Human Being, The

Master of Hebrew calligraphy Michel Schwartz, who was cherished for his big heart as much as for his creative art, passed away at the age of 86.

Michoel Muchnik, who just opened a gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y., tells of artistic suggestions given him by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

As the floodwaters recede, Chabad helps students and community members return to normal.

An hour before Chanukah was set to begin last year, Rabbi Bentzy Stolik received a call that his Chabad center’s public menorah had been vandalized. Stolik and his wife, Devorah, co-direct Chabad-Lubavitch of Olney, Md., a quiet suburb near Washington, D....

At age 82, Richard had never wrapped tefillin in his life. That was until he met a yeshivah student outside Art Basel Miami Beach this December, who invited him to perform the mitzvah. When Richard initially declined, the resourceful yeshivah student offe...

It’s hardly a secret that society faces an unprecedented mental health crisis. Recent years have seen an epidemic of loneliness and lack of self-esteem. Already alarmingly high suicide rates keep climbing. To counter this, conventional wisdom has been to ...

Passengers on the Barcelona Metro are getting a sense of the inspiration sparked by the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. As they pass through one of the transit system’s underground tunnels, they are greeted by Israel-based artist ...

As the world continues to reel from attacks on Israel, the tragedy in Meron and recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, a new and expanded version of a truly timely volume is seeing the light of day this spring. Healthy in Body, Mind and Spirit—a collecti...

Amid the bustle of Jerusalem’s iconic First Station, new flashes of color adorn the walls of the historic railroad station, now an outdoor mall. Three Shabbat candles shine brightly from a pop-art mural, spreading their glow on a colorful backdrop. Street...

Elazar Kalman (E.K.) Tiefenbrun, a Chassidic artist whose portraits of famous rabbis grace Jewish homes, community centers and classrooms throughout the world, passed away on Jan. 31 in London. He was 88 years old. He had never set out to be an artist, no...