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Non-Jewish day-school students to compete in ‘JewQ’ knowledge championship

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How many Jewish holiday foods can you name? In what city did King Solomon build the Beit Hamikdash, the Jewish Temple? What did Rabbi Akiva see that made him realize he could, at 40,...
Charles Goldberg. Credit: Courtesy.

Lubavitcher psychotherapist creates rap video to aid addicts in recovery

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Charles Goldberg, a Lubavitcher Chassid, refers to his latest project, “Recovery,” as “a video that can save lives.” “I’m a clinical psychotherapist, but in order to ensure my mom is proud of me, I’m also...
U.S. Army pilot Gerald Teldon. Credit: Courtesy of the Teldon family.

Decades after serving, Jewish lieutenant receives World War II war medals

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Gerald Teldon, 97, nicknamed himself “Mr. Lucky,” flying more than 60 missions for the U.S. Army during World War II. What he never received, however, were his service medals. That changed on July 29, when—surrounded...
Russian President Vladimir Putin negotiates with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Ukrainian wheat, July 18, 2022. Credit: 42nd Street in Manhattan/Shutterstock.

Chabad threatens legal action against Kremlin over historical archives

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Chabad announced on Monday that it would launch unprecedented legal proceedings against Russia to demand the return of the Chassidic group’s historical library, which was illegally confiscated by the Russian authorities. Almost simultaneously, the Russian...
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Idaho to gets first ‘mikvah’ as part of $3.5 million Chabad construction project

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A new $3.5 million construction project at Chabad Lubavitch of Idaho in Boise will include the state’s first Jewish ritual bath, also known as a mikvah, reported the local KTVB 7 news. “This is a tremendous milestone that...
A father rushes his child to safety as gunshots are fired at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., on July 4, 2022. Credit: @LynnSweet/Chabad.org News.

Gunman targets July Fourth parade in one of Chicago’s most Jewish suburbs

CHICAGO—As the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Ill., commenced heading down Central Avenue in one of Chicago’s most Jewish suburbs, gunshots rang out at approximately 10:19 a.m. CST from the rooftop of...
The Belev Echad group in New York, May 2022. Credit: Courtesy.

New York trip for wounded Israeli soldiers boosts mind, body and spirit

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A nation that so highly values its citizens who made the ultimate sacrifice still struggles in dealing with those who made it through with battle scars, both visible and unseen. Hardened Israeli veterans find...
Jewish philanthropist Robert Kraft inaugurates a new yeshivah in New England to educate an initial eight rabbis, as Rabbi Shlomo Noginski (left) and Rabbi Dan Rodkin (second from left), director of Shaloh House, a Chabad-affiliated school and Jewish community center in the Boston area, and other donors look on, May 19, 2022. Credit: Olga Mariotti/Chabad.org News.

Boston terror victim realizes dream of opening rabbinical school in New England

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On May 19, the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer, the ribbon-cutting for a new rabbinical school was held in Brighton, Mass., with philanthropist Robert Kraft flanked by local rabbis, dignitaries and elected officials. The school...
Photo of Passover Seder Plate showing (clockwise, beginning from top): maror (romaine lettuce), z'roa (roasted shankbone), charoset, maror (chrein), karpas (celery sticks), beitzah (roasted egg). Photographed on April 12 2006 by Yoninah. Yoninah 20:57, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Pesach basics: ‘Alef-bet’ on how to prep a seder at home

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The Jewish holiday of Passover—the celebration of Jewish freedom—is traditionally spent with family and friends. But with the coronavirus curtailing travel plans and social interactions, many are facing the prospect of celebrating Passover alone. “It...
Ukrainian refugees and their hosts celebrate Purim with a reading of the Megillah and the shaking of a grogger in the national colors of Ukraine at the Zsilip Jewish Cultural Centre and Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary, March 17, 2022. Photo by Zsolt Demecs.

Hungarian Jews mark Purim with Ukrainian refugees, stressing peace

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Hundreds, most of them refugees from Ukraine, attended the Purim ceremony at the Zsilip Jewish Cultural Centre and Synagogue in Budapest, where they heard the reading of the Megillah. Prior to the program, the EMIH-Hungarian...