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Young emissaries and an older population enrich each other’s lives
Officiating at funerals is a normal part of the job. That’s what happens when you serve a largely senior population, as Rabbi Ephraim and Mushkie Zimmerman do. They also make hospital visits a regular part of their lives. But Arlene Appelbaum, 72, was a d...
Rabbi Zalman and Yehudis Bluming get high marks for work at UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University
Sydney Persing started reconnecting with her faith in the fall of 2015, her first year at the University of North Carolina. A friend from the fencing team asked her to come to Friday-night dinner at the local Chabad House. She enjoyed the experience so mu...
Downhill by day, latkes by night, during high season for tourists
Delling Zing placed an advertisement about seven years ago in a free newspaper in Vail, Colo., offering free menorahs at his organic food market near the ski resorts. He says he had about 18 menorahs that year, but after he exhausted those, he continued t...
Jewish Heritage Night at American Airlines arena has become an annual event for thousands
Sydney Schips of Cooper City, Fla., isn’t much of a basketball fan. Of course, he did happen to notice when the Miami Heat acquired LeBron James, and won back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013. Still, Schips is more interested in seeing his Chabad ra...
Delivering food to the homebound and hosting a meal for addicts in recovery
Traci Jacob is looking forward to Thanksgiving, even though she grapples with two autoimmune diseases and has neck surgery scheduled for right after the holiday. Fortunately, the 47-year-old will be able to host a meal with her parents and a friend on Thu...
At 33, Rabbi Mendy Traxler gets ‘40 Under 40’ recognition for his inspirational work
Rabbi Mendy Traxler drives hours each week from Houston to various regional correctional facilities to spend time with Jewish inmates. He also organized a Chanukah event last year in front of Houston City Hall for more than 2,500 people. When asked about ...
Emissaries build for the future in economically challenging times
Back in 1998 when Rabbi Mendel Zarchi was in a Kollel Institute for Advanced Studies listening to graduates talk about where they might land, someone mentioned a place that had not always been hospitable to Jews: Puerto Rico. Zarchi was aware of its histo...
They fill a real need for congregants, say those in the New York area and beyond
Those who attend High Holiday services this year at the Brooklyn Hebrew Society of the Deaf will have no excuse if they fall asleep during the rabbi’s sermon, jokes Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff. They probably wouldn’t anyway, as services are conducted in Amer...
As 40th year of ‘Chinuch’ campaign approaches, broad communal support helps young families
Forty years ago in 1976, the Lubavitcher Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—launched Mivtzah Chinuch, an ongoing global campaign to provide Jewish education to every Jewish person of every age. This is the first of a series of article...
Junior Gan Israel summer camp stresses inclusion
There’s a lot that needs to get done every day at Junior Gan Israel Day Camp in Skokie, Ill. A staff member needs to stand at the entrance of a camp building, and open the door for campers and parents as they arrive each morning. There are towels that nee...
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