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Simon Wiesenthal: Endorsed Chabad’s JLI Holocaust Program In Final Days

Although Simon Wiesenthal, the “Conscience of the Holocaust,” has been laid to rest, his endorsement of the Jewish Learning Institute’s Holocaust course in his final…

By E.J. Tansky

September 23, 2005

President Bush Salutes Chabad’s Rescue Efforts

Speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition‘s 20th Anniversary Celebration on Wednesday, President George Bush applauded the Jewish community’s participation in Hurricane Katrina’s relief efforts. The…

September 21, 2005

A New PreSchool Building for Staten Island’s Jewish Community

Speculation about the fate of Chabad of Staten Island’s preschool ended when the school reopened in a brand new facility this school year. Last May,…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

September 21, 2005

Israeli President Participates in Historic Groundbreaking In Tallinn

Israeli President Moshe Katzav began his first official visit to Estonia yesterday with a meeting with Arnold RÃ¼Ã¼tel, the President of Estonia. Held at the…

September 20, 2005

Chabad Relief Efforts: Mississippi Focus

The Army Corps of Engineers stretched a blue plastic tarp over the gashes left in Steve Richer’s roof by the three trees that could not…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

September 20, 2005

American Children Give To Orphans In Ukraine

Chana Luzhetskaya’s mother was not there to celebrate her daughter’s birthday party, but Chana was not forgotten. For her special day, Chana and the 31…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

September 19, 2005

Mining Treasures

Situated at the western foothills of the Ural Mountains in Russia, Perm’s local occupation can best be described as unearthing treasure. Rich in natural deposits,…

By Raizy Metzger

September 16, 2005

Protocol Established To Respect Jewish Dead

After “an intense meeting” yesterday with authorities responsible for the recovery and burial of the dead, Rabbi Edgar Gluck, the Chaplain of the New York…

September 14, 2005

A Jewish Community Plants Roots in Cyprus

In a Jewish landscape as new and untouched as the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, practically every day marks another historic milestone for the Jewish community.…

By Raizy Metzger

September 13, 2005

ORT Joins With Chabad in Argentina

The Governor of Tucuman province and top level ORT International leaders gathered last week to inaugurate a new school of technology and Jewish studies center,…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

September 12, 2005

Search and Rescue Efforts Shift Gears

My half-brother, David is still missing. The last time I spoke to him was Monday night (August 29) more than a week ago. He was…

By Baila Olidort

September 9, 2005

A New Mikvah To Open In Oregon

Three hundred miles. That’s the distance from Chabad of Ashland, Oregon, to the closest traditional mikvah. Ashlander women who wished to keep the mitzvah of…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

September 8, 2005

Chabad Search and Rescue Effort Grows

Chabad’s Rescue and Relief mission is working round the clock to locate and rescue hundreds of individuals who haven’t made it out of New Orleans.…

By Baila Olidort

September 6, 2005

In the Face of Katrina: A Community Persists

The indiscriminate invasion by Hurricane Katrina into the lives of its victims leaves in its wake dislocation and trauma across the board. And yet the…

By Baila Olidort

September 5, 2005

Community Celebrates Return of Jewish School Building in Rostov, Russia

One hundred and twenty years ago, it was a Talmud Torah. Then it was confiscated by the communists and turned into a sports center. But…

September 5, 2005

A Chupah In Rosario, This Week, Next Week, The Week After . . .

In this city, Argentina’s second largest, traditional Jewish chupahs have been dominating the landscape recently, bringing Jewish residents together in song and celebration of age-old…

By Raizy Metzger

September 1, 2005

Lubavitch Establishes Hurricane Relief Fund

Lubavitch World Headquarters announced that it has established a disaster relief fund to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Jewish Hurricane Relief Fund will accept…

August 31, 2005

Anti-Semitic Elements in Ukraine Out of Control: Statement by Rabbi Y. Krinsky

In response to yesterday’s vicious attack on two yeshiva students, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman of Lubavitch Educational and Social Services Divisions, issued the following statement.…

August 29, 2005

Yeshiva Student Fighting For Life After Skinheads Attack In Kiev

A group of neo-Nazis stabbed two Kiev yeshiva students on an underpass Sunday evening, while on their way home from the yeshiva. Mordechai Ben Avraham,…

August 29, 2005

Chabad Honors Champion in Quest for Sacred Texts

These are more than just words on documents,” said U.S. Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota. “There is a very powerful and special meaning that they…

August 25, 2005

Former Refuseniks Return To Ukraine As Chabad Emissaries

In the attempt to beef up its number of native Russian-speaking rabbis in the former Soviet Union, Chabad has opened a rabbinic seminary in Moscow…

August 24, 2005

A Yeshiva In Jerusalem Turns Out Literate Jews

In 2001, Kevin Shurack, a student at the University of Albany, had a job contract to teach English in South Korea. But while on a…

By Baila Olidort

August 17, 2005

Morality and Ethics at Boy Scouts Jamboree

More than 1,000 Jewish Boy Scouts attended the National Boy Scout Jamboree held July 25 to August 3, 2005 at Fort A.P. Hill near Bowling…

By Allie Vered

August 11, 2005

Chief Rabbi of Irkutsk Visits Jews of Mongolia

Last Sunday, Chief Rabbi of Irkutsk and Chabad Lubavich emissary Aaron Wagner paid a visit to Jews residing in Mongolia, which is situated just south…

August 10, 2005