Chabad-Lubavitch in the Media
Stories and reports that have appeared in the media during the past two weeks
| El Paso Is Positioned To Bring More Light To Our World El Paso Times - TX,Monday, August 19, 2019 |
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| ...It depends on the context. Big checks get big things done fast, but to transform people into “givers,” the frequency of their giving is more impactful than how much they give. Everyone should become a “giver” and it is within our reach. The Rebbe’s charity campaign aims to educate people of all ages and stages to become “givers” by giving money to charity every day—even a little bit. Doing so revolutionizes our sense of purpose and perspective without hearing a single lecture… | ||||
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| Rabbinical Students Invite Estevan Jewish Community To Meet And Talk Judaism Estevan Mercury - SK, Canada,Thursday, August 15, 2019 |
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| ...“A lot of people are really happy to hear that we are visiting. For some people, it’s huge … to get a rare visit from a rabbi, in these parts it doesn’t happen too often. And people were really excited to meet with us,” said Super. He also noted that some people they met in Estevan thought they were the only Jewish family in the community. “There are not too many Jews in Estevan. A while ago there used to be a historic community that no longer exists. There are several Jews in the area, so it’s really nice to be able to connect people to each other,” said Super… | ||||
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| Community Briefs: Couple Sponsors Ambulance for Magen David Adom and More Jewish Exponent - PA,Thursday, August 15, 2019 |
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| ...The ambulance was donated at an Aug. 5 ceremony at the Chabad Lubavitch of Camden County. The ambulance will be used in Kfar Chabad, a community in central Israel. “It is particularly meaningful to us that this ambulance will be sent to Kfar Chabad, a community that represents both the Zionistic pioneer spirit that inspired our parents and the Chabad community that supported our entire family,” the Krischs said… | ||||
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| San Francisco-Area Synagogue Fire Destroys Building JTA,Thursday, August 15, 2019 |
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| A San Francisco-area synagogue went up in flames, with the back half of the building incinerated, Chabad.org reported. According to the Hasidic movement’s website, Rabbi Raleigh Resnick of Chabad of the Tri-Valley in Pleasanton, was awakened by a call from the police at 1 a.m. and rushed to the synagogue to save the Torah scrolls housed there… | ||||
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| ‘Jewish Indiana Jones’ Addresses Chabad of Hackensack Jewish Link - NJ,Thursday, August 15, 2019 |
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| ...Rabbi Stolik spoke at Chabad of Hackensack, which opened its doors just a few months ago. The presentation, dubbed “Underground Secrets of the Temple Mount,” was a heavily visual event and included a multi-media finale to tie all the findings together. The evening began with Chabad’s Rabbi Mendy Kaminker leading those attending in the completion of the cycle of the Rambam’s Mishna Torah… | ||||
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| Friendship Circle LA Provides a Jewish Camp Experience for Kids with Special Needs Jewish Journal - CA,Wednesday, August 14, 2019 |
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| The Santa Clarita Aquatic Center, GlowZone, Sky High, Scooter’s Jungle, Boomers and Knott’s Berry Farm. These were just some of the locations 45 local Jewish kids with special needs attended during their weeklong camp from Aug. 5-9, thanks to Friendship Circle Los Angeles (FCLA). Established in 2003, FCLA provides a full range of social, recreational, educational and Judaic experiences for Jewish children with special needs. Seventy-four volunteers worked with campers ages 5-25, taking them on various field trips, traveling on buses, singing Jewish songs and helping them form new friendships… | ||||
| Rabbinical Students Looking To Connect With Local Jewish Community MooseJawToday.com,Wednesday, August 14, 2019 |
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| As part of a nearly 70-year-old program titled Roving Rabbis, two rabbinical students will be here in Moose Jaw on Aug. 15 to make connections with the local Jewish community and talk about their Judaism. Rabbi Mendel Super from Melbourne, Australia, and Rabbi Eli Citron from Manhattan, New York, have spent three weeks traveling to towns and cities throughout Saskatchewan to meet with Jews and hear their stories. Their visits are more than an informational presentation. Super and Citron want to meet with Moose Jaw’s Jewish community in one-on-one visits to hear the stories of how they came to Moose Jaw, and how they practice Judaism… | ||||
