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Chabad Representatives of the FSU Convene in Israel
Chabad-Lubavitch representatives serving in the Former Soviet Union, convened this week for a four-day conference in Israel. Among the Jewish communities represented at the conference…
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Chabad Camp to Open in Wildwood, Florida
If the pace of Chabad Houses opening in the state of Florida is any indication, Jewish life in the sunshine state has never been more…
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From Azerbaijan to Israel, With Love
Jewish children in the Muslim-Shiite city of Baku, Azerbaijan, live by customs, language and a mentality vastly different from that of their counterparts in Israel.…
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Chinese Government Goes Kosher
Israel’s president Moshe Katzav follows a kosher diet and is a Shabbos observer. That’s not altogether surprising, but it made for unusual circumstances when he…
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Florida Governor Jeb Bush Receives Chabad Representatives
Chabad-Lubavitch representatives to the state of Florida met with Governor Jeb Bush in his office, on Tuesday, in honor of Chanukah. In what is now…
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Four Israeli Hostages Released on Chanukah
It is a Festival of Miracles, and no one is feeling the miracle more than the four Israelis who were kidnapped by Marxist Colombians in…
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Chanukah 2003: Bigger and Brighter Universal Celebrations
This Chanukah, Americans can expect to see more Chanukah menorahs illuminated in public squares than ever before. In malls, city parks, and at major intersections,…
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Chanukah Commercials To Air On Local Televsion
See those Chanukah commercials? The Eight Faces of Chanukah, a series of eight, thirty second commercials will be aired throughout the eight nights of Chanukah…
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Jewish Communities Worldwide Celebrate Historic Date
Sunday, December 14 will long be remembered for the day on which Saddam Hussein was captured by American Military Forces in Iraq. This year, the…
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State-of-the-Art Facility for Jewish Tots in Dnepropetrovsk
Hundreds turned out this week to celebrate at an auspicious ribbon-cutting ceremony and the opening of a beautiful, state-of-the-art facility—another first for Dnepropetrovsk’s Jewish community,…
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International Conference Draws 2,500-Plus
In the largest Conference of International Chabad-Lubavitch representatives, 2,500 leaders from Jewish communities around the world convened at Lubavitch World Headquarters, in Brooklyn, New York…
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Chabad-Lubavitch Represented at the GA of the UJC
Twenty-five Chabad-Lubavitch representatives from cities across the United States and the former Soviet Union, are wrapping up the final day at the 72nd annual General…
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Sukkot On Cyprus
Jewish residents and tourists who frequent the lovely Mediterranean island of Cyprus at this time of year, had the opportunity to celebrate the Festival of…
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Sukkot With IDF’s New Recruits
It’s Sukkot—a time of joy and spiritual celebrations, and in Israel, where a large percent of the country’s young men are typically away from home…
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A Sukkah On Saddam’s Palace Grounds
Col. Jacob Goldstein, Chief of Chaplains for New York State Army National Guard, serving in Iraq, wanted to have an etrog sent to Afghanistan in…
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Sukkot in Baghdad
Jewish soldiers stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq did not sit comfortably in their local synagogues alongside their families, this Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. But…
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18 Years at Chabad of Binghamton
What does it take to serve up a lavish Shabbat dinner for 300, every week? How do you keep up the energy to host 300…
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Lubavitch Publishing House on Fifth Avenue in New York
It was a perfect Sunday in New York City, as thousands of book-lovers took in the last of summer’s breezes while visiting the Fifth Avenue…
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New School To Open in North Yonkers, NY
What options do the parents of a yeshiva student have if their child cannot handle the demanding routine of the yeshiva curriculum? Too few, say…
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And Bind Them For A Sign Upon Your Hand
Zalman Lieberov spent four hours one afternoon talking to an 80 year-old Jew who vividly remembers his hometown cheder, where he was schooled as a…
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Heaven’s Work
Moshe Loewenthal teaches 12-year-old boys Talmud at Yeshiva College in Melbourne, Australia. He’s seen the variety of clinical categories branding students with one disability or…
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17 Days in Poland
Yossi Stein 24, of Detroit, Michigan, and Sender Kavka, 23, of Seattle, Washington had two and a half weeks in which to seek out as…
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Passover Campaign Reaches Millions
Reports coming into Lubavitch World Headquarters from the organization’s representatives in some 60 countries and all of the United States, indicate greater numbers of Jewish…
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Ilan’s Subtle Call To Celebrities and Movie Producers . . .
While the Columbia Accident Investigation Board prepares for its first public hearing, Ilan Ramon continues to be rememberd as a “rare Jewish light.” The astronaut’s…
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