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Kew Gardens Conservative Synagogue Revived As Chabad Orthodox Shul
(lubavitch.com/lns) It’s been a decade since Kew Gardens Anshe Sholom Jewish Center, a Conservative synagogue, could justify opening its doors for Friday night services. But…
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In The Serengeti: Chasidic Adventures With Chabad
(lubavitch.com/lns) David Abramson is a successful real estate broker in London’s white-hot restaurant scene. He’s well schooled in the plush perks of luxury travel, but…
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American Jewish Suburbanites See Israel Up Close and Personal
A Chabad-led tour of Israel gave a group of American Jews from the Midwest an up close perspective on the extremes of daily life in…
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Taglit-BirthrightIsrael:Mayanot First Tour For Special Needs Visitors
(lubavitch.com/LNS) Fragile X syndrome, a mental impairment that affects IQ, hasn’t stopped Scott Heyman, 27, from living in his own apartment or holding down a…
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When Purim Meets Shabbos . . .
Shabbat as a day of rest goes head to head with Purim parties this year. Chabad centers the world over are working creatively so Jewish…
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Chabad Reaches Jewish Students at Commuter Colleges
When Dan Mendelson’s finance classes end for the day at Baruch College, he hops on a subway and heads to his apartment. Hanging out after…
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Chabad Rabbi Driven to Stop Delinquency, Awarded
On Thursday, February 21, Chabad's Rabbi Leivi Sudak received a public award in recognition of his “outstanding citizenship.” Barnett borough councilor Brian Gordon, a lawyer…
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On College Campuses, Purim Partying Begins Early This Year
Counting down to spring break cheers sleep-deprived and paper swamped college students. But the timing of the vacation has some Chabad campus representatives pulling sleepless nights.…
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Chabad of Arizona Reaches Out . . . To Everyone
(lubavitch.com/LNS) Hotel rooms in Glendale, AZ, have been booked for months. Superbowl madness is running high in the Arizona town that’s home to the big…
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At Brandeis University, Students To Host Gala In Support of Chabad
(lubavitch.com/LNS) The dynamic at Chabad on campus is typically a simple one: Campus Shluchim give and give, and then give some more. A warm home where…
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Chabad’s Jewish Learning Institute To Probe Fundamentals of Faith
(Lubavitch.com/LNS) How did the world get here? If the Universe has a Creator, does He run the world? How does G-d communicate with us? Who…
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A Million Mitzvahs . . . And Still Counting
(lubavitch.com/LNS) An unlikely band of boosters helped the Million Mitzvahs campaign reach its goal. AEPi sorority sisters, students at Hebrew Academy Day School and bar…
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As Kosher Awareness Grows, More Make the Switch Even When Eating Out
(Lubavitch.com/LNS) When Leslie Paskoff of Minnetonka, Minnesota, recently invited some friends to her kitchen table, it was a “going kosher” party. Guests peeled stickers off…
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Feeling Jewish, Feeling Comfortable, On the Night of the 24th
For Jewish people, standing out on December 24th doesn’t mean standing alone. Chabad centers across the country fling open their doors, bringing Jewish people together…
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Kosher Cooking Bible Turns Thirty, Inspires Lifestyle Changes
(Lubavitch.com) Thirty years since it was first served up, Lubavitch women’s kosher cookbook has sold 160,000 copies worldwide. That’s no small potatoes. But it's for affecting…
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A Jewish Burial, Even for Those Who Can’t Afford
(Lubavitch.com) It’s expensive to die in the United States, and especially in California where real estate and population booms have jacked up funeral price tags…
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Chabad of Upper Midtown Launches Building Campaign
On a chilly Sunday night last week,  just across the street from the U.N., New York City moms and dads and their preschoolers, museum patrons…
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Chabad to Light Menorah In Arvada
Following Sunday’s shooting spree that left two teenagers dead in Arvada, CO, the lights of the Chanukah Menorah—to be illuminated there for the first time,…
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Russia’s Chief Rabbi Meets With Putin Successor
Russian President Vladmir Putin made public yesterday his endorsement of Dmitry Medvedev, a deputy prime minister and chairman of the state energy monolith Gazprom, during…
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Chabad Celebrates Chanukah With Special Needs Children
