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Jewish Life in the Tropics - Jerusalem Post - Israel
The figure, says Rabbi Asher Federman, founder and rabbi of Chabad of the Virgin Islands, is estimated at 600 full-time residents and an additional 2,000 Jews who reside there during the winter …Rabbis Starr and Federman get along well and support each other’s endeavors. They realize that “with so…
Creative Thinkers Get Big Bucks - The Jewish Week - NY
The Avi Chai Foundation that week announced the first winners of its new Fellows program. The recipients and their projects are: …and Rabbi Menachem Schmidt of Philadelphia to expand his innovative programming in outreach work on campuses and in communities… Rabbi Schmidt, whose Jewish Heritage …
Vandals Damage Russian Rabbi’s Grave - JTA
Several headstones, including a chief rabbi’s, were vandalized in a Russian cemetery… The chief rabbi for the Chabad-led Federation of Jewish Communities in Nizhny Novgorod, Shimon Bergman, said police are investigating but no arrests have been made.Original post by ATR
Conejo Valley Friendship Circle Honors 237 Teen Volunteers at May 22 Ceremony - Ventura County Star - CA
The 237 teenagers who volunteer to help special needs kids as part of the Conejo Valley Friendship Circle will be honored during a ceremony on Thursday, May 22 at the Westlake Village Hyatt in Westlake Village… “Our teens come from middle and high schools in the Conejo Valley and west San Fernando…
Missing Israeli Students Found Alive in Chinese Nature Reserve - JTA
Rabbi Shalom Greenberg of Chabad-Lubavitch Shanghai said he would fly to Sichuan whether needed. Chabad, which has 22 emissaries in the country, has no location in Sichuan. But the Hong Kong Chabad center had sent two yeshiva students to lead a community seder in Chengdu, the largest city affected b…
Jon Voight with Israeli Students in Sderot - Reuters
Actor John Voight (L) of the U.S. sits with Israeli students during a visit to an elementary school in the southern town of Sderot May 13, 2008Original post by ATR
Israelis lost in China Earthquake - JTA
Dini Freundlich, the co-director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Beijing, said she felt the earth shaking in Beijing. Although they have no official presence in Sichuan, Chabad personnel elsewhere in China are waiting to help those affected by the catastrophe.Original post by ATR
Groups Seek Out Jewish Students Even Before They Land on Campus - JTA
Many of them may not be thinking much about their Jewish needs on campus until their first Jewish holiday rolls around, or a friend drags them to a Shabbat dinner at Chabad or a Purim party at Hillel…Chabad does its own outreach to incoming freshmen, says Rabbi Hershey Novack, the co-director of C…
Orthodox Jew Boxes His Way To The Top - The Jewish Press - NY
Fewer, however, have heard of another Orthodox Jewish boxer who will be fighting for the world championship in the light middleweight division come August. His name is Yuri Foreman. Like Salita, he was born in the former Soviet Union. And like Salita, he did not grow up observant. Both became ba’a…
Award-winning U.S. Actor Jon Voight Visits Battered Israeli Town - The Associated Press (AP)
Award-winning American actor Jon Voight visited Israeli victims of Palestinian rocket attacks in Sderot Tuesday, taking pictures with children and speaking out harshly against latest truce efforts to stop the rocket barrages and Israeli reprisals in Gaza…Voight was the guest of Chabad, an ultra-Or…















