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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

Taking a Global Approach to Helping Israel’s Littlest Victims

If it takes a village to raise a child, what does it take when a child is injured, maimed or G-d forbid killed, in an…

By Fay Kranz Greene

June 18, 2004

Education With Heart

What’s in a name? According to Rabbi Benny Zippel of Chabad of Utah, a lot. Having finally given “Project Heart” its official designation, he feels…

By Raizy Metzger

June 14, 2004

Remembering President Reagan

As the nation pays final tribute to President Ronald Reagan, Chabad-Lubavitch recalls a very warm, supportive rapport between the President and the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi…

June 10, 2004

Principal of Chabad-Lubavitch School Appointed to Child Care Council

Rabbi Meir Muller’s recent appointment to the South Carolina Child Care Coordinating Council, bespeaks a collective milestone for Chabad-Lubavitch educators everywhere. Muller is the principal…

By Raizy Metzger

June 7, 2004

Jewish Communities Prepare to Mark Rebbe’s 10th Yahrzeit

Hundreds of people are expected at the JFK Library and Museum on June 17th to mark the 10th anniversary of the passing of the Lubavitcher…

June 4, 2004

70 Bar/Bat Mitzvahs Celebrate in S. Petersburg Celebrate

The Great Choral Synagogue of S. Petersburg hosted a Bar and Bat Mitzva ceremony for about 70 girls and boys from the city’s Jewish schools…

June 2, 2004

Major Expansion of Rockland County Jewish Community Center

Rockland County’s Jewish population is estimated at about 100,000. To Rabbi Avremel Kotlarsky, Chabad’s representative to the region, that suggests endless possibilities for Jewish outreach.…

May 31, 2004

One Community, Three Torahs

Three Chabad centers,three Torah dedications, three weeks in May. It’s a joyous trilogy for the Jewish community of Boca Raton, Florida. The city of Boca…

By Fay Kranz Greene

May 23, 2004

Mitzvahs At The Cannes Film Festival

It’s all glitz and glamour at the Cannes Film Festival where the red carpet is rolled out for purveyors of the imaginary. Yet even here,…

By Baila Olidort

May 19, 2004

Kaddish For A Jewish Marine

Firefighters and police officers stood at attention in a military funeral procession yesterday for Marine Cpl. Dustin Schrage. The 20-year old marine assigned to the…

May 18, 2004

A Children’s Festival

Shavuot, The Feast of Weeks, celebrates harvest season in Israel and the giving of the Ten Commandments. Jewish children have a big stake in the…

May 18, 2004

New Chabad Representatives to Idaho

If you’re Jewish and living in Boise, Idaho, you have to travel six hours by car to Salt Lake City to get kosher food or…

By Fay Kranz Greene

May 14, 2004

Russian Shabbat At University of Cambridge

Sushi Shabbat and Moroccan Shabbat at Cambridge University proved a successful formula to draw Jewish students to the Shabbat table. So last weekend, the Cambridge…

May 14, 2004