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Chabad at University at Madison, Wisconsin, To Open New Building on Campus

Recently, a young UW student approached Chabad's Rabbi Mendel Matusof with a request for private study sessions. The student’s father had studied a book in…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

November 27, 2007

World’s Largest Dreidel at Chabad

The largest Chanukah dreidel in the world stands 18-feet tall, a local landmark, in front of the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.…

November 26, 2007

With Chabad of Rome: A Shabbat of Healing for Israel’s Survivors of Terror

Dolphinarium, Sbarro’s, Jerusalem Bus 2 . . . To Israelis, these are euphemisms for terrorist attacks; to survivors, they represent the demarcation that tragically reframed their lives into…

By Staff Writer

November 26, 2007

The UJC and Chabad-Lubavitch Partner for Jewish Continuity

At the UJC’s General Assembly, Chabad's Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz executive director of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS and Baltic States was asked…

By Dora Chernock

November 23, 2007

Groundbreaking at Kansas Chabad Torah Learning Center

“We’re finally getting the women out of the kitchen” said Victor Bergman, a prominent Kansas attorney and Chairman of the Lubavitch Torah Learning Center in…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 22, 2007

Partnering for Jewish Continuity: The UJC and Chabad-Lubavitch

At the UJC’s General Assembly, Chabad's Rabbi Avraham Berkowitz executive director of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS and Baltic States was asked…

By Dora Chernock

November 21, 2007

The Chabad Chanukah Coca Cola Challenge

Dudi Kaplan, a rabbinical student working with the Chabad-Lubavitch representatives in Golden Beach, Florida, had a brainstorm that would not only keep the streets clean…

November 20, 2007

PM John Howard Reaches Out To Chabad in Australia

With Australia's Federal Election now in its final week, the government of PM John Howard points proudly to its record on support of Israel.Sydney’s Chabad-Lubavitch…

November 20, 2007

Thanksgiving Dinner Panic? Chabad Women Cook for 300 Every Week

This week, Nechamie Silberberg, Chabad-Lubavitch representative at the University of Western Ontario will be serving somewhere between 175 to 250 ravenous college students. Down south…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

November 20, 2007

In Denmark, Chabad-Lubavitch Draws Assimilated Jews Back In

Of the 30 children who will be attending Chabad of Copenhagen’s Vinter Lejr, winter overnight camp, a good many will arrive a day late, after…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

November 19, 2007

Chabad Promotes Chanukah With Help of American Gothic Couple

After solemnly holding tight onto a pitchfork for over seven decades, the dour-faced Depression era couple is almost breaking into a “Happy Chanukah!” smile.Indeed, the…

By Rabbi Israel Rubin

November 16, 2007

Russian-Language DVD Facilitates Torah Study

A new DVD series recently initiated by the Shiurei Torah Organization of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, makes Torah study readily accessible to Jews of Russian origin worldwide.Each…

November 16, 2007

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November 15, 2007

Chabad to Bring Chanukah Light to Recovering Substance Abusers

When Jewish substance abusers in recovery receive permission to light up, it’s usually a cigarette – one of the few vices allowed in treatment centers…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

November 15, 2007

Soldiers and Civilians With Chabad in Hebron

Danny Cohen, Chabad-Lubavitch representative to Hebron with his wife Bat-Sheva, insists that if you want to experience Hebron, you must come for Shabbat.“It’s really the…

By Baila Olidort

November 14, 2007

Chabad-Lubavitch Philanthropists Pledge to Sponsor 150 New Shluchim

The cavernous space at Pier 94, last night draped in black velvet with hundreds of tables elegantly decked out to serve 4,300 dinner guests, and…

By Baila Olidort

November 12, 2007

Interview: Lev Leviev, Guest Speaker at International Conference of Chabad Shluchim

Two days after Ariel Sharon was elected Prime Minister back in 2001, he invited some of Israel’s leading economic experts and businessmen to his private…

November 12, 2007

A Conversation With Mr. Sam Rohr

THE ROHR FAMILY FOUNDATION is synonymous with Jewish outreach around the world. Its philanthropic largesse is translated into the bricks and mortar of Chabad centers, shuls…

By Baila Olidort

November 11, 2007

One of First Chabad-Lubavitch Representatives Passes Away

Rabbi Shlomo Matusof of Casablanca, the first Chabad-Lubavitch representative to take up an outreach position on behalf of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, passed away Saturday night.…

November 11, 2007

Chabad Shluchim Visit the Ohel

Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim, representing Jewish communities worldwide, at the Ohel in the predawn hours, Friday morning. The Shluchim have come to the Ohel to read a…

By I Bardugo

November 9, 2007

Chabad Conference Initiatives: Jewish Adult Education Goes Online

If online MBA programs and YouTube got together and had a smart Jewish baby, it would probably bear a striking resemblance to Chabad-Lubavitch’s newborn distance…

By E.J. Tansky

November 9, 2007

Cracking the Talmud, New Curriculum Solves 500-Year Conundrum

Long the shibboleth separating the serious scholar from the also-rans, the skills needed to decipher a page of Talmud are being arranged into a comprehensive…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

November 8, 2007

Board of Park Commissions Rewrites Policy to Allow Chabad Menorah

The Board of Park Commissioners in Kenosha, Wisconsin is rewriting their policies now to allow Chabad Lubavitch to place an eight-foot tall menorah in Civic…

November 7, 2007