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Puerto Rico Jewish Community Inaugurates New Chabad Center
Some 300 of Puerto Rico’s Jewish community turned out to celebrate the grand opening of the Rohr Chabad Center and new mikveh last week.
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Grand Opening of New Chabad Center, Mikveh in Belgrade, Serbia
On his first visit to Belgrade, Rabbi Yehoshua Kaminetsky was stranded. The room he booked was taken, and no area hotel had any availability. With nowhere to go, he spent the night in a hotel lobby, and told himself that he’d never move to Belgrade.
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New Synagogue Opens in Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport
A new synagogue serving Jewish travelers who pass through Russia's busiest airport opened this September.
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Chabad at University of Wisconsin Wins Motion To Expand
It was a textbook case of competing values. The need for vibrancy and growth vs the desire to preserve the historic came head to head when Chabad at the University of Wisconsin sought permission to demolish an old house on its property.
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It Takes a Community: Vernon Hills Jewish Residents Renovate New Chabad House
When the Susskinds moved their Chabad into new premises, they had to renovate the entire building. Luckily, they didn't have to do it alone.
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First & Only Food Truck on Campus at Vanderbilt University, And It’s Kosher!
Craving Bubby's Brisket? Chabad of Vanderbilt's got you covered. "Aryeh's Kitchen" is the first and only food truck on campus at Vanderbilt University, and it's fully kosher.
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Oslo’s Jews Dance in the Streets, Hoping for Better Days Ahead
Chabad of Oslo, Norway, hosted a historic Torah dedication ceremony as they celebrated the completion of a new Torah scroll with a parade, banquet, and concert.
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Kosher Comes to the Amazonian Rainforest
What’s a Chabad rabbi to do if he wants to help Jews in the in the Amazon Rainforest keep kosher? Rabbi Arieh Raichman, Chabad representative to Manaus, Brazil, has been chewing on this conundrum for some time now.
Chabad Completes New Center in Vancouver Island, Victoria
Chabad of Vancouver Island, Victoria, opened the Verrier Family Chabad Centre for Jewish Life and Learning last Wednesday, August 24th, in a historic ceremony.
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A Homecoming: 500 Chabad Rabbis Convene in Russia
500 Chabad representatives from former Soviet countries and Europe convene in Russia once again
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Children of Prison Inmates Go Camping
In 2011, Aleph Institute established the Aleph Institute Jonathan Stampler Camp Fund, giving children of incarcerated parents the chance to attend Jewish summer camp by offering generous subsidies and scholarships.
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Chabad Opens in Cochise County, Arizona
New Shluchim move to Sierra Vista, Arizona to provide services to local Jews.
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Books: APIKOROS OR IGNORAMUS?
Many years ago an apikoros (heretic) moved into a Jewish town, and word of his presence soon spread. The local Rabbi had never met an apikoros before. Intrigued, he came to the apikoros and asked him, "Are you really an apikoros?"
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Life Sketches: Cheesecake for Bibi
It was a Saturday night in 2012. Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu was sitting shiva after his father’s death and my husband and I felt that as his neighbors—we both live in the Talbiyeh neighborhood—it would be appropriate to send our condolences.
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New Mikvah in Siberia Marks Rebirth of the Jewish Community
Omsk’s Jewish community celebrated the opening of a new women’s mikvah last month. Community-funded, the building project garnered the support of more than 1,000 local residents.
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Have Kosher, Will Travel
Helene Bortz is planning her next family vacation. A mom of four grown boys and the director of a non-profit, Bortz enjoys traveling the world with her physician husband, and likes to visit at least one or two new countries every year.
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Adults in Preschool: A Peek Inside Osher’s Classrooms
The school’s parents bequeathed it the name “Osher,” meaning both happiness and wealth, reflecting the joy and enrichment Osher provides.
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Jewish Life Grows at McGill University
After being displaced from their campus Chabad House digs for some three years, hundreds of Jewish students who find a haven at Chabad of McGill University are finally settling back into their newly remodeled Chabad House
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On the Prowl: Missionaries in The Holy Land
One day, after arming soldiers with maps, he watched them enter their armored personnel vehicles and drive off on a routine mission. As he watched them on the grainy screen, the two vehicles hit an IED [roadside bomb]. Thirteen comrades, including a dear childhood friend, were murdered.
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We Used To Call It A Mitzvah
The other day I heard someone say Chabad was “a humanitarian Jewish organization.” I cringed. She had just come from an event promoting a “groundswell of transformative social good.” One of the stage props was a larger-than-life photo of the Rebbe.
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Hungarian Yeshiva Desecrated by Nazis Restored to Jewish Community
Hungarian-born Jewish children may not appreciate the rich background to their summer camp experience.
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Diary: Italy 1956-2016
I was a rabbinical student then, and traveling with me were nine of my fellow students. The Rebbe had sent us on a mission to bring moral support to the Jews of Israel, specifically to those living in Kfar Chabad, near Tel Aviv.
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Terror on the French Riviera: Nice Jewish Community Reels From Attack
The girls saw tens of people killed, including “babies in carriages and elderly,” before they ran to take shelter in a nearby restaurant.
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Op-Ed: Healing the Racial Divide
It was only months later, on Feb. 6, 1992, that, as a 5-year-old returning home from elementary school, I was informed of the murder of my mother by a black man in an act of cruel hatred and bitter violence.
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Holocaust survivor Helga Melmed is giving her time, energy, and priceless life experience to educate and care for Jewish children at Chabad of Venice, Florida’s Camp Gan Israel.
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Mitzvahs at the World Cup
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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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