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Shabbat Candle Lighting Revival in Wake of Chabad Mumbai Tagedy

In his press conference following receiving confirmation of the killings in Mumbai last Friday, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, Chairman, of the worldwide Educational and Social Services…

December 1, 2008

Mumbai Jewish Community, Survivors, Grieve For Victims

Shimon Rosenberg, the father of Chabad emissary Rivka Holtzberg who was killed in the attack along with her husband Gavriel, eulogized his daughter and son-in-law…

By Ronen Medzini

December 1, 2008

Condolences: We Mourn Together With Chabad

The White House Washington December 1, 2008 Laura and I send our condolences to the Chabad-Lubavitch family and all those honoring the lives lost…

November 30, 2008

“I Didn’t Know Them Personally, I Knew the Work They Were Doing . . .”

Dear friends and family, As most of you know Joe and I have spent the last thirteen years instilling Jewish morals, traditions, and knowledge as…

November 30, 2008

A Last Shabbat With The Holtzbergs in Mumbai

(lubavitch.com) I met the Holtzbergs last week during my first Shabbat in Mumbai. I emailed them a month before coming to India , and then…

November 30, 2008

Jews Stranded in Bangkok

(lubavitch.com) With Bangkok’s airport shut down by anti-government protesters, Chabad of Thailand is prepared to host a greater number of visitors, mostly Israelis stranded in…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

November 30, 2008

Chabad Representatives To Be Buried In Israel

(lubavitch.com) Three days of intense fighting and fear ended in grief Friday when the deaths of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg were confirmed in Mumbai,…

By Dvora Lakein

November 29, 2008

Confirmed: Chabad Emissary Couple Killed in Mumbai

With profound sadness and deep sorrow, we received the definitive news, just a short while ago, confirming the brutal murder of two of our finest,…

November 28, 2008

Statement from Lubavitch World Headquarters

STATEMENT BY RABBI YEHUDA KRINSKY ON THE SITUATION IN MUMBAI, INDIA For Immediate Release (LNS, NY) Once again, terrorism has reared its evil head, this…

November 27, 2008

Mumbai Update

WEDNESDAY 10:45PM: CNN/IBN reports that the Chabad House had been taken over by the terrorists, and that Indian forces were preparing to storm the…

November 26, 2008

Chabad Does Thanksgiving

(lubavitch.com) Though a popular grade-school history lesson, and a much-anticipated festival with all the trimmings, the story behind Thanksgiving remains a bit sketchy. Regardless of…

By Dvora Lakein

November 26, 2008

When Shluchim Come Marching In: Gala Banquet Concludes Chabad-Lubavitch Conference

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By Dvora Lakein

November 24, 2008

On Campus, A Females-Only Shabbat With Chabad

(lubavitch.com) Friday, November 21st is Michelle Bentsman’s 19th birthday. It will be her first birthday as a student at the University of Chicago. And she…

By Dvora Lakein

November 20, 2008

International Conference of Chabad Representatives to Lead With Theme of Jewish Unity

(lubavitch.com) Rabbi Shlomo Silverman is the new campus rabbi at Carnegie Mellon University. He and his wife arrived in late July, a mere few weeks…

By Dvora Lakein

November 20, 2008

Downturn an Upturn for Searching and Study at Chabad

(lubavitch.com) How much is silver lining going for these days? As 401 Ks plunge, attendance at Chabad center programs across the United States is surging.…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

November 18, 2008

Slain Professor Librescu’s Widow, Son, Students Honored At NCFJE Dinner

(lubavitch.com) In his opening remarks at Sunday night’s annual dinner of the NCFJE (National Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Education), Rabbi Sholom B. Hecht,…

By Miriam Davids

November 17, 2008

Economic Woes and All, Hundreds of College Students Flocked and Rocked At National Shabbaton

November 14, 2008

In Sderot, Chabad Offered Voters Thick Walls and Neutrality

(lubavitch.com) Municipal elections were held in towns and cities all over Israel on Tuesday, and in the beleagured town of Sderot, near the Gaza border,…

By Sarah Bronson

November 13, 2008

Chabad Women on Campus Defy Stereotype of “Rabbi’s Wife”

(lubavitch.com) Now that the votes have been counted and barriers have been shattered on one front, will 2012 be the year of the woman? Women…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

November 11, 2008

Jewish Life in Germany 70 Years After Kristallnacht

(lubavitch.com) Survivors of Kristallnacht will tell you that they remember the flames. Fires shot out of the roofs of synagogues and the smell of burning…

By Dvora Lakein

November 8, 2008

Jewish Life On Campus Grows With Chabad

(lubavitch.com) Jamie Zebrak, a senior at the University of Oregon, has seen Jewish involvement on campus grow five-fold since she started here as a freshman.…

By Miriam Davids

November 6, 2008

Lost in The Andes, Found by Chabad

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By Mordechai Lightstone

November 5, 2008

How Elena Met Rami or The Chabad-Lubavitch Network: A Model of Causality

(lubavitch.com) Elena Lourie and Rami Kafarov never would have met let alone married in Oslo this summer were Chabad-Lubavitch no more than a bunch of…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

November 3, 2008

After A Polarizing Election, Jewish Women To Share A Shabbat of Unity

(lubavitch.com) On December 5, Jewish women from zip codes across America and from diverse backgrounds will participate at a Shabbat retreat in Boulder, Colorado. Coming mere…

By Dvora Lakein

October 30, 2008