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BOOK BAG
Commentary on Psalms Published Eight Decades After Composition
Oct 27, 2009 12:30 PM
Drawn from a collection of scholarly thoughts penned more than 85 years ago, a recently published Torah commentary sheds light on the insights of a Russian-born Chasidic rabbi who earned a reputation as an erudite teacher, editor and expert on Jewish law. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Jewish “Heroes” Praise Communities’ Dedication to Those in Need
Oct 27, 2009 11:00 AM
Organized by the umbrella organization of North American Jewish communities, the Jewish Communities Heroes contest asked rank-and-file Jews to nominate individuals who have positively affected the lives of others. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Israeli Delegation Tours NASA Operations
Oct 25, 2009 4:25 PM
Stopping in Florida on a whirlwind tour of his hometown’s sister cities around the globe, Mayor Moshe Abutbul of Beit Shemesh, Israel, addressed Jewish community leaders in the Space Coast area. |
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CAMPUS LIFE
Students Take Conference’s Jewish Lessons Back to Campus
Oct 23, 2009 8:30 AM
All told, the first-ever Northeastern Intercollegiate Shabbaton drew delegations from more than 20 universities from Vermont to Maryland. |
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EUROPE
Cambridge Synagogue Looks to Campus Rabbi for Leadership
Oct 23, 2009 7:00 AM
The Cambridge Traditional Jewish Congregation appointed Rabbi Reuven and Rochel Leigh, founders of the local university’s Chabad House, as its resident rabbi and rebbetzin. |
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ISRAEL
Chief Rabbi Joins Hundreds in Honoring Life of Departed Leader
Oct 22, 2009 6:30 PM
An evening memorial service in Arad, Israel, recalled the self-sacrifice of Rabbi Ben Tzion Lipsker, who founded a network of educational institutions in the desert city. |
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ISRAEL
Traffic Accident Claims Life of Emissaries’ Three-Year-Old Daughter
Oct 20, 2009 4:15 PM
A freak traffic accident in the Israeli capital visited tragedy upon a family of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries when it claimed the life of their three-year-old daughter. |
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FORMER SOVIET UNION
Ukraine Community Transformed 20 Years After Leaders Arrive
Oct 19, 2009 10:30 AM
KGB agents once ensured that Dnepropetrovsk’s only functional synagogue didn’t get too successful. Today, the local Jewish community runs a network of schools and Torah classes, and is building a massive center to house a growing list of programs. |
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EUROPE
Manchester Students Take Holiday Celebrations to the Homebound
Oct 16, 2009 7:00 AM
Coming off of one of the busiest times of the year, Jewish community members and yeshiva students said that a campaign to bring the fall season to homebound and hospitalized individuals resulted in hundreds of people getting a chance to celebrate the holidays. |
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THE ARTS
Businessman’s Largesse Helps Fund Historic Video Preservation
Oct 15, 2009 5:00 PM
Ben Federman has yet to find the recording, buried amidst miles and miles of videotape, of his five-year-old self meeting the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. |
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INTERNET
Internet Security Report Details Hijacking of Popular Jewish Brand
Oct 14, 2009 9:30 AM
A report from Internet security company McAfee vindicated the Jewish Web site Chabad.org, revealing that unknown persons stole the site’s logo and e-mail template. A McAfee official added that the scheme has since moved on to other companies. |
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HOLIDAY WATCH
Tens of Thousands Take to the Outdoors for Holiday
Oct 13, 2009 12:30 PM
Reflecting one of the themes of the weeklong holiday itself, Sukkot celebrations in communities around the world emphasized that the unity and diversity of the Jewish people go hand in hand. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Prison First in Texas to Allow Daily Celebrations of Jewish Holiday
Oct 12, 2009 4:45 PM
Texas’ Stringfellow Unit, a minimum and medium security facility in the southeast part of the state, enacted a new policy allowing Jewish prisoners to eat all of their Sukkot meals inside of a sukkah. |
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HOLIDAY WATCH
Brandeis Students Enjoy Sweet Sukkot
Oct 12, 2009 1:30 PM
Students at Brandeis University enjoyed the early fall weather last week taking turns making cotton candy and sampling their creations inside of the sukkah erected by Rabbi Peretz and Chanie Chein. |
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CARIBBEAN
Expanding Network Nurtures Exotic Jewish Communities
Oct 7, 2009 11:00 AM
When Rabbi Mendel and Rochie Zarchi opened the first Chabad House in the Caribbean, they could barely get the necessary quorum for public prayer services. Today, several such centers operate throughout the region. |
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CAMPUS LIFE
Students: Fall Semester Full of Spiritually Uplifting Jewish Programs
Oct 7, 2009 8:00 AM
Returning university students and incoming freshmen alike have jumped into a semester of Jewish promise at schools across North America. |
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HOLIDAY WATCH
Teenager Pedaling Celebration Throughout New York
Oct 6, 2009 12:15 PM
A Brooklyn teenager’s initiative has given pedestrians and motorists an interesting site: a mobile bamboo-topped latticework hut affixed to a rickshaw. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Brooklyn Jewish Center Responds to Vandalism With Determination
Oct 6, 2009 10:45 AM
Vandalism put Jewish worshippers on edge last week when a synagogue and community center in the Brooklyn, N.Y., neighborhood of Windsor Terrace was defaced just days before Yom Kippur. |
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HOLIDAY WATCH
Worldwide Events Make Fall Holiday a Public Affair
Oct 1, 2009 1:30 PM
For the first time in its long, storied history, Rome’s Jewish community is taking the fall holiday of Sukkot to the streets by erecting a biblically-mandated temporary dwelling at a public piazza in the heart of the Italian capital. |
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FORMER SOVIET UNION
Synagogue Ushers in New Era of Services for Russia’s Inmates
Sep 30, 2009 4:15 PM
For High Holiday services this year, Jewish inmates in northern Russia’s Ertsevo prison made history when they prayed in the sprawling country’s first on-site synagogue. |
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