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Yiddishkeit In Vegas?
Unfolding along the western rim of the Las Vegas Valley, Summerlin is a new, 22,500-acre master-planned community, with a quality-of-life to match its azure skies,…
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Rabbi Addresses NASA Memorial Ceremony (Text Attached)
Rabbi Tzvi Konikov, one of nine distinguished guests invited to address NASA’s memorial ceremony Friday morning, brought tears to the faces of many in his…
An Astronaut’s Legacy
In the wake of the shuttle Columbia’s tragic end, so many persistent, painful questions—the whys and wherefores surrounding events of February 1st—will remain unanswered long…
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Children of the World: Making A World of Difference
Joe Sheridan, a Catholic quarantine inspector in Sydney, Australia, and a long-time student of theology, knew there had to be more to understanding G-d and…
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A Sense of Permanence
When Jack Mezrahi was growing up in Barranquilla, Colombia, a small city one hour from the capital, most Jewish people he knew were on their…
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What Makes Them Tick? Chabad-Lubavitch Women On Home Turf
Sylvia Rothblum came to New York from Munich last week “not knowing what to expect,” she admits. Vice President of Warner Brothers in Germany, Switzerland,…
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20 New Chabad Centers To Open on West Coast
Coming from San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas and dozens of cities in between, 150 shluchim gathered last weekend for the 35th annual…
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MAGEN: Counter Missionary Force Fights Soul Snatchers
A flyer appears in a Russian city inviting the Jewish community to celebrate Shabbat. Illustrated with Jewish symbols, it offers dinner and inspiration at no…
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Jewish Astronuat Takes Mitzvah Into Space
The Shuttle Columbia launched successfully this morning January 16, to the lively singing, of “Oseh Shalom.” Hundreds of proud Israelis swelled with joy, having arrived…
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Yiddishkeit in Middle Class Suburbia: It’s Good for the Kids
An upscale suburban peninsula situated on the North Shore of Long Island, Port Washington is home to a Jewish community that, by the early 90’s,…
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Another First for Post Communist Hungary
“As a native of Budapest and a survivor of the Holocaust, the rejuvenation of the Hungarian Jewish community and other Jewish communities throughout Central Europe…
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On the Slopes and At Chabad: Peak Season
Most of Rabbi Mendel Mintz’s congregants at Chabad of Aspen are in town now. Which is a nice thing, especially since it’s so unusual. In…
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A Perfect Package at Contour Day Spa
Archeological digs from ancient times through the middle ages, and recent discoveries of mikvehs hidden in cellars throughout the former communist bloc, offer abundant evidence…
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A Different Sort of Magic
On your average Shabbos, a minyan at Chabad of South Orlando is usually made up of several dozen men and women, about half of whom…
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Not For Water
The ratings are in and they’ve never been better, says Michael Kigel, producer of Passages and Messages, two religiously themed shows that air weekly on…
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A Bar-Mitzvah to Remember
For the Chabad emissaries in nearby cities who made the trip on December 15, and for the locals who came to participate, this bar mitzvah…
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Chabad Rabbis Awarded Queen’s Gold Medal
“The commemorative medal for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee was created to mark the 50th anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty to…
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Creating Community
When Chabad at Flamingo, named for the obscure little road it sits on in Northern Thornhill, opened the doors of the Ernest Manson Lubavitch Center,…
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Light Begets Light . . .
Millions of television viewers nationally watched last Friday’s public Menorah lighting ceremony in Lenin Square. Kherson’s Jewish mayor, Vladmir Vasilevitch Saldah, officiated at the ceremony…
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Jewish Revival in Birobidjan
The irony of 100 Jews braving icy streets of a remote Russian backwater in 20 degrees below zero, to participate at a public menorah lighting…
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Around Africa in Eight Days
When you live in a remote country in central Africa, foreign residents will tell you, it’s not hard to feel isolated from the rest of…
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A Menorah on the Slopes
Jason, a 24 year old Australian ski enthusiast was heading down the slopes one day in the winter of ’95 during a season-long ski stint,…
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Seashells on the Beach
Against a snowy backdrop, the lights of the Menorah seem the perfect way to add warmth and brightness to the long winter nights. But in…
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A Light At The End of The Tunnel
Commuters passing through the Holland Tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey every day will soon be noticing a new sign of the season at…
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