Another War Casualty for Donetsk Jewish Community
Iryna Shelkeiva, 54, an employee at the Gan Menachem Chabad preschool, killed Tuesday from a shell that hit her apartment in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, was buried Thursday morning at the local Jewish cemetery to the noise of background shelling.
Cyprus: A New Jewish Center for Growing Community
Jewish life in Cyprus is looking good. Good enough to warrant the establishment of a swank new 13,000 sq. foot Jewish community center, set to the tune of 1.9 million Euro, says its Chief Rabbi Zev Raskin.
A Community Experience for Jewish Students at CU
This month, Chabad CU will open the doors to a new center that will offer students yet a new and improved experience of Jewish community life.
At The Hermitage, An Award for Jewish Activism
Last week, David Rozenson, 43, the Executive Director and CEO of Beit Avi Chai, a cultural and educational center in Jerusalem, made the trip from Jerusalem to St. Petersburg, where Dr. Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage Museum conferred the award.
City of Mystics Nurtures IDF Soldiers With Resolve
Soldiers are embraced with warmth and love by local families at their respective Shabbat dinners, and the experience helps them connect the dots to their mission on the battlefield and in their army bases.
A Help Line for Holocaust Survivors in Moscow
There are some 5000 Holocaust survivors in the city, many of them ailing and alone. Voice of Kindness, the new call center located at the Shaarei Tzedek facilities, will reach out to this population daily.
By Staff Writer
Sweden’s Court Hears Case for Religious Freedom, Again
As Europe marked 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, Sweden's Chabad representatives were in court defending their children's right to a Jewish education.
Jewish Teen Volunteers Take “Power” Prize
Chloe Dahan, 13 and Jamie Zimmerman, 14, spent the summer before their 8th grade year avidly planning the various details of a new performing-arts program they designed for Jewish girls and teens with special needs.
Danish Jews Explore Heritage
What makes a chicken kosher? How do you prepare challah for Shabbat? Do eggs have to be kosher?
By Staff Writer
Australia Honors Pioneer of Chabad Synagogue
Today, Australia National Day, Ian Harris was one of 84 individuals to be awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for “service worthy of particular recognition.”
Ottawa Government Grant Supports Chabad’s Initiative for Seniors
For its work teaching seniors to navigate the rapidly evolving technological and medical fields, the Jewish Youth Library of Ottawa received a $10,000 grant from the Ontario Canadian Province.
By Staff Writer
Historic Nevada Cemetery Restored
In 1864, The Eureka Hebrew Society purchased a plot of ground on Cedar Hill, in Virginia City, Nevada, for a cemetery.
By Staff Writer
Deaf, But Not Excluded
A Jewish overnight summer camp may be an experience most Jewish kids have come to expect. Not so deaf Jewish children.
Dust Particles: Levi Robin, Singer/Songwriter
Dressed in plaid shirt and grey slacks with wisps of curly hair poking out of his black Fedora, Levi Robin sits in his studio cradling his guitar, humming gently to himself.
Musicians With Special Needs Release Recording
Chauffeured in limousines, dressed in formal attire, prepped by stylists, these aspiring musicians with special needs had the red carpet rolled out for them and an enthusiastic crowd cheering them on.
Learning Parenting To Raise Healthy Children
A parenting course that looks to Jewish values that have stood the test of time may surprise participants as it cuts the sacrosanct “what are my rights” centered perspective down to size.
Unseen, Unheard, Poor Philadelphia Demographic Becomes Community Concern
Philadelphia’s Jewish Relief Agency a meeting ground for goodness
Chief Rabbi of Kfar Chabad, Israel, Rabbi Mordechai Ashkenazi, 71
Long-time Chief Rabbi of Kfar Chabad and the Emek Lod vicinity, Rabbi Modechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, suffered a fatal heart-attack this afternoon.
Promise Made by Little Hungarian Girl During WWII Fulfilled
When Robert Rubinstein, a Toronto businessman, had to fulfill the dying wish of a Hungarian Christian woman, he reached out to the Chabad rabbi in Budapest.
$1 Million Ruderman Chabad Initiative To Promote Inclusion
The Ruderman Family Foundation (RFF) has put $1 million towards the establishment of a partnership with Chabad-Lubavitch in order to create a culture of inclusion for people with disabilities within some 4,200 Jewish communities worldwide.
STATEMENT BY CHABAD-LUBAVITCH HEADQUARTERS
Prime Minister Valls was right in acknowledging that France will be judged a failure if its Jews are forced to flee. We urge Paris’s city authorities and the French government to take decisive steps to ensure the safety and security of France’s Jews and of all its citizens.
France: In Face of Anti-Semitism, Jews Deepen Identity
Friday's terror siege on a kosher supermarket in France, in which four people were killed, is the most recent of anti-Semitic violence that has targeted the country's Jews. The old scourge refuses to die, but this time around Jews refuse to hide.
Parshat Shemot: “Je Suis Charlie”
Today, I am not only Chanie. I am Charlie. I am Shmuel, Mordechai, Andrea, Zeri, Noach, Mery, Sara
All Dressed Up And Ready To Go
Some time ago, they accepted an invitation to a dinner in the hope of meeting new friends. “I’m not much of a believer, but that invitation proved to be miraculous for me,” says Dolly.
By Natalie Ling
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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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