Friendship Circle: Embracing the Individual
The sound of blaring sirens heralded a flashing motorcade of fire trucks, ambulances, and police cars driving down her block. Friendship Circle staff members and volunteers followed in cars festooned with colorful balloons.
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In the Media
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March 4, 2020
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A 4th-generation Vermont Orthodox Jew is starting the state’s first Jewish day school
March 3, 2020
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Thousands of Jewish Teens Gather in Times Square For Havdalah
March 2, 2020
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March 2, 2020
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Holocaust survivor tells of escape from a death march
March 2, 2020
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JewQ national competition motivates Hebrew school kids in Wilmette
February 18, 2020
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Jewish leaders from around the world gather in Brooklyn for annual conference
February 18, 2020
Oxygen And Other Blessings
They started prepping me for transfer to the ICU. I started googling. Survival rate following organ failure is 50%. Intubation has a 30% rate of successful extubation. I was going to die. I said Shema Yisrael. I needed to compose goodbye messages to everyone. But I was in so much pain.
Elazar Green | News | Thursday, April 23
Growing Gains in Toronto
As Toronto's Jewish community continues to grow, Chabad's infrastructure is expanding to suit. Five major construction projects are underway to serve the city's various demographics.
Dvora Lakein | News | Wednesday, April 22
Auschwitz: Barrack 13, Section E
Hungarian-born Geza Rohrig talks with Lubavitch International about his role in Son of Saul as a Sonderkommando in Auschwitz
News | Tuesday, April 21
Popping Bottles With Intention
Paul’s adoptive parents were religious Mormons who took him to church. Paul was not interested in their religion, and they didn’t press the issue. They told him he had a “different DNA.”
Tzipora Reitman | News | Monday, April 20
Saw You At Sinai
This story appeared as a sidebar in connection to the article 'A Nation is Born,' Boruch Werdiger's exploration of the concepts of Jewish nationhood and conversion, that appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of Lubavitch International.
Boruch Werdiger | News | Monday, April 13
A Nation is Born
The Exodus is the story of a small family, connected only by the ties of kin and consanguinity, that grew into a community, connected by a covenant and a creed. It is this transcendent vision of nationhood that has enabled others to join the tribe– to convert—and thereby become full-fledged Jews.
Boruch Werdiger | News | Monday, April 13
Chabad Centers of San Diego host a drive-through circus 
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- Lag B'Omer Innovation Under LockdownThousands of Chabad communities around the world found creative ways to celebrate together. Whether online, or drive-by, the themes of Jewish unity had particular resonance for the more than a hundred thousand participants.
