Women from across Latin America gathered in Panama City for the second annual Oasis Espiritual retreat, leaving with renewed Jewish commitment and a desire to grow in Torah and Yiddishkeit.

After a successful 15-community pilot, Merkos 302 is launching Kitchen of Kindness globally — giving shluchim a turnkey way to bring communities together through cooking and caring for those in need.

Young Shluchim from across England gathered in Nottingham for MyShliach's UK Regional Boys Shabbaton — a Shabbos of connection, friendship, and renewed chayus for children on shlichus.

Seven hundred yeshiva students fanned out to 250 locations across six continents this Pesach as part of Merkos Shlichus, leading Seders and bringing Jewish life to places with no permanent infrastructure.

Kollel Aliba D'Hilchasa, one of five kollel tracks under Merkos 302's Merkos Torah, is heading into its next chapter with an expanded hanhala, a new sugya, and a first-of-its-kind learning opportunity for members. "There's a growing global community that is making serious, consistent Torah learning part of their lives," said Rabbi Mendy Kotlarsky, Chairman of Merkos Torah. "Through Kollel Aliba D'Hilchasa and the other tracks within Merkos Torah, Kvius Itim L'Torah has become

Yaldei Hashluchim from remote communities across the Midwest gathered in Rochester, MN, for a Shabbos of connection, chizuk, and fun Yaldei Hashluchim from across the Midwest arrived Friday morning in Rochester, Minnesota for the first of MyShliach's Regional Boys Shabbatons, a new series of Kinusim designed for Yaldei Hashluchim growing up in remote communities. The Shabbaton, hosted by the Greene Family of Chabad of Southern Minnesota, drew boys from North Dakota, Iowa, Wi

Largest international gathering of young Jewish professionals concludes at the Rebbe's resting place On Sunday morning, buses lined up along Kingston Avenue as more than 1,000 young Jewish professionals prepared to leave Crown Heights for the final chapter of the CYP Encounter Shabbaton: a visit to the Rebbe's Ohel. To accommodate the largest Encounter in history, organizers moved this year's pre-Ohel program to the Queensborough Performing Arts Center in Bayside. "Seven year

The evening marked the shloshim of the Bondi Kedoshim with a powerful display of solidarity with the Sydney community as 1200 young Jewish professionals from 30 countries across the globe sent a message of strength and resilience. As Shabbos came to a close at the largest international gathering of young Jewish professionals, more than a thousand young Jewish professionals packed the Oholei Torah ballroom for an emotional evening of solidarity and Jewish pride “Shavuah Tov CY

Friday morning at CYP Encounter began with history in the making: the world's largest in-person Jewish speed dating event. Hundreds of young Jews filled Oholei Torah hall on Eastern Parkway for the Met@Chabad matchmaking marathon, a structured, values-based experience designed for real connection rather than swiping. Rebbetzin Hindel Swerdlov, a dating coach and teacher of Chassidic philosophy at Mayanot Women's Yeshiva College in Jerusalem, led participants through the thoug

From a powerful talk by freed hostage Eliya Cohen to a moving Shabbos candle-lighting and meals hosted by Crown Heights families, Friday flowed seamlessly into a deeply uplifting Shabbos at CYP’s Encounter Shabbaton. A robust slate of programming awaited participants at the CYP Encounter Shabbaton in Crown Heights following Friday’s speed dating event and midday break. Over 1,000 participants regrouped as the sun set across the big apple to hear from Eliya Cohen, a survivor o

A delegation of young Jewish professionals from Europe explored New York on Thursday morning, marking the start of the CYP Encounter Weekend, the largest global gathering of its kind. By Shabbat, they’ll be joined by more than 1,000 peers from over 100 cities around the world. The group from Mehut, Chabad's educational network for young professionals and students across Europe, wasted no time. Within hours of landing, they gathered with Rabbi Nissi Eber at Chabad of the Finan

The moment arrived Sunday morning without warning. A young boy from Bahía Blanca stood surrounded by 250 Jewish children from across Argentina as Rabbi Tzvi Grunblatt, head Shliach of Argentina, handed him a pair of tefillin. Shluchim broke into song and dance. The boy's mother, watching from the side, began to cry. It wasn't supposed to happen this way. The family had traveled hours just to attend the annual CKids Shabbaton, held this year at sprawling campgrounds outside Bu