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Living Jewish, Feeling Safe, in Muslim Azerbaijan
Hardly a Muslim country in the world today can claim kind hospitality to Jewish people. And yet, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Rabbi Meir Brook is routinely…
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Living Jewish in Muslim Azerbaijan
Hardly a Muslim country in the world today can claim kind hospitality to Jewish people. And yet, in Baku, Azerbaijan, Rabbi Meir Brook is routinely…
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Turning 12, Turning Serious
It’s an exclusive camp, so exclusive in fact, that eligible campers have but a once-in-a lifetime chance to get in. Open only to Jewish girls…
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Torah Center To Rise in Heart of Montreal
The 7-million dollar, 35,000 square-foot full service Jewish community center and synagogue currently under construction in the heart of Hampstead, marks an exciting milestone for…
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An Oasis in Paradise
Rolling green hills, lush tropical foliage and picturesque beaches of St. George, Grenada, create a landscape of scenic beauty and tranquility, about as far removed…
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On a Mediterannean Island: Jews Revisit Judaism
Last Wednesday marked the first time in three decades that residents of Cyprus were allowed to cross from one side to the other of their…
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President Honors Rebbe’s Legacy
The 11th day of the Hebrew month of Nissan, this year corresponding to April 13th, is the 101st birthdate of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem…
American Legal Cases: Lawyers Examine the Talmudic Angle
NEW YORK CITY–What rights does a non-custodial parent have, according to Jewish law? How does Jewish law evaluate the damages caused by an incurred physical…
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Synagogue Get Second Wind
In 1908, when Hana Shnir was three years old, the Jewish community of Kuibyshev, Russia celebrated the construction of a grand community synagogue. Every Shabbat,…
The Sound of Jewish Music
It was November 1938, a few days before Kristallnacht, when Cantor Heinrich Schwarzwald led the final services at Offenbach’s main Synagogue. He recalls beseeching the…
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Russian Jewry Gives Back
This time last year, over 120 Yeshiva students from the US traveled to 63 far-flung cities in Russia to conduct Passover Seders for Jewish communities…
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The Joy of Passover in Argentina
“Some 7,500 Jews will celebrate Passover in Argentina this year,” says Rabbi Tzvi Grunblatt, director of Chabad-Lubavitch in Argentina, which is organizing more communal Seders…
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On Manhattan’s Upper West Side: A Great Lab of Jewish Learning
When Amy Weil began looking into preschools for her son Sasha, then two and a half years old, there were lots of options. Chabad, she…
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A Decade of Jewish Unity
Celebrating 10 Years of Chabad in Thailand” was held last Monday at the Brooklyn Marriot Hotel, drawing over three hundred friends and supporters of Chabad…
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A Jewish Youth Library Grows . . . And Grows
OTTAWA, CANADA–Three years ago Marjorie Feldman was invited by Devora Caytak to speak at the Jewish Women’s Institute, a project of the Jewish Youth Library…
Jewish Visibility Rises in the European Union Headquarters
Three years ago, when Rabbi Moshe Garelik was appointed by a committee of senior European Rabbis to set up the Rabbinical Centre of Europe in…
Dancing With The Torah On 42nd Street
Against the backdrop of pro-troop and anti-war demonstrations, two hundred people took to the streets of Midtown Manhattan on Sunday, in song, dance and celebration.…
Purim In the Alps
Nestled in the geographic heartland of Switzerland, surrounded by the panorama of the Swiss Alps, Lucerne, dubbed “a pearl in the world’s most beautiful oyster”…
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You Have A Home In Midtown Manhattan
What to do when you land a job an hour away from home, in Midtown Manhattan, on Purim day? Michal Silverman, a freelance writer from…
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Chabad Celebrates “Purim Jerusalem” Worldwide
As Chabad centers across the globe ready themselves for the joyous holiday of Purim, which begins tonight at sundown, a new concept in celebrating the…
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Hamantashen In Kuwait
Jewish troops posted in Kuwait will have something to smile about this Purim. An ocean away, in the Golden State of California, hundreds of Jewish…
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A 30th B-day for Chabad of the Lone Star State
Chabad Lubavitch of Texas celebrated 30 years in the state at a gala anniversary founders’ dinner on March 9. Held at Houston’s Doubletree Post Oak…
Resolution Favoring Israel Passed Unanimously
On Friday, March 7, Florida’s House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution declaring the state’s solidarity with Israel and support of its fight against terrorism.…
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Chabad House To Give Dinner Proceeds to Victims of Terror
By Susan Tawil From the Detroit Jewish News WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI–As a demonstration of its steadfast support, the Sara Tugman Bais Chabad Torah Center will…
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