010.