The CNN cable news network broadcast the Tuesday night lighting of the menorah in front of the White House. The offices of American Friends of Lubavitch in Washington, D.C., sponsored the event. ...

A special charter flight Wednesday carried members of Tunis' Jewish community to Israel for the funeral of veteran Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Nissan Pinson. ...

Rome's local government posted some 200 advertisements celebrating 20 years of the Chabad-Lubavitch Menorah in the Italian capital. ...

During a commercial break at the Nassau Coliseum Monday night, Rabbi Sholom Moshe Paltiel, co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Port Washington, spoke about the lighting of the Chanukah menorah and the spreading of good deeds. The rabbi was the guest of the New York Islanders, who faced off against the Boston Bruins. ...

Billionaire philanthropist Lev Leviev concluded his visit to the United States last month with a tour of the Jewish Children’s Museum run by the Chabad-Lubavitch Tzivos Hashem children’s organization. While the after-hours tour was supposed to run on the short side, the diamond magnate and president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the former Soviet Union stayed for more than two hours. ...

Rabbi Chaim Block, executive director of Chabad-Lubavitch of South Texas, returned to Montana after a hiatus of almost 30 years in order to lead a Chasidic gathering in honor of 19 Kislev, the day the Rabbi Shneur Zalman, the first Chabad Rebbe, was released from prison. Block had traveled to the state in 1978 as part of the "Roving Rabbis" program that sees young Lubavitch rabbinical students visit distant communities not served by a permanent Chabad House. Today, Montana is served by Rabbi Chaim and Chavie Bruk, who live in Bozeman. Chavie Bruk is Block's daughter. ...

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey is scheduled to light the menorah standing in front of the White House Tuesday night. Sponsored by the American Friends of Lubavitch, the ceremony on the Ellipse will have music provided by the U.S. Marine Band. ...