- Author: lubavitch.com Chabad-Lubavitch news site
- Published: Dec 31st, 2009
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A Jewish Community Grows In Cabo San Lucas
(lubavitch.com) Once a week, Benzion Hershcovich leaves his house at the crack of dawn while his wife and children are still asleep. The twenty-something rabbi heads out to a local dairy farm where he gets kosher milk.
- Author: lubavitch.com Chabad-Lubavitch news site
- Published: Dec 30th, 2009
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Crunch Time: Rolling Out Passover Matzahs in December
Until the last few decades, they were available only at select Judaica shops or in Brooklyn storefronts. These days, the crispy confections can be had at more than 200 major supermarket chains..
- Author: lubavitch.com Chabad-Lubavitch news site
- Published: Dec 24th, 2009
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Chabad Centers Devise Strategies To Outwit the Recession
When Wall Street cheers as the Dow Jones scrapes its way up from 12-year lows, it sounds faint and hollow to Chabad centers on Main Streets around the world.
- Author: lubavitch.com Chabad-Lubavitch news site
- Published: Dec 23rd, 2009
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PERSPECTIVES: Compromising A Sacred Trust
Infidelity is in the news with the recent development of Jenny Sanford --- wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford --- filing for divorce after 20 years of marriage
- Author: lubavitch.com Chabad-Lubavitch news site
- Published: Dec 22nd, 2009
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Chanukah First At Staples Center
"Fans came out to support their team and were privileged to witness the first Menorah lighting at Staples Center," said Rabbi Backman.
- Author: lubavitch.com Chabad-Lubavitch news site
- Published: Dec 21st, 2009
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At McGill University, Jewish Students Host Inaugural Shabbat Dinner
On a recent Friday night, Rabbi Shmuly Weiss and his wife Rashi were guests in their own Montreal home. Roles were reversed as university students at Chabad of McGill became the masters of ceremony during
- Author: lubavitch.com Chabad-Lubavitch news site
- Published: Dec 20th, 2009
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Chabad Representatives Near Auschwitz Say Interest in Polish Jewish Life Strong
The'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign stolen Friday from the entrance to the Auschwitz death camp has been recovered, say Polish police authorities. Five men were reportedly arrested for the theft.
- Author: lubavitch.com Chabad-Lubavitch news site
- Published: Dec 18th, 2009
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How Chanukah Came Out of Closet
The first public menorah went up in San Francisco’s Union Square, in 1975. Erected by the late Rolling Stones promoter and Holocaust survivor Bill Graham
- Author: lubavitch.com Chabad-Lubavitch news site
- Published: Dec 18th, 2009
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Chanukah Pride Parade in NYC
200 teenagers were shuttled Tuesday in Hummer stretch limousines outfitted with rooftop menorahs, to the Jewish Heritage Museum in New York City.
- Author: lubavitch.com Chabad-Lubavitch news site
- Published: Dec 15th, 2009
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Illinois Governor At Chanukah Party in State Offices
Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois attended a Chanukah party on Monday in Downtown Chicago, hosted by Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois. State Senator Ira Silverstein, and State Representative Lou Lang