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Bloom’s Kosher Deli: Open On Shabbos . . . With Chabad
Bloom's famous kosher eatery is to London’s Jews what the 2nd Avenue Deli was to New York Jews. At its different locations, the popular eatery…
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Business Guru Michael Gerber Offers to Streamline Chabad Centers’ Operations
Small business guru Michael Gerber’s E-Myth Revisited sold over 1,000,000 copies, and is licensed in 16 languages. His consulting firm has coached 50,000 small businesses…
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Chabad Rabbi Driven to Stop Delinquency, Awarded
On Thursday, February 21, Chabad's Rabbi Leivi Sudak received a public award in recognition of his “outstanding citizenship.” Barnett borough councilor Brian Gordon, a lawyer…
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Chabad Reaches Jewish Students at Commuter Colleges
When Dan Mendelson’s finance classes end for the day at Baruch College, he hops on a subway and heads to his apartment. Hanging out after…
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Of Heroines and Beauty: Women’s Purim Pageant To Explore Jewish Themes
(lubavitch.com/LNS) On March 12, a royal court of Jewish princesses will gather in Eugene, OR. The upcoming holiday of Purim celebrates the heroics of Queen…
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While Qassams Keep Falling, Sderot Citizens Are Abandoned
Adding insult to injury, Sderot residents say the international community has shown precious little solidarity with them as they are daily terrorized by Qassam rockets. And when…
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Paraguay’s Jewish Community Tries To Cope With Yellow Fever Outbreak
With the recent outbreak of yellow fever in the country, nervous Paraguayans wait impatiently in long queues to get vaccinated against yellow fever, fomenting tension…
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Building Houses, Doing Mitzvahs: Ramaz Students, Chabad-Lubavitch and Habitat for Humanity
(lubavitch.com/LNS) President’s Day Weekend is off time for most high school students, but in York, PA, a group of sixteen Ramaz students got down and…
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On College Campuses, Purim Partying Begins Early This Year
Counting down to spring break cheers sleep-deprived and paper swamped college students. But the timing of the vacation has some Chabad campus representatives pulling sleepless nights.…
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In U.S.A. Chabad Habla Espanol!
(lubavitch.com/LNS) It’s not bagels and lox at La Sinagoga de Jabad de Coral Springs brunch. Here the fare is arepas and cheese pies, a taste…
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On Tour in the U.S: Two Rabbis and A Barrel of Kosher Pickles
(lubavitch.com/LNS) The recipe is a secret but Rabbi Mendy Margolin will reveal the trick to a good kosher pickle—no authentic kosher pickles contain vinegar. When…
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Why Is Hollywood Calling?
For a long time now, Chabad, along with many others concerned about the subtle and not-so-subtle influences of pop culture, has been unequivocal about television watching…
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Through Study and Stipend, Chabad Program in CIS Increases Jewish Marriages
(lubavitch.com/LNS) Maria Karetina, 23, lives in Vladivostok, Russia. Since completing university last year, she has been working as a French-English translator for a large firm.…
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Increasingly, American Adult Jewish Males Request Ritual Circumcision
(lubavitch.com/LNS)  “Culturally Jewish” is the self-described label offered up by Russell Harmon, a 19-year-old City Island, NY, native currently pursuing a degree in computer science…
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Jewish Revival Greets Young Jews Moving to the Lower East Side
(lubavitch.com/LNS) Mention of the Lower East Side often evokes images of heaving tenement buildings, anxious immigrants, and pungent pickles. While the pickles remain a landmark…
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In World of Chabad, Young Women Train for Leadership Through Internships
(lubavitch.com/LNS) On the screen, when they appear at all, Chasidic young women are portrayed as cloistered girls raised for a life in the kitchen. In reality,…
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At Brandeis University, Students To Host Gala In Support of Chabad
(lubavitch.com/LNS) The dynamic at Chabad on campus is typically a simple one: Campus Shluchim give and give, and then give some more. A warm home where…
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A Once Derided Jewish Ritual Now In High Vogue
(lubavitch.com/LNS) Back in the 1970s, women’s mikvah was something you might have heard about in hushed whispers, and then only among observant women. A private…
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Port Washington: Jewish Life is Booming Here
You don’t find many storefront houses of prayer in Port Washington, NY. A modest home carries a $1 million price tag, double that for a…
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Review Essay: The Grammar of Women’s Spirituality
IN SEARCH OF THE GENDER-NEUTRAL It is now standard to include in book introductions a tedious apology for the lack of a graceful gender-neutral term…
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In Remote Halifax, A Jewish Community Comes Into Its Own
(Lubavitch.com/LNS) Nova Scotia’s most populated city with a Jewish community 1800 strong is far, far away from major centers of Jewish life. It’s an eighteen-hour…
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A Million Mitzvahs . . . And Still Counting
(lubavitch.com/LNS) An unlikely band of boosters helped the Million Mitzvahs campaign reach its goal. AEPi sorority sisters, students at Hebrew Academy Day School and bar…
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As Kosher Awareness Grows, More Make the Switch Even When Eating Out
(Lubavitch.com/LNS) When Leslie Paskoff of Minnetonka, Minnesota, recently invited some friends to her kitchen table, it was a “going kosher” party. Guests peeled stickers off…
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