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Shabbaton With Chabad: Jewish Students Nationwide Pledge Greater Involvement
For a Jewish student on an American college campus today, the possibilities run the extremes from total alienation to a heightened Jewish awareness. It all…
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Lubavitch Headquarters Gears Up for Women’s Conference
A good percentage of Chabad Lubavitch Shluchim makes up the 40-something demographic. They’ve been at their work for 25 years now, and can’t help recall,…
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In Retrospect: 55 Years Ago Today
Today is a special date on the Hebrew calendar that brings thousands of visitors to the resting place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M.…
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Chabad Dedicates Resources to Tsunami Relief Effort
The man from Finland won’t go back until he finds his wife and children. He saw them being carried out to sea by the tidal…
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TSUNAMI: Chabad Centers in Southeast Asia Main Address for Jewish Relief Effort
Representatives of Chabad-Lubavitch, the only Jewish service agency in Thailand, with centers in Bangkok, Chang Mai and Ko Samui, and Chabad of Bombay, India, have…
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Sweden’s Court Rules In Beit Menachem Case
A stunning ruling by Sweden’s Supreme Court yesterday brought to a close the two-year struggle of a Jewish couple fighting to keep a small school…
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Chabad and Chanukah: How Many Saw The Light?
How many people worldwide during the past week, were reminded that it was Chanukah? To get a rough estimate, you’d have to add up every…
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Chabad Lights the Menorah at Brandenburg Gate
When Rabbi Yudi Tiechtal, Chabad representative to Berlin, sought permission to put up a large public menorah at the Brandenburg Gate, the response he got…
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Illuminating Poland With the Lights of the Menorah
Cracow, Lodz, Warsaw—cities synonymous with vibrant Jewish populations that would find their bitter end in Auschwitz, Treblinka, Majdanek, draw thousands of Jewish visitors today. They…
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Chabad and Chanukah: Let The Sparks Fly
With its celebratory spirit toward Jewish life and a penchant for partying, Chabad-Lubavitch and Chanukah are a perfect pairing. Admittedly, since “making the miracles of…
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International Conference Of Shluchim 2004
An overflow crowd of 3,000 filled the 69th Regiment Armory on Sunday, November 14. It was the banquet dinner of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch…
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First Regional Congress for Jewish Women A Success
It was an eye-opener for one thousand women who flocked yesterday to Dnepropetrovsk, host city for the First Regional Congress for Jewish Women. Convening at…
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School Case Is Heard in Sweden’s Supreme Court
Emerging from Stockholm’s National Court, Rabbi and Mrs. Alexander Namdar reported to Lubavitch.com that the court will issue a decision on December 2 regarding Jewish…
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Going Kosher in the Hofburg Palace
The royal tableware at the Hofburg Palace is taken out of storage only several times a year. On official state visits or other such occasions,…
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After the Hurricane: A Sukkah BBQ
The sight of the sukkah–the humble hovel assembled in the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes–that stands surrounded by debris of solidly constructed structures, seems layered…
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Jewish Leaders Meet At Ukrainian Forum
On a listing of Jewish population centers, Ukraine comes in fifth at 400,000. So the quality of life for the country’s sizable Jewish population is…
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Sukkah Hopping Round the World
It’s that time of year when those odd looking, ramshackle huts appear on every other porch and yard in Jewish neighborhoods around the world. The…
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Chabad of Ukraine At Babi Yar Memorial
In his famous poem on Babi Yar, Yevgeny Yetushenko wrote, Here all things scream silently . . . Government representatives and other officials who came…
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Thank You For The Chance
In an email sent to Rabbi Eliezer Lazaroff of Chabad House at Texas Medical Center, a woman who attended Rosh Hashana services wrote: “I wanted…
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A Torah is Dedicated by Jews of the European Union
It was a first for the Jewish community of the European Union last week when a Torah scroll was completed and dedicated to the synagogue…
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400 Jews Forced To Conduct Rosh Hashana Services In The Cold
In contrast to events that barred 400 Jews from entering the only synagogue in Lithuania’s capital, forcing them to conduct Rosh Hashana services out in…
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Lubavitch Prepares for New Year
For Jewish communities everywhere, this is the most highly charged time of year. The intensity is thick as hearts spill over with prayers for a…
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Thousands Explore Jewish Life At International Moscow Book Fair
The 17th International Book Fair in Moscow came to a close today after giving some 10,000 Jews the opportunity to peruse books of Jewish interest.…
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Jewish Communities in Russia Mourn Loss of Plane Crash Victims
As Russia observes an official day of mourning for the 89 people who died in the dual airplane crash earlier this week, leaders of the…
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