Fifty children with various developmental delays and physical challenges and seventy-five teenage volunteer buddies will craft menorahs, played dreidel games and sing together at at…
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Rome Municipality Posts Chanukah Billboards City-Wide
City officials plastered Rome with 500 signs wishing all of its citizens, Buon Chanukà, proclaiming the holiday’s dates and urging everyone to attend Chabad’s 20th…
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In Nepal, Israelis Examine Jewish Identity
Dhulikhel, a resort village with panoramic views of the famous Himalayan mountain ranges, is an idyllic setting for soul searchers. Here, Chezi Lifshitz, the Chabad…
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New Chabad Center in Buckeye — The Gateway to Arizona’s West
Just 35 minutes west of Phoenix, the fast-growing city of Buckeye, Arizona — now home to over 100,000 residents — is welcoming something new: its…
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New Chabad Center in Buckeye — The Gateway to Arizona’s West
Just 35 minutes west of Phoenix, the fast-growing city of Buckeye, Arizona — now home to over 100,000 residents — is welcoming something new: its…
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Chabad Young Professionals Rabbis Gather For Convention in Raleigh
Chabad Young Professionals Rabbis Gather For Convention in Raleigh
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Texas Chabad Brings Aid To Flood Victims
Texas Chabad Brings Aid to Flood VictimsThree years ago Rabbi Yossi and Malky Marrus founded Chabad of Boerne. Now, their small Chabad house has transformed…
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Texas Chabad Brings Aid To Flood Victims
Texas Chabad Brings Aid to Flood VictimsThree years ago Rabbi Yossi and Malky Marrus founded Chabad of Boerne. Now, their small Chabad house has transformed…
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Chabad Brings Kosher Food To Wimbeldon
As they wait in the queue for hours — even days — to watch the Wimbledon Championships, Jewish tennis fans have welcomed hot kosher food…
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Chabad Brings Kosher Food To Wimbeldon
As they wait in the queue for hours — even days — to watch the Wimbledon Championships, Jewish tennis fans have welcomed hot kosher food…
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Hundreds of young Dallas Jewish professionals joined Shabbat 500, an annual project of the Intown Chabad.
You can’t make this stuff up. Magic!” Rabbi Mendy Plotkin of the Intown Chabad wrote. In response to antisemitism, they choose to “Double down on…
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Hundreds of young Dallas Jewish professionals joined Shabbat 500, an annual project of the Intown Chabad.
You can’t make this stuff up. Magic!” Rabbi Mendy Plotkin of the Intown Chabad wrote. In response to antisemitism, they choose to “Double down on…
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Holocaust Survivor Margot Friedlander was laid to rest after her passing at 103.
At a ceremony attended by Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and other dignitaries, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal — the Chief Rabbi of Berlin…
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Holocaust Survivor Margot Friedlander was laid to rest after her passing at 103.
At a ceremony attended by Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and other dignitaries, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal — the Chief Rabbi of Berlin…
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A Brooklyn Street is now named Lubavitcher Rebbe Way
A Brooklyn Street is now named Lubavitcher Rebbe Way
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150 Jewish service members gathered at The Shul of Bal Harbour for the 18th annual Aleph Military Symposium and Shabbaton.
150 Jewish service members gathered at The Shul of Bal Harbour for the 18th annual Aleph Military Symposium and Shabbaton.
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New Chabad Center in Buckeye — The Gateway to Arizona’s West
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Chabad Young Professionals Rabbis Gather For Convention in Raleigh
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Texas Chabad Brings Aid To Flood Victims
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Chabad Brings Kosher Food To Wimbeldon
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Young Professionals
Hundreds of young Dallas Jewish professionals joined Shabbat 500, an annual project of the Intown Chabad.
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Holocaust Survivor Margot Friedlander was laid to rest after her passing at 103.
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A Brooklyn Street is now named Lubavitcher Rebbe Way
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150 Jewish service members gathered at The Shul of Bal Harbour for the 18th annual Aleph Military Symposium and Shabbaton.
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