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Category Archives: Chabad
Jewish Charities Battle To Take Credit For Baby Moshe
This is rich: Groups battle over credit for baby Moshe NEW YORK (JTA) — Something of a philanthropic tussle broke out between two organizations vying to take credit for their role in helping to care for the orphan of the … Continue reading
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Tagged chabad lubavitch, crown heights section, migdal ohr, public relations campaigns, rabbi yehuda, world outreach program
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Chabad Rabbis Are The World’s Most Visible Jews
From the Jerusalem Post: There are Chabad Houses in far-flung locations such as the Congo and Vietnam. In all, there are about 4,000 husband and wife teams in at least 73 countries across the globe representing Judaism. This amazing outreach … Continue reading
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Tagged chabad houses, ephraim sneh, global jihad, israeli embassies, jerusalem post, jewish targets
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Rabbi and His Wife Killed In Mumbai
From Chabad.org: Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg, the beloved directors of Chabad-Lubavitch of Mumbai, were killed during one of the worst terrorist attacks to strike India in recent memory. Jewish communities around the world reacted with shock to the loss … Continue reading
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Tagged chabad house, gavriel, holtzberg, lubavitch, rivka, toddler son
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Dennis Prager Lauds Chabad As The Most Dynamic Force In Jewish Life
Dennis Prager discussed during his third hour of his radio show today. Prager met a rabbi who’s spent 17 years in the Congo. Dennis wants to lecture there. "They do not ordain women in Orthodox Judaism… What has been the … Continue reading
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Tagged bad decisions, bnei brak, Chabad, Dennis Prager, dynamic force, emissaries, financial failure
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Chabadnik Leah Kleim Knifed In San Diego
Leah calls Sunday afternoon. "On Thursday, I got a call inviting me to San Diego for Shabbat. So I flew in. And I ended up getting stabbed?" Luke: "What happened?" Leah: "I was up late drinking Heinekens with the rabbi. … Continue reading
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Tagged heinekens, heinekins, kleim, pasttime, quot, rabbi, shabbat, water fountain
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Torah Scholars Stuck Behind The Iron Curtain
Professor Marc B. Shapiro blogs: R. Shemariah was one of many great talmidei hakhamim who were stuck behind the Iron Curtain, and even if not killed by the regime, lived out their days in what can only be described as … Continue reading
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Tagged iron curtain, lubavitcher rebbe, Marc B. Shapiro, religious zionist, stalinist terror, torah scholars
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Chabad Hits Sunset Plaza
West Hollywood, CA — Call it a taste of Jerusalem in West Hollywood. Two small city blocks lined with fashionable boutiques and sidewalk cafes attract LA’s most beautiful and famous. Armani, Anna Sui, Madison, Butler and Wilson, Nicole Miller, and … Continue reading
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Tagged fall sunset, fashionable boutiques, high holiday services, sidewalk cafes, sunset plaza, west hollywood ca
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Sarah Palin’s Appeal
Jonathan Mark writes: I’m getting a hunch the Republicans just might win for one reason alone, and it makes no sense, just like Chabad makes no sense to the Jewish elite. That one reason is Sarah Palin. She reminds me … Continue reading
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Tagged liberal jews, nancy pelosi, pelosi nancy, queen of spades, Sarah Palin, suny binghamton
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One Of Two Chief Rabbis Of Lubavitch Excommunicated By Jewish Court
From Daas Hakohol: Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba is now in a NIDOY by Beis Din Tzedek Of America – Ein Moshe ! ! ! The 3 Rabbonim of the Zabla, who issued the Nidoy are: Horav Arye Mordechai Rabinovitch (Mitzad Horav … Continue reading
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Tagged chief rabbis, daas hakohol, eidus, horav, parshas shoftim, shabbos parshas
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Ecstatic Jews, a messiah proclaimed, and the consequential divisions
From the Village Voice: Like many other young men in Crown Heights, Itzik Balulu studies the Talmud and other Jewish texts from early in the morning to well into the night. But you should see his ride. When he’s not … Continue reading
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Tagged chabad lubavitch, jewish texts, king messiah, observant jews, oy vey, yellow flags
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