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PHOTO GALLERY
Israeli Security Minister Tours Coastal School System
Sep 7, 2009 2:00 PM
Some 1,300 students in the Chabad-Lubavitch complex of schools in Ashkelon got a send-off on the first day of classes by Public Security Minister Avi Dichter. |
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EUROPE
Restored Latvian Synagogue a Beacon for Younger Jews
Sep 7, 2009 12:45 PM
Joined by the Latvian president, other high government officials and Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein, the Jewish community of Riga inaugurated its completely restored Peitav Synagogue. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Thousands Celebrate Jewish Culture at New Jersey Festivals
Sep 4, 2009 9:00 AM
Taking full advantage of the waning days of summer, communities at opposite ends of the Garden State have packed two of the last three weekends of the season with music, carnival rides, and other family-friendly entertainment. |
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EDUCATION
Los Angeles Dance Studio Uses Artistic Expression to Teach Jewish Holidays
Sep 3, 2009 9:45 AM
With a test program at local Jewish preschools and Hebrew schools, a Los Angeles area dance studio is seeking to break new ground in how the Jewish community approaches arts education. |
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FEATURE
At Statue of Liberty, Jews Embrace Their Heritage
Sep 2, 2009 10:00 AM
For Mendel Aisenbach, stories of Jewish immigrants throwing their tefillin overboard upon entering New York Harbor ages ago are not merely the stuff of legend. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Jewish Community Copes With Massive Southern California Fire
Sep 1, 2009 2:45 PM
Even as firefighters and state officials expressed guarded optimism about their chances to contain a week-old wildfire that has consumed more than 120,000 acres north of Los Angeles, local residents remained scared. |
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EUROPE
London Summer Camp Turns Children Into Farmers
Sep 1, 2009 10:00 AM
By shearing their own sheep, dyeing their own wool, harvesting their own grain and doing 36 various other tasks, hundreds of Jewish children from all over London spent their summer learning firsthand about the types of labor prohibited on Shabbat. |
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EUROPE
Edinburgh’s Streets Swell for Annual Summer Festivals
Aug 31, 2009 2:00 PM
With almost a year of operations behind it, the new Chabad-Lubavitch center in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh faced one of its more exciting challenges this month, as the streets burst forth with thousands of people each day. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Florida’s Physically Challenged Will Get First Ritual Bath
Aug 31, 2009 11:45 AM
Featuring ramps, hydraulic lifts and wheelchair-accessible preparation rooms, Florida’s first Jewish ritual bath for the physically-challenged will open in suburban Miami. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Shalom Festival Brings Summer Harmony to Upstate NY
Aug 27, 2009 10:45 AM
Some 800 people of all ages gathered at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.’s historic Congress Park for the sixth annual Shalom Festival, a Jewish music extravaganza that has become a fixture of summer life in the upstate community. |
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ISRAEL
Ancient Israeli City Overflows With Hundreds of Thousands of Visitors
Aug 26, 2009 12:00 PM
For the first time since the Second Lebanon War, attendance at the annual Klezmer Festival in the northern Israeli city of Safed reached pre-war levels. |
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AUSTRALIA
Towering Aussie Leader With Golden Heart Memorialized
Aug 25, 2009 2:30 PM
A year after bidding farewell to Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, the community he helped shepherd for more than 50 years welcomed a new Torah scroll written in his memory. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Soldiers Want Stronger Jewish Community at U.S. Army Base
Aug 25, 2009 12:30 PM
Jewish servicemen and women joined residents from the surrounding neighborhood to build a self-sufficient Jewish community to serve Fort McPherson. |
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EUROPE
Greek Mountain Fires Force Thousands of Athenians to Evacuate
Aug 24, 2009 8:00 AM
Sporadic forest fires throughout Greece left tens of thousands of people homeless, most of them residents of the northern suburbs of Athens. |
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INTERNET
Study Highlights Chabad.org as “Brand Leader”
Aug 23, 2009 6:00 PM
A comprehensive study of the Jewish community’s Internet presence has revealed that overall traffic to major Jewish news sites and educational sites is on the rise. |
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ASIA
For Backpackers on the Himalayas, Jewish Center Offers Refuge
Aug 20, 2009 1:00 PM
Among the thousands of Israelis who set out annually to backpack across Asia, a network of Jewish outposts has come to symbolize home. |
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FEATURE
Rabbi’s Kidney Donation Inspires Community
Aug 20, 2009 10:00 AM
When the opportunity arose for a Teaneck, N.J., rabbi to potentially risk his life in the preservation of another’s, he paused. He wanted to give one of his kidneys to a suffering man; the problem was how to tell his children. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Only Kosher Culinary School Outside of Israel Expands Into Pastry Arts
Aug 19, 2009 12:00 PM
With some 80 graduates working in kitchens around the country, the Center for Kosher Culinary Arts will welcome students to its new professional baking and pastry course. |
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FEATURE
Leaders of Soviet Jewish Underground Memorialized with Torah Scroll
Aug 19, 2009 10:30 AM
Members of a rabbinical family stretched across the globe gathered in central Israel to dedicate a new Torah scroll in memory of their forebears. |
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ISRAEL
Rabbi Looks to Rebuild After Fire Destroys Jewish Center at Busy Intersection
Aug 18, 2009 3:00 PM
Less than two days after a fire destroyed his mobile Jewish center, Rabbi Shmuel Rosenberg was back at work Sunday afternoon at one of Israel’s busiest junctions. |
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