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(lubavitch.com) After a tense 24 hours during which the Wesleyan University campus was under lockdown, students and faculty are venturing back onto campus grounds, relieved…

May 8, 2009

Jewish Organization Implores Pope To Help Identify Hidden Children of Holocaust

(lubavitch.com) Pope Benedict XVI’s scheduled visit to Israel May 11-15 is eliciting mixed reactions among Israelis. But Chabad Rabbi Shalom Dov Lifshitz hopes the visit…

By Zalman Nelson

May 7, 2009

As Manhunt Continues Chabad Works to Keep Wesleyan Students Safe

UPDATE 11:42 p.m. EST: According police in Meriden, Connecticut, the suspect in the shooting, Stephen Morgan, was arrested Thursday night, and is in police custody.…

May 7, 2009

Chabad at AIPAC: A Capitol Experience

(lubavitch.com) Chabad representatives from around the nation were among the 6500 guests at this year’s AIPAC Conference, which concluded Wednesday, in Washington D.C. “Lobbying for…

By Dvora Lakein

May 7, 2009

Remembering Chabad’s Emissary to Morocco

(lubavitch.com) Tuesday marked the fifth anniversary of the passing Rabbi Yehuda Leib Raskin, Chabad emissary to Morocco for more than 44 years.Born in Russia in…

May 6, 2009

Israeli Community Marks 30-Day Mourning Period

(lubavitch.com) The Israeli settlement village of Bat Ayin near Jerusalem completed thirty days of mourning over the weekend for 13 year old Shlomo Nativ who…

By Zalman Nelson

May 5, 2009

Chabad’s Rohr JLI Offers Retreat to Self

(lubavitch.com) The world’s most comprehensive adult Jewish education program will host the fourth annual National Jewish Retreat this August. The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute will…

By Dvora Lakein

May 5, 2009

The Rebbe’s Views Cited In Israel’s Supreme Court Landmark Decision

(lubavitch.com) Working parents can deduct childcare expenses from their taxes, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a landmark decision which upheld a Tel Aviv District…

By Zalman Nelson

May 4, 2009

Victory in Cooper City

(lubavitch.com) In a landmark case heralded by religious rights activists, Cooper City, Florida was forced to admit its unlawfulness in preventing Chabad of Nova from…

By C.R. Lundy

May 4, 2009

Building Jewish Futures in Reno, Nevada

(lubavitch.com) Three mornings a week, Tracy Kutler straps five-year old Griffin into the family car for the 45-minute drive from Truckee, California to Reno, Nevada.…

By C.R. Lundy

May 3, 2009

Hatzolah Ambulance Now Serving Moscow Jewish Community

(lubavitch.com) The recently-established Hatzolah Volunteer Ambulance Service has begun operating in Moscow. In particular, Moscow Hatzolah is available to respond to emergency calls in the…

May 3, 2009

Chabad Rabbis In Singapore Host IRCC

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By Zalman Nelson

May 1, 2009

Yeshiva Boys’ Small Gesture Makes Big Difference

Letter: Help Came From Yeshiva I am writing to tell you of an incident which happened to me on a wildly snowy Thursday afternoon. On…

April 30, 2009

Online Calendar To Help Jewish Women’s Observance of Mikvah

(lubavitch.com) An age-old facet of Jewish life, mikvah usage has seen a tremendous upswing in recent years. Today, women observing the rituals of Jewish family…

By Staff Writer

April 30, 2009

Diamond in the Rough

South Africa’s Jewish Community (lubavitch.com) It is early on Monday morning and the bus is rolling into the Chabad House parking lot on Aintree Avenue.…

By Dvora Lakein

April 30, 2009

No Cop-Out: Minnesota Police Stand in Solidarity with Israel

(lubavitch.com) A rabbi, a priest, and 15 police officers step off an airplane at Ben Gurion Airport. This sounds like the first line of a…

By Dvora Lakein

April 30, 2009

Florida Governor Signs Bill Removing ‘Shylock’

(lubavitch.com) On Monday, Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill removing the words "shylock" and "shylocking" from the Florida statute books, a term offensive to Jews. The…

April 29, 2009

Books: Meditations on Mitzvot

(lubavitch.com) The face of Chabad in the twenty-first century has been the shliach and the shlucha. Incredibly dedicated and energetic couples have fanned out around…

By Shmuel Klatzkin

April 29, 2009

VIDEO University of Illinois Chancellor Grateful to Chabad

(lubavitch.com) Chabad at University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign, celebrated its fifth year on campus at a gala celebration Sunday evening. University Chancellor Richard Herman…

April 29, 2009

Photos: Sinai Scholars At Princeton University

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April 28, 2009

Father of Slain Mumbai Victim Says He Joined Israel’s Family of Bereaved

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By Zalman Nelson

April 28, 2009