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Terror in Jerusalem and the Danger of Ambivalence

I howled loudly because even Shakespeare, lyrical master that he was, knew that some offenses are so odious they cannot be contained in words. This…

By Baila Olidort

November 18, 2014

Muslims Mark Kristallnacht in Berlin

In a departure from convention, a group of Muslims youth participated at a memorial in Berlin marking the 76th year of Kristallnacht.

By Staff Writer

November 18, 2014

Covenant Award Winner: School Is A Dwelling Place for the Divine

The principal of Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy in Beverly Hills, California, Sufrin received the prestigious Covenant Award at an event in Washington, DC, last week.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

November 18, 2014

It’s Pies for Joy to Say Thanks to Seniors

It was all smiles when preschool children and their families made Pies for Joy for seniors in time for Thanksgiving. The Gan Camarillo Preschool and…

By Staff Writer

November 17, 2014

Aleph Institute Lowers Recidivism Rate, Says Chief Justice

Decrying the high rate of recidivism among ex-offenders, Judge Joy Flowers Conti, speaking at the recent Pittsburgh Chaplains Conference, underscored the importance of community support…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

November 16, 2014

Arizona’s Mountain Range Jewish Community on the Rise

With views overlooking the San Francisco Peaks, the future home of Chabad of Flagstaff will sit on a central road, close to Northern Arizona University—the…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

November 13, 2014

A Different Kind of Olympics in the Former Soviet Union

While Russians were preparing for the Winter Olympic Games of 2014, thousands of pupils at Or Avner Chabad Jewish Day Schools in the Former Soviet…

By Staff Writer

November 13, 2014

Latino Jews At Home With Chabad in NYC

In the whirlwind of New York City anyone could be sucked in by the frenetic pace and the often impersonal attitude. For a Latin American…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

November 12, 2014

Striving for Inclusion, Chabad Inspires Opening of Retail Shop

When parents of adults with special needs wanted to organize a group home in Charlotte, North Carolina, Rochel Groner had another idea.

By Dovid Zaklikowski

November 11, 2014

Key Club Memorializes Fellow Student with Charity

When Michelle Nourmand, an eleventh grade student, passed away last June from a brain tumor, she left her classmates and the students at the Wheatley…

By Staff Writer

November 10, 2014

Grant Will Bring Preschool from Trailers to Building

Lovell, and Member Parliament for Bentleigh, Elizabeth Miller, announced an upgrade to the Gan Gabi and Rivki Early Learning Centre at the Bentleigh East’s Beis…

By Staff Writer

November 10, 2014

Survivor of Nepal Bus Accident Grateful For Chabad Rabbi

The Nepalese man arrived at the Chabad House last Monday “looking for the man with the white shirt and the beard.”

By Staff Writer

November 9, 2014

New Courses in Jewish Texts For Millennials in Former Soviet Union Cities

Twenty new academies of higher Jewish learning in the former Soviet Union opened their doors in the past month. The move spells a dramatic shift…

By Staff Writer

November 7, 2014

Los Angeles Principal Receives Prestigious Award

Teachers and students at the Cheder Menachem day school in Los Angeles were called for an assembly on Monday. All they knew was that one…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

November 6, 2014

New Chabad Ottawa Torah Center Takes City Builder Award

The Chabad representatives serving the Barrhaven suburb of Canada’s capital took many community-building steps before crowning it with a $4.5 million edifice that garnered the…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

November 6, 2014

Leader, Mentor, Rabbi Shmuel Azimov, 69, Mourned by Paris Jewish Community

Rabbi Shmuel Azimov, director of Chabad-Lubavitch in Paris, France, passed away this morning after a stroke. Azimov built more than three dozen communities, but will…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

November 5, 2014

Rabbinical Seminary Opens in Hamburg as Germany’s Jewish Revival Grows

In some significant way, the opening this month of a rabbinical seminary in Hamburg, Germany, harks back to its glory pre-war days when the city…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

November 4, 2014

Early Childhood Studies Spur Parents To Choose Jewish Preschools

Chabad preschools, consistently in the vanguard of progressive early-childhood methodologies, are contributing to a marked shift in the educational priorities of Jewish families with little…

By Rena Greenberg

November 4, 2014

At Chabad Conference, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein Won’t Talk Politics

It doesn’t take much to get Yuli Edelstein, the speaker of the Israeli Knesset, to reminisce about the times he spent with members of the…

By Staff Writer

November 3, 2014

Murdered by Soviets in 1938, Jewish Activist’s Gravesite Found

After years of digging through the files of the KGB—the communist state security agency formerly known as the NKVD—a mass grave with over a dozen…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

November 3, 2014

A Conversation With Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (Podcast)

In the following conversation, former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, Jonathan Sacks, speaks with Baila Olidort, Editor-in-Chief of Lubavitch International and lubavitch.com on current concerns: Anti-Semitism, Jewish…

By Baila Olidort

November 2, 2014

Meet the Pickle Rabbi at Agoura Kosher Week

In conjunction with Chabad of the Conejo’s Kosher Week, Rabbi Shmuel Marcus, known as the “Pickle Rabbi,” and sometimes, the “Soup Rabbi” will give a…

By Staff Writer

November 2, 2014

Talenti Founder on Surviving the Rough Times

Josh Hochschuler, founder of Talenti Gelato has what to celebrate after seeing his brand’s profits double each year since 2008. The ice cream company turned…

By Staff Writer

November 2, 2014