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Chabad Reaches Jewish Students at Commuter Colleges

When Dan Mendelson’s finance classes end for the day at Baruch College, he hops on a subway and heads to his apartment. Hanging out after…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

February 26, 2008

Of Heroines and Beauty: Women’s Purim Pageant To Explore Jewish Themes

(lubavitch.com/LNS) On March 12, a royal court of Jewish princesses will gather in Eugene, OR. The upcoming holiday of Purim celebrates the heroics of Queen…

By Dora Chernock

February 25, 2008

While Qassams Keep Falling, Sderot Citizens Are Abandoned

Adding insult to injury, Sderot residents say the international community has shown precious little solidarity with them as they are daily terrorized by Qassam rockets. And when…

By Dvora Lakein

February 22, 2008

Australian Prime Minister Rudd Salutes Chabad and Pledges Support for Jewish Schools

At his first opportunity to address the Jewish community since becoming Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd saluted Chabad’s Yeshiva Centre in Sydney, Australia, and the social…

February 21, 2008

On Campus: 600 Students Observe Shabbos, Some Say For Keeps

By Dvora Lakein

February 21, 2008

Paraguay’s Jewish Community Tries To Cope With Yellow Fever Outbreak

With the recent outbreak of yellow fever in the country, nervous Paraguayans wait impatiently in long queues to get vaccinated against yellow fever, fomenting tension…

By M. Phillips

February 20, 2008

Russia’s Chief Rabbi Decries Church’s Possible Intrusion In Public School

The Federation of Jewish Communities marked its 10-year anniversary during the Jewish umbrella organization’s Fourth Congress this week. The occasion elicited warm greetings by Russian…

February 20, 2008

Chabad of Greater Boynton To Open Satellite Center in West Lake North

Rabbi Sholom Ciment, Director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Greater Boynton, announced today the installation of Rabbi and Mrs. Bentzion and Chaya M. Singer as the new…

February 19, 2008

Building Houses, Doing Mitzvahs: Ramaz Students, Chabad-Lubavitch and Habitat for Humanity

(lubavitch.com/LNS) President’s Day Weekend is off time for most high school students, but in York, PA, a group of sixteen Ramaz students got down and…

By Dvora Lakein

February 19, 2008

On College Campuses, Purim Partying Begins Early This Year

Counting down to spring break cheers sleep-deprived and paper swamped college students. But the timing of the vacation has some Chabad campus representatives pulling sleepless nights.…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

February 18, 2008

In U.S.A. Chabad Habla Espanol!

(lubavitch.com/LNS) It’s not bagels and lox at La Sinagoga de Jabad de Coral Springs brunch. Here the fare is arepas and cheese pies, a taste…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

February 18, 2008

Following Shooting, Students at NIU Turn to Chabad Reps for Help

(lubavitch.com/LNS) The individual who opened fire in a Geology (104) class at Northern Illinois University Thursday, police revealed at a press conference early Friday morning, was…

By Dvora Lakein

February 15, 2008

On Tour in the U.S: Two Rabbis and A Barrel of Kosher Pickles

(lubavitch.com/LNS) The recipe is a secret but Rabbi Mendy Margolin will reveal the trick to a good kosher pickle—no authentic kosher pickles contain vinegar. When…

By Dvora Lakein

February 15, 2008

Brandeis Student Dinner, A First, A Success

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February 14, 2008

Why Is Hollywood Calling?

For a long time now, Chabad, along with many others concerned about the subtle and not-so-subtle influences of pop culture, has been unequivocal about television watching…

By Mordechai Shinefield

February 13, 2008

Through Study and Stipend, Chabad Program in CIS Increases Jewish Marriages

(lubavitch.com/LNS) Maria Karetina, 23, lives in Vladivostok, Russia. Since completing university last year, she has been working as a French-English translator for a large firm.…

By Dvora Lakein

February 12, 2008

Rabbi Zelig Sharfstein, Halachik Authority, Passes Away

(lubavitch.com/LNS) The international Chabad-Lubavitch community mourns the passing early Monday morning, of Rabbi Zelig Sharfstein, 79, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Rabbi Sharfstein was a long time,…

February 11, 2008

Increasingly, American Adult Jewish Males Request Ritual Circumcision

(lubavitch.com/LNS) “Culturally Jewish” is the self-described label offered up by Russell Harmon, a 19-year-old City Island, NY, native currently pursuing a degree in computer science…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

February 11, 2008

Dimona Survivors Return to Site of Attack

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February 11, 2008

A Lubavitcher Turns Troubled Inner City H.S. “Into A Different Place”

“Junior High School 22, in the South Bronx, had run through six principals in just over two years when Shimon Waronker was named the seventh.”So…

February 8, 2008

Chabad in Beijing Prepapres for ’08 Olympics With a Second Kosher Eatery

(lubavitch.com/LNS) Dini’s Kosher Restaurant, the only one in China’s capital city, will open a second location in the Olympic Village in Northern Beijing in time…

February 6, 2008

In Some Cities, Chabad House-Cum-Restaurant Draws People In

(lubavitch.com/LNS) Frantic financial types can unwind with café con leche and medialunes pastries while restoring their spirit with Jewish thought and prayer in downtown Buenos…

By Dora Chernock

February 6, 2008

Jewish Revival Greets Young Jews Moving to the Lower East Side

(lubavitch.com/LNS) Mention of the Lower East Side often evokes images of heaving tenement buildings, anxious immigrants, and pungent pickles. While the pickles remain a landmark…

By Dvora Lakein

February 6, 2008