Chabad affiliated organizations and institutions number in the thousands. Chabad is a Hasidic movement, a branch of OrthodoxJudaism. The organizations and institutions associated with the movement provide social, educational and religious services to Jews around the globe.
Chabad organizations
Chabad organizations include individual organizations, central and umbrella organizations, and independent organizations.
Agudas Chassidei Chabad (Union of Chabad Chasidim or Association of Chabad Chassidim also known by its initials "Aguch") is the umbrella organization for the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Aguch oversees the other Chabad central organizations such as Machneh Israel and Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch. The chairman of the Executive Committee is Rabbi Abraham Shemtov.
Jewish Learning Network ("jnet") – "jnet" provides a service matching Jewish adults who wish to study Jewish topics with volunteers who offer tutoring over the phone.
N'shei Chabad – The movement's central women's organization.
Affiliated organizations
Other organizations affiliated with the movement include:
Tomchei Temimim – The central organization administering Chabad yeshivas. Founded in 1897, Tomchei Temimim is older than Agudas Chasidei Chabad, but nevertheless is overseen by it as are all central chabad institutions.
Vaad Talmidei Hatmimim Haolami – The central student organization serving the worldwide Chabad Lubavitch Yeshiva network. Founded in 2001, the Vaad is under the auspices of the Yeshiva faculty.
Friendship Circle - charity for children and young people with special needs
Chabad Teen Network or CTeen is a global family of Jewish teens, dedicated to changing the world through acts of goodness and kindness. Through a fusion of fun, friendship building events, humanitarian outreach, mitzvah observance, and engaging Torah study, teens are empowered to actualize their inner infinite potential, while cultivating a strong sense of Jewish identity, pride, mission, and love of G‑d.[5]
Chabad institutions
As of 2023 there are 3,500 Chabad institutions around the world.[6] As of 2023 there were 5000 Chabad centers in 100 countries.[7]
This number of Chabad institutions includes schools and other Chabad-affiliated establishments. The number of Chabad centers vary per country; the majority are in the United States and Israel (see table). There are over 40 countries which have a small Chabad presence (not listed in the table). In total, according to its directory, Chabad maintains a presence in 950 cities around the world: 178 in Europe, 14 in Africa, 200 in Israel, 400 in North America, 38 in South America, and about 70 in Asia (excluding Israel, including Russia).[8]
Chabad institutions by geographic region
Map of Countries with Chabad-Lubavitch
Chabad institutions are spread throughout the globe, with the largest concentration being in the United States.
Chabad institutions in Europe
There are 465 Chabad institutions in Europe. The majority are in France, Russia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.[9]
A Chabad House is a form of Jewish community center, primarily serving both educational and observance purposes.[17] Often, until the community can support its own center, the Chabad House is located in the shaliach's home, with the living room being used as the "synagogue". Effort is made to provide an atmosphere in which the nonobservant will not feel intimidated by any perceived contrast between their lack of knowledge of Jewish practice and the advanced knowledge of some of the people they meet there.[18] The term "Chabad House" originated with the creation of the first such outreach center on the campus of UCLA by Rabbi Shlomo Cunin.[19]
In the 2008 Mumbai attacks, the local Chabad House was targeted.[20][21] The local Chabad emissaries, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka, and four other Jews were brutally murdered. Chabad received condolences from around the world.[22]
Fundraising
Funds for activities of a Chabad center rely entirely on the local community. Chabad centers do not receive funding from Lubavitch headquarters. For the day-to-day operations, local emissaries do all the fundraising by themselves.
Chabad emissaries often solicit the support of local Jews.[23] Funds are used toward purchasing or renovating Chabad centers, synagogues and Mikvahs.[24]
^Shandler, Jeffrey (March 2020). "The Savior and the Survivor: Virtual Afterlives in New Media". Jewish Film & New Media. 8 (1): 23–47. doi:10.1353/jfn.2020.0001.
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