- Chabad on Campus Reaches Tipping Point
This past year, on an average Friday night, a combined total of 7,000 students took their seats at Chabad on Campus for Shabbat dinner. Some 3,479 students attended one or more of 408 Jewish study classes
R. C. Berman | Monday, July 5
- A Boy For All Camps
It’s hard for the average kid to be in two places at once. But Ari Cohen is not your average kid. Last summer, the spunky six-year old became a favorite of 83 Gan Israel day camps around the world. This year, he hopes to make even more friends.
Dvora Lakein | Wednesday, July 14
- Fourteen Chabad Centers in the Running for $20k
Some 14 Chabad centers are now within the top 200 most voted for non-profits in the U.S. The votes are accumulating on the Chase Bank Facebook, as charities compete with each other for a share of the $5 million it will be giving away on July 13.
S. Fridman | Friday, July 2
- Chabad West Hills, CA to Buy Building, Double Size
After a blow up with his parents over a fender bender, Matt DeRose, 16, peeled out of the house on foot and disappeared.
R. C. Berman | Wednesday, July 21
- Senior Chabad Representative, Mrs. Rivkah Hecht, 91
Rebbetzin Rivkah (Ruthie) Hecht, a pioneer of the Jewish day school movement and one of the original Chabad emissaries to New Haven, Connecticut, passed away Thursday, July 8 after a lengthy illness. She was 91.
Mordechai Lightstone | Tuesday, July 13