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National Jewish Retreat Opens in Virginia
Possibly the largest national Jewish study program of its kind, the five-day Retreat this year opens Tuesday, August 17, and will offer an unusual Jewish immersion experience...
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Will Kiwis Kill Kosher?
Now that a New Zealand court has granted a temporary stay on the country’s kosher slaughter ban, chicken soup might return to Rabbi Shmuel and Henna Kopel’s Shabbat table at Chabad of Otago.
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Precious Findings: Inscriptions in an old Torah scroll
This summer, the Jewish community of Port Washington welcomed a Torah scroll to the city’s local Chabad center that was begging, it seemed, to be restored to a familiar hearth.
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New: Russian Translated Pentateuch with Rashi Commentary
Russian language readers interested in Biblical Judaic texts can now study the Torah, or the Pentateuch...
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A Jewish Community in Sydney Grows Young, Vibrant
A shuttered bankers’ training facility will soon reopen as Chabad’s Jewish community retreat center in Sydney’s North Shore.
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Mezuza Marathon
In most places, it is possible to identify a Jewish residence by the mezuzah on the doorpost. Not so in parts of the FSU, where thousands of Jews live tucked away in small cities and townlets, and have yet to be reached.
New Mikvah Construction Begins for Smolensk
Smolensk, the capital city of the Smolensk Region, located on the Dnieper River some 360 kilometers (224 mi) west-southwest of Moscow, home to approximately 5000 Jews, will soon have its own mikvah.
On Two Jews
Where do the needs of one Jew stop, and those of the other begin?
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Early Childhood Education Gets a Head Start
Recipients of a Chabad educational grant program that will open new preschools in the U.S. met with Mr. David Slager, the philanthropist underwriting the $5 million initiative by the Machne Israel Development Fund.
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Blind Date: Two Jews, Two Phones, One Torah
Sanford Rosenthal surfs the web using a talking computer. To find matching clothes each morning, he feels the Braille labels on his shirts. His cell phone announces the number of the caller who is trying to reach him.
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In Small Town Viroqua, Jewish Teenagers Explore Identity
Viroqua, on a ridge in the Ocooch Mountains of Southwestern Wisconsin, is 50 miles from the nearest Jewish community, an unlikely venue for a study of Jewish themes....
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The Stranger On The Plane [Blog]
I have not seen him in a month, and in that time, the cancer that is chasing my son’s body has paralyzed his entire left side and he is rapidly losing mobility...
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Rabbi Isaac Luria, Mystic for the Ages
Known as The Ari (The Lion), a Hebrew acronym for “the G-dly Rabbi Isaac,” Rabbi Luria's thought and teachings have become the cornerstone of the study of Kabbalah and Chasidic philosophy.
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Aussie Rabbi Gives Peace a Chance
A Chabad rabbi was one of three representatives sent by Australia’s federal government recently, to an international peace conference hosted by a Muslim non-governmental organization in Indonesia.
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The eighth note!
I remember way, way back in the day, when I was a Yeshivah student, I used to help a certain Chabad House every so often and spend Shabbos with them. It was a marvelous experience every time. I loved the atmosphere, the warmth and the genuine feeling of being welcomed and accepted that the Shliach and his family gave.
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The Art of the Jew
In a recent conversation I was asked, “how do you see the Jewish people”? I was once told to that to see the soul of a masterpiece, you must step back, you must take it all in. Standing up-close and focusing on details can leave the observer looking at a hodgepodge.
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A Boy For All Camps
It’s hard for the average kid to be in two places at once. But Ari Cohen is not your average kid. Last summer, the spunky six-year old became a favorite of 83 Gan Israel day camps around the world. This year, he hopes to make even more friends.
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Chabad Friendship Circles Win $20,000 Each in Chase Bank Giving Campaign
(lubavitch.com) Fourteen Friendship Circle branches across the U.S. have been voted to the top 200 in the Chase Community Giving, winning a prize of $20,000 each.
Senior Chabad Representative, Mrs. Rivkah Hecht, 91
Rebbetzin Rivkah (Ruthie) Hecht, a pioneer of the Jewish day school movement and one of the original Chabad emissaries to New Haven, Connecticut, passed away Thursday, July 8 after a lengthy illness. She was 91.
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Time Passages
Arie (Lova) Eliav, one of Israel’s most decorated citizens, born in the Soviet Union, in 1924, was a Knesset Member and leader of the Labor […]
For Israeli Students, Medical Training in Hungary Deepens Jewish Identity
Toasting the new graduates in Hebrew at the Hotel Intercontinental ballroom, 300 guests - proud family and friends from Israel and Budapest’s Jewish community - saluted Chabad’s role in helping the students survive their years of studies and internship. Young docs rose to thank Chabad for giving them a greater appreciation for Jewish life and thought.
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Old and Wise
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Chabad on Campus Reaches Tipping Point
This past year, on an average Friday night, a combined total of 7,000 students took their seats at Chabad on Campus for Shabbat dinner. Some 3,479 students attended one or more of 408 Jewish study classes
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Queen Elizabeth Meets With Chabad Representative of Canada
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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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