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Mr. Eduardo Elsztain Named Chairman of WJC

At Monday's 13th Plenary Assembly of the World Jewish Congress in Jerusalem, Mr. Eduardo Elsztain was named Chairman of the Board of Governors, succeeding Matthew…

January 27, 2009

Torah Study, Then and Now

(lubavitch.com) For all the blessings of the internet age—and they are enormous—this generation may spell the end of certain social conditions vital to the existential…

By Baila Olidort

January 26, 2009

In View of Mumbai: JUDAISM A VOICE OF HOPE

UK Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks speaks to CNN about Chabad-Lubavitch and the idealism of its Mumbai representatives. Embedded video from &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.cnn.com/video&amp;quot; mce_href=&amp;quot;http://www.cnn.com/video&amp;quot;&amp;gt;CNN…

January 25, 2009

US Judge Orders Russia to Preserve Chabad Texts

[AP] — A federal judge is ordering Russia to preserve sacred religious documents that members of a Hasidic Jewish movement fear could be headed to…

By Nedra Pickler

January 22, 2009

Rabbi David Hollander: Oldest Full-Time Pulpit Rabbi

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By Mordechai Lightstone

January 21, 2009

Photo Gallery: IDF Soldiers Write A Torah

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By Zalman Nelson

January 21, 2009

Chabad of Wall Street to Launch Fundraiser With New Torah Scroll

(lubavitch.com) Chabad-Lubavitch of Wall Street has disclosed plans to launch a fundraiser and dedicate the writing of a new Torah scroll in memory of the…

By Miriam Davids

January 21, 2009

Welcome To A New President

(lubavitch.com) The idea of “e pluribus unum” (out of many – one) that appears on U.S. currency, sums up the American democratic process. A government…

January 20, 2009

Reflections: Return to Mumbai

(lubavitch.com) What had changed since last August, when I had first visited Mumbai? The Indian Army squad in a sandbagged position in front of the…

By Shmuel Klatzkin

January 19, 2009

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz To Lead Jewish Unity Lectures

(lubavitch.com) With Israel at war, the recent Mumbai terrorist attacks, and other threats facing our people, Jewish unity has emerged as a potent theme and…

By Dvora Lakein

January 18, 2009

At Argentine Consulate, Hundreds Bid For Art and Orphans

(lubavitch.com) Thursday night’s frigid temperatures did not factor in at all at the Argentine Consulate of New York City, where hundreds of guests mingled jovially…

By S. Fridman

January 16, 2009

Korean Prime Minister Thanks Chabad at Buy Korea 2009

(lubavitch.com) Earlier this week, Jewish business people finally had the opportunity to participate fully at “Buy Korea 2009,” Asia’s largest business expo. Korean Prime Minister…

January 16, 2009

New Uniform Makes the Grade At Fashion Conscious Lyons School

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By Jennifer Bleyer

January 15, 2009

Evening Learning Group Members Bring Torah to the Soldiers

(lubavitch.com) As part of his efforts to share Chasidic philosophy with Israel’s many yeshiva students, Rabbi Moshe Shilat created the Lev Ledaat network of evening…

By Zalman Nelson

January 14, 2009

Community Rallies in France; Chabad Remains Open

(lubavitch.com) The Chabad center in St-Denis, France was attacked with nine Molotov cocktails on Sunday night, breaking a window and charring the walls of a…

By Zalman Nelson

January 13, 2009

Son of Chabad Representative, Newlywed, Injured in Gaza Operation

(lubavitch.com) The fighting in Gaza hit very close to home today when IDF Corporal Nechemia Rubin and his commander, IDF Combat Officer Aharon Karov, were…

By Zalman Nelson

January 13, 2009

Into the Depths: Jewish Women Find Self Through Study and Snorkel

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By Dvora Lakein

January 12, 2009

Three Years Later, Israel’s Evacuees Dodge Rockets, Long to Return

(lubavitch.com) The IDF’s incursion into the Gaza strip has many in Israel taking a painfully hard look at Israel’s disengagement from the area three years…

By Zalman Nelson

January 11, 2009

Editorial: Where Wills Collide, Israel Survives

I have a fantasy that I can’t resist, and it returns to me with enhanced details whenever I see Israel get squeezed by the darlings…

By Baila Olidort

January 8, 2009

Rockets Rain on Israel’s North, Residents on Alert

(lubavitch.com) Four Katyusha rockets slammed into the northern coastal city of Naharia Thursday morning, one of them landing directly on a senior citizens’ facility. Piercing…

By Zalman Nelson

January 8, 2009

Chabad in Action as Grad Rockets Slams into Gedera

(lubavitch.com) A three-month-old girl was injured by shattered glass and several people were treated for shock Tuesday morning when a grad rocket struck the city…

By Zalman Nelson

January 6, 2009

Arson Attempt Latest in Antwerp’s Anti-Semitic Response to Gaza War

(lubavitch.com) On Saturday night, unknown perpetrators shoved rags with lighter fluid into the mailbox of a Chabad family’s home in Antwerp, Belgium and lit them…

By Zalman Nelson

January 6, 2009

In Five Towns, Jewish Community Rallies Behind Chabad

(lubavitch.com) Sometimes it takes a little darkness to shed light on something so remarkable. News reports on December 25 spoke of the wreckage that a…

By Dvora Lakein

January 6, 2009

Visit to Israel Confirms Mayor Bloomberg’s Support of Israel’s Strike Against Hamas

(lubavitch.com) Returning Monday from a solidarity visit to Israel, Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference with the media and representatives of Jewish organizations in…

By Miriam Davids

January 5, 2009