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350-Year-Old Synagogue To Become Krakow’s Chabad Center
A monumental 350-year-old synagogue, ransacked by the Nazis, will become Chabad of Krakow’s headquarters during the Passover holiday. Synagogue of Isaac, a baroque-style building situated…
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Russian Jews and The Matzah Factor
It’s a yearly ritual that has a mysterious tug on hundreds of Russian Jewish families across New York City. Shortly after loads of matzah boxes…
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Second Generation Russian Jews: Serious About Judaism
As Chabad-Lubavitch was born in White Russia, it’s tempting to look at the slick covers of the new published fourth volume of Russian translations of…
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Lubavitch Reaches In To Those Reaching Out
“Why should I eat matzah?” “What are those funny strings hanging out of your pockets?” At a tender age, the children of Chabad couples around…
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A Once-Obscure Holiday, Purim’s Popularity Soars
Copenhagen’s swankest catering hall and spacious sports stadium beckoned, but Rabbi Yitzchok and Rochel Lowenthal passed them over in favor of a troupe acrobats in…
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Agents of Change: Community Leaders and their Special Needs Children
All through her pregnancy with twin girls, Chaya Perman successfully juggled her roles as director of Chabad of Caracas, Venuezela’s preschool, editor of the community…
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For Jewish Recovering Addicts, 12 Steps Plus Shabbat
Karen Z. just doesn’t fit the stereotype of an addict, but when the crisply articulate New York City professional needed help breaking her use-abuse cycle,…
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Women Leaders Convene at International Conference
Hebrew grammarians who examine the theme of this year’s International Conference of Chabad Shluchos, may wonder how the theme, “Shluchaso Shel Adom K’mohu,” which means…
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Jewish Holidays Come Early at Aleph
As snow drifts pile up on sidewalks and sudden frosts devastate citrus crops, thoughts of the springtime’s Passover celebration may be far from the minds…
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When Jewish Children Go Off To College . . .
Matt Epstein of Tarzana, CA, says that his alma mater, Pomona College, one of the exclusive Claremont Colleges, was a great place for higher learning.…
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Chabad Alerts Students and Community to Proselytizers’ Techniques
On Saturday afternoons, Messianic missionaries, among them both Christians and Jews who believe Jews complete themselves by accepting Jesus, can be seen strolling around in…
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A Light Unto the Nations: Rabbis, Scholars and Leaders Have Their Say
The menu of classes at Leil Iyun, or “night of study,” sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Central New Jersey last Saturday night (January 13),…
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Keeping Pace With A New Generation of Russian Jewry
As a young generation of Russian-American Jews grows up, one organization makes changes in the way it reaches out. As 30 Jewish teens, all first…
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For Young Jews in Germany, Jewish Identity Is Joyful
When Sandra Habermann fished for a topic for her senior thesis, she hit upon a subject that she was sure no one in her Munich…
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Menorah: A Symbol of Religious Freedom
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that placing Chabad-owned menorahs in public spaces did not violate the establishment clause, it set a slab of precedent…
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New Mikveh in Florida To Be Wheelchair Accessible
For the 900,000 American women who use wheelchairs, there are barely more than ten accessible mikvehs that allow them to immerse in the Jewish ritual…
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A Primer on Intermarriage for Europe’s Jewish Students
“Why Marry Jewish?” author Doron Kornbluth had better like planes. And crowds. Over a jam-packed, 14-day tour, the popular writer, lecturer and thinker will be…
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A Sixty Year Anniversary for Jewish Education
American cultural icons like Dr. Seuss and basketballs were born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and when Lubavitch of Greater Springfield celebrated its 60th anniversary this week,…
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After Disquiet and Doubt, A Jewish Community Grows Again
Today six children engage in the hard work of learning through play and exploration at Chabad of Table View’s new Jewish Montessori preschool. Their next…
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Children Key to Rebuilding Jewish Life in Uruguay
Last week, DHL express delivery planes made a special delivery for terror orphans in Israel: 300 Simchat Torah flags hand painted by elementary school children…
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Personal Reflections: Yom Kippur Baby
Asher Scherer-Smokey will have to wait until nightfall for a birthday cake, but that’s life for a Yom Kippur baby. His mom, Dr. Beth Scherer-Smokey,…
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Trends: College Campuses Dedicate Their Own Torah Scrolls
Slipping from USC fight song into the Jewish pride anthem “David Melech Yisrael” threw trombone player Nathan Tiras for a few beats. He and nine…
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1300 Turn Out for Walk4Friendship
At the Walk4Friendship, where 1,300 participants walked, wheeled, rolled and strolled to raise close to $200,000 for the Friendship Circle of West Bloomfield, MI, there…
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A Year After Katrina: A Jewish Community Grows
FEMA trailers block sidewalks along Marcy Fertel’s path to Chabad of Metairie. She walks in the street to get to the synagogue on Shabbat. Electricity…
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