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AJC Study Points To Chabad-Lubavitch Reach

Twenty-three percent of the Orthodox synagogues in the United States are Chabad-Lubavitch, says a recent survey by the American Jewish Committee. The study, by Jim…

By Baila Olidort

August 22, 2002

A First in English: A Chasidic Discourse Composed in 1869

Are you living an illusion? “There is none else but G-d”—a cardinal principle of Chabad Chasidic theology, speaks to the Divine omnipresence that renders all…

By Baila Olidort

August 21, 2002

Touch and Feel the Holidays

A first for the Lubavitch educational publishing house, Merkos Publications announced the release of a “touch and feel” board book: A Touch of the High…

By R. Wineberg

August 20, 2002

Chabad on Pepsi Island

An estimated 100,000 young men and women participate yearly in a giant pop music festival, known as “Pepsi Island.” Held on an otherwise deserted island…

By R. Wineberg

August 15, 2002

JLI Educates Adults Nationwide

Matthew Shuchman, a management consultant in Hollywood, Florida, took a course at the Boca Raton branch of the Jewish Learning Institute two years ago with…

By R. Wineberg

August 14, 2002

Forty Years: Life, Love and L’Chaim!

Any way you flip it, 40 years is a milestone. “Light, Love and L’chaim” was the spirit and the theme of a gala dinner by…

By R. Wineberg

August 14, 2002

It’s A Long Way From Kansas

As in summers past, 10,000 Jewish tourists will be visiting Plettenburg Bay during South Africa’s summer months of December and January. With a new Chabad-Lubavitch…

August 12, 2002

Educators Conclude Successful Summer Conference

The fulfillment to be had in teaching Jewish children is ultimately the job’s best reward. But unresolved challenges often frustrate an educator’s best efforts. That’s…

By R. Wineberg

August 7, 2002

Finding Judaism in Nepal, Celebrating in Israel

It was meant to be a small reunion of Israeli backpackers who had spent time with Rabbi Chezky and Chani Lifshitz at the Chabad House…

By R. Wineberg

August 6, 2002

JLI To Hold Fourth Annual Conference

Sixty-five rabbis, along with professionals from the marketing and educational scene are scheduled to gather at the Grand Summit Hotel in Summit, New Jersey on…

By R. Wineberg

August 6, 2002

Chabad Headed for America’s Breadbasket

America’s “fruit basket” is happily anticipating the arrival of new Chabad representatives Rabbi Shmuel and Esther Malka Schlanger and three month old Leah, who will…

By R. Wineberg

August 6, 2002

A Different Kind of Camp

For children who have spent so much of their young lives giving to others, it was time to get a little in return. 26 sons…

By R. Wineberg

August 5, 2002

New Chabad Center for Ritzy Parioli

(Parioli, Italy) — This prestigious, upper class Rome neighborhood, home to some 300 Jewish families, will now have its own Chabad-Lubavitch center. Rabbi and Mrs.…

By S. Olidort

August 2, 2002

New Center in Charlottesville

Rabbi Shlomo and Chana Mayer arrived to this campus town, home to the University of Virginia and some 500 Jewish families, last January. Energetic and…

By S. Olidort

August 2, 2002

Chabad Comes to Washington University

One third of Washington University’s 12,000 students is Jewish. That’s 4,000 reasons for Rabbi Yosef Landa, director of Chabad in St. Louis, to recruit a…

By R. Wineberg

July 31, 2002

The Fifth Commandment

S. PAUL, MN—They came from unaffiliated backgrounds, observant homes and everything in between. But one thing the forty teenagers who’ve just completed the 2002 Bais…

By Baila Olidort

July 29, 2002

The Jewish Expo Completes Tour of France

On its most recent tour abroad, the Jewish Expo spent several months in France, attracting more than 10,000 Jewish schoolchildren from all parts of the…

By S. Olidort

July 29, 2002

Getting Into The Habit

In the age of anthrax threats and sinister emails, this is one piece of mail that people will be delighted to open. Embossed in white…

By S. Olidort

July 27, 2002

Chabad Rabbi Guides Astronaut in Keeping Shabbat in Space

An Israeli Jew scheduled to fly as a payload specialist on the shuttle Columbia is making headlines. First, Col. Ilan Ramon, 47, of Tel Aviv,…

By S. Olidort

July 19, 2002

Chabad-Lubavitch and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Collaborate

Part of a $6million Chabad educational complex to rise in the heart of Los Angeles will include the Kraines Family Early Childhood Education Center, a…

By Lubavitch News Service

July 18, 2002

New Chabad Center for Israeli’s

The Israeli community of Montgomery County is thrilled about the arrival, Monday, July 15, of new Chabad-Lubavitch representatives, Rabbi and Mrs. Shlomo Baitch. The young…

By S. Olidort

July 17, 2002

Jewish Agency Awards Chabad of Dnepropetrovsk for Achievements in Jewish Education

The Max Fisher Prize for Excellence in Jewish Education was awarded this year to Rabbi Shmuel and Chani Kaminetzki, directors of Chabad-Lubavitch in the Dnepropetrovsk…

By R. Wineberg

July 17, 2002

Exploring the Rebbe’s Theology

The thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch centers, in some sixty countries around the globe, demonstrate the phenomenal successes of the Lubavitch movement under the leadership of the…

July 16, 2002

Jewish “Peace Corps” Begins Tour of Duty

One hundred thirty rabbinical students will begin a summer tour of duty reaching out to Jewish communities worldwide. The students will visit small, isolated communities…

July 14, 2002