Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories

Leibel Lazaroff was shot while protecting a police officer at the Bondi massacre. Hear him and his mother share their journey so far.

Chani Wolf shares how she and her husband are lighting up souls in Fairbanks, Alaska, where winter feels like one endless, snowy night.

Hear from Keren how the Rebbe personally cared for her family after they left the Soviet Union and how she eventually discovered the beauty of Judaism.

Moshe and Laurie Lans are a military couple--he in the Army and she in the Navy--currently stationed in Germany. They're also observant Jews, who use every opportunity to bring Judaism to their surroundings.

Rabbi Chananya Duthy's journey to Judaism is full of surprise twists and turns, with G-d's hand visible just beneath the surface, including guiding him to becoming a rabbi in the city he originally discovered Judaism.

The Rebbe gave Sheldon Baer tefillin and told him to wear them every day. They saved his life in battle.

Molly was a successful producer, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous. Then a Shabbat candle in Brazil turned her world upside down and introduced her to the Rebbe, who changed her life.

Yehudis Karbal has been a psychotherapist for over 40 years. She needed all of her training and a good deal of Torah insight to make it through her personal challenges.

Artist Yitzchok Moully shares his journey from an Australian commune to Crown Heights, his Chassidic-inspired art, and how creativity ignites Jewish pride and resilience.

A doctor of theoretical chemistry and professor at Boston University, Dr. Abrams opens up about how he found his way to Jewish observance and now paves the path for others to follow.

Marriage, praise, and professional success could not give Shterna Ginsberg what she was looking for. Honest discovery and inner work unlocked the doors to her "awesome self."

After she saw her Soviet-bred Jewish father embrace Judaism, she and her siblings followed. A performer since childhood, she now sings only for women and inspires audiences all over the world.

Shimon's past as a bullied orphan prepared him to become a champion of underdogs and an empowering leader, who was knighted for his efforts.

Aryeh Siegel embraced Eastern meditation and Hindu practices before realizing how harmful they are. Now, he’s on a mission to save people from TM (Transcendental Meditation) and introduce them to kosher practices.

Reflecting on her 50 years in education, Mrs. Teichtel shares how the Rebbe guided her toward education and uplifted her after losing a child in a hospital accident.

Learn how Sal and Nina Litvak discovered the beauty and depth of Judaism and have become a beacon of learning, inspiration, and guidance for millions.

Rabbi Yitzchak Lerman talks about losing his home, synagogue, and worldy possessions but remains grateful that his family survived unscathed.

The child of a Muslim father and Jewish mother, Yosef embraced his Jewish heritage and made the Torah his guiding light.

With G-d at her side, Gitty Zee is unstoppable. Even spina bifida and blindness have not stopped her from living life to the fullest and empowering others to do the same.

Rabbi Schochet shares his journey of defying expectations, embracing authenticity, and learning to crawl out of the shadow of his towering father.

Now a grandmother many times over, Frumma Kulek looks back at how she found hope, acceptance, family, fufilment, and love when she was a teen mom stuck in an abusive relationship.

Hear Silvia Fishbaum share how her second attempt to escape communist Czechoslovakia succeeded and how she uses her personal experience to educate the world about Judaism and Antisemitism

Gavriel and his late wife's Bible studies led them to embrace Judaism, which entailed driving 10 hours just to get kosher meat!

Born in India to Persian Jews, Sarah Karmely was guided by the Rebbe to become an author, teacher, guide, and mentor to thousands, with lots of miracles and drama along the way.

Rabbi Danny Yiftach was among hundreds of Persian Jewish children airlifted by Chabad to safety. Today he serves the Persian Jewish community in California and back in Iran.