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Olympics May Be Over, But Kol Tuv Stays Open

In a dramatic farewell extravaganza to the athletes and countries participating at the games, the Olympics XXVIII closed last night. The three weeks of competitive…

By S. Olidort

August 30, 2004

Jewish Communities in Russia Mourn Loss of Plane Crash Victims

As Russia observes an official day of mourning for the 89 people who died in the dual airplane crash earlier this week, leaders of the…

By Baila Olidort

August 26, 2004

New Appointments

Lubavitch World Headquarters announces the following new appointments of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim: Bala Cynwyd, PA: Rabbi Moshe and Mrs. Brennan Rome (Libyan Quarter), Italy: Rabbi &…

August 25, 2004

Despite the Sorrow: A Boy Becomes Bar-Mitzvah

When Guy Massad’s father was killed by a suicide bomber in 2002, the young boy and his dad were counting down to the adolescent’s Bar…

August 24, 2004

A Tale of Two Camps

There are hundreds of them around the world, with tens of thousands of campers. When the sun is at its zenith in every major city…

By Fay Kranz Greene

August 22, 2004

Chabad Helps Provide Jewish Content At Macabbi Games

The Macabbi Games have begun, bringing thousands of Jewish teenagers, coaches and family members to the Greater Washington area for a week of competitive sports…

August 16, 2004

Transforming the Educational Experience: Teachers and Schools For The Individual

It’s a quandary as old as the institution of formal schooling itself, the lament of teachers and the bane of students. Nowhere are the needs…

By Baila Olidort

August 11, 2004

Tefillin On First!

Can a proud Jew and a pair of tefillin affect the outcome of a World Series game? Rabbi Moshe Feller, director of Chabad Lubavitch of…

By Fay Kranz Greene

August 5, 2004

First Group of 1,000 Youth Land In Israel

Only three days after the Israeli embassy was bombed in Tashkent, several hundred Jewish teenagers from that city arrived in Israel for a 10-day tour.…

August 4, 2004

New Shluchim To London

Lubavitch Foundation UK announced the arrival of Rabbi Mendy and Sarit Vogel to London to assist in its activities. The young couple will be working…

August 2, 2004

From Israel to Ottawa, With Love

Americans have always sent care packages to Israel, but in a reverse twist, Camp Gan Israel in Ottawa, Ontario recently received a wonderful “care” package…

By Fay Kranz Greene

August 1, 2004

Rabbi Returns to Roots in Mid-Suffolk Chabad

“Like father like son” goes the old adage and no where is it more appropriate than in this transfer of directorship from a father to…

By Fay Kranz Greene

July 29, 2004

Jewish Academy of Suffolk to Open in Commack

When the school bell rings to mark the first day of school this September in Commack, New York, it will be a historic red letter…

By Fay Kranz Greene

July 26, 2004

Cornerstone Laid for a Chabad High School for Girls in Haifa

By the time this suburb of Haifa will have completed construction on its education complex, more than 2,000 students will be commuting daily from cities…

By Baila Olidort

July 13, 2004

Thousands Lay Tefillin

It’s tourist season in Europe, and Budapest, Hungary, is a magnet for thousands daily. Many of the tourists to this city are Jewish and come…

July 12, 2004

Ukrainian Foreign Minister: “Thanks to Chabad Shluchim . . .”

Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Kostyantyn Gryshchenko was in Israel yesterday, on an official visit. Accompanying him was Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetzki, Chabad-Lubavitch representative to Dnepropetrovsk. Mr. Lev…

July 12, 2004

Rabbinical Students Embark On World Tour

Shelby, Montana, with a population of 3,000 and, at most, a handful of Jews, is not high on the priority list of any Jewish organization.…

By Baila Olidort

July 8, 2004

Chabad House at Chestnut Hill Dedicates New Sanctuary

While the outdoor grills were heating up all over New England this July 4, some 300 people spent a good part of the day dedicating…

July 6, 2004

Olympics 2004: Kosher Served Here

Massive sports arenas starring Hercules-like heroes are not new to Athens, but the kosher restaurant being installed this summer will be a first for the…

By S. Olidort

July 2, 2004

Chabad-Lubavitch National Campus Conference

According to Rabbi Nechemia Vogel, the life of a Chabad Rabbi and campus emissary can best be described as “as close as it gets to…

By Raizy Metzger

June 29, 2004

Rabbi Steinsaltz on the Rebbe: He Wanted to Change Human Nature

Among the many events marking the 10th yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, was a lecture by Rabbi Adin (Even- Israel) Steinsaltz at the John F.…

By Baila Olidort

June 27, 2004

Kehot Publishes New English Translation of Torah

A newly translated Chumash—the Book of Numbers—was released by Kehot Publication Society, the Lubavitch publishing house, on Tuesday, June 22. Translators and editors worked at…

June 25, 2004

Rebbe’s Gift To Humankind Remembered in Senate

It wasn’t only Jews and Jewish communities that marked the Rebbe’s 10th yahrzeit on Tuesday, June 22. In Washington D.C. the senate session opened with…

June 25, 2004

Ten Years Later: Editorial

The occasion of 10th yahrzeit (3 Tamuz—this year corresponding to Tuesday, June 22) of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, has generated generous media…

By Baila Olidort

June 20, 2004