A chapter titled “The Menorah Wars” is at the center of a comprehensive history of the Chabad movement in the United States, “The Secret of Chabad: Inside the world’s most …
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By Alan Jay Gerber
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12/27/16
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The annual Chanukah Telethon hosted by Rabbi Anchelle Perl of Chabad Mineola featured dancing rabbis, Lipa Schmeltzer, and talk about Long Island’s heroin epidemic.
The event, telecast …
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12/21/16
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Shalom Task Force celebrated its annual brunch at the Sephardic Temple Dec. 4
Following introductory remarks by Esther Williams, the organization’s president, the Community Leadership Award …
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12/21/16
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At the Shulamith School for Girls, students found a fresh opportunity to help others when the G.O. organized a fun-filled Kislev event that included a chesed project — creating craft kits for …
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12/21/16
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The Orthodox Union’s Department of Synagogue and Community Services will host an unusual panel discussion this Shabbos on “The Cost of Grandparenting in the 21st Century Torah …
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12/13/16
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The Rabbinical Council of America, the leading organization of Orthodox rabbis in North America, today released a resolution, passed by direct vote of its membership, reiterating its care …
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Rabbinical Council of America
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12/12/16
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ATHENS — Amid preparations for her wedding 12 years ago, Errika Abouaf was happy to skip the mikvah, where Jewish brides traditionally undergo immersion before marrying in an Orthodox …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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12/8/16
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Each year in Brooklyn, Park Slope's Chabad rabbi, Shimon Hecht, ascends 33 and a half feet to light the tallest menorah in the world.
But he’s not allowed to call it that anymore.
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By Ben Sales, JTA
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12/7/16
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Rabbi Boruch Ber Bender, president of Achiezer, address and advise the staff of CAHAL on how to help their students become more involved in acts of chesed.
Rabbi Bender described how chesed is not …
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11/30/16
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TAG fourth graders made a special dedication this week at the Achiezer Respite Room in the South Nassau Communities Hospital, donating a new challah cover and special tablecloth. The room is stocked …
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11/30/16
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