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Jewish Life At USC: Making Up For Lost Time

Located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, the University of Southern California was conspicuously untouched by the vibrant Jewish life in a city with…

By S. Olidort

January 30, 2003

An Anchor for Jewish Life: Downtown Chicago

In architect Daniel Coffey’s drawing of the Center for Jewish Life in Downtown Chicago, large panes of glass are all that stand between most of…

By R. Wineberg

January 29, 2003

What Makes Them Tick? Chabad-Lubavitch Women On Home Turf

Sylvia Rothblum came to New York from Munich last week “not knowing what to expect,” she admits. Vice President of Warner Brothers in Germany, Switzerland,…

By R. Wineberg

January 28, 2003

Microsoft’s New Neighbor

The very last thing Ron Aaron expected to find on the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, Washington was a lunch-hour Talmud class. Aaron, a program tester…

By R. Wineberg

January 23, 2003

International Conference of Shluchos

More than 1200 women attended the Gala Banquet Dinner of the International Conference of Shluchos 5763/2003 last night, January 26. The Conference, which began this…

By Baila Olidort

January 20, 2003

Jewish Astronuat Takes Mitzvah Into Space

The Shuttle Columbia launched successfully this morning January 16, to the lively singing, of “Oseh Shalom.” Hundreds of proud Israelis swelled with joy, having arrived…

By Baila Olidort

January 15, 2003

20 New Chabad Centers To Open on West Coast

Coming from San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas and dozens of cities in between, 150 shluchim gathered last weekend for the 35th annual…

By S. Olidort

January 15, 2003

MAGEN: Counter Missionary Force Fights Soul Snatchers

A flyer appears in a Russian city inviting the Jewish community to celebrate Shabbat. Illustrated with Jewish symbols, it offers dinner and inspiration at no…

By R. Wineberg

January 15, 2003

Fun and Laughter in a Land of Chaos

Forty yellow school buses make the rounds through Buenos Aires and the surrounding suburbs morning and afternoon, ferrying over 900 children back and forth daily.…

By R. Wineberg

January 13, 2003

Chabad Rabbi Speaks to World Scout Jamboree

“Share Our World, Share Our Culture,” was the theme of the 20th World Scout Jamboree, an international convention for boy and girl scouts ages 14-18…

By S. Olidort

January 12, 2003

Yiddishkeit in Middle Class Suburbia: It’s Good for the Kids

An upscale suburban peninsula situated on the North Shore of Long Island, Port Washington is home to a Jewish community that, by the early 90’s,…

By S. Olidort

January 9, 2003

Another First for Post Communist Hungary

“As a native of Budapest and a survivor of the Holocaust, the rejuvenation of the Hungarian Jewish community and other Jewish communities throughout Central Europe…

By S. Olidort

January 8, 2003

On the Slopes and At Chabad: Peak Season

Most of Rabbi Mendel Mintz’s congregants at Chabad of Aspen are in town now. Which is a nice thing, especially since it’s so unusual. In…

By R. Wineberg

January 3, 2003

Lubavitch Publishing House Exhibits at AJS Convention

Delegates to the Convention of the Association for Jewish Studies had the opportunity, last month, December 15-17, to examine a wide selection of publications from…

January 2, 2003

A Perfect Package at Contour Day Spa

Archeological digs from ancient times through the middle ages, and recent discoveries of mikvehs hidden in cellars throughout the former communist bloc, offer abundant evidence…

By S. Olidort

December 30, 2002

A Different Sort of Magic

On your average Shabbos, a minyan at Chabad of South Orlando is usually made up of several dozen men and women, about half of whom…

By R. Wineberg

December 28, 2002

Not For Water

The ratings are in and they’ve never been better, says Michael Kigel, producer of Passages and Messages, two religiously themed shows that air weekly on…

By R. Wineberg

December 23, 2002

A Bar-Mitzvah to Remember

For the Chabad emissaries in nearby cities who made the trip on December 15, and for the locals who came to participate, this bar mitzvah…

By S. Olidort

December 22, 2002

Chabad Rabbis Awarded Queen’s Gold Medal

“The commemorative medal for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee was created to mark the 50th anniversary of the accession of Her Majesty to…

By S. Olidort

December 20, 2002

Where Science Meets Spirit: Chabad at Princeton

A breeding ground of Nobel Laureates and physics geniuses, Princeton University, which ranks number one in the country, carries a prestige that is highly sought…

By S. Olidort

December 17, 2002

Creating Community

When Chabad at Flamingo, named for the obscure little road it sits on in Northern Thornhill, opened the doors of the Ernest Manson Lubavitch Center,…

By R. Wineberg

December 16, 2002

Making Light in Naperville

Young and old from Naperville and surrounding areas turned up to participate at a lively Chanukah program held at the SciTech hands-on museum in Aurora,…

December 13, 2002

Transcending the Limits of the Intellect

A hotbed of intellectual activity since its inception in the mid 11th century, Oxford University has produced some of the world’s most prominent thinkers and…

By S. Olidort

December 12, 2002

Light Begets Light . . .

Millions of television viewers nationally watched last Friday’s public Menorah lighting ceremony in Lenin Square. Kherson’s Jewish mayor, Vladmir Vasilevitch Saldah, officiated at the ceremony…

By S. Olidort

December 8, 2002