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(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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Croatian Govt To Change Law To Protect Jewish Graves
(lubavitch.com/LNS) Chabad’s Rabbi Pinchas Zaklos met Monday with Croatian President Stjepan Mesi, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader,  and Zagreb’s Mayor Milan Bandi. Zaklos was part of delegation…
Women, Children of Arab/Jewish Intermarriages Seek Help From Chabad
While the topic of how to reach out to children of intermarried couples animates discussion in communities, synagogues and schools, it’s a whole different brew—with…
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Israeli Expats Strengthen Jewish Identity in Diaspora
As the Israeli government launches a dynamic campaign to lure expatriates back, many are conflicted as to which country they wish to call home. With…
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Challenge Aspen Works With Chabad To Welcome Israeli Soldiers
(lubavitch.com/LNS) On January 31, 2006, Gary Alfmon, a paramedic fighter in Y.A.M.A.M, a special IDF police, was sent into Jenin with his platoon. Working covertly…
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Chabad Hebrew Day School Goes Green
Soaking up the brilliant California sunshine, 189 new solar panels atop the roofs of Chabad's Hebrew Academy in Huntington Beach are teaching students a living…
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Children With Special Needs and Their Parents Applaud Chabad’s Friendship Circle
“A model for a Jewish People unified by shared goals and ideals,” is how Dr. Talya Fishman describes Friendship Circle of Chabad of the Delaware…
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Taking A Closer Look At Judaism’s Universal Laws
For most, the Biblical account of Noah and the flood begins with lions, tigers, and peacocks strutting two by two into a wooden ark and…
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Bloom’s Kosher Deli: Open On Shabbos . . . With Chabad
Bloom's famous kosher eatery is to London’s Jews what the 2nd Avenue Deli was to New York Jews. At its different locations, the popular eatery…
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Business Guru Michael Gerber Offers to Streamline Chabad Centers’ Operations
Small business guru Michael Gerber’s E-Myth Revisited sold over 1,000,000 copies, and is licensed in 16 languages. His consulting firm has coached 50,000 small businesses…
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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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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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Of Heroines and Beauty: Women’s Purim Pageant To Explore Jewish Themes
(lubavitch.com/LNS) On March 12, a royal court of Jewish princesses will gather in Eugene, OR. The upcoming holiday of Purim celebrates the heroics of Queen…
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While Qassams Keep Falling, Sderot Citizens Are Abandoned
Adding insult to injury, Sderot residents say the international community has shown precious little solidarity with them as they are daily terrorized by Qassam rockets. And when…
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Paraguay’s Jewish Community Tries To Cope With Yellow Fever Outbreak
With the recent outbreak of yellow fever in the country, nervous Paraguayans wait impatiently in long queues to get vaccinated against yellow fever, fomenting tension…
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Building Houses, Doing Mitzvahs: Ramaz Students, Chabad-Lubavitch and Habitat for Humanity
(lubavitch.com/LNS) President’s Day Weekend is off time for most high school students, but in York, PA, a group of sixteen Ramaz students got down and…
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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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In U.S.A. Chabad Habla Espanol!
(lubavitch.com/LNS) It’s not bagels and lox at La Sinagoga de Jabad de Coral Springs brunch. Here the fare is arepas and cheese pies, a taste…
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On Tour in the U.S: Two Rabbis and A Barrel of Kosher Pickles
(lubavitch.com/LNS) The recipe is a secret but Rabbi Mendy Margolin will reveal the trick to a good kosher pickle—no authentic kosher pickles contain vinegar. When…
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Why Is Hollywood Calling?
For a long time now, Chabad, along with many others concerned about the subtle and not-so-subtle influences of pop culture, has been unequivocal about television watching…
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Through Study and Stipend, Chabad Program in CIS Increases Jewish Marriages
(lubavitch.com/LNS) Maria Karetina, 23, lives in Vladivostok, Russia. Since completing university last year, she has been working as a French-English translator for a large firm.…
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Increasingly, American Adult Jewish Males Request Ritual Circumcision
(lubavitch.com/LNS)  “Culturally Jewish” is the self-described label offered up by Russell Harmon, a 19-year-old City Island, NY, native currently pursuing a degree in computer science…
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Jewish Revival Greets Young Jews Moving to the Lower East Side
(lubavitch.com/LNS) Mention of the Lower East Side often evokes images of heaving tenement buildings, anxious immigrants, and pungent pickles. While the pickles remain a landmark…
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