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Chabad on Kauai Island Celebrates Giving of Ten Comandments

(Lubavitch.com) By the looks of the enthusiastic crowd that turned out to hear the Ten Commandments read at Chabad Kauai, it seems that everything is…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

June 13, 2008

Chabad And The Orthodox Union to Host Shabbaton for the Deaf

(lubavitch.com) This weekend, May 16-17, Chabad of Pinellas County will be hosting the Orthodox Union's Our Way program for a Shabbaton for the deaf in Palm Harbor. Geared…

May 14, 2008

Accra, Esquel, Pervoo . . . Jews Connect Despite Distance

(lubavitch.com) It was a rocky start for two of the hundreds of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students dispatched by Merkos, the Lubavitch educational division (with the support of regional Chabad…

April 30, 2008

Poland: Chabad Seders in 8 Cities, President Receives Matzah

(lubavitch.com) Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski recently took time to learn about the holiday of Passover and its rituals from his country’s director of Chabad activities,…

April 25, 2008

Seoul’s Jews Invited to First Civilian Passover Seder

(lubavitch.com) South Korea’s Jews are responding to colorful invites from their new Chabad representatives announcing the first civilian Passover Seder there. Until now they had only one option—to…

April 16, 2008

From Ethiopia to Estonia, From Pulpit to Potatoes, Chabad Students Toil for the Seder

(lubavitch.com/lns) Two hundred eighty three young rabbis updated their U.S. passports for their Passover assignments that will see them producing Seders in Goa, India; Varna,…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

April 14, 2008

500 Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbinical Students Set Out On Passover Tour

(lubavitch.com/lns) As part of its traditional Passover outreach, Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational division of Lubavitch Headquarters, is sponsoring the itineraries of 500 rabbinical students…

April 13, 2008

Passover With Chabad Round the World

April 11, 2008

Ukraine: Children, Adults Get Passover Crash Course with Touring Chabad Rabbis

April 9, 2008

In New Hampshire, Kids, Parents Prepare for Passover With Chabad

An article in Tuesday's Nashua Telegraph, Rabbi's Bakery Blends Families, Bread, by Dean Shalhoup, featured a lively profile of New Hampshire’s Rabbi Levi Krinsky in…

April 8, 2008

Photos: Operation Message in A Matzah For US Army Troops Abroad

March 26, 2008

Largest Food Bank in Israel Prepares To Feed 25,000 Families

(lubavitch.com/LNS) At a warehouse in Kiryat Malachi, volunteers are working at a feverish pace packing canned goods, fruits and vegetables, oil, matzah, and wine into hundreds…

By Dvora Lakein

March 26, 2008

Chabad Draws Thousands To “The Biggest Jewish Party in LA–Ever”

By Rivka Chaya Berman

March 24, 2008

Novosibirsk: Purim Will Be Joyful Despite Anti-Semitic Posters

(lubavitch.com/lns) Authorities in Novosibirsk have yet to determine who was behind the anti-Semitic posters put up on the doors of residential buildings in this Siberian…

By Miriam Davids

March 20, 2008

When Purim Meets Shabbos . . .

Shabbat as a day of rest goes head to head with Purim parties this year. Chabad centers the world over are working creatively so Jewish…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

March 19, 2008

Of Heroines and Beauty: Women’s Purim Pageant To Explore Jewish Themes

(lubavitch.com/LNS) On March 12, a royal court of Jewish princesses will gather in Eugene, OR. The upcoming holiday of Purim celebrates the heroics of Queen…

By Dora Chernock

February 25, 2008

On College Campuses, Purim Partying Begins Early This Year

Counting down to spring break cheers sleep-deprived and paper swamped college students. But the timing of the vacation has some Chabad campus representatives pulling sleepless nights.…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

February 18, 2008

Princess Anne Visits Chabad Menorah in Leeds

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December 16, 2007

Chabad of Upper Midtown Launches Building Campaign

On a chilly Sunday night last week, just across the street from the U.N., New York City moms and dads and their preschoolers, museum patrons…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

December 13, 2007

10,000 At World’s Largest Chanukah Festival

An overflow crowd of 10,000 men, women and children gathered in the eluxe outdoor theater at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida on Tuesday evening…

December 13, 2007

Update: Chabad Raises Jewish Profile in Poland

In an event rich with implications for Jewish life in Poland, Chabad-Lubavitch introduced the tradition of Chanukah's menorah lighting to the Polish Parliament this Chanukah.…

December 12, 2007

Governor Corzine Celebrates Chanukah With Hoboken’s Jews

Miracles were on NJ Gov. Jon Corzine’s mind when he kindled Chabad of Hoboken’s 6-foot tall menorah at City Hall before a crowd of 300…

December 12, 2007

EU President Pottering Meets With Chabad Reps

The President of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering met early this week with Rabbi Levi Matusof at the EU center in Brussels. Chabad rabbis representing…

December 11, 2007

Menorah Lights Kindled in Omaha

Chabad joined the stricken community of Omaha, Nebraska in gathering for candlelight vigils for the victims of Wednesday's tragic shooting spree in Westroad Mall. In…

December 7, 2007