Did you notice that when news of the murder of Chabad emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the UAE broke, the Jewish world was not even surprised that there is Chabad in the UAE? We all act as if an Israeli-Moldovan chassidic Jew moving to the Persian Gulf to serve other Jews is the most natural...

In a powerful display of Jewish unity, approximately 2,000 college students from 176 universities converged on Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood for the annual Pegisha weekend retreat organized by Chabad on Campus International.

Chabad on Campus International, the campus wing of the Orthodox Chabad-Lubavitch movement which aims to forge connections between Jewish college students while exposing them to a more traditional religious observance, recently organized the largest Shabbat gathering of young people anywhere in the US.

Rabbi Shmuli Rothstein knows the consequences of students not getting support for their mental health needs. The Chabad at Pitt rabbi has seen students break down due to the stress and anxiety of being on campus during the anti-Zionist encampments last summer.

Rabbi Yossy Gordon, CEO of Chabad on Campus International, told JNS that the annual weekend retreat, which drew students to the Crown Heights neighborhood from 176 universities this year, was created for Jewish students to celebrate their identity.