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To Jewish boys impatient for the chance to beat a drum in a marching band, and little girls who fancy twirling a tasseled baton, Lag…

By Miriam Davids

May 27, 2005

Shabbat Dinner in London Draws Hundreds

Friends of Lubavitch are being asked to arrange regular Friday-night social events after 300 young Jews attended a lively Shabbat dinner last weekend at a…

May 27, 2005

Jewish Children Come of Age in the FSU

In the grand finale of a comprehensive Bar Mitzva project, more than 100 boys and girls celebrated their coming-of-age at a joyous Bar/Bat Mitzvah celebration…

May 25, 2005

Prayer Services at Home? A Supreme Court Test Case

Chabad of South Orlando’s neighborhood zoning woes may become a Supreme Court test case of a landmark religious freedom act signed by President Clinton. Over…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

May 24, 2005

Hoping To Heal Deep Wounds: Cossacks Meet Jews

The Chief Rabbi of the Donbass Region, Pinchas Vyshedsky, held a meeting with two Cossack leaders – Anatoly Shevchenko, the Head (Hetman) of the Ukrainian…

May 23, 2005

Hoping To Heal Deep Wounds: Cossacks Meet Jews

The Chief Rabbi of the Donbass Region, Pinchas Vyshedsky, held a meeting with two Cossack leaders – Anatoly Shevchenko, the Head (Hetman) of the Ukrainian…

May 23, 2005

New Chabad Representatives to Riverside, California

Rabbi and Mrs. Shmuel Fuss of Brooklyn, New York, were appointed Chabad representatives to Riverside, California. The couple will establish a Chabad House to serve…

May 19, 2005

Finding Judaism On Waikiki Beach

Japanese teens wearing coral orange flip flops and matching “hang loose” Hawaii t-shirts over their swim trunks careen out of the elevator of the Ala…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

May 19, 2005

Want To Pray, But Can’t Get To The Synagogue?

Internet has long since become a means for people hopelessly far apart to communicate. Now Gilat Satellite Networks (NASDAQ:GILTF) technology is helping Russia’s Jews to…

By Shirley Yom Tov

May 19, 2005

Contemporary Conundrums Addressed at Conference on Judaism and Medicine

Terminal Care and the Terri Schiavo Case; Embryonic Death and the Creation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells; Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Terrorism and Sexuality and…

By Fay Kranz Greene

May 17, 2005

New Center for London’s Jewish Community

Chabad-Lubavitch of London announced the construction of a new Center adjacent to the existing Lubavitch House of London. The proposed state-of the art facility will…

May 16, 2005

New Chabad Representatives to Essex, England

Buckhurst Hill in Essex, England will soon enjoy its own Chabad House. Rabbi and Mrs. Adam Brandman were appointed new Chabad representatives to the area.…

May 16, 2005

New Chabad Representatives to Prospect Heights

Rabbi and Mrs. Ari Kirschenbaum were appointed as new Chabad representatives to Prospect Heights Brooklyn. The young couple will establish a Chabad House and a…

May 13, 2005

Reaching for the Heavens in Nepal (Photo Essay)

Mountain trekkers who experienced the Passover seders with Chabad in Nepal, come back for more. Here against the backdrop of Nepal’s breathtaking scenery, they explore…

May 13, 2005

Remembering the Annihilation of Bogdanovka

Among the hundreds of monuments that form the stark and moving Sheepshead Bay Holocaust Memorial – monuments bearing familiar names like Auschwitz, Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen and…

May 12, 2005

Remembering Our Heroes

Sixty years after WWII came to an end, communities Europe-wide conducted ceremonies of solemn remembrance this week. In many of the cities, Chabad rabbis marched…

May 11, 2005

Chabad at the College of New Jersey in Ewing

In a small meeting room at Paul Loser Hall on the campus of the College of New Jersey in Ewing, an ancient Jewish ceremony was…

By Marilyn Silverstein

May 10, 2005

Synagogue Burns Down In Moscow

A fire roared through a synagogue in a Moscow suburb early Tuesday, burning down much of the wooden structure in an incident that Jewish leaders…

By Maria Danilova

May 10, 2005

Maccabis Take Euroleague Title and More . . .

When the Maccabis scored their winning shots at the Euroleague Final Four games on Sunday, a chant of yesh Elokim, “G-d exists” could be heard…

May 9, 2005

120 Communities Participate in Chabad of Thailand’s Toy Drive

Ayelet Hematian and Chantal Keypour of Port Washington, New York, did not understand a word of the Thai pop tunes that pulsated through the air…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

May 8, 2005

300 Members of Congress Press Putin for Return of Schneerson Collection

Today, over 300 Members of Congress led by Representatives Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), and Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) sent a letter…

May 5, 2005

New Jewish Center To Open in Florida’s State Capitol

Chabad of Tallahasse’s brand new 3,000 square foot building on two acres of prime Florida real estate will soon resound with the melody of Jewish…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

May 4, 2005

A Passover Camping Experience

In an unusual camping experience, some 150 campers were exposed to a new dimension to Jewish living. The camp, designed to run during the Passover…

May 2, 2005

Chabad Prepares for the Final Four in Moscow

Some 5,000 Israelis are expected to arrive in Moscow on May 6, when Russia’s capital city will host the Euroleague Final Four basketball games. The…

May 1, 2005