Spiritual Army Takes Over New York Military Installation
By Yosef Lewis
The grand banquet of the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries swapped military vehicles for a veritable army of 5,000 rabbis and lay leaders.
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Former Soviet Prisoner Tells Stories of Oppression and Jewish Pride
By Yosef Lewis, Chabad.edu
At 92 years of age, Baruch Mordechai Lifshitz walked slowly to the podium at Chabad-Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan. His back was slightly stooped and his beard was fully white. But when he began talking, people were taken aback by the vibrancy and ...
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Long Island Community to Open Library and Media Center in Wake of Sudden Loss
By Yosef Lewis
Fighting against the anguish that has struck their family and community, Rabbi Zalman and Chanie Wolowik announced the building of a children’s library in memory of their nine-year-old son.
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Chaplaincy Conference Draws High-Ranking Jewish Officers
By Yosef Lewis
Flying in from bases as far away as South Korea, Iraq and Kuwait, some 50 Jewish military chaplains and personnel bivouacked in South Florida this month for a conference on the unique role of the military rabbi.
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California College Jewish Center Gutted by Fire
By Yosef Lewis, Chabad.edu
Flames tore through a campus-based Chabad-Lubavitch center over the weekend, severely damaging the residence of its directors.
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Justice Challenges Privacy Rights at Talmudic Conference
By Yosef Lewis
Speaking at the Institute of American and Talmudic Law, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia offered a window into his strict constructionist view of the U.S. Constitution.
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Body of Israeli Backpacker Found in New Zealand After Apparent Fall
By Yosef Lewis
New Zealand authorities have identified the body of a missing Israeli backpacker, one day after conservation officials discovered the man’s car next to a popular trailhead in Mount Cook National Park.
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Rescue Crews Slog Through Costa Rican Tourist Center After Earthquake
By Yosef Lewis
Early reports indicated that damage to the nation’s Jewish community has been minimal, while Chabad-Lubavitch of Costa Rica offered its prayers and assistance to victims.
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Again and Again, Never Again
By Yosef Lewis
"To the north is Gaza City. To the south are the refugee camps, Nusayrat, Dar al Balah, Khan Yunis and Rafah. Don't approach the fence and no sudden movements at night,"
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Neighborhood Hears Words of Encouragement From Fallen Rabbi’s Father
By Yosef Lewis
In the Brooklyn enclave of Crown Heights, rabbinical leaders and hundreds of residents packed a yeshiva to hear Rabbi Nachman Holtzberg relate stories of his son, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, who perished in the Mumbai terror attacks. The Chasidic gathering ...
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