Relationships

Some people associate privacy and modesty with shame; they assume that if anything needs to be kept secret, it’s because there’s something uncomfortable or wrong about it. In Holy Intimacy, authors Sara Morozow and Rivkah Slonim masterfully demonstrate th...

The most significant choice a person may ever make in life is the commitment to marry. The Torah is filled with stories of marriages, from Abraham and Sarah’s lifelong matrimony, to Isaac’s rough road to meeting Rebecca, to the drama of Jacob and his four...

Rabbi Shneur Simcha and Moussia Landa have directed Chabad on Campus in Netanya, a seafront city in central Israel just North of Tel Aviv, for the last seven years. One of the rabbi’s greatest honors during that time, he says, was conducting marriage cere...

Pulling off a kosher Jewish wedding in the heart of South Korea may seem like a logistical nightmare. But Rabbi Osher Litzman, who directs the Chabad Jewish Community of Korea in Seoul with his wife, Mussy Litzman, jokes that “there are no logistical chal...

Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis and rebbetzins wear many hats: Torah teachers, educators, mediators, hosts, cooks, party-planners, communal leaders. And because of their direct work with people, publically and privately, and frequently in time of need, it’s quite...

Chana Stery Bryski, now studying in Israel, was one of many volunteers at the Friendship Circle in Agoura Hills, Calif.

Rabbi Levi and Bassie Shemtov, founders of the Friendship Circle, received the prestigious Manhattan Institute Award for Social Entrepreneurship.

A walkathon in suburban New Jersey was one of many across the country that raised money for local Friendship Circles, which pair teenage volunteers with children with special needs.

The Michigan-based network, directed by Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Levi Shemtov and his wife Bassie, will be honored by the Manhattan Institute at its annual dinner in October.

The new Jewish Marriage site offers tips, insights and explanations about getting married.