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A Jewish Community in Central Florida Passes the Torch
Brevard County, has seen tremendous population growth over the past decade. Recently, Temple Israel, a mainstay Reform congregation in the area, sold eight acres of their ten-acre property to Chabad of the Space and Treasure Coasts.
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New Chabad to Open in Zambia
Rabbi Shlomo Bentolila, Director of Chabad of Central Africa, announced his intent to open a new Chabad center in Zambia in memory of his wife, […]
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Personal Journeys: A Child of the Holocaust
Dozens of eyes silently follow the slender man on the speaker's dais. The only sound in the hall is his voice, which captivates the audience. World War II, Nazism, Auschwitz
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Batter’s Up . . . But Never on Shabbat
Infielder and pitcher Elie Kligman has been running the bases as long as he can remember. One of the top-ranked youth players in Nevada, the […]
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A Stranger in the Land
I had never seen thirty-three degrees Fahrenheit on the weather forecast. My English isn’t great, and I felt so alone.
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A Personal Affair
In the days leading up to the Seder last year, as I scrubbed my kitchen clean of chameitz, I questioned the point of this highly […]
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The Rebbe in 1964: On Jewish Education, Community, Responsibilty
The streamlined jet-age conveyance had flown the writer to New York; and vintage limousine had completed the journey to Brooklyn
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Travel Deals, Points, Miles, And a Jewish Burial
How anonymous points hobbyists helped complete the burial of Dr. Jay Goldstein
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The New Day Schools
This fall, in the midst of the pandemic, four Jewish day schools opened in cities up and down the East Coast. Almost no one noticed.
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“And You Shall Tell Your Child” Part 1
We asked individuals engaged in various Jewish educational models to explore "how we might better nurture Jewish children today to grow proud to identify with the Jewish people" from their unique perspectives in the field.
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A Year and Counting: On Covid and Campus and Chabad
College is a time of expanding horizons and new experiences. For the last 12 months, it’s also been a place of the great (and sometimes scary) unknown.
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Making It Happen: Bar/Bat Mitzvahs With Special Needs
Any boy’s bar mitzvah brings changes in the transition from child to man. But those turning thirteen over the past year have had to contend with more change than expected
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Life Sketches: A Rabbi and a Priest
So a rabbi and a priest walk into a bar. No, this is not a joke, it’s a true story. But it wasn’t a bar, it was a restaurant. The rabbi was me and the priest was from the Archdiocese in Johannesburg.
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Statistical Outlier: From Catholic Woman To Chasidic Scholar
Born to an Italian Catholic family in Binghamton, NY, Ani briefly attended Sunday school and took her first Communion, until dropping out of church, with no objections from her parents.
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A Nation is Born
A family? A race? A religion? How do we define Jewish peoplehood? Does it matter?
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Nature & Nurture at New Colorado Chabad Campus
Everything in Colorado circles back to outdoor recreation, and Chabad of South Metro Denver’s new $6 million campus is no exception.
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Life Sketches: Tevye in the 99-Cent Store
I walked into the 99-cent store on Poway Rd. and noticed a man smiling at me so I gave him a big “Hello!”
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Purim in the Age of the Coronavirus
Those below a certain age do not remember a time like this—when there was no anti-vax movement because the fear of disease was so much greater than the fear of a possible adverse reaction; a time when the only recourse in the face of illness was to quarantine oneself or flee.
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Annual CTeen Shabbaton Goes Virtual
Teens around the world joined an action-packed weekend for the 13th annual CTeen Shabbaton. Although the event is normally held in Brooklyn, New York, this […]
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Life Sketches: Tefillin in the Eldridge St. Shul
This past summer, my wife and I and our 12-year-old daughter spent a few days in New York for her bat mitzvah. We love Jewish history so we visited the historic Eldridge Street Synagogue on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
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A Homecoming
Rabbi Shmuel and Shterni Freedman arrived with their baby in December, just as the annual Chabad menorah lighting was about to begin. The community turned out in numbers for a double celebration.
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Pioneer Chabad Emissary Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik, 88
The executive director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Italy, Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik passed away on Shabbat, February 13, after a long illness. He was 88. Rabbi […]
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Life Sketches: The Pushka in My Hand
Mark,* the father of a six-year-old girl, recently lost his wife. I listened silently to his heartbreaking story. Was there anything I could do for my newfound friend? Anything I can say that would bring him comfort?
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“How Long Are You Going to Be On the Fence?”
Rabbi Yehoshua (Josh) Gordon, 66, Chabad representative of Encino, California since 1973, passed away on Chof Tes Shvat of 2016 after battling an illness. Tonight commemorates […]
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Mitzvahs at the ADL Never Is Now Summit in New York City
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As 90,000 fans descend on Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara for this year’s Super Bowl, Chabad is welcoming hundreds of Jewish visitors with kosher food, prayer services, and mitzvah opportunities throughout the weekend.
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New Chabad Center in Buckeye — The Gateway to Arizona’s West
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Chabad Young Professionals Rabbis Gather For Convention in Raleigh
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Texas Chabad Brings Aid To Flood Victims
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Chabad Brings Kosher Food To Wimbeldon
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Hundreds of young Dallas Jewish professionals joined Shabbat 500, an annual project of the Intown Chabad.
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Holocaust Survivor Margot Friedlander was laid to rest after her passing at 103.
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