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Chabad-Lubavitch in the Media

		Brazilian, Cuban Religious Officials Meet JTA, Thursday, November 05, 2009
		Jack Terpins, president of the Latin American Jewish Congress, met Tuesday with Caridad Diego Bello at Cuba's consulate in Sao Paulo. Representatives of several religions attended the meeting, including Chabad Rabbi Yossi Schildkraut.
		Beit Chabad Itaim – S. Paulo, SP Brazil
		Germany's Russian Revolution The Jewish Chronicle - England, Thursday, November 05, 2009
		Irene Runge grew up in East Berlin, daughter of American ex-pat socialists. She remembers the Jewish community as deadly quiet before the Wall came down. “There were only funerals,” she recalls. But during a book promotion trip to New York in March 1989, Ms Runge was introduced to “the Rebbe” — Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson — “and he told me the Berlin Wall will collapse.
		Hunterdon Chabad Hosts Evening of Art, Wine and Cheese Home News Tribune - NJ, Thursday, November 05, 2009
		Moully is a photographer who discovered that silk screening his images with traditional bold pop art colors and styles would be a creative way to present his artistic vision. The "Pop Art Rabbi originally is from Australia, where he began exploring and writing art at the tender age of 11 years old.
		Chabad of Hunterdon County – Clinton, NJ
		Westport Celebrates The Opening of "Jspace" Jewish Ledger - Connecticut, Wednesday, November 04, 2009
		Chabad plans to offer a multitude of hands-on, experiential Jewish activities at Jspace - such as Israeli dance, Torah study, cooking, conversational Hebrew, camp reunions and more.
		Chabad Lubavitch of Westport – Westport, CT
		Tsvok Torah Dedicated In Glastonbury Jewish Ledger - Connecticut, Wednesday, November 04, 2009
		"The Mark Tsvok Memorial Torah has already brought much joy to many local families," said Rabbi Yosef Wolvovsky, director of the Glastonbury Chabad. "It will surely continue to do so for many years to come."
		Chabad Jewish Center – Glastonbury, CT
		Celebrating Sukkot across the Generations Jewish Ledger - Connecticut, Wednesday, November 04, 2009
		Children attending the Chabad of Greenwich preschool raised high their lulavs and etrogs when they visited seniors at The Mews senior residence in Greenwich during the Sukkot holiday last month.
		Chabad Lubavitch of Greenwich – Greenwich, CT
		Reversing Youth Network To Honour Young Leaders, Benefactors At Gala Jewish Tribune - Canada, Tuesday, November 03, 2009
		The success of Chabad Youth Network (CYN) will be celebrated this month at a gala event in recognition of the organization’s rising young leaders and benefactors.
		Chabad Youth Network – Thornhill, ON Canada
		Family Goes To Great Lengths To Celebrate Bar Mitzvah in Israel Jewish Tribune - Canada, Tuesday, November 03, 2009
		When Sam turned 13, he wanted his turn. Wanting to fulfill her son’s request, Alison went in search of a synagogue that would help her, but after shopping around, she was very discouraged. However, she had a cousin who recommended she try the local Chabad of Midtown, where Rabbi Nechemia Deitsch welcomed her family with open arms. Rabbi Deitsch prepared Sam’s Torah portion with him, and the “amazing and fabulous” Bar Mitzvah celebration took place during the Sukkot holiday at the Chabad house.
		Chabad of Midtown Toronto – Toronto, ON Canada
		Rabbi Chanan Feld Is Buried On The Mount of Olives jWeekly - San Francisco, CA, Tuesday, November 03, 2009
		“He was just pure goodness,” remembered Feld’s friend, Rabbi Yehuda Ferris of Chabad of Berkeley. “He touched more people in the community than anyone else.”
		Chabad Jewish Student Center @ UC Berkeley – Berkeley, CA
		LIC Provided The Beat For The Fleet The Queens Courier - NY, Tuesday, November 03, 2009
		Rabbi Zev Wineberg and wife Rivka, of the Chabad of Long Island City, were ready to hand kosher PowerAde to runners as they passed. Wineberg said they watch the marathon every year and that it’s exciting.
		Chabad of Long Island City – Long Island City, NY
		New Courses Cover Bible, Meditation South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Monday, November 02, 2009
		The 15 instructors this year will come both from local schools, including Hillel Day School of Boca Raton and Chabad of Boca Raton, and from out-of-town schools such as Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, New York.
		Chabad of West Boca Raton – Boca Raton, FL
		Family Shares Tale of Escape From Nazis The Signal - Santa Clarista Valley, CA, Monday, November 02, 2009
		His family’s story was revealed by the major motion picture, “Defiance,” and yet Zvi Bielski continues to travel the world to tell others how his father and uncles saved more than 1,000 Jews in World War II.
		Chabad of S. Clarita Valley – Newhall, CA
		Scrolling Through Jewish History The Metro West Daily News - Natick, MA, Monday, November 02, 2009
		Members of MetroWest's Jewish community gathered yesterday to celebrate a tradition thousands of years old - the writing of a Sefer Torah scroll.
		Chabad Center of Natick – Natick, MA
		Jewish Day School Showcased in Reno Reno Gazette Journal - NV, Sunday, November 01, 2009
		The school serves about 20 students ranging in age from preschoolers to some of elementary school age. About half are ages 2 to 5 with the other half in the first through fourth grade.
