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Finding Their Place: Israelis in America
It was the winter of 2011, and Rabbi Shmulik Gurary was driving up and down the streets of suburban Baltimore looking for a sign.
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Chabad of Bakersfield Cuts the Ribbon
After fifteen years of fostering Jewish life in sunny California, Rabbi Shmuly Schlanger and his wife Esther have finally opened the doors to the permanent…
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CTeen Takes On Summer 2017
With four travel programs and a new initiative assisting chapters in facilitating local road trips, CTeen has used the summer months to reach and engage…
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Illinois CTeen Organizes Houston Food Drive
Teens around Northbrook, IL geared up last week to help those in need in Texas with food drives, fundraisers, and bake sales.
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Colorado Governor Vows Zero Tolerance for Anti-Semitism
After a recent rash of anti-Semitic attacks in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper showed his support for the Jewish community with a visit…
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Jewish Cemetery Vandalized in Ukraine
A few days before UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pronounced anti-Semitism “alive and well,” the Jewish cemetery of Svalyava, Ukraine, was vandalized.
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Holy Cow!
Until last July, Downtown Brooklyn, the third largest business district in New York and home to five local universities with many Jewish students, did not…
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Chabad Rabbi Inaugurates El Al’s New Dreamliner With a Prayer
Rabbi Berry Farkash, Chabad’s emissary to Issaquah, WA, recited a prayer Tuesday morning as he inaugurated El Al’s first Dreamliner 787 on its way to…
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Small Town, Big Dreams
In a small corner of southwestern New Jersey lies little known Gloucester County. In 2007, with a Jewish population of about 1,000, the sleepy town…
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Jewish Community of Curitiba, Brazil, Honors IDF Soldiers
Nearly 400 members of the Jewish community of Curitiba, Paraná, in South Brazil packed a lavish hall last Monday evening to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary…
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Chabad Unveils New Tech Innovation Lab on Campus
In their latest move, Illini Chabad has unveiled a purpose-built innovation and study co-working space.
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A South American Teen Camp Excites and Inspires
For thirty-two teenaged boys hailing from Colombia, Brazil and Argentina, CTeen’s recent five-day winter camp in S. Paolo, Brazil was a unique experience. Fun, adventure,…
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Hungary Emissary Presents Netanyahu With Translated Talmud
For the first time in the history of the country, a sitting Israeli prime minister paid a diplomatic visit to the Hungarian capital of Budapest.…
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Meet Randy Kersh
Meet Randy Kersh. A 22-year old student at the University of North Florida, Randy dreams of becoming a Reform rabbi. He was prom king at…
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A Family Affair With Chabad On Campus
At the Crowne Plaza in Stamford, Connecticut, a conference for Chabad reps serving college students provided emissaries of all ages with the opportunity to network,…
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Chabad Emissary Comforts Boy with Autism on Transatlantic Flight, Photo Goes Viral
“So we just flew back from chaperoning an amazing trip thanks to MAYANOT: Taglit-Birthright Israel,” Wrote Chabad Emissary Bentzion Groner in a Facebook post. “The…
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Chabad Teams Up with AEPi in Vienna for Mass Fraternity Bar Mitzvah
Earlier this month, five university students from the Lauder Business School in Vienna were joined by their families from Switzerland, Germany, Hungary and Ukraine as…
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CTeen’s Leaders Get Together
Over 200 emissaries and teen leaders from around the world participated in the 4th Annual CTeen Leadership Retreat and Convention to network as well as…
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Jewish Youth Center Opens in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia
A new children’s educational center opened its doors in FJC’s Jewish community of Krasnoyarsk, Southern Siberia this week.
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Small-Town Jewish Communities Get a Holiday Boost
While many American Jews spent the days leading up to Shavuot baking cheesecakes, 110 Chabad rabbis were busy boarding planes and busses to different remote…
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Jewish Life Blooms in Boquete, Panama
Boquete, Panama is a small town in the Chiriqui province in Panama’s interior, little more than thirty miles away from the Costa Rican border.
