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Catholic Hospital Hangs 270 Mezuzahs on Facility, A California First
When Providence Tarzana Medical Center looked to become the first San Fernando Valley hospital to hang mezuzahs in all patient areas, they turned to Chabad…
Chabad Reps Develop Hebrew Reading Learning Technique
Now children—and adults—can learn to read Hebrew in 20 hours or –less. For real. Chabad representatives in California have formally launched a new Hebrew reading…
Paying for Passover
In a tight economy, it takes smarts and efficiency for Chabad representatives to bring Passover to their communities.
Chabad Rabbi’s Online Torah Class Grows Popular
Five million minutes. That’s how much time users have logged joining an online broadcast hosted by a Chabad rabbi as he delivers a daily dose…
Brandeis Leadership Students Invited Backstage At Chabad Headquarters
Heads of some of Chabad-Lubavitch's most influential programs...
Chabad Gives Cardozo Law Students an Edge in the Job Hunt
At Chabad’s recent Attorneys and Law Students Networking Event, 75 students got to know powerbrokers like real-estate mogul and attorney Leon Charney...
Chabad Centers Devise Strategies To Outwit the Recession
When Wall Street cheers as the Dow Jones scrapes its way up from 12-year lows, it sounds faint and hollow to Chabad centers on Main…
Allegheny vs. ACLU: Good for Chanukah
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that placing Chabad-owned menorahs in public spaces did not violate the establishment clause, it set a slab of precedent…
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Broadway
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To BroadwayYishaya and Shira  met each other as students during a Shabbat dinner at the Chabad House at …
Chabad Rabbi’s Seminars Help Unemployed Find Authentic Life Passion
(lubavitch.com) Usually, when the pink slip blues get former financial services whiz, Fran Gerrish of Aurora, CO, down, she phones a buddy from work, another…
In Mumbai, A Ray of Light Punctuates Great Sadness
(lubavitch.com) Tears, songs and resolve permeated Shabbat meals hosted by Chabad of Mumbai in undisclosed locations this past weekend.   Rabbi Dov Ber Goldberg and his…
Jews Stranded in Bangkok
(lubavitch.com) With Bangkok’s airport shut down by anti-government protesters, Chabad of Thailand is prepared to host a greater number of visitors, mostly Israelis stranded in…
Downturn an Upturn for Searching and Study at Chabad
(lubavitch.com) How much is silver lining going for these days? As 401 Ks plunge, attendance at Chabad center programs across the United States is surging.…
Chabad Women on Campus Defy Stereotype of “Rabbi’s Wife”
(lubavitch.com) Now that the votes have been counted and barriers have been shattered on one front, will 2012 be the year of the woman? Women…
How Elena Met Rami or The Chabad-Lubavitch Network: A Model of Causality
(lubavitch.com) Elena Lourie and Rami Kafarov never would have met let alone married in Oslo this summer were Chabad-Lubavitch no more than a bunch of…
Within Chabad, A New Year Brings New Ideas In Jewish Education
(lubavitch.com) Fully 13% of the 230,000 students in American Hebrew schools are enrolled in Chabad-run programs, a recent study found. The study,  A Census of…
Chabad of Wall Street Moves On, Does Not Forget 9/11
(lubavitch.com) “When Ground Zero is four blocks away from home, you don’t wait until 9/11 to remember 9/11. It’s in a corner of your heart…
Anonymous Donor Doubles Chabad Presence at UK Universities
(lubavitch.com) At the start of the UK academic term, six new Chabad representative couples will be greeting students at freshers fairs at some of the…
Award Winning Novel for Teens Based on Chabad Representatives
(lubavitch.com) A young adult novel that explores the clash of cultures and budding understanding between a beach-going teen and her Chabad relatives won an important…
In the Mortgage Business, People Break for Daily Prayers
(lubavitch.com) At 5:30 p.m., a crowd of thirty men and women gathers in the executive boardroom of Lend America’s headquarters. A Jewish afternoon prayer service,…
Chabad Library Makes 16th Century Books Now Searchable Online
(lubavitch.com) Two thousand Jewish books, most from the 16th century, are now available online in a searchable, printable format at www.ChabadLibraryBooks.com. The books comprise less…
Ukraine: Construction Begins On World’s Largest Jewish Community Center
(lubavitch.com) Straddling two blocks, a $60 million, 400,000 square foot Jewish Community Center and Holocaust Museum now under construction in Dnepropetrovsk will be a city…
At Mayo Clinic, Chabad A Steady Presence For Patients and Families
(lubavitch.com) Mayo Clinic, 10 p.m. At her mother’s urging, a pale eighteen-year-old girl lies perfectly still on an exam table. Her heart condition is so…
Hebrew Day School Educators Explore Alternative Teaching Techniques
(lubavitch.com) One hundred twenty teachers from Chabad Lubavitch yeshivas and day schools across North America tackled strategies that will allow them to better address the…
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