		Hebrew School – Reno, NV
		Mumbai Terror Attacks: And Then They Came For The Jews Times Online - UK, Sunday, November 01, 2009
		Last November, more than 150 people were killed by terrorists in Mumbai. One target was a centre run by this young Jewish couple, who were murdered and perhaps tortured; miraculously, their toddler son escaped. Alastair Gee went back to Mumbai to find out what really happened that night.
		Chabad Mumbai – Mumbai, India
		Couple Killed In India To Be Memorialized 13 CBS - MD, Saturday, October 31, 2009
		A couple killed a year ago in a terrorist attack in India will memorialized at a Jewish center in Maryland.
		Chabad Center and Lubavitch of Maryland – Baltimore, MD
		The Hunt: Rooms for the Observant New York Times, Friday, October 30, 2009
		For the Seligsons, a suitable apartment meant enough space. As observant Jews, they needed a living area big enough to accommodate guests for Shabbos dinner and a bedroom big enough for two beds.
		Chabad Lubavitch Media Center – Brooklyn, NY
		‘The Jewish Jordan’ Visits Basketball-Crazy Kansas The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, Friday, October 30, 2009
		Tamir Goodman, once nicknamed “the Jewish Jordan” for his Baltimore schoolboy basketball prowess, visited the Mecca of Midwestern basketball, the University of Kansas, for the first time Monday.
		Chabad at KU & the Capital District – Lawrence, KS
		Ritual Bath to Honor Couple Murdered in Mumbai Terror Attack The Baltimore Sun - MD, Friday, October 30, 2009
		A ritual bath, steeped in symbols of Judaic faith, will remind those who immerse and pray in its waters of a young rabbi and his wife killed in a terrorist attack in India a year ago.
		Chabad Center and Lubavitch of Maryland – Baltimore, MD
		Rabbi Gutnick Follows a Family Tradition As Military Chaplain The Australian Jewish News, Wednesday, October 28, 2009
		Rabbi Gutnick, the rabbi of East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, was toasted at a small function earlier this month hosted by Rabbi Ralph Genende, the senior rabbi to the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and attended by Rabbi Yossi Segelman, also an ADF chaplain.
		Chabad to offer SoulQuest course The Enquirer - Cincinnati, OH, Wednesday, October 28, 2009
		This new course will be offered at Chabad Jewish Center in Blue Ash for either six Thursday mornings or Monday evenings. Morning classes begin: on Thursday, Nov. 5 and run from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Evening classes begin Monday, Nov. 9 and run from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
		Chabad Jewish Center – Cincinnati, OH
		Chabad Rabbi Builds Talmud Torah as Legacy For Nephew Jewish Tribune - Canada, Wednesday, October 28, 2009
		“Are you going to the shiva house,” Arnie Gotfryd asked in May. “What shiva?” And then he told me the sad news that seven-month-old Meir Shlomo Zaltzman had died May 25. The Zaltzmans are renowned and revered members of the Toronto Jewish community and there was no known cause for his death.
		Rabbi Chanan Feld, East Bay Mohel and Teacher, Dies at 53 jWeekly - San Francisco, CA, Tuesday, October 27, 2009
		Rabbi Chanan Feld, the Berkeley-based Orthodox rabbi and longtime mohel, died Oct. 28 after a yearlong battle with oral cancer. He was 53.
		Kabbalah Course in Madison Explores the Soul Madison News - NJ, Tuesday, October 27, 2009
		On Wednesday, Nov. 4, Chabad of SE Morris County will begin a course in its Jewish Learning Institute. The course on Kabbalah is entitled “SoulQuest — The Journey Through Life, Death and Beyond.”
		Chabad Jewish Center – Madison, NJ
		‘Jewish Jordan’ Teaches Area Players About Sport, Religion Lawrence Journal World & News - KS, Tuesday, October 27, 2009
		It isn’t every day that area basketball players have the opportunity to learn from a professional, but that was the opportunity given Monday evening at Robinson Gym on the Kansas University campus.
		Chabad at KU & the Capital District – Lawrence, KS
		Jewish Jordan Makes Debut in Fundraiser The Daily Illini - Champaign, IL, Monday, October 26, 2009
		Autistic children played basketball with Tamir Goodman, retired professional basketball player, in the Alley Oop fundraiser Sunday at Campus Recreational Center East, or CRCE. Goodman, nicknamed the "Jewish Jordan" after professional NBA player Michael Jordan, was brought to the University by the Chabad Center for Jewish Life.
		Chabad at University of Illinois and Champaign-Urbana – Champaign, IL
		A Circle Grows The Advocate - Stamford, CT, Sunday, October 25, 2009
		On Sunday, the 9-year-old program held its first Friendship Walk fundraiser at Westhill High School to benefit the child-centered activities, such as sports programs, winter camp and special outings.
		The Friendship Circle – Stamford, CT
		‘Jewish Jordan’ to Speak at KU Lawrence Journal World & News - Lawrence, KS, Saturday, October 24, 2009
		Tamir Goodman, who made headlines as a high school senior dubbed the “Jewish Jordan,” will speak Monday at an event that includes a basketball clinic and 3-on-3 basketball tournament aimed at raising money for prostate cancer.
		Chabad at KU & the Capital District – Lawrence, KS