Canadian Prime Minister Tours Mumbai Chabad House
By Joshua Runyan Touring the bullet-ridden shell of the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, one year after terrorists stormed the center and murdered six of its occupants, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper lit a candle Monday in memory of fallen Chabad-Lubavitch ...
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Nighttime Parade Celebrates Completion of Mumbai Torah
By Joshua Runyan With the fathers of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg leading the way, thousands of the slain couple’s fellow Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries answered tragedy with Jewish pride Thursday night, parading a newly-completed Torah scroll down a central Brooklyn, ...
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Vandalism Spurs Vacationers’ Haven to Confront Hate
By Joshua Runyan Students at Barnstable High School across the street from the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center in Cape Cod are preparing a unity rally in the wake of three arrests in connection with vandalism at the synagogue.
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Jewish “Heroes” Finalists Announced
By Joshua Runyan The votes are in, and a video reveals the five individuals who could be revealed as the No. 1 hero of North American Jews.
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Jewish Fans Say Their Prayers Before World Series Showdown
By Joshua Runyan The last time the New York Yankees battled the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series, Jewish fans wanting to nosh on a kosher hot dog would have had to brown-bag it.
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Internet Security Report Details Hijacking of Popular Jewish Brand
By Joshua Runyan and Shalom Klein A report from Internet security company McAfee vindicated the Jewish Web site Chabad.org, revealing that unknown persons stole the site’s logo and e-mail template. A McAfee official added that the scheme has since moved on to other companies.
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Teenager Pedaling Celebration Throughout New York
By Joshua Runyan A Brooklyn teenager’s initiative has given pedestrians and motorists an interesting site: a mobile bamboo-topped latticework hut affixed to a rickshaw.
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Israeli Prime Minister: International Affairs Require Light of Truth
By Joshua Runyan and Avi Webb Immediately after mounting a spirited defense of Israel in New York, Benjamin Netanyahu said that he was inspired by the Rebbe, who urged him in 1984 to “light a candle of truth” at the United Nations.
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Military Honors Rabbi’s Support of Kabul-Based Troops
By Joshua Runyan Rabbi Mendel Silberstein received a specially-minted award from the multinational force charged with training Afghanistan’s young army and police units.
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Mobile App Sends Prayers Half a World Away
By Joshua Runyan With the release of an application promising to send a prayer to holy sites thousands of miles away, iPhone aficionados need not worry about their distance from the Western Wall.
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