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The Chabad-Lubavitch publishing house, Kehot Publication Society, has announced the publication of an important new book on the history of Chabad.

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

September 21, 2010

Portugal Jewish Community To Welcome Full Time Chabad Representatives

The only country in Europe still without its own Chabad representatives, Portugal will soon be welcoming a new addition to its 300-member Jewish community.

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

September 20, 2010

Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Tauber, Holocaust Survivor, Age 74

Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Tauber, 74, a Holocaust survivor and Chabad Chasid, passed away Yom Kippur morning at Sheba Hospital in the Tel HaShomer Medical…

September 20, 2010

Celebrating Judaism in a Changing Europe

According to Prof. Robert S. Wistrich, head of Hebrew University's Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism, the Jews of Europe must brace…

By E.J. Tansky

September 20, 2010

Pollinating New Holiday Growth

In Israel, honey jars fly off store shelves during the High Holiday season, when Jews pray for and wish each other a New Year filled…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

September 19, 2010

Staying Attuned on the Day of Atonement

Reb Schneur Zalman, the founder of Chabad Chasidism, himself a mystic, a towering mind, and a tzaddik, stunned his congregation one Yom Kippur morning, when…

September 17, 2010

Israel’s Two Wheel Yom Kippur Dilemma

The origin of biking on Yom Kippur in Israel is murky, but it is ironically tied to the widespread reverence that Israelis—even secular ones—have for…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

September 15, 2010

New Zealand Chabad House Gets Green Sign After Earthquake

The Chabad House has been inspected and approved by local authorities for use after last week’s major earthquake caused damage to the city’s roads and…

By Mendy Rimler

September 14, 2010

Kyrgyzstan Govt Must Take Synagogue Bomb Seriously, Says Community Rabbi

Four days after a bomb packed with nails was thrown into the Jewish community synagogue in Bishkek, the police have yet to identify any suspects,…

September 13, 2010

A Rosh Hashana Moment for Mom [Blog]

My name is Jodi Brody and I am writing to you to tell you of the incredible act of chessed shown toward me and my mother this…

By Jodi Brody

September 13, 2010

Holtzberg Nanny Receives Israeli ID Card

Sandra Samuel, the Indian nanny who saved the life of Moshe Holtzberg from the besieged Nariman House during the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai

By Mordechai Lightstone

September 13, 2010

Israel: Secular Kibbutz Members Welcome Torah Study, Prayer

In Kibbutz Beit Alfa’s Children’s House, director Anat Lev is busy planning High Holiday activities with the local Chabad rabbi

By Rivka Chaya Berman

September 13, 2010

Jewish Philanthropist Celebrates Birth of Baby With $2 Million Gift to Chabad Shluchim

Announced by Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky of Lubavitch Headquarters, the gift was made through the Bogolubov Simcha Fund, dedicated to assisting Chabad representatives during their respective…

By S. Fridman

September 7, 2010

Kohelet Foundation Partners With Rohr JLI

With the new school year fast approaching, parents affected by the current economic crisis are facing difficult choices regarding their children’s education.

By Mordechai Lightstone

September 7, 2010

Hungarian Deputy PM: “Return of Synagogue Symbolic of Communism’s End”

It was a dreamlike experience for the Holocaust survivor who grew up in the Jewish orphanage next door to the synagogue...

By Staff Writer

September 6, 2010

Thousands Walk For Friendship in Michigan

Some 5,000 people participated in the annual “Walk4Friendship” yesterday, raising close to 500K for the Friendship Circle in Michigan.

By Mendy Rimler

September 6, 2010

New Encyclopedia of Religion in America Includes Entry On Chabad Movement

The newly released Encyclopedia of Religion in America, edited by renowned scholars in the field and published by CQ Press, includes an entry on Chabad-Lubavitch…

By Mordechai Lightstone

September 6, 2010

Sage Advice for Netanyahu As New Round of Peace Talks Begin

Prime Minister Netanyahu returned to Israel after meeting with President Obama and Mr. Abbas in the White House, in yet another attempt to restart peace…

September 5, 2010

New Zealand Synagogue Spared Damage by Earthquake

Only a few days before the worst earthquake to hit New Zealand in 80 years struck, renovations on the Canterbury Hebrew Synagogue were completed.

By Mendy Rimler

September 5, 2010

Kohl’s Competition Ends, 11 Chabad Schools Win Most Votes

Eleven out of the top 20 schools garnering the greatest number of votes in Kohl’s Cares school competition, are Chabad-affiliated schools.

September 4, 2010

Kosher Comes to Bradley University

This fall, Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois will be building two new kosher kitchens—one dairy, and one meat—to better accommodate its staff, faculty and 285…

By Mendy Rimler

September 3, 2010

On the Frontlines of Kohl’s-Facebook Fever

A father of young children, Forer is quite past the age where hanging out in Southern California hotspots late into the night is appealing. But…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

September 3, 2010

Getting A Head Start On Rosh Hashana With Chabad

Rosh Hashana is probably the best known and most widely observed Jewish holiday. And, with hundreds of thousands of free seats available and prayer services

By C.R. Lundy

September 2, 2010

Released Time Bolsters Jewish Identity of NY Public School Students

Every Wednesday during the past year, 230 Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students instructed more than 1,110 students from 114 public schools across New York City in Jewish…

By Dvora Lakein

August 31, 2010