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Pasta and Puerto Rico
It’s hard to believe that a Chabad House in Puerto Rico—an island where no kosher meat, chicken, or dairy products are produced—can offer a kosher,…
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Remembering the Vilna Ghetto: Sixty Years Later
Marking 60 years since the liquidation of the Vilna ghetto, Lithuanian members of parliament, including the president, prime minister, and chairman of the parliament, paid…
A Miracle in Thailand
When Avi Azuly’s father called his son’s hospital room in Thailand, what he heard on the other end was totally unexpected. He heard the haunting…
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Princeton Students Prepare for Rosh Hashana
Forty students attended the first-ever Shofar Factory at Chabad of Princeton University, where they carved their own ram’s horns to be used on Rosh Hashana.
Lubavitch and Coca Cola Team Up
An oft-repeated anecdote among Jewish travelers, is the one about the Jewish businessman who went on a sales promotion that took him around the globe.…
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The First Synagogue in New York’s Oldest Village
Irwin Simon, CEO and chairman of Hain Celestial Group, is a member at four New York City synagogues. But it’s the Chabad shul in Southampton…
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Summer Escape: Nurturing the Spirit
How do the Divine attributes of kindness, beauty and royalty translate into our physical world? What does G-d really want from us? How can we…
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And Bind Them For A Sign Upon Your Hand
Zalman Lieberov spent four hours one afternoon talking to an 80 year-old Jew who vividly remembers his hometown cheder, where he was schooled as a…
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Among the Mystics of Safed
Rafi Kaplan wasn’t looking for inspiration. The 22 year old L.A. native, exploring the world with a backpack and a buddy in the early months…
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17 Days in Poland
Yossi Stein 24, of Detroit, Michigan, and Sender Kavka, 23, of Seattle, Washington had two and a half weeks in which to seek out as…
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Camping in Paraguay
Landlocked between Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia, Paraguay has long been considered the continent’s “empty quarter,” nondescript and unnoticed even by its closest neighbors. With a…
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A Summer to Last A Lifetime
In many ways it’s a typical Jewish overnight camp, packed with activities and trips in an exhilarating atmosphere with an infectious sort of happy energy.…
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A New Mikveh for the Florida Panhandle
It’s the cornerstone of any thriving Jewish community, and integral to Jewish continuity. Women who observe the mitzveh of mikveh will travel distances to use…
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Torah Study in Japan
In most respects, it’s a Torah study class much like any other. Like in thousands of Chabad centers around the world, the class starts up…
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Rebbe’s Ninth Yahrzeit Marked Worldwide
The 3rd day of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, this year corresponding to July 3, is the ninth yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem…
A New Torah in Dixieland
When Dave Lerner settled in the small town of Lincolnton, near Charlotte, North Carolina, in the early 1920’s, the prospects for any sustained Jewish future…
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Honoring the Rebbe’s Legacy
The campaign is one of many ways that Jewish communities and individuals worldwide are preparing to honor ninth anniversary of the passing of Lubavitcher Rebbe,…
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A Leap of Faith for the Rationalist
What would compel a self-proclaimed agnostic “with zero faith in religion or G-d,” who placed the worship of a culture of secular humanism above all…
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Challah ‘N Grits
Three hundred people gathered last week in Birmingham, Alabama, to witness the final letters being filled into a new Torah scroll—a first for the Yellowhammer…
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Saved by Shabbat
“Saved by Shabbat,” says Chabad Rabbi Leib Raskin, referring to the miracle that occurred in Casablanca on the fateful Friday evening two weeks ago. Earlier…
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Honorary Citizen of Rio
More than 200 community members gathered at Rio de Janeiro’s Beit Lubavitch last Tuesday, May 20, Lag B’omer, for a ceremony honoring Rabbi Yehoshua Goldman…
A Celebration at 12 Pushkinskaya Street
If the walls at 12 Pushkinskaya Street could talk, what would they say? It would be a heart-wrenching tale of tears, hope, and broken trust,…
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Turning Ordinary People into Leaders
When Elizabeth Parks lost her brother in the tragedy of Spetember 11, 200, the Long Island high school student responded in a way that people…
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