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Locals Work Together to Build Merrick’s First Mikvah
It seemed an unlikely prospect that the women of the small suburban community of Merrick-Bellmore-Wantagh in Long Island would one day have their own mikvah.
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Small-City Chabad Emissaries Convene in Catalonia
A picturesque city in northeastern Catalonia famous for its medieval architecture and the old Jewish Quarter, Girona was host to the first-ever European and Central…
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Judaism on Wheels
Rabbi Meir Massas of Chabad of Safsufa, northern Israel, recently unveiled his latest project: a unique mitzvah tank designed to pique interest and help Chabad…
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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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Spirituality on the slopes
Chabad of the Flathead Valley, Montana invited community members to join them at Whitefish Mountain Resort for a community ski day, with kosher food and…
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Spirituality on the slopes
Chabad of the Flathead Valley, Montana invited community members to join them at Whitefish Mountain Resort for a community ski day, with kosher food and…
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International Conference of Chabad Shluchos group photo
Thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch shluchos—emissaries—pose for a group photo at Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, NY. While their moms join the International Convention, the young shluchos…
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International Conference of Chabad Shluchos group photo
Thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch shluchos—emissaries—pose for a group photo at Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, NY. While their moms join the International Convention, the young shluchos…
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The funeral of Ian Douglas Epstein — a Jewish flight attendant who perished on American Airlines Flight 5342 — will take place at Chabad of Charlotte, North Carolina
The funeral of Ian Douglas Epstein — a Jewish flight attendant who perished on American Airlines Flight 5342 — will take place Wednesday, February 5…
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The funeral of Ian Douglas Epstein — a Jewish flight attendant who perished on American Airlines Flight 5342 — will take place at Chabad of Charlotte, North Carolina
The funeral of Ian Douglas Epstein — a Jewish flight attendant who perished on American Airlines Flight 5342 — will take place Wednesday, February 5…
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Ice and fire combine to illuminate the night, courtesy of Chabad of Steamboat Springs.
Ice and fire combine to illuminate the night, courtesy of Chabad of Steamboat Springs.
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The “World’s Widest Menorah” will be kindled at Chabad of Clearwater, Florida
The menorah measures 61.3 feet long—a nod to the Torah’s 613 commandments. This year, its message of Jewish pride will also include the prayerful hope…
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The “World’s Widest Menorah” will be kindled at Chabad of Clearwater, Florida
The menorah measures 61.3 feet long—a nod to the Torah’s 613 commandments. This year, its message of Jewish pride will also include the prayerful hope…
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A unique menorah stands at Wasilla Lake in Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley, placed by Rabbi Mendy and Chaya Greenberg of the Mat-Su Jewish Center Chabad
Its unique design was created by Alaskan artist Patrick Garley of Arctic Fires Bronze Sculptureworks. The menorah was sponsored in honor of former Mayor of…
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A unique menorah stands at Wasilla Lake in Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley, placed by Rabbi Mendy and Chaya Greenberg of the Mat-Su Jewish Center Chabad
Its unique design was created by Alaskan artist Patrick Garley of Arctic Fires Bronze Sculptureworks. The menorah was sponsored in honor of former Mayor of…
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A Brooklyn Street is now named Lubavitcher Rebbe Way
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Military
150 Jewish service members gathered at The Shul of Bal Harbour for the 18th annual Aleph Military Symposium and Shabbaton.
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Spirituality on the slopes
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International Conference of Chabad Shluchos group photo
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The funeral of Ian Douglas Epstein — a Jewish flight attendant who perished on American Airlines Flight 5342 — will take place at Chabad of Charlotte, North Carolina
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Ice and fire combine to illuminate the night, courtesy of Chabad of Steamboat Springs.
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The “World’s Widest Menorah” will be kindled at Chabad of Clearwater, Florida
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A unique menorah stands at Wasilla Lake in Alaska’s Mat-Su Valley, placed by Rabbi Mendy and Chaya Greenberg of the Mat-Su Jewish Center Chabad
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