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Four Israeli Hostages Released on Chanukah

It is a Festival of Miracles, and no one is feeling the miracle more than the four Israelis who were kidnapped by Marxist Colombians in…

By Baila Olidort

December 22, 2003

Chabad-Lubavitch Lights up the French Alps

Lubavitch in France is undertaking an ambitious Chanukah campaign this week, with 13 public menorah lighting ceremonies throughout the French Alps. In coordination with local…

December 20, 2003

Chanukah 2003: Bigger and Brighter Universal Celebrations

This Chanukah, Americans can expect to see more Chanukah menorahs illuminated in public squares than ever before. In malls, city parks, and at major intersections,…

By Baila Olidort

December 19, 2003

Chanukah Commercials To Air On Local Televsion

See those Chanukah commercials? The Eight Faces of Chanukah, a series of eight, thirty second commercials will be aired throughout the eight nights of Chanukah…

By Baila Olidort

December 18, 2003

Jewish Troops to Receive Menorahs

The Aleph Institute, a Chabad Lubavitch program that serves the spiritual needs of Jewish inmates and Jewish military personnel all over the world, has recently…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 17, 2003

Jewish Communities Worldwide Celebrate Historic Date

Sunday, December 14 will long be remembered for the day on which Saddam Hussein was captured by American Military Forces in Iraq. This year, the…

By Baila Olidort

December 14, 2003

State-of-the-Art Facility for Jewish Tots in Dnepropetrovsk

Hundreds turned out this week to celebrate at an auspicious ribbon-cutting ceremony and the opening of a beautiful, state-of-the-art facility—another first for Dnepropetrovsk’s Jewish community,…

By Baila Olidort

December 10, 2003

Northwest Indiana Gets New Chabad Representatives

Rabbi Eliezer and Chanie Zalmanov, and their six-week old daughter Shayna Mushka, have recently arrived in the region to reestablish the Chabad-Lubavitch Center of Northwest…

December 8, 2003

Science and Torah Conference

The fifth Miami International Torah and Science Conference, to convene December 16-18, will feature 40 world-renowned scholars. The agenda: to explore the links between Torah…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 7, 2003

When Age Doesn’t Matter: Students Teach Their Elders

The Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory often said that “If you know the first letter of the alphabet (the aleph) teach it to someone that…

December 2, 2003

Chabad Facilitates Father-Son Reunion

“The first time I met Ari, was at a fundraiser in our shul” says Rabbi Sholom Ber Rodal, director of Chabad of Mount Olympus in…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 2, 2003

A New Home for Chabad in Geneva

The voice mail system at the Geneva, Switzerland offices of Chabad Lubavitch answers in four languages: French, German, Italian and English. This international city, home…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 28, 2003

Chabad on Campus Hosts Law Shabbat

Missouri Supreme Court Judge Richard B. Teitelman was the featured guest speaker at a recent Shabbat dinner hosted by Chabad on Campus, for Jewish students…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 27, 2003

International Conference Draws 2,500-Plus

In the largest Conference of International Chabad-Lubavitch representatives, 2,500 leaders from Jewish communities around the world convened at Lubavitch World Headquarters, in Brooklyn, New York…

By Baila Olidort

November 25, 2003

Chabad School First In Nation To Be Tri-Accredited

The new slogan at the Hebrew Academy Community School (HACS) in Margate, Florida is “We’re Number One.” The Hebrew Academy, a Chabad Lubavitch school for…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 24, 2003

Live Webcast of Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Representatives

The annual, festive banquet of the International Conference of Chabad Lubavitch Emissaries, takes place tonight at the Brooklyn Marriot Hotel and Convention Center. More than…

November 23, 2003

Jewish Women’s Power Lunch

The term “power lunch” has taken on new meaning for professional Jewish women in the Baltimore area. A new monthly learning program called Jewish Executive…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 20, 2003

Michigan Friendship Circle Breaks Ground For New Facility

“We all grow up and have a dream that we will get married and have children. We just take it for granted that our children…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 20, 2003

Chabad-Lubavitch Represented at the GA of the UJC

Twenty-five Chabad-Lubavitch representatives from cities across the United States and the former Soviet Union, are wrapping up the final day at the 72nd annual General…

By Baila Olidort

November 18, 2003

Lubavitch Girls School in London Receives Coveted VAS Status

The Ruth Lunzer Lubavitch Girls Primary School in the London borough of Hackney, recently received the coveted status of a Voluntary Aided School. The VAS…

November 18, 2003

Two Thousand Chabad Rabbis to Convene in New York

The annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim, sponsored by Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, the Lubavitch educational and outreach arm, will begin on Wednesday, November 19, at…

November 13, 2003

Lubavitch Rabbi in Leavenworth

When Rabbi Bentzion Friedman received a call recently from the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, he assumed it concerned his monthly visits to the…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 13, 2003