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Online Calendar To Help Jewish Women’s Observance of Mikvah

(lubavitch.com) An age-old facet of Jewish life, mikvah usage has seen a tremendous upswing in recent years. Today, women observing the rituals of Jewish family…

By Staff Writer

April 30, 2009

Diamond in the Rough

South Africa’s Jewish Community (lubavitch.com) It is early on Monday morning and the bus is rolling into the Chabad House parking lot on Aintree Avenue.…

By Dvora Lakein

April 30, 2009

No Cop-Out: Minnesota Police Stand in Solidarity with Israel

(lubavitch.com) A rabbi, a priest, and 15 police officers step off an airplane at Ben Gurion Airport. This sounds like the first line of a…

By Dvora Lakein

April 30, 2009

Florida Governor Signs Bill Removing ‘Shylock’

(lubavitch.com) On Monday, Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill removing the words "shylock" and "shylocking" from the Florida statute books, a term offensive to Jews. The…

April 29, 2009

Books: Meditations on Mitzvot

(lubavitch.com) The face of Chabad in the twenty-first century has been the shliach and the shlucha. Incredibly dedicated and energetic couples have fanned out around…

By Shmuel Klatzkin

April 29, 2009

VIDEO University of Illinois Chancellor Grateful to Chabad

(lubavitch.com) Chabad at University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, celebrated its fifth year on campus at a gala celebration Sunday evening. University Chancellor Richard Herman…

April 29, 2009

Photos: Sinai Scholars At Princeton University

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April 28, 2009

Father of Slain Mumbai Victim Says He Joined Israel’s Family of Bereaved

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By Zalman Nelson

April 28, 2009

At US Colleges, Students Explore Traditional Jewish Values

(lubavitch.com) “In this essay, I examine how my understanding of G-d affects how I should live my life. I ask, ‘what is God, where is…

By S. Fridman

April 28, 2009

Amid Swine Flu Panic, Chabad in Mexico Remains Open

(lubavitch.com) A deadly strain of the Swine Flu, originating in Mexico and erupting in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, has caused death,…

By Dvora Lakein

April 27, 2009

Yeshiva For A Day At Binghamton University

By S. Fridman

April 27, 2009

Scotland’s Rabbi Jacobs Speaks in Parliament

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April 24, 2009

Chabad of France To Convene National Conference

(lubavitch.com) Chabad-Lubavitch representatives in France will convene for the first national conference, Sunday-Monday, April 25-26. To date, there are 113 Chabad centers and 452 representatives,…

April 24, 2009

My Space/Your Space: Teens Hash It Out

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By Dvora Lakein

April 23, 2009

Remembering Every Day

(lubavitch.com) “They survived and gave us a future. We are here because of them,” explains Rabbi Tzvi Tauby. “Their sacrifices affect our lives every day.”…

By Dvora Lakein

April 21, 2009

Torah Scroll Completed, Installed in Cracow Synagogue

(lubavitch.com) A Torah scroll was completed and dedicated Monday at the historic Rema Synagogue in Krakow, Poland. In recent years, the ancient synagogue dating back…

April 21, 2009

Jewish Participants Find A Welcome Antidote to Durban II

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By Zalman Nelson

April 20, 2009

Photos: Passover in Mumbai

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April 20, 2009

At Pratt University, Students Design Chabad’s Jewish Center

(lubavitch.com) If students build it, students will come. Construction is set to begin on a 2,000 square foot storefront which will serve the 5,000 Jewish…

By Dvora Lakein

April 19, 2009

Blessing the Sun On the Congo River

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April 12, 2009

Expelled From Russia, Chabad Rabbis Lead By Remote

(lubavitch.com) Following their recent expulsion from Russia, several rabbis have been working across phone lines and emails guiding their communities in Passover preparations. Chabad representatives…

By Dvora Lakein

April 8, 2009

Passover Seders With Chabad in Mumbai

(lubavitch.com) There will be seders in Mumbai this Passover.Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students arriving from New York in the days before the holiday, hit the ground running.…

By Baila Olidort

April 6, 2009

President Obama Proclaims Rebbe’s Birthday as Education & Sharing Day USA

April 5, 2009