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In Nepal, Israelis Examine Jewish Identity
Dhulikhel, a resort village with panoramic views of the famous Himalayan mountain ranges, is an idyllic setting for soul searchers. Here, Chezi Lifshitz, the Chabad…
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500 Join Chabad in Auction for Alaska’s Jewish Museum
A gala auction last week honored Alaskan mariner Jack Johnson, who served as second mate with the historic ship, Exodus, in 1947. Johnson was among…
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker Says Chabad Asserts Mission of Jewish People
In this season of political endorsements, none was more surprised than the 700 people attending Rabbinical College of America 50th anniversary dinner last month when…
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Chabad of California Takes Chanukah On the Road
Commuters gnashing their teeth in traffic on the 405, the 5, the 101, the 134 or anywhere from Sacramento to San Diego will have reason…
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Chabad at University at Madison, Wisconsin, To Open New Building on Campus
Recently, a young UW student approached Chabad's Rabbi Mendel Matusof with a request for private study sessions. The student’s father had studied a book in…
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With Chabad of Rome: A Shabbat of Healing for Israel’s Survivors of Terror
Dolphinarium, Sbarro’s, Jerusalem Bus 2 . . . To Israelis, these are euphemisms for terrorist attacks; to survivors, they represent the demarcation that tragically reframed their lives into…
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The UJC and Chabad-Lubavitch Partner for Jewish Continuity
At the UJC’s General Assembly, Chabad's Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz executive director of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS and Baltic States was asked…
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Partnering for Jewish Continuity: The UJC and Chabad-Lubavitch
At the UJC’s General Assembly, Chabad's Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz executive director of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS and Baltic States was asked…
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The Chabad Chanukah Coca Cola Challenge
Dudi Kaplan, a rabbinical student working with the Chabad-Lubavitch representatives in Golden Beach, Florida, had a brainstorm that would not only keep the streets clean…
Thanksgiving Dinner Panic? Chabad Women Cook for 300 Every Week
This week, Nechamie Silberberg, Chabad-Lubavitch representative at the University of Western Ontario will be serving somewhere between 175 to 250 ravenous college students. Down south…
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In Denmark, Chabad-Lubavitch Draws Assimilated Jews Back In
Of the 30 children who will be attending Chabad of Copenhagen’s Vinter Lejr, winter overnight camp, a good many will arrive a day late, after…
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Soldiers and Civilians With Chabad in Hebron
Danny Cohen, Chabad-Lubavitch representative to Hebron with his wife Bat-Sheva, insists that if you want to experience Hebron, you must come for Shabbat.“It’s really the…
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Interview: Lev Leviev, Guest Speaker at International Conference of Chabad Shluchim
Two days after Ariel Sharon was elected Prime Minister back in 2001, he invited some of Israel’s leading economic experts and businessmen to his private…
Chabad Shluchim Visit the Ohel
Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim, representing Jewish communities worldwide, at the Ohel in the predawn hours, Friday morning. The Shluchim have come to the Ohel to read a…
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Chabad Conference Initiatives: Jewish Adult Education Goes Online
If online MBA programs and YouTube got together and had a smart Jewish baby, it would probably bear a striking resemblance to Chabad-Lubavitch’s newborn distance…
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Cracking the Talmud, New Curriculum Solves 500-Year Conundrum
Long the shibboleth separating the serious scholar from the also-rans, the skills needed to decipher a page of Talmud are being arranged into a comprehensive…
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Initiatives at the Chabad Conference: Smile On Seniors (SOS)
As an outreach activity, visiting seniors is even older than the people it serves. But Chabad’s new “Smile On Seniors” approach to bonding with the…
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8th Day Sings With Chabad for The Children at CBS
Some 350 people from Studio City and its neighboring areas showed up Sunday evening at the CBS Studio Center for a Chabad sponsored Community Concert…
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A School, A Community, Grows with Chabad in Houston
The number of Jewish Day Schools in the U.S. has been on the rise for some time now.  The AVI CHAI Foundation’s census of Jewish…
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Hundreds of Weary Firefighters Sleep, Shower, Regroup at Chabad
Streams of firefighters caked in soot and sweat made their way up to Camp Gan Israel at Chabad of Running Springs, where they found food,…
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Shabbaton Happy, College Students Deepen Jewish Identity With Chabad
Quadrupling its usual Shabbat dinner attendance, Chabad of USC had no choice but to put up a vast outdoor tent to accommodate all the students that…
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Chabad Relief Now To Focus On Returning Evacuees
As evacuees make their way back home, Chabad’s thirty representatives in the San Diego area are shifting gears from their initial scramble to offer shelter and distribute…
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Firefighters Find Help At Chabad of Running Springs
With the overhead roar of DC-10s and Super Scooper planes, and with water helicopters hovering over the swimming pool at Chabad-Lubavitch of Running Springs, Rabbi…
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Chabad-Lubavitch Mourns Senior Representative to Nashville
The international Chabad-Lubavitch community mourns the passing Tuesday, of Mrs. Risya (Didi) Posner of Nashville, TN. Mrs. Posner, 80, a senior Chabad representative—one of the…
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