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Sukkot and The New Europe: Parallel Themes

Father and son, Chabad representatives Rabbis Shimon and Mendel Samama, put up the first sukkah in Strasbourg, home to the European Parliament. Joining them in…

October 5, 2004

After the Hurricane: A Sukkah BBQ

The sight of the sukkah–the humble hovel assembled in the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes–that stands surrounded by debris of solidly constructed structures, seems layered…

By Baila Olidort

October 4, 2004

. . . and in Lithuania

With no full-time rabbi in Vilnius‘s neighboring cities of Kaunas (Kovno) and Klaipeda, Chabad of Vilnius with help from students of Beis Menachem Jewish Day…

October 3, 2004

Sukkot With Chabad in: Riga, Latvia

It’s a week of merrymaking in sukkahs everywhere. On college campuses, in the center of every metropolitan city, in suburban towns, and, well, even on…

October 3, 2004

Sharing the Festival: With the IDF in Hebron

For Chabad representatives around the world, it’s often a question of “Are you Jewish?” But in Israel, they usually cut to the chase. Nearly everyone…

October 3, 2004

Jewish Leaders Meet At Ukrainian Forum

On a listing of Jewish population centers, Ukraine comes in fifth at 400,000. So the quality of life for the country’s sizable Jewish population is…

By Baila Olidort

September 28, 2004

Sukkah Hopping Round the World

It’s that time of year when those odd looking, ramshackle huts appear on every other porch and yard in Jewish neighborhoods around the world. The…

By Baila Olidort

September 28, 2004

A Yom Kippur Tradition Returns to the Former Soviet Union

In the custom of kapparot, Jewish people prepare for Yom Kippur by purchasing a hen, and reciting the prayer: “This is my exchange, this is…

September 27, 2004

Chabad of Ukraine At Babi Yar Memorial

In his famous poem on Babi Yar, Yevgeny Yetushenko wrote, Here all things scream silently . . . Government representatives and other officials who came…

By Baila Olidort

September 26, 2004

Thank You For The Chance

In an email sent to Rabbi Eliezer Lazaroff of Chabad House at Texas Medical Center, a woman who attended Rosh Hashana services wrote: “I wanted…

By Baila Olidort

September 23, 2004

Hundreds Braved Ivan To Get To Rosh Hashana Services

“Man is likened to a broken potshard, to withering grass, to a fading flower, to a passing shadow, to a vanishing cloud, to a blowing…

By Fay Kranz Greene

September 22, 2004

More New Appointments

Chabad activities in Dallas, Texas, expand with the new appointments of: Rabbi Peretz and Michal Shapiro. Rabbi Zvi and Aidy Drizin. Plano, Texas: Rabbi and…

September 22, 2004

Mutual Respect Better Than Mutual Tolerance

At the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) Conference on Tolerance and the Fight against Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination, in Brussels, Jordan’s Prince…

September 21, 2004

A Torah is Dedicated by Jews of the European Union

It was a first for the Jewish community of the European Union last week when a Torah scroll was completed and dedicated to the synagogue…

By Baila Olidort

September 20, 2004

400 Jews Forced To Conduct Rosh Hashana Services In The Cold

In contrast to events that barred 400 Jews from entering the only synagogue in Lithuania’s capital, forcing them to conduct Rosh Hashana services out in…

By Baila Olidort

September 19, 2004

New Yom Kippur Machzor Published

Kehot Publication Society, the Lubavitch publishing house, has announced the publication of the new Yom Kippur Maczhor — Annotated Edition. The Machzor follows the innovations…

September 13, 2004

Lubavitch Prepares for New Year

For Jewish communities everywhere, this is the most highly charged time of year. The intensity is thick as hearts spill over with prayers for a…

By Baila Olidort

September 12, 2004

Of Hurricanes And Heroes

The images are familiar by now: windswept beaches, swaying palms, and miles of cars moving at a snail’s pace as their frightened passengers flee the…

By Fay Kranz Greene

September 8, 2004

Thousands Explore Jewish Life At International Moscow Book Fair

The 17th International Book Fair in Moscow came to a close today after giving some 10,000 Jews the opportunity to peruse books of Jewish interest.…

By Baila Olidort

September 6, 2004

On The French Riviera With Chabad

If you wanted to spend some time this summer on the French Riviera, in Golfe-Juan, La Bocca, Cannes Californie, or the famous St. Tropez, but…

September 2, 2004

Olympics May Be Over, But Kol Tuv Stays Open

In a dramatic farewell extravaganza to the athletes and countries participating at the games, the Olympics XXVIII closed last night. The three weeks of competitive…

By S. Olidort

August 30, 2004

Jewish Communities in Russia Mourn Loss of Plane Crash Victims

As Russia observes an official day of mourning for the 89 people who died in the dual airplane crash earlier this week, leaders of the…

By Baila Olidort

August 26, 2004

New Appointments

Lubavitch World Headquarters announces the following new appointments of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim: Bala Cynwyd, PA: Rabbi Moshe and Mrs. Brennan Rome (Libyan Quarter), Italy: Rabbi &…

August 25, 2004

Despite the Sorrow: A Boy Becomes Bar-Mitzvah

When Guy Massad’s father was killed by a suicide bomber in 2002, the young boy and his dad were counting down to the adolescent’s Bar…

August 24, 2004