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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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CAMPUS LIFE
NYU Graduates Return to Campus as Jewish Leaders in Ontario
Aug 17, 2009 4:00 PM
Little did Yishaya Rose know when he enrolled at New York University nearly six years ago that not only would he meet his future wife, he’d find the deep religious connection that led him to the city in the first place. |
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FEATURE
Troops in Afghanistan Turn to New York Rabbi to Boost Morale
Aug 14, 2009 11:15 AM
As the day winds down at coalition headquarters in Kabul and the Friday afternoon sun begins its descent in the Afghanistan sky, a group of Jewish soldiers gathers for a pre-Shabbat infusion of spiritual inspiration. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Concert in Young Woman’s Memory Raises Funds for Israeli Orphanage
Aug 13, 2009 5:30 PM
An estimated 100 women and girls gathered at a Brooklyn, N.Y., synagogue to remember Toby Eagle, who passed away in a car accident two years ago, through music. |
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NORTH AMERICA
New England Music Festival Celebrates Jewish Religion and Culture
Aug 12, 2009 6:00 PM
Whether to enjoy the music, books, art or food, some 900 guests of all ages gathered on Guilford, Conn.’s historic green for the fourth annual Shoreline Jewish Festival. |
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THE FAR EAST
Jewish Ritual Bath Makes History on Thai Island Paradise
Aug 12, 2009 4:15 PM
For the first time in their adopted island’s history, Jewish residents and tourists in Koh Samui, Thailand, inaugurated a ritual bath to serve the many vacationers and honeymooners who annually flock to the Southeast Asian destination. |
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EUROPE
Chabad House Opens in Second-Largest City in Greece
Aug 11, 2009 12:15 PM
For Jewish travelers and academics exploring Salonica, Greece’s second-largest city and a fabled crossroads between Europe and the East, a new center endorsed by the local community is providing a menu of religious services. |
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THE FAR EAST
Cambodia to Join Southeast Asian Nations With Permanent Chabad House
Aug 10, 2009 12:45 PM
When Rabbi Yosef C. Kantor, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Thailand, sent two young rabbinical students to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in the summer of 2006, it was, he said tongue-in-cheek, just “to confirm that there weren’t any Jews there.” |
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NORTH AMERICA
Friendship Circle Campaign Enlists Support of Detroit Radio Host
Aug 10, 2009 11:00 AM
Preparations for an annual walkathon benefiting the founding chapter of the Friendship Circle is generating a buzz among Detroit-area residents thanks to the endorsement of a local radio personality and a cadre of dedicated volunteers. |
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ASIA
Slow-Going Search for Missing Hiker Takes Closer Look Between Indian Villages
Aug 7, 2009 8:30 AM
After a grueling search of all possible routes between the mountainous villages of Khira Ghanga and Bunbuny in northern India, rescuers have shifted focus in their mission to find missing backpacker Amichai Steinmetz. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Alternative Summer Camp Pushes Teenagers to Their Limits
Aug 5, 2009 2:30 PM
Putting a twist on Chabad-Lubavitch teenagers’ usual summer camp experience, a physically-intensive program sent its third-annual group of young men into the wilderness. |
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FORMER SOVIET UNION
Restaurant’s Change Adds to Kosher Options in Russia’s Second-Largest City
Aug 5, 2009 11:45 AM
After a grueling 17 days of preparations, S. Petersburg’s popular 7:40 restaurant reopened as a completely-kosher eatery. |
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ASIA
UPDATE: More Volunteers Join Search for Missing American-Israeli Backpacker
July 31, 2009 2:30 PM
Volunteer rescuers continued to make their way to Manali, India, by week’s end as search teams intensified their efforts to find missing 24-year-old American-Israeli backpacker Amichai Shtainmetz, who has not been heard from since July 22. |
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CAMPUS LIFE
Banquet Looks at Jewish Center’s 10 Years at University
July 29, 2009 4:00 PM
Alumni, students and parents gathered for a reunion banquet celebrating a Jewish center’s decade of work at Stony Brook University in Long Island, New York. |
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ASIA
Indian Rescue Efforts Intensify, Will Likely Extend Through Fast Day
July 29, 2009 1:15 PM
Search teams set out from Khalga, India, at 7:30 Wednesday morning to continue the search for Amichai Shtainmetz, the 24-year-old Israeli backpacker reported missing last week. |
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ASIA
Round-the-Clock Search for Missing Israeli Scours Indian Mountain Region
July 28, 2009 8:45 PM
An Israeli crew assisted by local volunteers and a pair of Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students scoured the remote mountains near Kasol, India, for signs of an Israeli backpacker missing since July 22. |
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EUROPE
Retreat Just Minutes from Concentration Camp Celebrates Jewish Life
July 26, 2009 12:00 PM
More than 60 years after serving as a way-station for Jews on their way to concentration camps throughout Eastern Europe, the town of Liebenwalde played host to a weekend retreat for more than 130 Jewish professionals and their children. |
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PHOTO GALLERY
PHOTOS: Wounded Soldiers Enjoy Australian Outdoors
July 24, 2009 1:30 PM
Chabad’s Terror Victims Project, an initiative of the Lubavitch Youth Organization in Israel that helps terror victims and their families, brought 10 wounded Israeli soldiers to Australia this month to share their stories of survival with local Jewish communities. |
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