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Board of Park Commissions Rewrites Policy to Allow Chabad Menorah
The Board of Park Commissioners in Kenosha, Wisconsin is rewriting their policies now to allow Chabad Lubavitch to place an eight-foot tall menorah in Civic…
A Mezuza in Place of a Swastika, Says Chabad Rabbi At Columbia University
When the door of Elizabeth Midlarsky, a Jewish professor in Columbia University was recently defaced with a swastika, Yonah Blum, the Chabad representative at Columbia…
Chabad Center Offers YouTube “Soul Nosh”
With YouTube's reputation as the most popular online video site, Rabbi Benny Rapoport, director of Chabad's Jewish Discovery Center, in Clarks Summit, PA, employs YouTube…
Chabad Rabbi Responds To Attack on Talmud
When one of the most popular TV stations in Hungary recently aired an anti-Semitic interview that publicly attacked the Talmud, Rabbi Shlomo Kovesh, Chabad-Lubavitch emissary…
Chabad Representative to S. Petersburg Leads Community in Aid to City’s Homeless
With statistics showing an astounding 54,000 homeless people living inthe streets of St. Petersburg, the city's Jewish community recently partneredwith the New Social Resolution, an activist…
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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Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi To Teach at Russia’s Military University
With the FJC's pervasive reach through its network of schools and educational programs extending throughout the former Soviet Union, the organization—the largest Jewish organization in…
Russia’s Largest Welfare and Medical Center Opens in Moscow
The Chabad-Lubavitch Sharei Tzedek charity center in Moscow, a swank $13 million complex, introduces a new level of geriatric care for thousands of the city’s…
EJC President Nixes Ukraine Visit
President of the European Jewish Congress, Moshe Kantor, canceled his plans to visit Ukraine this Wednesday, to protest the government's silence after a spate of…
Florida Governor Installs Mezuza on Office Door
Florida’s Governor Charlie Crist drew the ire of the ACLU and others after he affixed a mezuzah to the door leading into his Capitol office.…
107 Year-Old Political Cartoonist Celebrates Birthday
Boris Efimov, the Soviet and Russian political cartoonist best known for his political caricatures of Adolf Hitler, celebrated his 107th birthday earlier this week, at…
Traveling to Timbuktu? Find the Nearest Chabad Center Here
No, there is no Chabad Center in Timbuktu. At least not yet. But Lubavitch.com, the official news website of Lubavitch World Headquarters, has launched a…
Torah Scroll Stolen From Yeshiva
A Torah was stolen from Yeshiva High School in Cottage Grove, Minnesota during the Sukkot holiday. The sacred scroll was worth more than $35,000. But…
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