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International Conference of Shluchim Convenes

They are angels in black coats for the downtrodden and broken. Doctors treating the ills of faded Jewish values. PR men, ice cream scoopers, school…

By E.J. Tansky

November 16, 2006

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…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

November 14, 2006

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,…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

November 10, 2006

Abandoned in Life, Dorothy’s Memory Now Inspires

It took a tragedy as heart-wrenching as Dorothy Schwadron’s, but someone’s finally listening. In December of 2005, Rabbi Moshe Mayir Vogel, director of the Aleph…

By Baila Olidort

November 6, 2006

Kiddush, Candles, Hip Hop and Reggae

Five hundred students from eighty universities around the world, attended a weekend Shabbaton at Lubavitch Headquarters in New York. The event was arranged by the…

November 5, 2006

In the Andes or the Himalayas: Backpackers Get Closer to Jewish Roots

Seeking sun, sand and samba lessons, 20,000 Israeli backpackers a year wind their way through the ancient ruins and beachside paradises of South America. For…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

November 5, 2006

Where Lenin Was Born, A Rebirth of Jewish Life

Every day Rabbi Yossi Marozov passes Lenin’s birthplace, elementary school and high school on his way to his new Chabad center in Ulyanovsk. “I think…

By E.J. Tansky

October 30, 2006

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…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

October 26, 2006

Spielberg Urges Jews: Return to Roots

If you want to ensure continuity of Ukrainian Jewry, Stephen Spielberg told an audience of 2,000, a majority among them Jewish, you must “return to…

By Mark Rubin

October 22, 2006

Jewish Teens: Chabad Keeps Them From Opting Out

A frisson sizzles through Chabad of Flamingo as 90 teens swivel in their seats to see how their Torah for Teens rabbi will handle a…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

October 21, 2006

Olmert Visits with Russia’s Chief Rabbi

Israel’s Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, on an official state visit to Russia, visited yesterday at the Marina Roscha Jewish Community Center where he was joined…

By Mark Rubin

October 20, 2006

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…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

October 18, 2006

Jewish and Muslim Communities Cooperate to Pass US’s First Kosher-Halal Law

Over eleven million Americans will buy kosher food this year, according to LUBICOM, a marketing and consulting group for kosher interests. Up from six million…

By Mordechai Shinefield

October 16, 2006

Photo Feature: Sukkot Round the World

In most of the world, Sukkot comes just as the leaves are turning and early autumn chills prompt us to pull our sweaters out of…

October 12, 2006

Translation of 100-year-old-Chasidic Text Published

Spiritual seekers are delighted with Overcoming Folly as it is reintroduced in a new and improved format recently published by Kehot Publication Society. Revised to suit the…

October 12, 2006

A “Tent of Peace” On the Korean Peninsula

North Korea’s Kim Jung II may be detonating nukes and playing war games with the international community, but Jewish U.S. troops in South Korea are not…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

October 11, 2006

Fun and Festive After Praying and Fasting

The holiday of Sukkot commemorates the makeshift huts that the Jewish people dwelled in for forty years in the desert. Alternatively, it’s the clouds of…

By Mordechai Shinefield

October 10, 2006