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Water Carrier: Rabbi Fights Southern California Fire with Love

It has been a long and smoky week in Southern California as firefighters valiantly battle the area’s largest-ever fire and residents race to safety.

By Dvora Lakein

September 4, 2009

At Staten Island Russian Fest, Russian Jews Sample Judaism

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By Mordechai Lightstone

September 1, 2009

Chabad Representative to MA Remembers Ted Kennedy

As a week of mourning winds down for United States Senator Ted Kennedy, his constituents are remembering his contributions in the Senate chambers and eulogizing…

By Dvora Lakein

August 31, 2009

Hong Kong Jewish Community Celebrates Rabbi’s 50th

When Goldie Avtzon, Chabad representative to Hong Kong, decided to throw a surprise party in honor of her husband’s 50th birthday last week, she had…

By S. Fridman

August 30, 2009

Latvia Celebrates Newly Renovated Old Synagogue

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August 30, 2009

Jewish Inspiration Trails Chabad Rabbis After Summer Tour

When Rabbis Laima Barber and Avi Shlomo visited Jews throughout Greece this July, they were often met with eager anticipation or...

By Dvora Lakein

August 27, 2009

Chabad of Sweden: Jewish Community Stands With Israel

The recent article in a mainstream Swedish newspaper claiming that Israeli soldiers harvested body organs from Palestinians has many in Sweden’s Jewish community deeply...

By Miriam Davids

August 25, 2009

Howie Mandel Moved By Visit to Chabad Treatment Center

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August 24, 2009

Jewish Hospitality Suite To Open at Broward General Medical Center

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August 24, 2009

Chabad Dedicates Opening of New Building in Buenos Aires’s Soho

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By Staff Writer

August 24, 2009

New Jewish Day School To Open On Cape Town’s West Coast

Come January 2010, Cape Town's West Coast Jewish community will have its own junior-primary Jewish day school.

By S. Fridman

August 23, 2009

Chabad Combats Hate At York University With Enhanced Jewish Involvement

Vidal Bekerman uses a spiritual approach when addressing anti-Semitism and anti-Israel rhetoric at York University in Toronto.

By David Lipson

August 19, 2009

Battle to Free Kidnapped Israeli Soldier Has Taken to Twitter

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August 18, 2009

JLI Retreat Explores Themes of Jewish Empowerment

With almost 600 attendees, this year’s assembly brought together more participants than all three previous retreats combined. It was a stunning success....

By Dvora Lakein

August 18, 2009

Exploring Garments of the Soul in Urubamba

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August 17, 2009

Manali Diary 4: Search for Missing Israeli Continues

The search wasn’t planning to go out on Shabbos because most of the people were way too worn out, but when a flock of vultures…

By Levi Pekar

August 17, 2009

First Chabad House Opens in St. Martin/St. Maarten

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters officially appointed new Chabad representatives to St. Martin/St. Maarten in the Caribbean Islands.

By S. Fridman

August 17, 2009

Flashback!: Gan Israel Campsite Purchased

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August 13, 2009

Downtown: Everything Jewish is Waiting for You

When Patti Berman moved into her sunny loft in downtown Los Angeles, the rough-and-tumble neighborhood was known as skid row. Her building, recently gentrified, was…

By Dvora Lakein

August 13, 2009

Gan Israel Campers Reach Out To Special Needs Child

Chabad of Orange County offices received a special request via email which sparked the interest of Camp Gan Israel directors...

August 13, 2009

Road Sages: Finding Jews in All the Right Places

While en route from Chicago to Minneapolis last weekend, three guys in a Dodge Sprinter heard about a small town halfway to their destination.

By Dvora Lakein

August 12, 2009

Chabad-Lubavitch Issues Statement on Mumbai

Since the terrorist onslaught in Mumbai, India, last November, when Chabad representatives Rabbi Gabi and Rivki Holtzberg were brutally murderd, the Government of India, including…

August 10, 2009

Chabad Rabbi Nominated for UJC Hero of the Year

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By Staff Writer

August 10, 2009

Chabad Center To Open in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, the educational division of Chabad-Lubavitch, has appointed Chabad representatives to Cambodia, a first for this South East Asian country.

By S. Fridman

August 10, 2009