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Rome Municipality Posts Chanukah Billboards City-Wide

City officials plastered Rome with 500 signs wishing all of its citizens, Buon Chanukà, proclaiming the holiday’s dates and urging everyone to attend Chabad’s 20th…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

December 6, 2007

Senior Chabad Representative to Tunis, Dies

Rabbi Nissen Pinson, Chabad-Lubavitch representative to Tunis since 1960, died Monday in Nice, France, at age 89. Rabbi Pinson was born in Charkov, Russia, and…

December 4, 2007

Chabad Now In Goa

With the Arabian sea lapping gently at its coastline, Goa, on India’s western coast is a traveler’s paradise. Hardly indigenous to its landscape of sun…

By M. Phillips

December 3, 2007

With Chabad in Basel: A First Torah Dedication

Five years after Chabad-Lubavitch opened in Basel, the city celebrated its first ever Hachnosat Sefer Torah in its first ever, soon-to-be completed Chabad center, under…

December 3, 2007

Menorah-Topped Cars A Growing Trend

Like chocolate coins in plastic mesh bags, Chabad rabbis driving around with menorahs strapped atop their cars are familiar sights during Chanukah. A surprising trend…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

December 2, 2007

In Nepal, Israelis Examine Jewish Identity

Dhulikhel, a resort village with panoramic views of the famous Himalayan mountain ranges, is an idyllic setting for soul searchers. Here, Chezi Lifshitz, the Chabad…

By Staff Writer

November 30, 2007

Tampa Bay Lightning to Host Jewish Heritage Night on Chanukah

The National Hockey Leagues Tampa Bay Lightning—the 2004 Stanley Cup Champions—will be hosting their first ever Jewish Heritage Night at the St Pete Times Forum…

November 29, 2007

500 Join Chabad in Auction for Alaska’s Jewish Museum

A gala auction last week honored Alaskan mariner Jack Johnson, who served as second mate with the historic ship, Exodus, in 1947. Johnson was among…

By Staff Writer

November 29, 2007

Macy’s and JCM Bring A Chanukah Wonderland to Children

Macy's mega department store is partnering with the Jewish Children's Museum of Brooklyn to bring "Chanukah Wonderland" to the Macy's children's floor in two New…

November 29, 2007

Chanukah Food Aid To Reach 15,000 Jewish Families in Moscow

During the week leading up to Chanukah, the 'Shaarei Tsedek' Charity Center in Moscow has been handing out 15,000 specially-prepared food aid packages in honor…

November 28, 2007

Newark Mayor Cory Booker Says Chabad Asserts Mission of Jewish People

In this season of political endorsements, none was more surprised than the 700 people attending Rabbinical College of America 50th anniversary dinner last month when…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

November 28, 2007

Chabad of California Takes Chanukah On the Road

Commuters gnashing their teeth in traffic on the 405, the 5, the 101, the 134 or anywhere from Sacramento to San Diego will have reason…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

November 28, 2007

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

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

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