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Bondi Terror Victim Rabbi Eli Schlanger’s Book Hits Shelves
The book that Rabbi Eli Schlanger never lived to see published is now in reader’s hands. Conversations With My Rabbi: Timeless Teachings for a Fractured…
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A Chabad House for Colombia’s Caribbean Island of San Andrés
The tiny island of San Andrés, Colombia, sits closer to Nicaragua than to its own mainland. What it lacks in size, it makes up for…
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Legacy Continues with Chabad in Resistencia, Argentina
Rabbi Nochum Freedman grew up in Bahía Blanca, Argentina — where his father traded comfort for calling and built a Jewish home in this smaller,…
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A Beacon in Bariloche: The Bottom of the World
Go far enough south, past Buenos Aires, past Patagonia, past the edge of the known Jewish world — and you’ll find a mezuzah. Bariloche, Argentina…
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Lehigh Valley Chabad Opens New Center, Celebrates 25 Years
In January 2001, Rabbi Yaacov and Devora Halperin set up a folding table in the sunroom of their Lehigh Valley home, and a handful of…
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L’Chaim!
Judaism has always known what a drink is for. Wine sanctifies the Sabbath, seals a marriage, marks the Passover. It is not incidental to the…
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A Surf Town and a Mega Seder: Chabad Opens in Montañita
“I’m probably the longest-standing Jew in Montañita,” says Ishai Eshed, who arrived in the Ecuadorian surf town as a backpacker in 2004. “I instantly fell…
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Chabad Opens at America’s Top Liberal Arts College
At many universities, there are more Jewish students than Williams College’s total student body. Ranked the #1 liberal arts college in the United States and…
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No Jews Left Behind on Australia’s Central Coast
Rabbi Nosson Kornhauser had finally arrived home after driving more than 300 kilometers across Australia’s Central Coast, delivering matzah to nearly 50 Jewish homes scattered…
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Revolutionary Mikvah Educational Center Opens in College Station, Texas
For those living in College Station, Texas, visiting a mikvah used to mean a 100 mile drive. Five years ago, the Chabad representatives at Texas…
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Shawarma Between Classes: The New Flavor of Jewish Life at Indiana University
The lunchtime line at Yalla moves fast — shawarma sizzling, pitas flying, students lingering long after their plates are empty. On a campus that never…
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Chabad at OSU Opens Landmark Home for Jewish Students
On a campus the size of a small city, the nearly 3,000 Jewish students at The Ohio State University have long gravitated to the local…
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Brooklyn Meet-Up: A Generation of Jewish Teens Comes Together
Kira Rothschild flew over 21 hours from Sydney to New York for the chance to spend a few immersive days with her Jewish peers. It…
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Chabad Russian Center Opens Sprawling Waterfront Center in Miami
“You build, and they come.” For attorney Mikhael Keifitz, the new $21 million Leizer Verbukh Jewish Community Center in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida is proof…
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A New Chapter for Jewish Life in Historic Bologna
Jewish life in Bologna, Italy predates even the city’s famed university — the oldest in the world, established in 1088. This winter, a new family…
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Community Unites to Build Chabad of Toco Hills’ New Center
It’s a new $3 million home for Chabad in Toco Hills, built by local families working together. “This wasn’t something that just happened overnight,” said…
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1,000 Jews Meet Up for Chabad Young Professionals Encounter
This past weekend, Crown Heights became a meeting ground for over 1,000 young Jewish professionals who arrived for Encounter — three days of learning and…
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Planting Seeds, Growing Leaders: Chabad’s Global Teen Network Continues to Thrive
As social media amplifies everything from personal insecurity to open antisemitism, today’s youth are navigating a world that feels more hostile and confusing than ever.…
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Chabad Steps Forward As Tragedy Strikes Swiss Resort Town
At around 1:30 a.m. on January 1st, a fire broke out in Le Constellation, a bar and nightclub in the Swiss resort town of Crans-Montana,…
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Tattoo Rabbi Opens English-Speaking Chabad on Israel’s Coast
A former Buddhist-seeking, tattooed college student from a tiny Pennsylvania town now teaches Chasidic philosophy steps from the Mediterranean, guiding a fast-growing English-speaking community in…
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At Abuja School’s Grand Opening, Donor Pledges a Second for Lagos
When Avda Saar moved from Israel to Nigeria in the midst of war two years ago, she worried her daughter would grow up forgetting Shabbat.…
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Jerusalem’s Mayanot Yeshiva Opens State-of-the-Art New Building
Four hundred guests enjoyed the views of a Jerusaelm sunset on the rooftop garden of the new Mayanot campus last week. They came to celebrate…
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Chabad Opens in Whistler: A Spiritual Home in a Ski Capital
As one of North America’s biggest and most visited ski destinations, Whistler, British Columbia, has long attracted those looking to take on its famous slopes.…
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How Las Vegas’ Dancing Dreidels Became a Chanukah Phenomenon
They march onto NFL fields, get booked by news stations, mobbed by fans, and chased by lines of selfie-seekers — and no, they’re not influencers.…
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