http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?AID=245716 Stories and reports that have appeared in the media during the past two weeks regarding Chabad-Lubavitch Copyright 2005, Chabad.org - Chabad-Lubavitch Media Center, all rights reserved. http://www.chabad.org/media/images/50/CtRx507451.gif 130 52 http://www.chabad.org Wed, 7 May 2008 12:00:00 EST Wed, 7 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=669726 After Jenny’s death, her sorority searched for a way to preserve her memory and decided to hold a walkathon, Jenny’s Walk, to raise funds for the San Diego Friendship Circle, the charity she had become involved with as a senior in high school.“It pairs kids with special needs such as autism and Down syndrome with local teens in the community — play dates essentially during the week,” Poliakoff said. “They do homework; hang out. They also have Sunday Fun Days at the Friendship Circle headquarters, where they have carnivals and social events that help mainstream the kids into society and things of that nature.” Wed, 7 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=669725 A veteran Montreal cabbie who has been fined a total of $764 for having photos of his daughter and the founder of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, two religious symbols and a Remembrance Day poppy in his car is going to court with a special request... Wed, 7 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=669730 At the Jewish Early Childhood Center, on the Chabad Lubavitch of Greater Boynton campus, teachers see their job as encouraging ideas and problem-solving. They help the children explore long-term projects such as the preschool garden... Cooper said Chabad's school is one of only two Reggio Emilia-inspired preschools in Palm Beach County Mon, 5 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=669714 A young New York rabbi Sunday began writing the words of the Hebrew Bible on parchment, the first step in a long rehabilitation for Orthodox Jews whose synagogue burned down last month in a suspicious fire... As Katz watched Klein write down the letters and words being sponsored by congregants, he noted the outpouring of good that is arising from a tragedy that has baffled him and others. Mon, 5 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=669731 Just recently, I was reflecting on Twain’s words as I traveled Israel with the Land and the Spirit Tour of Chabad’s Jewish Learning Institute. Three hundred Jews from the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe and South America joined to discover and experience the spirituality that is embedded in our land, a living holiness that inspires people today just as it has Jews of all the generations before us. Sun, 4 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=669712 The Friendship Circle pairs special-needs students with teens who become their pals. The goal is to provide special-needs youngsters who can be isolated and ostracized with the kind of buddy relationship that sometimes eludes them."The families go through so much having to fight for everything, whether it's schooling or specialists," said Miriam Shemtov, Yehuda's wife and co-director of the program. "They are so stressed. When someone comes and says, 'We're just here to play,' they're grateful." Sun, 4 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=669721 What do timeless Jewish laws captured in the Talmud have to say about such contemporary issues as abortion, euthanasia and business conduct? You might be surprised, says Rabbi Mordecai Groner, who will be leading a six-week course in Talmudic ethics in Calgary starting mid-May. "You don't need a background in law to find this course both interesting and valuable," says Groner, a rabbi with the Chabad Lubavitch of Alberta in southwest Calgary. Sat, 3 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=669715 You don't have to be a member of the Chabad of Parkland synagogue, or even Jewish, to be repulsed by the anti-Semitic hate crime that took place there this week. You just need to be a caring, concerned member of the South Florida community to understand the extent of the hatred that went into this crime, and the hurt that it caused. Sat, 3 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=669711 Chabad Lubavitch of the Poconos, the local branch of the international Chabad Jewish outreach movement, is dedicating the month of May to the promotion of the mezuzah to the Poconos Jewish community. Sat, 3 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=669713 At the Toledo Holocaust Memorial in Sylvania to help remember the 6 million victims of the Nazi Holocaust... In the audience was Rabbi Yossi Shemtov of Toledo's Chabad House-Lubavitch."The message is: We're here," Rabbi Shemtov said. "They have hurt us, but with mighty God's protection, we're here." Fri, 2 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=669724 I was raised with this understanding. I'm Miri Schneerson because I'm a mother, a grandmother and the wife of my husband, and not because for 10 years I was a CEO and led a revolution in children's clothing in the Haredi sector. I guess that if I were secular I would have had a different attitude toward the sale of the company [last] week. The Jewish woman is the leadership of the Jewish world." Thu, 1 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=669722 The Librescu Jewish Student Center opened on April 19. With plenty of space, right down the road from campus and surrounded by nature it’s a “home away from home.” Rabbi Bloom and his wife, Rivkah, were selected to run the center. They say students can expect holiday programs and social events. “That’s something that a lot of students miss coming to college is they miss their home so having a really, warm, welcoming family is something in itself, door is always open here.” Thu, 1 May 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=665868 For Rabbi Kastel, the desire to guide people through their difficulties is a strong one. A natural networker, he thinks that being a fourth-generation rabbi has instilled these characteristics in him. "My father was an outreach rabbi who was always organising programs. As a child, I helped him organise events and I also did visits to hospital patients." Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=665865 The traveling Model Matzah Bakery came to town April 13, allowing some 45 participants at the Chabad Jewish Center of Clark County to make their own Passover matzah. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST