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Rabbi Daniel Bortz helps a Coachella music festival attendee put on phylacteries and pray. (Courtesy)

October 18, 2019, 3:32 am

Globetrotting ‘Millennial Rabbi’ uses Insta-fame to click with younger Jews

From Gallipoli, Italy, to the holy city of Safed, Rabbi Daniel Bortz documents his travels with an eye towards spreading spirituality and mindfulness among his 26k followers

By Joseph Wolkin

October 6, 2019, 12:05 pm

Yuval Krausz

Syrian artillery shells fell around them. They kept walking.

It was the Yom Kippur War, in the heat of battle, and as those bearded men in black came toward me I no longer felt fear

Signs of support and flowers adorn a post in front of the Chabad of Poway synagogue, April 29, 2019, in Poway, California. (AP/Gregory Bull)

August 1, 2019, 3:17 am

Poway synagogue killer was inspired by New Zealand attack, court papers show

John Earnest said white supremacist Brenton Tarrant, who killed 49 at Christchurch mosques, was ‘spot on.’ Days later, the San Diego teen began prepping his own deadly shooting

By AP

Chief Polish Rabbi Michael Schudrich climbs fence of barricaded Krakow synagogue. (Shimon Briman/JTA)

July 5, 2019, 10:22 pm

Chief Polish rabbi climbs fence of barricaded Krakow synagogue

Spiritual leader briefly detained while protesting eviction of Orthodox community’s house of worship by a Chabad-affiliated group

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Armed guards posted in front of the Izaak Synagogue, Krakow, July 1, 2019 (Courtesy Rabbi Avi Baumol)

July 5, 2019, 3:01 am

A clash between Jews in Krakow highlights growing acceptance of Chabad in Europe

Pictures of a standoff between armed guards and Jewish worshippers in front of a locked synagogue shocked people abroad, but it’s only one side of a lengthy European power struggle

By Cnaan Liphshiz

July 4, 2019, 10:09 am

Yossi Klein Halevi

The rebbe of the Jewish people

Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s cosmic task continues 25 years after his death: spreading boundless and irrational love for every Jew

Police rapid response team members respond to the site of a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood on October 27, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/AFP

June 25, 2019, 2:34 pm

Boston rabbi suggests congregants bring guns to synagogue for protection

Dan Rodkin of Shaloh House tells local radio station that recent rise in hate crimes across the country and deadly shootings in Pittsburgh, Poway influenced his thinking

By JTA

Illustrative: A Rabbi from Chabad lights the center light on a 20-foot-high Hanukkah Menorah on the Boston Common, near the Statehouse, in Boston, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

June 7, 2019, 9:31 am

Hundreds rally near Boston against hate after anti-Semitic incidents

350 people gather in Peabody, Massachusetts, weeks after motorists shout slurs at Chabad rabbis on Shabbat walk; synagogues have also been targeted in suspected arsons

By JTA

Security camera footage shows an individual police want to question in connection with a fire at the home of a rabbi, which serves as a Chabad community center, in Arlington, Massachusetts on May 11, 2019 (Screen grab)

May 16, 2019, 3:46 pm

Massachusetts police investigating fire at rabbi’s home, Chabad center

No injuries in ‘suspicious’ small blaze; police hunting individual spotted walking away from building shortly before flames were discovered

By TOI staff

A couple embrace near a growing memorial across the street from the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California, April 29, 2019 (AP Photo/Greg Bull)

May 7, 2019, 5:34 am

In the wake of Poway attack, Chabad to press for ‘moment of silence’ in schools

Jewish movement’s chapters in all 50 states will push for measure, saying that statistics show it reduces violence

By Ron Kampeas

Lori Gilbert-Kaye's daugher, Hannah, speaks at her funeral, April 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

April 30, 2019, 4:40 am

‘Everyone was her sister’: Family, friends mourn woman gunned down in synagogue

Israeli and US officials join hundreds of others at memorial and funeral service for Lori Gilbert-Kaye; daughter Hannah says her mother would have forgiven her killer

By AP and TOI staff

Alleged San Diego shooter John Earnest. (YouTube screenshot)

April 29, 2019, 11:01 pm

Poway shooter’s family denounces son as part of ‘history of evil’ against Jews

Parents of suspect in deadly synagogue attack say he was not raised to hate, decries ‘terrifying mystery’ of what attracted him to ‘such darkness’

By AP

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein speaks at a news conference at the Chabad of Poway synagogue, April 28, 2019, in Poway, California. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

April 29, 2019, 2:55 pm

Poway Chabad rabbi had asked border patrol agent to pray armed – just in case

Agent Jonathan Morales had been driving 3.5 hours to attend services after recently discovering his Jewish roots

By Debra Kamin

An exterior view of the Altman Family Chabad Community Center at the Chabad of Poway Synagogue, on April 27, 2019, in Poway, California. (AP/Denis Poroy)

April 29, 2019, 12:28 am

Chabad center targeted by gunman is focused on reaching out

Movement known for placing emissaries around the world to connect with unaffiliated Jews and provide spiritual home away from home, emphasizing openness

By Ben Sales

Two people hug as another talks to a San Diego County Sheriff's deputy outside of the Chabad of Poway Synagogue Saturday, April 27, 2019, in Poway, Calif. (AP/Denis Poroy)

April 27, 2019, 10:59 pm

Woman killed, 3 hurt in shooting at Chabad synagogue in California

Child among those wounded, but all 3 in stable condition after gunman opens fire during Passover services; police name suspect as John Earnest, reviewing social media posts

By TOI staff and Agencies