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Feeding the hungry has assumed biblical proportions in the Delaware Valley with a wildly successful program created by Lubavitch House of Philadelphia. The project known…

By Fay Kranz Greene

April 1, 2004

Russian Jews of Brighton Beach: Jewish and Proud

When Milana Feldman was growing up in Pyatigorsk, Russia, “borders” was a concept to be reckoned with. Under the tight grip of the Soviet Union,…

By Raizy Metzger

March 31, 2004

Two Million Pounds of Matzah Across the FSU

Two million pounds of matzah and 250,000 bottles of wine are being distributed to Jewish communities in the fifteen republics of the Former Soviet Union,…

March 30, 2004

Get Those Matzahs Rolling!

Some 5,000 Jewish children in Florida’s Coconut Creek and Pompano Beach communities pictured above, will have a chance to mix, knead and roll their own…

March 29, 2004

Bar Mitzvah Celebration Is A First For Ghana

An Israeli boy in Ghana was due to have the first Bar Mitzvah in the country. Bar Mitzvah is a Jewish coming-of-age ceremony. A Jewish…

March 28, 2004

Curtis Sliwa Guest Speaker at Chabad Dinner in New Jersey

On Thursday, March 18, more than 375 guests attended the Founders’ Dinner of the Chabad Center of Northwest NJ at the Crystal Plaza in Livingston,…

March 26, 2004

International Torah Contest Ends

The finals of a national contest challenging 5th-8th graders knowledge of Judaism’s 613 mitzvahs took place at the Moshe Ganz hall in Los Angeles from…

March 25, 2004

Shabbat 1,000

The ads and flyers posted all over campus read, “Do Something Special, Celebrate Shabbat With 1,000 of Your Closest Friends.” For hundreds of Binghamton University’s…

By Baila Olidort

March 24, 2004

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March 23, 2004

Chabad of Midtown Celebrates 8th Annual Dinner At The Waldorf Astoria

One Rosh Hashana several years ago, Benita Rosenberg walked in on Chabad of Midtown’s center at 509 Fifth Avenue, looking for a place to pray.…

March 23, 2004

New Jewish Community Center Opens in Florida

Four years after a fire destroyed the local Chabad House, this Jewish community (pop. 10,000) in West Broward is preparing to dedicate a magnificent 16,000…

By Baila Olidort

March 22, 2004

Chabad On Wheels Gets A New Home

For the past six years, Rabbi Zev Katz and his ‘Mitzvah Mobile’ a converted RV he calls Chabad on Wheels, has been a familiar, if…

March 21, 2004

30 Tons of Matzah To Reach Jews in Eastern Europe

Herbert Hoover’s goal of “a chicken in every pot” was tame by comparison. The Chabad Lubavitch Organization wants to provide matzah this Passover for every…

By Fay Kranz Greene

March 17, 2004

A Homecoming in Montana

The Flathead Valley of northwest Montana has no synagogue or rabbi, but this year, they had Purim. Thanks to the hard work of three Brooklyn…

By Yosef Dahne

March 17, 2004

500 Jewish Students Expected At Southeastern Campus Conference

The cell phones are racking up lots of overtime minutes in the offices and homes of the Chabad rabbis who work on college campuses in…

By Fay Kranz Greene

March 17, 2004

Los Angeles to Dedicate Schneerson Square

On March 28, 2004, the City of Los Angeles will mark the dedication of Schneerson Square on Pico Boulevard, in the heart of West Los…

March 16, 2004

First Post-Holocaust Orthodox Synagogue Opens in Dresden

Hundreds turned out out last week to participate at a dedication ceremony for the first Orthodox synagogue to open in Saxony, Germany since the Holocaust.…

March 12, 2004

Got Purim?

If the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Purim experience were to be summed up, perhaps a postcard gimmick from a newly-opened Chabad branch in Ponte Vedra, Florida would…

By Raizy Metzger

March 10, 2004

Midnight Masquerade With Chabad On Campus

At a pre-Purim Shabbat dinner last Friday night at Chabad of Columbia University, students took turns introducing themselves—as is the routine here. But this time,…

By S. Olidort

March 8, 2004

FSU Jewry Celebrates Purim In Record Numbers

On March 7th and 8th, Jews from 420 communities throughout the Former Soviet Union, members of the Federation of Jewish Communities, celebrated Purim. The FJC…

March 8, 2004

90210 Meets Judaism 101

“Public schools should not be hostile to the religious rights of their students and their families,” said Education Secretary Rod Paige in a February 7th…

By Fay Kranz Greene

March 4, 2004

Purim Ad Campaign Invites California Jewry to Celebrate the Holiday

“Purim is around the corner… and so are we” proclaims a series of full page ads placed last week by Chabad of California in Jewish…

By Raizy Metzger

March 4, 2004

Personalized Purim Gifts For 40,000 Children

An enormous outreach project led by Chabad-Lubavitch representative and Chief Rabbi of Odessa, Ukraine, Rabbi Avraham Wolf, will give 40,000 Jewish children in the region…

March 3, 2004

Purim Goes Mainstream

It’s hard to imagine a time when most American Jews didn’t know what Purim was. But if you remember the sixties, you’ll recall that by…

By Fay Kranz Greene

March 1, 2004