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Russia’s President, Chief Rabbi, Confirm Declining Anti-Semitism

In a meeting last week with a delegation of Russia’s Jewish community, President Dmitry Medvedev noted that anti-Semitism in Russia seems to be waning.

December 2, 2009

JLI Launches Advanced Women’s Study Division

The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, pioneer of adult Jewish education, is breaking new ground with its latest division–a women’s only study program that debuts this…

By Dvora Lakein

December 1, 2009

Mayanot Institute Opens New Administrative Center

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November 30, 2009

Yeshiva-in-Prison Brings Meaning, Spiritual Growth to Jewish Inmates

Gordon M., 36, is an inmate at a Virginia prison where he recently participated...

By Levi Margolin

November 30, 2009

A Thankful Reunion After 64 Years

Bronislaw Firuta arrived from Poland on one of the busiest travel days of the year. There to greet him was Joseph Bonder.

By Levi Margolin

November 26, 2009

Nariman (Chabad) House To Open For Memorial

(lubavitch.com) As memorial events in India this week mark the first year anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks, the Chabad Mumbai Relief Fund will host…

By Dvora Lakein

November 25, 2009

Chairman of Lubavitch Headquarters Visits Nariman House

(lubavitch.com) In advance of the first anniversary of the Mumbai Terror Attacks, the Chairman of Chabad’s educational and social services divisions, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, visited…

November 25, 2009

Despite Economic Woes, Ohr Avner Network Thrives

(lubavitch.com) On September 1, 2009, 14,000 students in the Ohr Avner school system of the Former Soviet Union lined up for first bell.

By Baila Olidort

November 23, 2009

One Year Later, Mumbai Chabad House Survivor Turns Three

Moshe Zvi Holtzberg entered the red-carpeted party tent in Kfar Chabad, a suburb of Tel Aviv, escorted by his two grandmothers and his nursemaid Sandra…

By Barbara Sofer

November 19, 2009

Remembering Mumbai: A Traveler’s Reflections On the First Yahrzeit

On November 26, 2008 at 9:45PM, two terrorists stormed the Chabad House in Mumbai, India.

By Hillary Lewin

November 18, 2009

One Year Later Good Deeds Pledged for Mumbai Victims

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By Staff Writer

November 17, 2009

Developing Relationships, Businesspeople, Professionals Work With Chabad Leaders To Advance Jewish Life

(lubavitch.com) Before 2006, David Gavsie, a massage therapist from Montreal, Canada never dreamed he would spend a Friday night around a Shabbat table in a…

By Mordechai Lightstone

November 16, 2009

Transcendent Joy, Transcendent Vision Celebrated at Chabad Conference Banquet

An overflow crowd squeezed through more than a dozen metal detectors and into the garage-turned-gracious-lobby of the Troop C Armory in Brooklyn, New York.

By Dvora Lakein

November 16, 2009

Jewish Boxer, Undefeated, Moves on To Title of Rabbi

(lubavitch.com) The would-be-rabbi waited until Shabbat was over before heading to the ring to knock out opponent Daniel Santos.

November 15, 2009

U.S. Military Armory Is Transformed for Chabad Banquet

This Sunday evening, thousands will file into the Troop C Armory for the banquet session, concluding the International Conference of Shluchim.

By Dvora Lakein

November 15, 2009

FBI, NYPD, State Department Address Security Concerns of Int’l Chabad Representatives

(lubavitch.com) Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries at this year’s International Conference participated Thursday at a special session on security, presided over by leading security agencies.

November 14, 2009

Dancing in the Street With Newly Completed Mumbai Torah

Under a chilly, night sky, colleagues of slain emissaries to Mumbai--Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg--danced intensely with a newly completed Torah.

By Mordechai Lightstone

November 13, 2009

Have Bed, Will Host: Crown Heights Residents Host Travelers Year Round

The Crown Heights community’s hosting marathon begins in September...

By Sara Spielman

November 12, 2009

Hometown Heroes: Thousands of Chabad Rabbis Return to Lubavitch Headquarters

The 25th annual International Conference of Shluchim,

By C.R. Lundy

November 10, 2009

Braids that Bind: Jewish Women Connect Through Challah Baking

At the University of Connecticut, fresh loaves of Challah serve as a bond for the students and local seniors.

By R. C. Lundy

November 9, 2009

Chabad Center Vandalized, Community Pulls Together

Three youths will be arraigned Friday morning in connection with Tuesday’s break-in at the Chabad Jewish Center of Cape Cod. The local teenagers are accused…

By Dvora Lakein

November 5, 2009

Chabad on Campus Draws 800 College Students To Retreat in Brooklyn

They are trading Harvard Square and College Hill for Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue.

By Dvora Lakein

November 5, 2009

Ukraine Closes Schools Nationwide For Fear of Swine Flu

Children wearing protective masks play in central square in the Ukrainian capital Kiev November 2, 2009. [Agencies]

November 4, 2009

First Israeli Real Estate Trade Fair Held in Moscow

Among the guests joining Chabad of Moscow’s Israeli community for Shabbat services and dinner last Friday night, were a group of Israeli realtors, bankers and…

By S. Fridman

November 3, 2009