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New Courses in Jewish Texts For Millennials in Former Soviet Union Cities

Twenty new academies of higher Jewish learning in the former Soviet Union opened their doors in the past month. The move spells a dramatic shift…

By Staff Writer

November 7, 2014

Los Angeles Principal Receives Prestigious Award

Teachers and students at the Cheder Menachem day school in Los Angeles were called for an assembly on Monday. All they knew was that one…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

November 6, 2014

Rabbinical Seminary Opens in Hamburg as Germany’s Jewish Revival Grows

In some significant way, the opening this month of a rabbinical seminary in Hamburg, Germany, harks back to its glory pre-war days when the city…

By Dovid Zaklikowski

November 4, 2014

Early Childhood Studies Spur Parents To Choose Jewish Preschools

Chabad preschools, consistently in the vanguard of progressive early-childhood methodologies, are contributing to a marked shift in the educational priorities of Jewish families with little…

By Rena Greenberg

November 4, 2014

New Building for Growing Moscow School

Hundreds turned out last week to mark the dedication of a new building for Moscow’s Cheder Menachem Jewish day school. Standing near the Marina Roscha…

By Staff Writer

October 23, 2014

Philanthropy 101: 7th Grader Picked Chabad, Took Lead in Gideon Hausner Charity Project

Ben would have to be persuasive, because Chabad is different from the kinds of organizations for which students at Gideon Hausner raise funds . .…

By Faygie Levy

December 10, 2013

Eighth Grader in Beijing Bakes Cakes To Sponsor Friends

When Devorah Freundlich, 13, of Beijing, China, is not busy with her schoolwork, she’s popping cakes out of the oven in her mom’s kitchen. They…

By Laima Barber

January 12, 2011

NCFJE Celebrates 70 Years

Last Sunday, November 21, 700 guests joined the National Committee For Furtherance of Jewish Education at a 70 year anniversary celebration Chelsea Piers Pier 60.

By Mordechai Lightstone

November 25, 2010

Schottenstein Chabad Center To Open in Columbus, Ohio

Residents of historical New Albany, Ohio will soon welcome the Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center for a Jewish Tomorrow, a stately Georgian structure located in the…

By Mendy Rimler

November 24, 2010

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JLI Teens Launches Internship Program

Young, smart, Jewish, they are the children of the baby boomers who cut their teeth on hi-speed internet and the virtual world it placed in…

November 17, 2010

Chabad’s 18-Wheel Museum Roaring to Life

Like Harley Davidson, Wii, and Clinique who often ply their wares in customized 18-wheelers that transform into mini-circus-like event centers, Chabad is planning one of…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

November 11, 2010

Chabad Rabbi Launches Online Training Program for Rabbis

While this online program makes it possible for students to study at home or in the office, opportunities for lively debate and discussion, it seems,…

By Dvora Lakein

October 21, 2010

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Jewish Public School Children Thrive at Florida Afterschool Program

Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Chabad representative in Highland Lakes, who co-directs the program together with his wife, Layah, says the school has grown by word-of-mouth. Children…

By Mendy Rimler

October 18, 2010

European Dignitaries Discuss Interreligious Understanding with Chief Rabbi of Russia

Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar met Wedensday with the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Mr. Mevlüt Çavusoglu, who is…

October 14, 2010

Kohelet Foundation Partners With Rohr JLI

With the new school year fast approaching, parents affected by the current economic crisis are facing difficult choices regarding their children’s education.

By Mordechai Lightstone

September 7, 2010

Nevada’s Jewish Day School Opens New Building

As schools across the country open their doors this September some 180 students of the Desert Torah Academy will be entering a brand new, state-of-the-art…

By Mendy Rimler

August 30, 2010

Chabad-on-Campus Opens New Center in Rittenhouse Square

For the first time ever, Jewish students studying at any of the cluster of arts colleges in Center City, Philadelphia, will have their own Jewish…

By Staff Writer

August 26, 2010

After 60 Years, Óbuda Synagogue To Open Its Doors For Rosh Hashana

Sixty years after it was emptied of its Jewish worshipers, the Óbuda synagogue in Budapest—the oldest in Hungary, will open its doors to services this…

By Mordechai Lightstone

August 25, 2010

OK in the UK: As College Students Grow, So Do Chabad Services

University students heading back to school in the United Kingdom will find their Chabad centers on campus expanding....

By Rivka Chaya Berman

August 23, 2010

National Jewish Retreat Opens in Virginia

Possibly the largest national Jewish study program of its kind, the five-day Retreat this year opens Tuesday, August 17, and will offer an unusual Jewish…

By Chabad Lubavitch HQ

August 17, 2010

Blind Date: Two Jews, Two Phones, One Torah

Sanford Rosenthal surfs the web using a talking computer. To find matching clothes each morning, he feels the Braille labels on his shirts. His cell…

By Dvora Lakein

July 28, 2010

For Israeli Students, Medical Training in Hungary Deepens Jewish Identity

Toasting the new graduates in Hebrew at the Hotel Intercontinental ballroom, 300 guests - proud family and friends from Israel and Budapest’s Jewish community -…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

July 11, 2010