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Sukkot at the IDF Bases in Israel
It’s an eight-day long festival observed by taking meals in the Sukkah–the makeshift hut commemorating the Divine protection the Jewish people enjoyed during their long…
United Jewish Communities Partners With Chabad
United Jewish Communities allocated over $38,000 to Chabad-Lubavitch for its hurricane relief efforts in Southern Mississippi and for its chevra kaddisha, Jewish burial society, work…
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Peru’s First Lady Marks Yom Kippur
On Wednesday, Peru’s First Lady, Eliane Karp de Toledo, was hosted at an elegant seuda mafseket—the traditional pre-fast meal, at the European Jewish Community Centre…
New Educational Complex Opens In Moscow
Some 500 community members, sponsors and local dignitaries crowded a former bus depot in Moscow yesterday, celebrating the opening of the city’s newest site for…
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Rosh Hashana in Monroe, Louisiana
What do you give to a community who has lost a good portion of their material possessions, along with their homes, jobs and secure future?…
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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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Chabad to Terror Survivors: We Won’t Forget You
More than a thousand families of terror victims in Israel will be receiving a pre-Rosh Hashanah visit this week, courtesy of Chabad in Israel’s Terror…
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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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Simon Wiesenthal: Endorsed Chabad’s JLI Holocaust Program In Final Days
Although Simon Wiesenthal, the “Conscience of the Holocaust,” has been laid to rest, his endorsement of the Jewish Learning Institute’s Holocaust course in his final…
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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…
A New PreSchool Building for Staten Island’s Jewish Community
Speculation about the fate of Chabad of Staten Island’s preschool ended when the school reopened in a brand new facility this school year. Last May,…
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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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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…
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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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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A New Mikvah To Open In Oregon
Three hundred miles. That’s the distance from Chabad of Ashland, Oregon, to the closest traditional mikvah. Ashlander women who wished to keep the mitzvah of…
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Community Celebrates Return of Jewish School Building in Rostov, Russia
One hundred and twenty years ago, it was a Talmud Torah. Then it was confiscated by the communists and turned into a sports center. But…
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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Lubavitch Establishes Hurricane Relief Fund
Lubavitch World Headquarters announced that it has established a disaster relief fund to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Jewish Hurricane Relief Fund will accept…
Yeshiva Student Fighting For Life After Skinheads Attack In Kiev
A group of neo-Nazis stabbed two Kiev yeshiva students on an underpass Sunday evening, while on their way home from the yeshiva. Mordechai Ben Avraham,…
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…
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…
Educators Conference A Success
Every Individual is a Whole World was the theme of two-day conference that drew some 100 educators in the Chabad-Lubavitch school system, nationwide and Canada.…
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