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NORTH AMERICA
Forced to Run Once More, Jewish Residents Return to Storm-Tossed New Orleans
Sep 3, 2008
People throughout the Gulf Coast breathed a sigh of relief after Hurricane Gustav proved to pack more bark than bite. |
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ISRAEL
New Center in Israel Brings A Host of Therapies Under One Educational Roof
Sep 3, 2008
The Shlavim Center in Ashkelon combines a religious-based education with traditional therapies to help children with special needs integrate into the mainstream school system. |
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FORMER SOVIET UNION
Belarus Memorial to Mark Newly Discovered Site of Holocaust-Era Mass Graves
Sep 3, 2008
Made of black granite, a monument in Brest will commemorate local Jews who lost their lives during World War II. |
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THE FAR EAST
Stranded Israeli Travelers Cope With Thailand Protests
Sep 2, 2008
After anti-government demonstrators closed Phuket International Airport, more than 270 Israeli tourists turned to the local Chabad-Lubavitch center for last-minute accommodations. |
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FORMER SOVIET UNION
New Ukraine Synagogue a Replica of New York Jewish Landmark
Sep 2, 2008
A century ago, the great-grandfather of philanthropist Gennady Bogolubov helped build a synagogue in Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine. Later this month, the businessman will dedicate a new synagogue and Jewish community center built on the same historic site. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Power Breakfasts Oft-Requested Fare Among Florida’s Jewish Professionals
Sep 2, 2008
The Jewish Business Network’s monthly breakfasts bring together local leaders for an intimate and quick session of schmoozing and strategic planning. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Florida Building Left Stranded by Hurricane to Become a Synagogue
Aug 28, 2008
Rabbi Yaakov Zucker holds a healthy respect for hurricanes, but notes that it was Hurricane Wilma in 2005 that left a new building in the Florida Keys available to be converted into a synagogue. |
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EUROPE
London School Earns More High Marks in National Exams
Aug 28, 2008
The Lubavitch Senior Girls School once again fielded a slate of students in the national A-level exams, 85 percent of which earned As or Bs in their subjects. |
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ISRAEL
Summer Camp Not Out of Reach for Israeli Pediatric Patients
Aug 27, 2008
At hospitals in Ashkelon and Rechovot, children can still attend summer camp through a joint project of Chabad-Lubavitch of Ashkelon and Colel Chabad. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Reaching Out to Jewish Convention-Goers With Kosher Food and Information
Aug 22, 2008
With the end-of-summer national political conventions just days away, Chabad-Lubavitch centers at each of the host cities are gearing up to provide for the physical and spiritual needs of the thousands of guests intended to arrive. |
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CAMPUS LIFE
West Coast Students Spruce Up on Leadership Skills at Los Angeles Retreat
Aug 21, 2008
Students from as far away as Tempe, Ariz., came to the headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch of the West Coast to brainstorm about programming for the coming year. |
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EDUCATION
Jewish Library in Dayton Initiates Door to Door Service
Aug 21, 2008
In Dayton, Ohio, no Jewish family is too far from Jewish books, thanks to a project of a local community center. |
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FORMER SOVIET UNION
New School a Hallmark of Jewish Revival in Estonia
Aug 18, 2008
After a year of milestones, the Jewish community of Estonia – where Nazi forces once declared the republic free of its Jews – is awaiting its new Ohr Avner Chabad Hebrew School. |
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CAMPUS LIFE
Florida College Students Flock to Inspirational Weekend in Miami
Aug 18, 2008
Hundreds of students from universities across Florida took a break from their summer vacations and descended on the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Student Center serving Florida International University. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Montana Jewish Center Making History With Addition of Ritual Bath
Aug 14, 2008
Montana’s new mikvah will be a boon to Jewish life in the northern state, say locals. The closest ritual baths are located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Calgary, Canada. |
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NORTH AMERICA
New York Children Help Provide Enjoyable Summer to Peers Stricken With Illness
Aug 14, 2008
The children of Camp Gan Israel of Orange County joined some 50,000 other youngsters across North America to fundraise so that cancer patients could attend summer camp. |
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EDUCATION
Chicago-Area Camp Shows Children are Never Too Young to Learn Hebrew
Aug 13, 2008
It was all Hebrew, all the time at a summer camp run by Chabad-Lubavitch of Skokie, Ill. |
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EUROPE
Jewish Georgians and Tourists Take Emergency Flights Out of War Zone
Aug 12, 2008
At least 1,000 Jews left Georgia for Israel Tuesday after five days of war plunged the former Soviet republic into chaos. |
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EUROPE
With Their Country at War, Georgia’s Jewish Community Helping Injured
Aug 11, 2008
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Avraham Michaelashvili, Georgia’s chief rabbi, announced a three-day blood drive to benefit the thousands of injured. |
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