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 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023517 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023517 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. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023515 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023515 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. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023510 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023510 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. Thu, 5 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023496 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023496 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. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023495 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023495 "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." Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023494 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023494 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. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023506 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023506 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. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023492 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023492 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. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023485 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023485 “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.” Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023484 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023484 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. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023481 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023481 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. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023477 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023477 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. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023476 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023476 Members of MetroWest's Jewish community gathered yesterday to celebrate a tradition thousands of years old - the writing of a Sefer Torah scroll. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023474 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023474 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. Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023473 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023473 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. Sun, 1 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023452 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1023452 A couple killed a year ago in a terrorist attack in India will memorialized at a Jewish center in Maryland. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1022780 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1022780 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. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1022778 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1022778 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. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1022773 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1022773 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. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1022777 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1022777 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. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1000286 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1000286 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. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1000284 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1000284 “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. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1021013 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1021013 Rabbi Chanan Feld, the Berkeley-based Orthodox rabbi and longtime mohel, died Oct. 28 after a yearlong battle with oral cancer. He was 53. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1000278 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1000278 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.” Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1000275 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1000275 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. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1000280 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1000280 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. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1000273 http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1000273 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. Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EST