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Chabad House In Maryland Set To Be Demolished Files Federal Lawsuit

(JTA) — A Chabad House serving Towson University in Maryland filed a federal lawsuit against Baltimore County alleging religious discrimination and defamation after a judge affirmed an order to demolish an over 4,000 square-foot addition. Chabad of Towson filed the $10 million lawsuit on Thursday in U.S. District Court. It charges that the order to…

By Marcy Oster Dec 23, 2018 | < 1 min read
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The Unlikely Friendship Between A Chabad Rabbi And A Professional Fratboy

Andy Borans: The Man and The Legend. Borans, head of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity for over two decades, is the person who has single-handedly had more influence on college students than any other college professional. AEPi is his life, his family. Borans is all about developing future Jewish leaders. One of my earliest encounters…

By Dov Hillel Klein Oct 18, 2018 | 3 min read
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Get With The Times, Piers Morgan: Even Orthodox Men Aren’t Ashamed To Be Hands-On Dads

Earlier this week, a certain TV personality ruffled some feathers when he tweeted a picture of another famous person taking a walk with his baby strapped to his chest, implying that it was a most un-masculine thing a man can do. Oh 007.. not you as well?!!! #papoose #emasculatedBond pic.twitter.com/cqWiCRCFt3 — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October…

By Eliezer Zalmanov Oct 16, 2018 | 3 min read
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NFL Kicker Makes Game-Winning Field Goal On Day He Got New Mezuzah

(JTA) — Greg Joseph of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns got a new mezuzah and kicked a game-winning field goal — on the same day. On Sunday, Rabbi Yossi Freedman, director of the Chabad Jewish Center of Downtown Cleveland, affixed the mezuzah on the doorpost of Joseph’s city apartment and the rookie kicker hit a 37-yarder…

By Marcy Oster Oct 9, 2018 | < 1 min read
Opinion
An Unorthodox Secret: How Chabad Fills Pews With Jews

During this year’s High Holidays I observed that nobody at our Chabad House’s Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services was Orthodox. Of course, my family and I are very observant; we keep and teach a strict adherence to halacha — Jewish law according to the Orthodox tradition — and everything that it entails. But nobody…

By Eliezer Zalmanov Oct 3, 2018 | 4 min read
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North Carolina Rabbi Can’t Muster Minyan As Jews Flee Hurricane Florence

With Hurricane Florence heading straight for Wilmington, North Carolina, Rabbi Moshe Lieblich huddled with his congregation for the second day of Rosh Hashanah on Tuesday. But as the service began, he quickly realized that so many congregants had fled the storm’s path that he couldn’t get a minyan together. “People really panicked,” the co-director of…

By Ben Fractenberg Sep 13, 2018 | 2 min read
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Chabad Hungary Joins Holocaust Project Boycotted By Other Jews

(JTA) – Hungary’s controversial Holocaust museum will open next year despite opposition by some in the Jewish community to its premise and staff, according to a government statement. Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said Friday at a news conference that the House of Fates will open in Budapest in 2019, four…

By JTA Sep 7, 2018 | 2 min read
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Tiny Russian Village Hopes Chabad Pilgrimage Will Put It On Map

LYUBAVICHI, Russia (JTA) — Things are beginning to turn around for Valentina Prilashkevitch and her neighbors because their village is the cradle and namesake of Chabad-Lubavitch – one of the largest and most influential Hasidic movements in Judaism. In recent years, the village has started to attract hundreds of visitors every month, prompting the local…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Aug 31, 2018 | 2 min read

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Chabad House In Maryland Set To Be Demolished Files Federal Lawsuit

The Unlikely Friendship Between A Chabad Rabbi And A Professional Fratboy

Get With The Times, Piers Morgan: Even Orthodox Men Aren’t Ashamed To Be Hands-On Dads

NFL Kicker Makes Game-Winning Field Goal On Day He Got New Mezuzah

An Unorthodox Secret: How Chabad Fills Pews With Jews

North Carolina Rabbi Can’t Muster Minyan As Jews Flee Hurricane Florence

Chabad Hungary Joins Holocaust Project Boycotted By Other Jews

Tiny Russian Village Hopes Chabad Pilgrimage Will Put It On Map

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