This is the Forward’s coverage of Chabad-Lubavitch, a Hasidic movement.
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News Baja California cartel violence a rare threat for small but tightknit Jewish community
Cartel-fueled violence shut down Friday night services in Tijuana this past weekend, but services resumed Saturday
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News Is this Russian rabbi fair game for sanctions, or being held to a double standard?
A Chabad rabbi singled out for sanctions says he doesn’t support the war in Ukraine. His critics say he hasn’t done enough to oppose it
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Fast Forward Russia’s most prominent dissident has placed a rabbi on his sanctions list
Alexander Boroda, who is affiliated with Chabad, publicly supported the Ukraine invasion in March
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News Chabad asked the new rabbi in Poway to resign. He said no.
Rabbi Mendel Goldstein, whose father pleaded guilty to defrauding the synagogue, says it’s growing under his leadership
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News Those ‘Messiah Is Here!’ signs popping up in New York? Here’s who’s behind them.
The signs espouse the beliefs of a fringe Chabad offshoot — but were hung by students from the flagship Chabad yeshiva
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News Yisroel Goldstein was sentenced to 14 months for fraud. He’s home after three.
Due to the pandemic, the ex-Chabad of Poway rabbi may end up serving the rest of his sentence at his hilltop mansion.
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Yiddish World Former rabbinical student recalls the moment his belief in the Lubavitcher Rebbe vanished
Yossi Newfield was a firm believer until a former teacher pointed out what Maimonides had written about the requirements for the messiah.
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News 100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021. How should Jewish communities respond?
Overdose deaths rose 15 percent between 2020 and 2021, according to recently released federal data.
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