Growth Marked at Tel Aviv Conference
Chabad representatives to Tel Aviv convened last week for a regional conference. A vibrant city populated by the young and restless, it is home to the country’s largest shopping mall and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
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New Life Comes To Jewish Lending Library In Crown Heights
First opened in the early 1970’s, the Levi Yitzchok Library fell into disrepair. Today, the Brooklyn library is humming once again with activity as readers of all ages find good reason to visit.
Celebrating Radical Change With Chabad-Lubavitch
The banquet dinner, an elaborate, dramatic affair, is in itself no small nod to the challenge of radical transformation:
The Rabbis’ Kids: A Shared Destiny
The children of Chabad-Lubavitch representatives, ages 8-13, just arriving to Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters from all around the globe, are nervously getting comfortable in New York’s chilly November weather.
Blog: Carnage in Jerusalem
When Mordechai let go of his hand, he instinctively ran after the child placing himself in the sight of the terrorists. One of them attacked him with his axe, hitting him on the left side of his head, his back and his arm.
Campus Students Respond to Tragedy in Israel
“On a day like today, there are no words to respond, we cry. Our hearts and prayers go out to the victims and their families,” wrote Rabbi Zev Johnson, Chabad representative to the University of Texas.
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Kansai, Japan: New Chabad Representatives Revive Jewish Community
The Kinki (Kansai), historic Jewish community was in shambles when American bombers took out its synagogue and Jewish community center in Kobe, Japan in 1944.
Hi Resolution: Annual Photo Captures Thousands of Faces
For some photographers, thousands of rabbis standing around the red ‘no standing’ sign outside Lubavitch World Headquarters are a dream; for others, a nightmare.
Terror in Jerusalem and the Danger of Ambivalence
I howled loudly because even Shakespeare, lyrical master that he was, knew that some offenses are so odious they cannot be contained in words. This morning there was no way to articulate the outrage of worshipers bludgeoned to death while wrapped in their prayer shawls in synagogue.
Muslims Mark Kristallnacht in Berlin
In a departure from convention, a group of Muslims youth participated at a memorial in Berlin marking the 76th year of Kristallnacht.
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Covenant Award Winner: School Is A Dwelling Place for the Divine
The principal of Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy in Beverly Hills, California, Sufrin received the prestigious Covenant Award at an event in Washington, DC, last week.
It’s Pies for Joy to Say Thanks to Seniors
It was all smiles when preschool children and their families made Pies for Joy for seniors in time for Thanksgiving. The Gan Camarillo Preschool and […]
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Aleph Institute Lowers Recidivism Rate, Says Chief Justice
Decrying the high rate of recidivism among ex-offenders, Judge Joy Flowers Conti, speaking at the recent Pittsburgh Chaplains Conference, underscored the importance of community support as practiced by the Aleph Institute.
A Different Kind of Olympics in the Former Soviet Union
While Russians were preparing for the Winter Olympic Games of 2014, thousands of pupils at Or Avner Chabad Jewish Day Schools in the Former Soviet […]
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Arizona’s Mountain Range Jewish Community on the Rise
With views overlooking the San Francisco Peaks, the future home of Chabad of Flagstaff will sit on a central road, close to Northern Arizona University—the perfect location to answer the needs of the city’s flourishing Jewish community.
Latino Jews At Home With Chabad in NYC
In the whirlwind of New York City anyone could be sucked in by the frenetic pace and the often impersonal attitude. For a Latin American Jew landing in the chaos, finding a way to connect to the Jewish community is nearly impossible.
Striving for Inclusion, Chabad Inspires Opening of Retail Shop
When parents of adults with special needs wanted to organize a group home in Charlotte, North Carolina, Rochel Groner had another idea.
Key Club Memorializes Fellow Student with Charity
When Michelle Nourmand, an eleventh grade student, passed away last June from a brain tumor, she left her classmates and the students at the Wheatley […]
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Grant Will Bring Preschool from Trailers to Building
Lovell, and Member Parliament for Bentleigh, Elizabeth Miller, announced an upgrade to the Gan Gabi and Rivki Early Learning Centre at the Bentleigh East’s Beis Menachem Community Centre.
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Survivor of Nepal Bus Accident Grateful For Chabad Rabbi
The Nepalese man arrived at the Chabad House last Monday “looking for the man with the white shirt and the beard.”
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New Courses in Jewish Texts For Millennials in Former Soviet Union Cities
Twenty new academies of higher Jewish learning in the former Soviet Union opened their doors in the past month. The move spells a dramatic shift in the study of Jewish texts by adults since the founding of Communism in 1917, when Jewish learning went underground.
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Los Angeles Principal Receives Prestigious Award
Teachers and students at the Cheder Menachem day school in Los Angeles were called for an assembly on Monday. All they knew was that one of the educators in the room will be elected to receive the Milken Family Foundation Jewish Educator Award.
New Chabad Ottawa Torah Center Takes City Builder Award
The Chabad representatives serving the Barrhaven suburb of Canada’s capital took many community-building steps before crowning it with a $4.5 million edifice that garnered the Mayor’s City Builder Award.
Leader, Mentor, Rabbi Shmuel Azimov, 69, Mourned by Paris Jewish Community
Rabbi Shmuel Azimov, director of Chabad-Lubavitch in Paris, France, passed away this morning after a stroke. Azimov built more than three dozen communities, but will be remembered for the personal bonds he developed with thousands who regarded him as their personal mentor.
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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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