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Terror Alert Doesn’t Stop Chabad’s Prison Programs

The names read like something out of a movie script. Sing Sing, Attica, Allenwood., medium security jails and Federal penitentiaries. To the New York Dept…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 31, 2003

New Yeshiva Building Goes Up In Miami

Anyone who has ever been to North Miami will remember the Golden Glades Interchange – the double, figure-eight elevated junction which is the intersection for…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 30, 2003

Deploying the Power of the 23rd Psalm

Move over palm pilot–“psalm pilot” is here. This unique school project seeks to harness the power of prayer, especially the 23rd psalm (the L-rd is…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 30, 2003

Chinese Government Goes Kosher

Israel’s president Moshe Katzav follows a kosher diet and is a Shabbos observer. That’s not altogether surprising, but it made for unusual circumstances when he…

By Baila Olidort

December 25, 2003

Florida Governor Jeb Bush Receives Chabad Representatives

Chabad-Lubavitch representatives to the state of Florida met with Governor Jeb Bush in his office, on Tuesday, in honor of Chanukah. In what is now…

By Baila Olidort

December 25, 2003

DULUTH MAYOR DECLARES CHABAD WEEK

Duluth Mayor Gary L. Doty has issued a proclamation declaring the week December 19 – 27 as “Chabad Week” in the city of Duluth to…

December 24, 2003

Millions Witness Governor Schwarzenegger and Chabad at Menorah

According to Nielson and Media Clips reports released this morning, 114 television stations throughout the United States (with hundreds more throughout the world) ran news…

December 24, 2003

Congressman Eric Cantor Lights Richmond Va Menorah

It almost defies the laws of physics, it is hot and cold, frozen and fiery, stationary and sizzling all at the same time. What is…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 23, 2003

Oh, Dreidel, I Made You Out Of Shells

Rabbi Zev Katz of Chabad on Wheels in Miami, likes to think out of the box. His Chabad House office is an RV, which he…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 23, 2003

Getting A Leg-Up On Chanukah Menorahs

It took 6,000 Lego pieces, two and a half hours, 50 adult volunteers and dozens of children to build it. But when the colorful 9-foot…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 23, 2003

A Chanukah Wonderland

Tyson’s Corner in Northern Virginia is one of the premier upscale shopping centers in the United States. Home to Neiman Marcus and Saks, Bloomingdales and…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 22, 2003

Four Israeli Hostages Released on Chanukah

It is a Festival of Miracles, and no one is feeling the miracle more than the four Israelis who were kidnapped by Marxist Colombians in…

By Baila Olidort

December 22, 2003

Chabad-Lubavitch Lights up the French Alps

Lubavitch in France is undertaking an ambitious Chanukah campaign this week, with 13 public menorah lighting ceremonies throughout the French Alps. In coordination with local…

December 20, 2003

Chanukah 2003: Bigger and Brighter Universal Celebrations

This Chanukah, Americans can expect to see more Chanukah menorahs illuminated in public squares than ever before. In malls, city parks, and at major intersections,…

By Baila Olidort

December 19, 2003

Chanukah Commercials To Air On Local Televsion

See those Chanukah commercials? The Eight Faces of Chanukah, a series of eight, thirty second commercials will be aired throughout the eight nights of Chanukah…

By Baila Olidort

December 18, 2003

Jewish Troops to Receive Menorahs

The Aleph Institute, a Chabad Lubavitch program that serves the spiritual needs of Jewish inmates and Jewish military personnel all over the world, has recently…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 17, 2003

Jewish Communities Worldwide Celebrate Historic Date

Sunday, December 14 will long be remembered for the day on which Saddam Hussein was captured by American Military Forces in Iraq. This year, the…

By Baila Olidort

December 14, 2003

State-of-the-Art Facility for Jewish Tots in Dnepropetrovsk

Hundreds turned out this week to celebrate at an auspicious ribbon-cutting ceremony and the opening of a beautiful, state-of-the-art facility—another first for Dnepropetrovsk’s Jewish community,…

By Baila Olidort

December 10, 2003

Northwest Indiana Gets New Chabad Representatives

Rabbi Eliezer and Chanie Zalmanov, and their six-week old daughter Shayna Mushka, have recently arrived in the region to reestablish the Chabad-Lubavitch Center of Northwest…

December 8, 2003

Science and Torah Conference

The fifth Miami International Torah and Science Conference, to convene December 16-18, will feature 40 world-renowned scholars. The agenda: to explore the links between Torah…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 7, 2003

When Age Doesn’t Matter: Students Teach Their Elders

The Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory often said that “If you know the first letter of the alphabet (the aleph) teach it to someone that…

December 2, 2003

Chabad Facilitates Father-Son Reunion

“The first time I met Ari, was at a fundraiser in our shul” says Rabbi Sholom Ber Rodal, director of Chabad of Mount Olympus in…

By Fay Kranz Greene

December 2, 2003

A New Home for Chabad in Geneva

The voice mail system at the Geneva, Switzerland offices of Chabad Lubavitch answers in four languages: French, German, Italian and English. This international city, home…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 28, 2003

Chabad on Campus Hosts Law Shabbat

Missouri Supreme Court Judge Richard B. Teitelman was the featured guest speaker at a recent Shabbat dinner hosted by Chabad on Campus, for Jewish students…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 27, 2003