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| Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Azriel Chaikin, left, chief rabbi of Ukraine, and U.S. Ambassador William Taylor |
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THE FAR EAST
Two Israeli Students Remain Missing After Devastating Chinese Quake
The area around the epicenter of yesterday’s powerful 7.9 magnitude earthquake remained under a Chinese military lockdown, while the Israeli Embassy in Beijing reported that two female college students taking courses in the city of Chengdu have not been located. |
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THE FAR EAST
Earthquake Epicenter a Popular Hangout for Israelis
Israeli diplomats and Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in China are waiting for word from Sichuan Province regarding the welfare of any Israeli backpackers who might have been in the area during Monday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake. |
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CAMPUS LIFE
Princeton Grants Chaplaincy
Princeton University appointed Rabbi Eitan Webb as an official chaplain after a student-driven campaign urged administrators to reverse an earlier denial of the post. |
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EUROPE
Marching Out of Auschwitz
Rabbi Yossi Lew accompanied the Atlanta delegation of this year's March of the Living, a tour of Jewish communities and concentration camps in Poland, followed by a week in Israel, for high school students. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Jewish "Genius" Grant Bestowed on Philadelphia Pioneer of Community Outreach
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Menachem Schmidt was one of six recipients of the Avi Chai Foundation’s first-ever fellowships. Taken together, the awards represent the largest cash award to emerging communal leaders within the North American Jewish community. |
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EUROPE
Left for Dead, But Living Anew
Rabbi Yossi Lew accompanied the Atlanta delegation of this year’s March of the Living, a tour of Jewish communities and concentration camps in Poland, followed by a week in Israel, for high school students. |
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EUROPE
Centuries-Old Cemetery Unearthed in Maastricht, Netherlands
Rabbis Binyomin Jacobs and Yaakov Yitzchak Schapiro arranged for the reburial of Jewish remains discovered during a local company’s construction project. |
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Newest Chabad-Lubavitch Center: Rabbi Steinmetz; Camp L'man Achai, Andes, NY USA
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