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Rabbi in Profile: The Frisco Kid, the Grateful Yid, The Rally Rabbi

A married father of five grown children, Rabbi Yosef Langer looks every bit the Chabad Chasid. Like many Chabad shluchim or emissaries, he spends his…

By Lisa Alcalay Klug

March 3, 2007

Hate Crimes in Germany: “Not A Jewish Issue”

(EJP) German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, members of the parliament and ministerial representatives attended a local synagogue prayer service Thursday afternoon to show their support…

By Oliver Bradley

March 2, 2007

A Once-Obscure Holiday, Purim’s Popularity Soars

Copenhagen’s swankest catering hall and spacious sports stadium beckoned, but Rabbi Yitzchok and Rochel Lowenthal passed them over in favor of a troupe acrobats in…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

February 28, 2007

Jewish Kindergarten Target of Anti-Semitic Attack

(EJP) Vandals attacked a Jewish school on Sunday, throwing a smoke bomb through the window of the Berlin kindergarten and spray-painting swastikas and neo Nazi…

February 27, 2007

Agents of Change: Community Leaders and their Special Needs Children

All through her pregnancy with twin girls, Chaya Perman successfully juggled her roles as director of Chabad of Caracas, Venuezela’s preschool, editor of the community…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

February 26, 2007

New Student Center To Be Dedicated at Florida International University

The Chabad Jewish Student Center at Florida International University, known to students as ChabadFIU, will be celebrating the dedication of their new student center near…

February 25, 2007

Extreme House Makeovers by Local Teens

Lara Foxman’s dreamed of converting her garage into a safe play area for two daughters, ages three and five. But for this single mom with…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

February 22, 2007

Emotional Celebration in Romania

It seemed a surreal flashback to prewar Europe when thousands gathered this week to celebrate the grand opening of a newly restored 200 year-old Bucharest synagogue…

February 22, 2007

New Center To Ease Transition for Asian Emigres

(JTA) As a slender violinist with flowing black hair played Oseh Shalom to an audience peppered with at least a dozen long-bearded rabbis, Bukharian Jews…

By Dinah A. Spitzer

February 20, 2007

For Jewish Recovering Addicts, 12 Steps Plus Shabbat

Karen Z. just doesn’t fit the stereotype of an addict, but when the crisply articulate New York City professional needed help breaking her use-abuse cycle,…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

February 20, 2007

Chasidic Tunes Inspire Rockers

Artists as diverse as jazz virtuoso Tim Sparks, rockers Soul Farm and roots reggae stars 12 Tribe Sound have found inspiration in the compositions of…

By Mordechai Shinefield

February 18, 2007

From Tunis to Tokyo: Chabad Women Compare Notes

The sea of 1,000 women in tailored dresses, elegant jewelry and neatly applied make-up didn't look like a crowd of hardcore survivalists. But there they…

By Jennifer Bleyer

February 15, 2007

On Campus: Shabbat for 1000 Draws 1100 Plus

There was no microphone at the Carnegie Mellon’s Weigand Gymnasium last Friday evening, and those responsible for the plans to host 1000 college students for…

By Baila Olidort

February 14, 2007

Yeshiva Study Program For Jewish Inmates

Swaying as he pores over a translation of the Talmud, parrying questions with more questions posed to his rabbi, Jonathan, paunchy and silver-haired at 52,…

By E.J. Tansky

February 12, 2007

West Coast Students “Shabbatoned” High

The news came late to some students, so when all 450 chairs set up for a Friday night dinner with Chabad at the San diego…

February 8, 2007

An Idyllic Place to Live, And Now, To Grow Spiritually

An isolated island, the ole reliable plot device that carries whole novels – think, Robinson Crusoe – and entire TV series like Lost and Gilligan’s…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

February 7, 2007

United Kingdom’s Chief Rabbi Opens New Chabad Center

“This is the one Jewish space in the midst of the city, that is not a synagogue, that is here for you to relax, unwind,…

February 6, 2007

Women Leaders Convene at International Conference

Hebrew grammarians who examine the theme of this year’s International Conference of Chabad Shluchos, may wonder how the theme, “Shluchaso Shel Adom K’mohu,” which means…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

February 5, 2007

Project Six Keeps Teens Active in the Jewish Community

Keeping teenaged girls excited about Judaism is the goal of Project Six, six weeks of Jewish oriented activities to keep the girls involved and active…

By E. Silberstein

February 5, 2007

A Club for Jewish Professionals Opens in London

British Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathon Sacks will be the guest of honor at the opening of Chabad’s Gaon Club in London on Wednesday. Located in…

February 5, 2007

Jewish Holidays Come Early at Aleph

As snow drifts pile up on sidewalks and sudden frosts devastate citrus crops, thoughts of the springtime’s Passover celebration may be far from the minds…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

January 31, 2007

Out of the Mouths of Babes . . .

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January 30, 2007

From Humble Beginnings, A Global Achievement

Today, the 10th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar, is honored by Chabad-Lubavitch chasidim worldwide as a watershed in the movement's history. In 1950, Rabbi…

January 29, 2007

When Jewish Children Go Off To College . . .

Matt Epstein of Tarzana, CA, says that his alma mater, Pomona College, one of the exclusive Claremont Colleges, was a great place for higher learning.…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

January 25, 2007