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| California Jewish Legislators Hang Mezuzahs On Office Doors In Symbolic Move JTA,Wednesday, August 14, 2019 |
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| Caption: California State Sen. Ben Allen, chair of the Jewish Caucus, puts a mezuzah on his office door with Rabbi Mendy Cohen. (Courtesy of the Jewish Caucus) | ||||
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| Many Soviets Lost Their Connection To Judaism, But That’s Been Changing Canadian Jewish News,Wednesday, August 14, 2019 |
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| ...According to Rabbi Avroham Zaltzman, the director of the Jewish-Russian Community Centre’s (JRCC) South Richmond Hill and Maple branch, located north of Toronto, younger people are typically more motivated to go through the process of becoming religiously observant, as they are more flexible and often more idealistic. Many of the families that go to Rabbi Zaltzman’s synagogue are Russian-speaking and, over the last 10 years, his synagogue has hosted bar mitzvahs for approximately 150 youths… | ||||
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| Family Discovers Random Act Of Kindness For Poway Synagogue Shooting Victim KGTV - S. Diego, CA,Monday, August 12, 2019 |
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| ...Taped to the back of the toy was a $1 bill and a dime, just enough to pay for that toy. It also had a note from a 5-year-old which read: "In loving memory of Lori Gilbert Kaye, 8/10/58 - 4/27/19" After posting the experience on Facebook, hundreds of people were moved by the gesture of kindness. On the very day they discovered the note Lori would have turned 61… | ||||
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| A Small Jewish Community Hangs On, With Pride, In Mumbai Jewish Week - NY,Monday, August 12, 2019 |
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| ...It was a surreal experience to spend Shabbat at Chabad 10 years after the terrorist attacks there killed six people, including its directors Rabbi Gabi and Rivkie Holtzberg. A modern building has replaced the old Nariman House, but a wall in the sanctuary has been left untouched, pockmarked with bullet holes — a chilling contrast to the lively prayers happening steps away. Having attended the Holtzbergs’ funeral in Israel in 2008, it felt comforting, almost like coming full circle, to see the activity in the building… | ||||
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| German Foreign Minister Visits Berlin Synagogue To Show Support Following Anti-Semitic Attack JNS,Monday, August 12, 2019 |
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| German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas paid a special visit to a Chabad synagogue in Berlin over the weekend to show support for the county’s Jewish community, two weeks after the city’s rabbi was attacked. Wearing a kippah, Maas, who is considered an Israel ally, said, “Anti-Semitism did not creep in here overnight, but it has become more vocal and aggressive. If Jewish women and men are worried about displaying their Jewishness in public—it is a disgrace to the state.”… | ||||
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| Holocaust Survivor To Speak At Willamette University Salem Reporter - OR,Saturday, August 10, 2019 |
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| ...Perlstein said there’s a need for continued education about the holocaust, especially for lesser known aspects like the experiments. “It’s going away and they’re dying out unfortunately,” he said of survivors, “The world is easy to forget the horrors over 70 years ago.”… | ||||
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| Video - Rabbi's Effort to Save Scrolls in Burning East Bay Synagogue Nearly Gets Him Arrested KPIX-TV - S. Francisco, CA,Friday, August 9, 2019 |
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| A rabbi's effort to save valuables from a fire at Chabad of the Tri Valley near Hopyard Road in Pleasanton nearly got him arrested. Wilson Walker reports | ||||
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| Historic Synagogue Overrun By Squatters Returned To Buenos Aires Jewish Community JTA,Thursday, August 8, 2019 |
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| ...City police and security cleared the building of squatters this week following orders from the Justice Ministry and a lawsuit filed by a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi working in the La Boca area. The rabbi, Shneor “Uri” Mizrahi, had worked to empty the synagogue without a fight by talking with the squatters in an attempt to convince them to vacate… | ||||
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