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FORMER SOVIET UNION
Odessa Inaugurates New Orphanage and Synagogue
Jan 22, 2012 10:00 PM
The Jewish community of Odessa had a lot to celebrate when, under the protection of a police guard and a parade route closed to traffic, it marked the concurrent dedications of a new synagogue, Torah scroll and orphanage. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Washington Residents Snowed-in by Worst Storm in Years
Jan 19, 2012 5:15 PM
With an unusual amount of snow – early reports indicated that it could be the worst such storm in 30 years – falling in parts of Washington, Jewish centers have canceled events and classes in the hope that all will improve in time for the upcoming Sabbath. |
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EUROPE
Lisbon Celebration Highlights Portugal’s Modern Jewish History
Jan 19, 2012 3:30 PM
Rabbi Eli and Raizel Rosenfeld arrived in Portugal at the end of 2010, the first full-time Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in one of the few countries at the time that had yet to see a permanent Chabad House. |
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SOUTH AMERICA
Argentine Jews Toast Buenos Aires Center
Jan 18, 2012 10:15 PM
Jewish residents of Buenos Aires partied the night away in the Argentine capital in a mass show of support for Chabad-Lubavitch of Puerto Madero. |
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FEATURE
Tennessee Bar Mitzvah Boy Preserves Holocaust-Era Records
Jan 17, 2012 5:00 PM
In the months before bar mitzvah boy Jeremy Benjamin ascended to the Torah at his Nashville, Tenn., synagogue, he learned to don the prayer boxes known as tefillin and to read from Judaism’s holiest scroll—all in all, standard pre–13th birthday fare for a Jewish young man. But Benjamin spent quite some time on an activity just as necessary. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Chabad of Riverdale Celebrates 20 Years of Life-Changing Work
Jan 17, 2012 2:30 PM
Seated under large chandeliers and around tables with elaborate flower centerpieces at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx Saturday night, a crowd of more than 250 applauded Chabad-Lubavitch of Riverdale’s 20 years of inspiring local Jews young and old. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Tampa Community Dedicates Torah in Memory of Life Cut Short
Jan 16, 2012 1:25 PM
It was a balmy Friday day in Miami when Nosson Deitsch, a 21-year-old rabbinical student, decided to drive north to Chabad-Lubavitch of Brandon with some friends. |
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EDUCATION
Jewish Learning Institute Expands Into Germany
Jan 16, 2012 9:05 AM
The Rohr-Jewish Learning Institute, the adult-education arm of Chabad-Lubavitch, is launching in Germany, adding classes in Berlin, Munich and Cologne, with future plans calling for courses in Hamburg, Hanover and Dresden. |
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PHOTO GALLERY
College Students Enjoy Miami Torah Experience
Jan 12, 2012 10:00 AM
More than 20 Jewish university students spent their winter breaks in sunny Florida hitting the books as part of the annual Miami Torah Experience, a 10-day immersive program run under the auspices of Chabad-Lubavitch of Florida in cooperation with the Chabad on Campus International Foundation. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Latin American Jews Celebrate a Home of Their Own
Jan 11, 2012 8:30 PM
Jewish families from across Central and South America gathered in Manhattan for the dedication of a very special Torah scroll. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Mass. Chabad House Moves to Save Town’s Historic Synagogue
Jan 10, 2012 1:00 PM
Clifford Lander started attending Adas Israel, a historic synagogue in Fall River, Mass., nearly a decade ago. Incorporated in the 1890s, the congregation enjoyed boom years when the city’s manufacturing business thrived. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Obama Taps Second Jew as Chief of Staff
Jan 9, 2012 7:30 PM
Less than a month after Jacob Lew lit the lights of the National Menorah in front of the White House, President Barack Obama announced the appointment of the current director of the Office of Management and Budget to the position of White House of Chief of Staff. |
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FORMER SOVIET UNION
Russian Governor and Rabbi Share Name, Communal Vision
Jan 9, 2012 4:00 PM
Typically, the Federation of Jewish Communiies’ annual awards are given to Jewish writers, philanthropists and social activists, but things took a different turn this time around. |
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NORTH AMERICA
New Five Towns Chabad Center Focuses on Family
Jan 9, 2012 12:45 PM
Richard Obshatko, who hasn’t been formally affiliated with a synagogue for years, found a newly-minted Chabad-Lubavitch center practically in his Hewlett, N.Y., backyard. |
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BUSINESS
Kosher Hot Dogs a Slam Dunk for Kansas Basketball
Jan 6, 2012 2:30 PM
Molly Rissien stepped up to the hot dog stand at Allen Field House and left happy. |
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ISRAEL
Mending Israeli Fences Made Easier by Movement’s Focus on Love
Jan 4, 2012 10:10 PM
You needn’t look far for evidence of great rifts in Israeli society, fractures whose beginnings stretch back generations. |
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HEADQUARTERS
Statement by Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters
Jan 4, 2012 7:25 PM
Pleasantness and peace are not only fundamental to the observance of Torah-true Judaism, but are the only appropriate paths to maintaining and promoting authentic Jewish values. |
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FORMER SOVIET UNION
Ukraine Synagogue Firebombed a Second Time in Two Months
Jan 3, 2012 4:25 PM
Less than a month after celebrating the dedication of a new Torah scroll, the small, but historic Jewish community of Kremenchug, Ukraine, was forced to again deal with anti-Semitism after a Molotov cocktail ignited a fire and damaged its synagogue’s exterior. |
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AFRICA
Rabbinical Students Fan Out Across Central Africa
Jan 3, 2012 2:30 PM
Students from the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s newly established rabbinical school spread out across central Africa over Chanukah to connect with area Jews and a cluster of communities throughout the continent. |
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CAMPUS LIFE
Students Build Jewish Community at Georgia State
Jan 2, 2012 3:40 PM
When Ryan Dosetareh arrived at Georgia State University as a freshman in 2004 – primarily a commuter school for Atlanta-area students, many of GSU’s enrollees, like Dosetareh did, bunk at home with their parents – there wasn’t much going on in the way of on-campus Jewish organizations. |
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