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Home for the Holidays
The High Holidays–Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and the festive days following–invite powerful associations for many people. There’s the family you may see only rarely; friends…
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It Takes A City . . .
It takes a village, they say, to raise a child. What then would it take to build a school in which to raise several hundred,…
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Antidote to Rita: Umbrella of Kindness
After Hurricane Rita’s winds killed the electricity at Rabbi Lazer and Rochel Lazaroff’s Houston home on Friday night, the only other drama came when a…
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Bakersfield Welcomes New Chabad Facility
California may not be known for its Bible Belt, but it has one, and the city of Bakersfield is right at its buckle. Chabad of…
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Striving for Excellence at Chabad Preschool
Josh is on the waiting list to get into Chabad of S. Mateo’s brand new Chai Jewish Preschool of Excellence, but he doesn’t know it.…
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President Bush Salutes Chabad’s Rescue Efforts
Speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition‘s 20th Anniversary Celebration on Wednesday, President George Bush applauded the Jewish community’s participation in Hurricane Katrina’s relief efforts. The…
Israeli President Participates in Historic Groundbreaking In Tallinn
Israeli President Moshe Katzav began his first official visit to Estonia yesterday with a meeting with Arnold Rüütel, the President of Estonia. Held at the…
Chabad Relief Efforts: Mississippi Focus
The Army Corps of Engineers stretched a blue plastic tarp over the gashes left in Steve Richer’s roof by the three trees that could not…
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American Children Give To Orphans In Ukraine
Chana Luzhetskaya’s mother was not there to celebrate her daughter’s birthday party, but Chana was not forgotten. For her special day, Chana and the 31…
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Mining Treasures
Situated at the western foothills of the Ural Mountains in Russia, Perm’s local occupation can best be described as unearthing treasure. Rich in natural deposits,…
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Protocol Established To Respect Jewish Dead
After “an intense meeting” yesterday with authorities responsible for the recovery and burial of the dead, Rabbi Edgar Gluck, the Chaplain of the New York…
A Jewish Community Plants Roots in Cyprus
In a Jewish landscape as new and untouched as the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, practically every day marks another historic milestone for the Jewish community.…
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ORT Joins With Chabad in Argentina
The Governor of Tucuman province and top level ORT International leaders gathered last week to inaugurate a new school of technology and Jewish studies center,…
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Search and Rescue Efforts Shift Gears
My half-brother, David is still missing. The last time I spoke to him was Monday night (August 29) more than a week ago. He was…
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In the Face of Katrina: A Community Persists
The indiscriminate invasion by Hurricane Katrina into the lives of its victims leaves in its wake dislocation and trauma across the board. And yet the…
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A Chupah In Rosario, This Week, Next Week, The Week After . . .
In this city, Argentina’s second largest, traditional Jewish chupahs have been dominating the landscape recently, bringing Jewish residents together in song and celebration of age-old…
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Chabad Honors Champion in Quest for Sacred Texts
These are more than just words on documents,” said U.S. Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota. “There is a very powerful and special meaning that they…
Former Refuseniks Return To Ukraine As Chabad Emissaries
In the attempt to beef up its number of native Russian-speaking rabbis in the former Soviet Union, Chabad has opened a rabbinic seminary in Moscow…
A Yeshiva In Jerusalem Turns Out Literate Jews
In 2001, Kevin Shurack, a student at the University of Albany, had a job contract to teach English in South Korea. But while on a…
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Morality and Ethics at Boy Scouts Jamboree
More than 1,000 Jewish Boy Scouts attended the National Boy Scout Jamboree held July 25 to August 3, 2005 at Fort A.P. Hill near Bowling…
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Chief Rabbi of Irkutsk Visits Jews of Mongolia
Last Sunday, Chief Rabbi of Irkutsk and Chabad Lubavich emissary Aaron Wagner paid a visit to Jews residing in Mongolia, which is situated just south…
Chabad of Lithuania Closes A Circle
“Cast your bread upon the waters . . .” It’s in this spirit of largesse that Chabad Shluchim do their work. They teach, they care…
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Chabad: Sent As Angels To Watch Over Us
She’s ten years old today, but the last five years of her life have been robbed of the carefree innocence characteristic for children this age.…
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A Healing Gift of Love and Generosity
When the limo pulled up at JFK’s airport terminal, it was the first time Alina Lubhetzkaya, 13, smiled in a long while. Her mother died…
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