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A Chanukah menorah display on a car in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine on Nov. 30, 2021. Credit: Oksana Kuznetsova Dnepr/Shutterstock.

Menorah car parades set to light up cities worldwide

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Chanukah celebrates light, religious freedom and—a theme less often emphasized—the potential of young people. This year, Jews around the world will take that celebration to the streets more powerfully than ever. Last December, as Kyiv...
The comedian Eli Lebowicz (left) helped fellow participants at the "March for Israel" wrap tefillin on Nov. 14, 2023. Credit: EliComedy.com.

Jewish great awakening follows Oct. 7 terror attacks

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Those who experience the trauma of losing a friend or loved one or seeing them injured in a violent conflict often become more religious, according to research that U.S., Canadian, Czech and German researchers published in...

Thousands of rabbis in New York pray for Israel, world

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Thousands of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries who are gathered in New York City for the 40th annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries (Kinus Hashluchim), assembled at the Ohel in Queens, N.Y., the resting place of the...
In the Novellus restaurant dining room are (from left): Rabbi Chaim Landa, Joe Ancmon, Bob Affholder and Brett Affholder, October 2023. Photo by Bill Motchan.

St. Louis-area restaurant going kosher for a day, proceeds headed for Israel

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A local restaurant will change its entire menu and kosher its kitchen for one day in support of Israel. Novellus, at 201 N. Main St. in St. Charles, a suburb of St. Louis, announced...
Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak Vorst. Source: YouTube.

Rabbi who founded Chabad in the Netherlands dies at age 85

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Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak (Ies) Vorst, founder of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in the Netherlands, died on Sept. 14 at the age of 85. Vorst was born in 1938, the son of the chief rabbi of Rotterdam....
Ido Sarfati stands outside the remains of his businesses that were destroyed by wildfires last week that swept through Lahaina on the island of Maui, Aug. 14, 2023. Photo courtesy of Ido Sarfati.

Maui fire survivors tell of Chabad’s assistance in wake of disaster

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When Ido Sarfati moved to the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui a decade ago, he thought he had the perfect place to build a business. And he did; it grew...
The island of Maui experienced a major wildfire disaster fueled by windy and dry conditions with much the town of Lahaina destroyed, Aug. 8, 2023. Credit: U.S. Coast Guard Hawai'i Pacific District 14 via Wikimedia Commons.

As wildfires rip through Hawaii, Jewish leadership on ground offers relief

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As of Thursday, wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have claimed 36 lives and left thousands homeless (on Friday, Aug. 11, that number had climbed to 53 fatalities), as emergency workers searched through...
Entertainment, arts-and-crafts and more will be featured at the fifth annual Jewish Food Festival in Mequon, Wis., on Aug. 6-7, 2023 Credit: Chabad of Mequon.

Wisconsin Jewish food fest to feature international dishes, entertainment

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What began as a rabbi and his wife offering a “Taste of Kosher” at local supermarkets has now grown to an annual gathering that last year drew as many as 6,000 people. The fifth annual Jewish Food...
The Polish flag with Warsaw in the background. Credit: Velishchuk Yevhen/Shutterstock.

Jewish life in Polish capital thriving 80 years after Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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On the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Jewish life is thriving in the capital city, reports Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler, director of Chabad of Poland. He and his brother, Rabbi Mayer Stambler, arrived in...

Montenegro Jewish community to inaugurate Torah scroll on Lag B’Omer

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During Lag B’Omer last year in Montenegro, which is roughly east of Rome across the Adriatic Sea, the Jewish community was eager to gather around a bonfire and put the pandemic behind it. This...