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At Abuja School’s Grand Opening, Donor Pledges a Second for Lagos
When Avda Saar moved from Israel to Nigeria in the midst of war two years ago, she worried her daughter would grow up forgetting Shabbat.…
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Jerusalem’s Mayanot Yeshiva Opens State-of-the-Art New Building
Four hundred guests enjoyed the views of a Jerusaelm sunset on the rooftop garden of the new Mayanot campus last week. They came to celebrate…
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Chabad Opens in Whistler: A Spiritual Home in a Ski Capital
As one of North America’s biggest and most visited ski destinations, Whistler, British Columbia, has long attracted those looking to take on its famous slopes.…
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How Las Vegas’ Dancing Dreidels Became a Chanukah Phenomenon
They march onto NFL fields, get booked by news stations, mobbed by fans, and chased by lines of selfie-seekers — and no, they’re not influencers.…
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Whiskey, Wisdom, and World Cuisine: South Beach Chabad Reinvents the Torah Class
Once a month in Miami’s South Beach, a long table fills with Jews of all backgrounds in animated conversation. Between sips of single-malt and bites…
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From a Prison Cell to a Concert Hall: The Chasidic “Rosh Hashanah” Today
Tens of thousands of Jews across the world marked Yud-Tes Kislev this week with concerts, farbrengens, and study events. Among these was a 3,200-seat gathering…
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With Hundreds of Anglos Arriving, Chabad is a Beacon in Neve Shamir
When Daniel Lubat and his family settled in Neve Shamir, Israel, they were struck by the energy and diversity of the young English-speaking community taking…
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Jewish Tourists Mark First Shabbat in Sapa as Chabad Center Opens
While traveling through Laos, Israeli tourists Tzuriel and Tal Denis stopped into the local Chabad House, where Rabbi Moishi Belinov mentioned that a new Chabad…
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Newly Expanded Chabad House Opens at UChicago
On Family Weekend this fall, the University of Chicago’s Jewish students had something to celebrate — the grand opening of an expanded Chabad House, marking…
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New Center for Jewish Students in Kansas is a Home Away From Home
A fifty-foot mural, a massive glowing menorah, indoor swings, a serene waterfall, and a kosher commercial kitchen — the new Chabad House at KU is…
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Grand Opening for World’s First Carbon-Neutral Chabad House at Vassar College
Vassar, a small Upstate New York college of 2,400 students, offers a boutique, curated campus experience. Now, Vassar’s estimated 600 Jewish students have a space…
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Kindness Delivered By Chabad Cares Nevada
When a woman in Reno called looking for a rabbi to visit her ailing husband in the hospital, Rabbi Moshe Cunin didn’t hesitate. Within an…
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From Converts to Campus Shluchim: The Unlikely Story of South African Chabad Reps
Growing up in a Christian home in Cape Town, South Africa, Chananyah Duthie never met a Jew until he stumbled, curious, into a synagogue in…
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Miami’s Mitzvah Beasts: Cybertrucks Bringing Judaism to the Streets
On a LinkedIn post about a year ago, Rabbi Mendy Kaminker of Chabad of Hackensack, New Jersey, wrote: “I have a dream: To create the…
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Chabad Lounge is First-Ever Jewish Space on Utah Campus
For the first time in 175 years, Jewish students at University of Utah have a space to call their own. Just a few steps away…
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Chabad Opens $6.5 Million Jewish Campus in Minneapolis
In a state where antisemitism has made headlines in recent years, a swank new Chabad campus rises in celebration of Jewish life in Minnesota. The…
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The Shofar’s Blast Beyond the Synagogue
On a Rosh Hashanah morning in 2011, a curious crowd gathered by the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park. When the blast of the shofar cut…
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Israelis Find a Home in Fort Myers
For years, Amit Assulin would make a two hour drive to Miami every Friday just to spend Shabbat with other Israelis. Residing in Fort Myers,…
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Building Community in Bowie
On August 24th, Bowie baseball fans celebrated the annual Jewish Heritage Day at Prince George’s Stadium — home of the Minor League Chesapeake Baysox. Beyond…
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Jewish Life Thrives at VCU
As a recent graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Ariel Binyamin can remember back to when there was virtually no sense of Jewish representation there. Especially…
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A Sprawling New Home for Jewish Life in the Berkshires
This summer, as visitors flock to the Berkshires for mountain views and musical performances at Tanglewood, Chabad of the Berkshires opened the doors to a…
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Living Jewishly in Tatarstan
Far from St. Petersburg or Moscow, the city of Naberezhnye Chelny in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan is a booming industrial hub. For decades, the…
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Chabad Opens on the Dominican Republic’s North Coast
In the 1930s — when most countries had sealed their borders to Jewish refugees fleeing Europe — the Dominican Republic opened its doors, and a…
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Chabad Brings a Jewish Revival to West Adams
Walking down a street in West Adams, California, on Purim eve, Rabbi Michoel Zajac spotted a couple wearing what looked like festive headgear. “Happy Purim!”…
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