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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

Jewish Revival in Birobidjan

The irony of 100 Jews braving icy streets of a remote Russian backwater in 20 degrees below zero, to participate at a public menorah lighting…

By S. Olidort

December 6, 2002

More Chanukah on Campus

The University of Chicago, a bastion of the American academic elite since its founding in 1890, is displaying its first ever Chanukah menorah in the…

By R. Wineberg

December 6, 2002

Around Africa in Eight Days

When you live in a remote country in central Africa, foreign residents will tell you, it’s not hard to feel isolated from the rest of…

By R. Wineberg

December 5, 2002

Campus Chanukah Roundup

Coinciding this year with Thanksgiving weekend, and coming just before the grueling weeks of final after final, Chanukah would have to compete aggressively for the…

By S. Olidort

December 4, 2002

Kids n’ Olive Oil: The Real Thing

When Rabbi Yisroel Engel of Denver, Colorado hit upon the idea of a hands-on Olive Oil Press workshop in the winter of 1986, he had…

By R. Wineberg

December 4, 2002

A Menorah on the Slopes

Jason, a 24 year old Australian ski enthusiast was heading down the slopes one day in the winter of ’95 during a season-long ski stint,…

By R. Wineberg

December 1, 2002

Seashells on the Beach

Against a snowy backdrop, the lights of the Menorah seem the perfect way to add warmth and brightness to the long winter nights. But in…