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Chabad-Lubavitch Represented at the GA of the UJC

Twenty-five Chabad-Lubavitch representatives from cities across the United States and the former Soviet Union, are wrapping up the final day at the 72nd annual General…

By Baila Olidort

November 18, 2003

Lubavitch Girls School in London Receives Coveted VAS Status

The Ruth Lunzer Lubavitch Girls Primary School in the London borough of Hackney, recently received the coveted status of a Voluntary Aided School. The VAS…

November 18, 2003

Two Thousand Chabad Rabbis to Convene in New York

The annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim, sponsored by Merkos L’inyonei Chinuch, the Lubavitch educational and outreach arm, will begin on Wednesday, November 19, at…

November 13, 2003

Lubavitch Rabbi in Leavenworth

When Rabbi Bentzion Friedman received a call recently from the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, he assumed it concerned his monthly visits to the…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 13, 2003

School Rushes to Reopen After Devastating Fire

A private school in Scripps Ranch that was destroyed by the firestorm began classes Monday in a new setting. Fire destroyed classrooms at the Chabad…

November 11, 2003

Palm Beach Mayor Cuts Ribbon at Opening of Wellington Jewish Center

Last Thursday, the mayor and his wife were there, the county commissioner was there and the owner of The Town Crier newspaper was there. They…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 5, 2003

Rave Reviews for New Book Catalog

The Kehot Publication Society and Merkos Publications, the publishing arms of the Lubavitch movement, announced the publication of their new,combined 2004/5764 catalog. The two catalogs…

By Fay Kranz Greene

November 3, 2003

Chabad School Second Time Winner of United States Blue Ribbon Award

Representatives of the Hebrew Academy in Huntington Beach were on hand, on Friday, October 31, in Washington, DC to receive the U.S. Blue Ribbon Award…

November 1, 2003

OSU Chabad Launches Student Ambassadors To Israel

Jewish tradition says that G-d created humankind with a singular individual to teach us that one person can profoundly affect the entire world. The Chabad…

By Fay Kranz Greene

October 31, 2003

Chabad-Lubavitch in California Fire Relief Effort

Chabad-Lubavitch on the West Coast is on scene and on hand to help victims of the fires now blazing in southern California, even as some…

October 30, 2003

Fires Destroy and Spare

As the devestating fires scorching Southern California continue to rage, some 11 Chabad-Lubavitch centers have sprung into action, turing their centers into emergency relief shelters,…

October 29, 2003

Maimonides Celebrations Worldwide

Jewish students, scholars and laymen worldwide have just begun a new cycle of daily study in Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah and Sefer Hamitzvot. The tradition to…

October 29, 2003

Chabad of Hartford Celebrates

Braving severe rainstorms, several hundred guests showed up last week up for a gala dinner celebrating 27 years of Chabad-Lubavitch in Hartford, Connecticut. Rabbi and…

October 29, 2003

Weprin Center for Jewish Life and Learning

Rabbi Nachum and Devorah Mangel, directors of the Chabad Center of Greater Dayton couldn’t believe their good fortune. After ten years of working out of…

By Fay Kranz Greene

October 29, 2003

Chabad’s Racing Rabbis

The Hebrew Academy’s annual Club Royale fund-raiser is scheduled for Sunday evening, November 16th at the school’s campus in Huntington Beach. A great variety of…

October 26, 2003

Chabad Rabbi at Smolensk Celebration

Chabad-Lubavitch representative and Chief Rabbi of Smolensk, Rabbi Levi Mundshine, recently participated in “Celebration Smolensk” the official government celebration commemorating 1,140 years since the city’s…

October 24, 2003

A New Signpost In Town

Residents of Dix Hills, New York, have a new signpost they use when giving directions. “Just turn right at the Chai Center to get to…

By Fay Kranz Greene

October 23, 2003

Jazz in the Sukkah at Columbia

Students and alumni crowded into Columbia’s Chabad Sukkah last Thursday for an evening of entertainment and celebration with a live jazz band. Kol HaGeulah, a…

October 20, 2003

Sukkot Amid Civil War In Bolivia

In the throes of Bolivia’s civil unrest, with thousands marching across the country in angry and often violent protest against the government, Chabad celebrates Sukkot.…

October 17, 2003

Sukkot On Cyprus

Jewish residents and tourists who frequent the lovely Mediterranean island of Cyprus at this time of year, had the opportunity to celebrate the Festival of…

By Baila Olidort

October 16, 2003

Sukkot With IDF’s New Recruits

It’s Sukkot—a time of joy and spiritual celebrations, and in Israel, where a large percent of the country’s young men are typically away from home…

By Baila Olidort

October 16, 2003

A Sukkah On Saddam’s Palace Grounds

Col. Jacob Goldstein, Chief of Chaplains for New York State Army National Guard, serving in Iraq, wanted to have an etrog sent to Afghanistan in…

By Baila Olidort

October 14, 2003

Sukkot in Baghdad

Jewish soldiers stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq did not sit comfortably in their local synagogues alongside their families, this Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. But…

By Baila Olidort

October 10, 2003

A Community Grows In Boynton Beach

The raucous sounds of bulldozers, jackhammers and electric drills create a constant cacophony in the area around Chabad Lubavitch of Boynton Beach, and the clamor…

By Fay Kranz Greene

October 8, 2003