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Banking On A New Space, Chabad of Clearwater Expands

As bank closures swept across the country in late March, a shuttered Bank of America building in Clearwater, Florida, found new life as a vibrant…

By Liba Rimler

May 29, 2023

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Chabad Opens in Zambia

The southern African country of Zambia is now home to its first rabbi in over seventy-five years

By Rochel Horowitz

March 19, 2023

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A Jewish Community Life Sprouts in Elk Grove, California

Rabbi Chaim and Raizel Groner moved to Sacramento’s fastest-growing suburb in September to connect local Jews and build the city’s first Jewish community

By Yoni Brown

January 8, 2023

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Jewish Community and Culture Comes to Life in Martha’s Vineyard

Ahead of the summer of 2022, the Alperowitzes booked a one-way ticket to the island on the ferry and launched Chabad of Martha’s Vineyard out…

By Yoni Brown

October 23, 2022

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Trailblazing Former CTeener to Open Innovative Atlanta CTeen Center

Once a CTeener himself, Dovid Goldschmidt and his wife Talya are opening an innovative CTeen center in Atlanta, GA.

By Yoni Brown

August 28, 2022

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Georgia Native Returns as Chabad Rabbi

Rabbi Chaim grew up just north of Atlanta in a home that was traditional, but didn’t practice all the particulars of a religious Jewish lifestyle

By Yoni Brown

August 15, 2022

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Second-Oldest Building in Finland is Chabad’s Newest Center

After two decades of communal growth and half a decade of renovations, and with the help of an old friend from Bogata, Columbia, Chabad of…

By Yoni Brown

July 17, 2022

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Chabad Comes to the Jungles of S. Teresa, Costa Rica

A thriving tropical community of Jewish spiritual seekers and surfers gets a full-time Chabad presence

By Yoni Brown

July 10, 2022

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Paris, Mexico, and Gresham, Oregon

After bumping into Chabad rabbis around the world, Jack Skiterman knew he had to reach out to the new Chabad couple in his own Oregon…

By Yoni Brown

May 2, 2022

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Meeting Jews and Making Moves in Minnesota

In 1986 a nuclear reactor in the Ukrainian city of Chernobyl exploded. Deadly clouds spewed across Belarus and Ukraine, leaving radioactive fallout that brought radiation…

By Yoni Brown

April 4, 2022

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New Orleans Kicks Off Fourth Generation of Chabad Outreach

Rabbi Yossi and Mushka Cohen have been appointed Chabad emissaries to New Orleans, bringing Chabad’s outreach into its fourth generation

By Yoni Brown

March 20, 2022

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Population Boom Brings Fourth Chabad Couple to Montana

Montana is experiencing a population boom, and new Chabad representatives are moving into the state’s largest city to meet the Jewish community’s growing needs

By Yoni Brown

February 10, 2022

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Chabad House In A Car

Rabbi Saadya Kaufmann, director of Chabad of Texas Towns, runs his Chabad house from the driver’s seat of his car.

By Noa Blokh

October 14, 2021

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A Personal Rabbi, A Personal Home

The two towns of Portola Valley and Woodside, California are peaceful, rural neighborhoods, located hip to hip, known for their rugged beauty and scenic country…

By Noa Blokh

September 30, 2021

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Recovery Community Celebrates Opening of Chabad Center

Hundreds gather to celebrate Chabad of Berks County's new state-of-the-art Hospitality Center

By Yoni Brown

September 13, 2021

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Campus

Kugel for Culinary Students?!

New Shluchim to the Culinary Institute of America and Marist College

By Noa Blokh

September 10, 2021

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Planting Life in the Desert of Arizona

New Shluchim arrive to downtown Phoenix

By Noa Blokh

August 24, 2021

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Hospitality is the Name of the Game at UMass Chabad

Chabad is purchasing a new property to accommodate their many guests

August 23, 2021

A Jewish City of Yesteryear Welcomes New Shluchim

By Noa Blokh

July 21, 2021

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Chabad UG At Duke Purchases Bankrupt Hotel

Chabad UG at Duke’s new building is a historic boutique hotel

By Noa Blokh

July 6, 2021

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A Year of Firsts in Rockwall, Texas

New Shluchim help the town celebrate its first bar mitzvah

By Noa Blokh

June 28, 2021

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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…

By Staff Writer

February 15, 2021

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New Shluchim to Casa Grande, AZ

Casa Grande, located approximately halfway between Phoenix and Tuscon in Arizona is quickly becoming a city of choice for families and individuals looking for cheaper,…

By Staff Writer

January 25, 2021

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Turning Lament to Laughter

“I will never forget that horrific day,” says Rabbi Friedman. “I’ll never forget when Andy told me his daughter was probably among the fatalities. And…

By Mussi Sharfstein

January 13, 2021