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A Childhood Stolen: Helena Swerdlik’s Holocaust Story
Helena Swerdlik, originally Kitenkorn, was born on October 20, 1935, in Lublin, Poland, into a modest Jewish home filled with faith, kindness, and the rhythms of
She Never Imagined a Comment on Chabad.org Would Change Her Life
Rachel Leah Fry was just a child when her mother converted to Christianity. Many decades later, she connected with Rabbi Yosef and Bina Goldwasser, her local Chabad emissaries in Mobile, Alabama, and started
90-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Pays Tribute to His Childhood Hero
Boris Trost, now in his 90s, was born in Ribnitz (Rîbnița), Moldova, then part of the Soviet Union. His father, a shoemaker, worked hard to
A Very Very Simple Guide for Shavuot Celebration
This Year – Shavuot begins at Sunset of Thursday, May 21st, 2026, and ends after Nightfall of May 23rd (This Document contains G-d’s Name, therefore it may
Kosher Astrology
Judaism has engaged with astrology for thousands of years. One Torah-observant astrologer explains what your birth chart can teach you about yourself. “Kosher astrology” are