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New Zealand Synagogue Spared Damage by Earthquake

Only a few days before the worst earthquake to hit New Zealand in 80 years struck, renovations on the Canterbury Hebrew Synagogue were completed.

By Mendy Rimler

September 5, 2010

Kohl’s Competition Ends, 11 Chabad Schools Win Most Votes

Eleven out of the top 20 schools garnering the greatest number of votes in Kohl’s Cares school competition, are Chabad-affiliated schools.

September 4, 2010

Kosher Comes to Bradley University

This fall, Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois will be building two new kosher kitchens—one dairy, and one meat—to better accommodate its staff, faculty and 285…

By Mendy Rimler

September 3, 2010

Kehot Releases Special Tribute to Teachers and Educators

The Educator’s Privilege, newly released by Kehot Publication Society, offers guidance and inspiration for educators from the talks and correspondences of the Lubavitcher Rebbe...

August 30, 2010

Dnepropetrovsk Jewish Community Targets City’s 16-30 Year Olds

Poster ads along Dnepropetrovsk’s main drags call on the city’s Jewish 16-30 year olds with the promise of $1000 UAH if they join a one-month…

August 27, 2010

Gan Israel Teenager Administers CPR, Saves Life

A counselor who had just returned from a summer at Camp Gan Israel of Alpharetta, GA came to the rescue at an Engelwood Cliffs, New…

By Mordechai Lightstone

August 19, 2010

Will Kiwis Kill Kosher?

Now that a New Zealand court has granted a temporary stay on the country’s kosher slaughter ban, chicken soup might return to Rabbi Shmuel and…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

August 11, 2010

Big Lots Donates $100,000 to Chabad House

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July 2, 2010

Republican Challenger, Joel Pollak Inspired by Jewish Values

Joel Pollak, the Republican nominee for Chicago’s 9th district, is thinking big. As a conservative candidate who once fought for a leftist agenda, he believes…

By Amihai Tzippor

June 27, 2010

Local Chabad Center Leads Challah Baking Workshop for Deaf

Fun and tradition know no language barriers, as members of the Jewish Deaf community of Riverside discovered at a recent Challah-making workshop.

June 23, 2010

Saturday Night Face-Off at Yankee Stadium

Foreman, a Yarmulka clad observant Jew, is part of the IYYUN Chabad community in Brooklyn. He wears Tzizit, and wraps Tefilin daily. He is also…

By Yaacov Behrman

June 2, 2010

Miriam Peretz Visits With Chabad Reps in Moscow

Miriam Peretz, the Israeli woman who lost a second son in the IDF less than two months ago, accompanied Israel’s President Shimon Peres on a…

May 11, 2010

Rabbi Pinchus Shmuel Krinsky, Age 82

Rabbi Pinchus Shmuel Krinsky, a pillar of the Boston Jewish community, passed away Monday, May 4, 2010, at age 82.

May 4, 2010

French Ambassador Visits Florida Chabad Center

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March 11, 2010

Chabad Academy Student Wins Regional Spelling Bee

David Habibi, a fifth grader of Chabad Academy of Myrtle Beach, became the champion of the 22nd annual Regional Spelling Bee Tuesday night, earning him…

March 10, 2010

Jewish Communities Worldwide Mourn Mrs. Sarah Rochel Schochet

Mrs. Sarah Rochel Schochet of Los Angeles, passed away Tuesday night at the age of 65.

February 24, 2010

Rabbi Chaskel Besser, Activist for Polish Jewry

Rabbi Chaskel Besser, who fled Poland shortly before the Second World War, becoming an active player on the American Jewish scene and leader in the…

By Mordechai Lightstone

February 12, 2010

Yeshiva College Primary School Bondi Performs Brilliantly in School Rankings

(lubavitch.com) The newly established Yeshiva College Primary School (Cheder Chabad Lubavitch) in Bondi, first in Australia to have Torah studies approved equivalent to secular studies with…

January 31, 2010

After 80 Years, Key to Baltimore Presented to Chabad

Initially intended to be presented by Mayor William Frederick Broening to the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn

By Mendy Rimler

January 21, 2010

British Royal Prince Tours Nariman Chabad House, Donates Funds

Prince Michael of Kent visited the Chabad Nariman house in Mumbai, India on Wednesday, January 20. A first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and the…

By Yaacov Behrman

January 20, 2010

Mayanot Women’s Program Marks Two Years of Growth

Mayanot, a provider of Taglit-Birthright programs and Jewish learning initiatives for college-age students, celebrated the second anniversary of its Women’s Program at a dinner this…

January 19, 2010

Chabad of Dominican Republic Reaches Out To Haiti Volunteers

Two days after Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake, rescue efforts have yet to begin in earnest. As many as 50,000 people are feared…

By Yaacov Behrman

January 14, 2010

Israeli MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Visits Mumbai Chabad House

Israeli Knesset Member Binyamin Ben-Eliezer visited the ravaged Mumbai Chabad House in India earlier this week.

January 13, 2010

Massandra Winery Produces Kosher Line of Wines

(lubavitch.com) For the first time ever, kosher table wine from the renowned Massandra Winery in the Crimea, known well beyond Ukraine’s borders for its quality…

January 13, 2010