In the Media

Barrhaven Synagogue Signals Changing Times for Ottawa Jewish Community
Ottawa Citizen,Friday, May 10, 2013

For Rabbi Menachem Blum, breaking ground in Barrhaven for the first new synagogue to be built in Ottawa for decades isn’t a case of ‘build it and they will come.’ “It’s more ‘They’re here, so let’s put walls around it,’ ” says the leader of the Ottawa Torah Centre, a Jewish education centre that has grown steadily since the late 1990s...

Ottawa Torah Centre Chabad–Ottawa, ON Canada

Chabad to Dedicate its New Center
S. Antonio Express,Friday, May 10, 2013

...On Sunday, Block and the local Chabad Lubavitch community will celebrate the grand opening of a new, 12,500-square-foot synagogue and community center. Called the Chabad Center for Jewish Life & Learning, it is the new, official name for the local community, which has about 85 families. The new structure, six years in the making, cost $2.5 million and underscores the advances made since Block's arrival. And it coincides with the unveiling of a new logo — a tree of life — to replace a menorah...

Chabad Lubavitch of South Texas–S. Antonio, TX

Chabad Sponsors Events in Honor of The Torah's Anniversary
West Milford Messenger,Thursday, May 09, 2013

A special program for Children and Adults will take place on Wednesday morning, May 15 at 10:30 a.m., in observance of the Biblical holiday of Shavuot, which commemorates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai 3325 years ago. A highlight of the Shavuot program will be hearing and seeing the Ten Commandments being read from a Torah Scroll. An elaborate dairy luncheon and an ice cream party for children will follow...

Chabad Center of Northwest New Jersey–Rockaway, NJ

Running Rav Finishes Pittsburgh Half-marathon for Charity
Jewish Chronicle,Thursday, May 09, 2013

One year ago, if people had told Rabbi Ely Rosenfeld that in 2013 he would be running the Pittsburgh Half-Marathon, he never would have believed them. But this past Sunday, not only did he finish the race, with a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes, he simultaneously helped raise money for charity...

Chabad of Fox Chapel–Pittsburgh, PA

Teen Volunteers Recognized by Valley Chabad
NorthJersey.com,Thursday, May 09, 2013

With compassion ingrained in her face and voice, 17-year-old Taylor Rosenblatt talked about the elderly residents she visits, explaining that other than volunteers no one else comes to see them. Taylor, through Valley Chabad’s Linking Hearts program, is one of dozens of teens who volunteer to provide companionship to the elderly, and on May 5, she and her peers were honored at the Valley Chabad’s Teen Appreciation Spring Lunch at a Saddle River home...

Valley Chabad–Woodcliff Lake, NJ

New Torah Dedication for Chabad of Southwest Coral Springs
Coral Springs Talk - FL,Wednesday, May 08, 2013

On Sunday, May 19th, the Chabad of Southwest Coral Springs will finally be receiving their long-awaited new Torah. Since last June, a scribe in Israel has been painstakingly working on the Torah commissioned by them. This is no easy task. An authentic Torah scroll is a mind-boggling masterpiece of labor and skill...

Chabad of SouthWest Coral Springs–Coral Springs, FL

25 years for Western Monmouth Chabad
NJJN,Monday, May 06, 2013

Chabad of Western Monmouth County will mark its 25th anniversary with a gala on Sunday evening, May 19, at The Heldrich in New Brunswick. The evening will look back at a quarter century of achievements by the Jewish outreach center, including the 1990 launch of Gan Israel Day Camp, the opening of a new Chabad house on Wickatunk Road in Manalapan in 1996, and the 2001 launch of The Friendship Circle, a program aimed at special-needs individuals...

Chabad Lubavitch of Western Monmouth County–Manalapan, NJ

Friendship Circle Celebrates Seven Years of ‘friendship’ in The Burgh
Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle,Monday, May 06, 2013

Some 600 people packed the ballroom of the Omni William Penn Hotel, Downtown, Sunday, for The Friendship Circle’s annual celebration and graduate presentation. Fifty-one young people from across the area were among this year’s graduates, one of whom — Dani Plung — addressed the gathering...

Chabad of Shadyside–Pittsburgh, PA

Chabad-Lubavitch in the Media

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