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FORMER SOVIET UNION
Summer Children’s Retreat Concludes in Siberian City of Omsk
June 25, 2008
First through fifth graders in Omsk, Russia, learned about Jewish traditions while participating in a slew of activities and trips. |
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EUROPE
Parisian Teen Beaten Short Distance From Neighborhood Synagogue
June 23, 2008
Rudy Haddad was wearing a traditional skullcap when as many as 30 youths of African origin attacked him with metal bars. |
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FORMER SOVIET UNION
Ukraine Communities Celebrate Historic Torah Dedications
June 23, 2008
For the first time since Communist rule, Jews in Cherkassy celebrated the arrival of a new Torah scroll. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Recovering Addicts Tell Stories of Despair and Renewed Hope
June 23, 2008
Avraham, who battled drug addiction for 10 years, says that a Montreal crisis treatment center convinced him that his life was not defined by his dependency. |
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EDUCATION
Los Angeles Jewish Community Hails Rabbi’s Lifelong Dedication to Children
June 19, 2008
A Torah dedication ceremony attended by 1,200 people came one year after the death of Rabbi Avraham Levitansky, an innovator in the field of Jewish education. |
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ISRAEL
Israeli Public School Students Celebrate Bar Mitzvahs as a Class
June 19, 2008
Be’er Sheva, Israel’s ornate Pyramid Synagogue hosted a joint bar mitzvah ceremony for dozens of public school students, replete with a choral performance. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Iowa Jewish Community Mounts Flood Relief Effort
June 18, 2008
In the capital city of Des Moines, Iowa, hundreds turned out for a Chabad-Lubavitch project to make 5,000 sandwiches for those displaced by the worst flooding to hit the state since 1993. |
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FORMER SOVIET UNION
Russian Jewish Community Celebrates Decade of Rejuvenation
June 18, 2008
A crowd of 550 Jewish community members, businesspeople and government officials packed a Saratov, Russia, municipal hall to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Volga River port’s Chabad-Lubavitch center. |
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EUROPE
Oxford Inaugurates First Jewish Ritual Bath in Seven Centuries
June 17, 2008
The Slager Family Mikvah fulfills a longtime dream of Oxford Jewish residents for a ritual bath. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Changes Afoot at Lone Star State Jewish Centers
June 16, 2008
Two Chabad-Lubavitch centers in Houston are in the midst of massive expansion programs. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Jewish Community in Iowa City Joins Sandbagging Effort
June 13, 2008
Hundreds are helping to protect neighborhoods from the rising waters of the Iowa River. |
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ISRAEL
Torah Parade Blocks Traffic in Downtown Tel Aviv
June 13, 2008
Hundreds of residents and shopkeepers in downtown Tel Aviv hit the streets for a parade celebrate a Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue’s new Torah scroll. |
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AFRICA
Tanzania Mountain Journey Tests the Strength of Jewish Londoners and Israelis
June 12, 2008
A dozen Jewish men from Great Britain and Israel took away spiritual lessons from their 15,000-foot ascent up Tanzania’s Mount Meru. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Long Island Community Braves Heat Wave to Welcome New Torah Scroll
June 12, 2008
More than 300 people braved near record-breaking heat to welcome the first Torah scroll to the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in the Long Island hamlet of Merrick, N.Y. |
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CAMPUS LIFE
Jewish Student Center Reaches Out After Devastating Kansas Tornadoes
June 12, 2008
Damage at Kansas State University is estimated to top $20 million. Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel has offered assistance to impacted students. |
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NORTH AMERICA
South Florida Jewish Center Provides Spiritual Help For Recovering Addicts
June 11, 2008
Rabbi Meir and Frumi Kessler provide a sense of community for Jewish addicts and those in recovery through a combination of Shabbat dinners, weekly meetings and a halfway house. |
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THE ARTS
One-Man-Show for Schoolchildren Brings King David to Life
June 8, 2008
Shavuot not only marks the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people, it’s the day that King David passed away in 837 B.C.E. Rabbi Levi Welton takes on the role of the biblical monarch for young audiences across the country. |
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NORTH AMERICA
Shell-Shocked Israelis Head for Summer Camps in North America and Europe
June 6, 2008
Some 160 children from Sderot will be able to leave the nightmare of war behind them as they spend their summers in Jewish day camps abroad. |
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FORMER SOVIET UNION
Ceremony Fetes Beginning of Jewish Adulthood for S. Petersburg Adolescents
June 5, 2008
Some 50 boys and girls celebrated their entry into Jewish adulthood in a joint ceremony at S. Petersburg, Russia’s famed Great Choral Synagogue. |
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