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International Conference of Shluchim 2006

Representatives of Jewish communities around the world convene at Lubavitch Headquarters November 15-20 for the annual International Conference of Chabad Shluchim. Following are images from…

November 19, 2006

International Conference of Shluchim Convenes

They are angels in black coats for the downtrodden and broken. Doctors treating the ills of faded Jewish values. PR men, ice cream scoopers, school…

By E.J. Tansky

November 16, 2006

Yom Kippur Joy?

When the day of fasting and contrition was nearly over, after all the prayers had been exhausted, the pages now wet with the hot tears…

October 1, 2006

Tales from the Suburbs of the Diaspora

Jews scattered by the winds of exile tend to land in metropolitan clumps or at least in suburban splotches. But then there are those who…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

September 7, 2006

On Campus: Students Support for Israel Strong

After a summer-long diet of one-sided media reports and images favoring Lebanese suffering and ignoring that to Israeli civilians and cities, many college students are…

By E.J. Tansky

September 4, 2006

Israel File: United in Israel, United With Israel

Israel is a country at war, but the determination among all of its normally quibbling factions to end its vulnerability to terror makes it a…

By Baila Olidort

July 17, 2006

Searching Jews

Bisbee, AZ, (population 6,000) whose saloons once buzzed with miners, boisterously carousing over finds in copper lodes, is where rabbinical student Yehoshua Lustig went digging…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

July 12, 2006

JLI Presents A Summer Smorgasboard

Electric guitars blast in the background of Copper Mountain Resort’s winter skiing videos, but come August 16-21, the soundtrack of the off-season in Colorado’s picturesque…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

May 19, 2006

Merkos Book Finalist at National Jewish Book Awards

Likened to the Jewish Pulitzer Prize, the National Jewish Book Awards have chosen Merkos Publication’s “The Last Pair of Shoes” as a runner-up for the…

By E.J. Tansky

April 27, 2006

Doing it All, Doing it Well: Women in Leadership

“You are the most potent force in the Jewish world today,” said Diane Abrams, guest speaker at the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchos, Sunday evening.…

February 21, 2006

College Students Devote Winter Break to New Orleans Clean-Up

Most college students are forgiven if they sleep in on January 1, nursing a headache from the past night’s excesses, but Erik Steel awoke early…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

January 8, 2006

New Chabad Centers Open at University of Kansas and Cal State Northridge

By the time students at University of Kansas and California State University, Northridge, return from holiday break, they will meet the two newest members of…

By E.J. Tansky

December 2, 2005

Major Revolution on Campuses Stimulated by Chabad, Declares Alan Dershowitz

Guest speaker at last night’s Gala Banquet of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim, Professor Alan Dershowitz spoke glowingly of the work of Chabad. Looking…

By Baila Olidort

November 28, 2005

International Representation of World Jewry Convenes at Annual Conference

Conference organizers at Lubavitch Headquarters are expecting a record-breaking 3000 participants at this year’s International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Shluchim. That’s a marked increase from last…

By Baila Olidort

November 23, 2005

Tefillin Bank: Every Jew A Pair to Call His Own

Most banks give out complimentary pens. Generous banks give out toasters. But the Kushner International Tefillin Bank has given out 2,500 pairs of tefillin–for free–in…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

November 12, 2005

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Weathering Wilma: Chabad Is On Call Again

Stuart Katz, general manager of IsraAir, never thought he’d spend an all night session on the phone with rabbis from Chabad. But that’s what happened…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

October 28, 2005

Lulav, Etrog, Sukkah–Familiarity With The Festival Grows

Kenneth Alan Spector’s mother’s medical bills were such a puzzle that when the insurance company’s telephone rep read the record she could not help but…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

October 24, 2005

United Jewish Communities Partners With Chabad

United Jewish Communities allocated over $38,000 to Chabad-Lubavitch for its hurricane relief efforts in Southern Mississippi and for its chevra kaddisha, Jewish burial society, work…

By Rivka Chaya Berman

October 16, 2005

Chabad Relief Efforts: Mississippi Focus

The Army Corps of Engineers stretched a blue plastic tarp over the gashes left in Steve Richer’s roof by the three trees that could not…

By Rebecca Rosenthal

September 20, 2005

Protocol Established To Respect Jewish Dead

After “an intense meeting” yesterday with authorities responsible for the recovery and burial of the dead, Rabbi Edgar Gluck, the Chaplain of the New York…

September 14, 2005

Search and Rescue Efforts Shift Gears

My half-brother, David is still missing. The last time I spoke to him was Monday night (August 29) more than a week ago. He was…

By Baila Olidort

September 9, 2005

Chabad Search and Rescue Effort Grows

Chabad’s Rescue and Relief mission is working round the clock to locate and rescue hundreds of individuals who haven’t made it out of New Orleans.…

By Baila Olidort

September 6, 2005

In the Face of Katrina: A Community Persists

The indiscriminate invasion by Hurricane Katrina into the lives of its victims leaves in its wake dislocation and trauma across the board. And yet the…

By Baila Olidort

September 5, 2005

Lubavitch Establishes Hurricane Relief Fund

Lubavitch World Headquarters announced that it has established a disaster relief fund to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Jewish Hurricane Relief Fund will accept…

August 31, 2005