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Chabad To Open Kosher Restaurant in Christchurch, NZ

(lubavitch.com) A kosher restaurant in the Christchurch, NZ? You bet, says Chabad’s Rabbi Mendy Goldstein of New Zealand. For Israeli backpackers who tromp the country’s…

By E.J. Tansky

May 12, 2008

Photos: Minnesota Governor Pawlenty Meets With Chabad at Israel Fair

May 11, 2008

Chabad Center Opens in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

(lubavitch.com) It’s easy to get lost in Wyoming, the ninth largest state. Especially if you are only one of 430 Jews out of an estimated…

May 9, 2008

At the IDF, Soldiers Remember the Fallen Heroes With Tefillin

May 9, 2008

From Rejection to Love . . . of Israel, Chabad Inspires Israelis Who Leave

(lubavitch.com) Born, raised and drafted in Israel, Tzahi Itzhak Armoni made his first visit to the Cave of Matriarchs and Patriarchs, one of Judaism’s holiest…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

May 8, 2008

History

Who Was the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Father?

(lubavitch.com) Every now and then, the world is blessed with a leader of such rare character as to inspire a following that seems to outlive…

By Staff Writer

May 7, 2008

A Promise for Jewish Grandchildren at March of the Living

May 6, 2008

On State Dept. Missions, Nuclear Scientist Checks in With Chabad

(lubavitch.com) Steven Gitomer’s State Department funded missions to prevent nuclear scientists from selling their knowledge to rogue states takes him to distant outposts of the…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

May 5, 2008

Australian PM Visits Chabad NSW Headquarters

(lubavitch.com) Australia’s Prime Minister, the Hon Kevin Rudd MP, visited the Yeshiva Centre – Chabad NSW Headquarters in Bondi, on Friday afternoon. More than 600,…

May 4, 2008

Florida Synagogue and Social Services Center Target of Vandalism

(lubavitch.com) Worshipers at Chabad of Parkland, a vibrant synagogue in North Broward were greeted Wednesday with swastikas and other anti-Semitic symbols sprayed onto the walls…

May 1, 2008

Accra, Esquel, Pervoo . . . Jews Connect Despite Distance

(lubavitch.com) It was a rocky start for two of the hundreds of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students dispatched by Merkos, the Lubavitch educational division (with the support of regional Chabad…

April 30, 2008

Poland: Chabad Seders in 8 Cities, President Receives Matzah

(lubavitch.com) Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski recently took time to learn about the holiday of Passover and its rituals from his country’s director of Chabad activities,…

April 25, 2008

Chasidic 1906 Treatise On Divine Service Now In Translation

(lubavitch.com) Is there a point to keeping the commandments if their logic is not clear? A new translation and annotation of a 102-year-old Chabad Chasidic…

By E.J. Tansky

April 24, 2008

Book on Kosher Observance Named Finalist in PMA 2008 Ben Franklin Awards

(lubavitch.com) GOING KOSHER IN 30 DAYS! by Rabbi Zalman Goldstein, has been named a finalist in the prestigious 2008 Benjamin Franklin Awards from PMA, the…

April 23, 2008

Students at 500 Campuses Celebrate the Seders With Chabad

(lubavitch.com) For some, counting pages in the Haggadah until the “let’s eat” portion of the Seder is as much of a ritual as eating the…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

April 22, 2008

Chabad Synagogue Destroyed By Fire, Rabbi Pledges To Rebound

(lubavitch.com) Police and fire fighters are investigating a fire that severely damaged a Miami Beach Chabad synagogue late Monday night. The synagogue’s only Torah was stolen and…

April 22, 2008

A Proud Day For Warsaw’s Jews 65 Years Later

April 17, 2008

Celebrating A Vision: A Chabad Representative Reflects on the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Legacy

He stood on the sidewalk in front of 770 Eastern Parkway, long hair down to his shoulders, a yarmulkah precariously perched on his head. Visibly…

April 16, 2008

Seoul’s Jews Invited to First Civilian Passover Seder

(lubavitch.com) South Korea’s Jews are responding to colorful invites from their new Chabad representatives announcing the first civilian Passover Seder there. Until now they had only one option—to…

April 16, 2008

Israel’s President To Carry Torah for Warsaw JCC From Poland’s Belvedere Presidential Palace

(lubavitch.com/lns) Israel’s President Shimon Peres will meet with Poland’s Chabad-Lubavitch representatives Thursday at the President's Belvedere House in Warsaw, where he will inscribe a letter…

April 16, 2008

Passover in Quito, Guayaquil, Banos, Montanita . . .

Chabad representatives to Ecuador, Rabbi Tomer and Rivka Rotem are expecting about 100 to join them at their Seder in Quito. The couple has been…

April 14, 2008

From Ethiopia to Estonia, From Pulpit to Potatoes, Chabad Students Toil for the Seder

(lubavitch.com/lns) Two hundred eighty three young rabbis updated their U.S. passports for their Passover assignments that will see them producing Seders in Goa, India; Varna,…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

April 14, 2008

Chabad Honors High Ranking US Marine Corps General

(lubavitch.com/lns) Several hundred packed the hall at the Crystal Gateway Marriott last Sunday, April 6, celebrating the revival of Jewish activity to the Alexandria-Arlington area, inspired…

April 14, 2008

Uruguay: Biggest BBQ Event Begins With Kosher Beef

(lubavitch.com/lns) As 20,000 Uruguayans participated Sunday in their country’s record breaking barbeque, Chabad-Lubavitch gave many of them a first exposure to kosher meat. Uruguay set…

April 13, 2008