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Going to Yeshiva for Johnny
Johnny Ellis had a plan. He’d wrapped up his old job, had a new one starting in June, and was going to spend the time…
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Faces of Chabad: Amanda Spiro
“I grew up in a very well-to-do home. From a young age, I was searching—I just didn’t know what I was looking for. When I…
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From Ellenville to Everywhere: Camp Gan Israel Turns 70
This summer in Bangkok, a group of Jewish children will sing the same Hebrew songs being sung in Tucson, and wear t-shirts with the same…
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The Jewish State You’ve Never Heard Of
Eight hours by plane from Moscow, wedged between Siberia and the Chinese border, sits the only place on earth besides Israel with the word “Jewish”…
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After Centuries of Jewish Life, Pensacola Gets Its First Mikvah
Jews have lived in Pensacola a while — they built Florida’s first synagogue here in 1876. But in all that time, the city never had…
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Robert Kraft “Picks His Team” at Chestnut Hill Chabad Gala
Nearly 500 people filled Boston’s JFK Presidential Library on May 14 to mark the 25th anniversary of Chabad of Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. While the occasion…
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Creating Community in Cambodia
It was the worst possible week to leave Phnom Penh. A shipping container from Israel was arriving — filled with matzah, wine, and kosher supplies.…
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A Welcome Center Nearly 4,000 Years in the Making
In 1677 BCE, Abraham purchased a plot of land in Hebron to bury his wife Sarah — the first Jewish land acquisition in history. The…
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Ask the Rabbi: Meaningful Chats and Viral Moments on the Beltline
On any given morning, the Atlanta Beltline moves the way most city trails do — runners with earbuds, dog walkers, cyclists cutting through. Just off…
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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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