- Author: Chabad Lubavitch News - Latest Stories
- Published: Sep 7th, 2010
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Ukraine Port’s 19th-Century Synagogue Restored to Former Grandeur
Pesach Lifshitz, who has lived in Black Sea port Kherson, Ukraine, his whole life, can’t help but see the renovations of his hometown synagogue as historic.
- Author: Chabad Lubavitch News - Latest Stories
- Published: Sep 6th, 2010
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Jewish Communities Around the World Welcome Approaching High Holidays
As the High Holidays approach, Chabad-Lubavitch centers around the world are urging Jews everywhere to participate in a season of spiritual awakening and personal reckoning bookended by Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
- Author: Chabad Lubavitch News - Latest Stories
- Published: Sep 6th, 2010
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Jewish Schools Win Big in $10 Million Kohl’s Competition
Jewish educational institutions from Massachusetts to California dominated an online vote-gathering competition and stand to win a total of $6 million from a Kohl’s Department Stores charity.
- Author: Chabad Lubavitch News - Latest Stories
- Published: Sep 6th, 2010
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Return Marks New Beginning for Historic Budapest Synagogue
Organized Jewish life returned to the Obuda section of Budapest Sunday as Israeli Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger and Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen presided over the rededication of the neighborhood’s historic synagogue.
- Author: Chabad Lubavitch News - Latest Stories
- Published: Sep 5th, 2010
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Siberian City Welcomes First Jewish Kindergarten
Irkutsk, Russia, saw the opening of its first Jewish kindergarten as its oldest Jewish resident, 100-year-old Boris Gornykh, cut a ceremonial ribbon and welcomed students to their first day of classes.
- Author: Chabad Lubavitch News - Latest Stories
- Published: Sep 4th, 2010
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Worst Earthquake in Decades Leaves New Zealanders Shaken but Alive
Residents and leaders expressed amazement that a Saturday morning temblor that toppled historic buildings and destroyed some 20 percent of homes hadn’t resulted in loss of life.
- Author: Chabad Lubavitch News - Latest Stories
- Published: Sep 3rd, 2010
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Murder of Israelis Stuns Jewish Residents of West Bank
As negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians continue in Washington, D.C., despite two terrorist attacks in as many days, Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria are lamenting an apparent return to the darkest days of violence.
- Author: Chabad Lubavitch News - Latest Stories
- Published: Sep 2nd, 2010
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Printmaker Blends Jewish Images With a Nod to Pop Culture
Chasidic artist Michael Mordechai Cohen celebrated his East Coast debut as he unveiled a series of pop-influenced spiritual prints at the J. Klaynberg Gallery in the New York City neighborhood of Chelsea.
- Author: Chabad Lubavitch News - Latest Stories
- Published: Sep 2nd, 2010
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N.Y. Rabbi Promotes New Year Services Ahead of Fashion Week
For the first time ever, New York Fashion Week – an annual tradition that showcases the spring lines of hundreds of the city’s top fashion designers – will coincide with the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah.
- Author: Chabad Lubavitch News - Latest Stories
- Published: Sep 1st, 2010
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Children Toot Their Own Horns at Pre-New Year Workshops
The more-than 30-year tradition of bringing the shofar into the classroom helps students connect with and understand the importance of Rosh Hashanah.