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1967 News Piece: Half Million Jews Observe Tefillin at Western Wall

In honor of Yom Yerushalayim and 50 years since the reunification of Israel, we present this article, which was originally published by Lubavitch News Service in 1967, discussing the success of the Tefillin campaign since its inception days before the war began.

FLASHBACK! | Flashback | Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Murdered by Soviets in 1938, Jewish Activist’s Gravesite Found

Dovid Zaklikowski | Flashback | Monday, November 3, 2014

The eighth note!

I remember way, way back in the day, when I was a Yeshivah student, I used to help a certain Chabad House every so often and spend Shabbos with them. It was a marvelous experience every time. I loved the atmosphere, the warmth and the genuine feeling of being welcomed and accepted that the Shliach and his family gave.

Benny Hershcovich | Flashback | Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Flashback!: Chabad at UCLA Marks 40th Year

In this week's Flashback! lubavitch.com presents a news release dated 1969 announcing Chabad's purchase of its first campus center located adjacent to the UCLA campus.

Flashback | Thursday, September 10, 2009

The Maharal-Chabad Nexus

The Maharal had an influence on many streams of Jewish thought, including Chasidism, and especially on Chabad Chasidism. Indeed, the founder of Chabad, Reb Schneur Zalman of Liadi, was a direct descendant of the Maharal.

Baila Olidort | Flashback | Monday, September 7, 2009

Flashback!: Gan Israel Campsite Purchased

It was forty years ago this summer that the popular Camp Gan Israel overnight boys' camp purchased a sprawling property in the Catskills Mountains.

Flashback | Thursday, August 13, 2009

Flashback! Lubavitch Office in Milwaukee Acquires New Center

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (LNS) - The Director of the Milwaukee regional office of the Lubavitch movement has announced the acquisition of a new building which will serve as the headquarters for its activities in the State of Wisconsin.

LNS Archive | Flashback | Friday, August 7, 2009

Flashback: Teacher Donates Back Pay to Charity

Speaking at the Lubavitcher center in New York this week commemorating his father's 20th Yartzeit, the Rebbe told of the difficult plight of many teachers of Jewish studies in Yeshivos and other Jewish schools. They are often underpaid, said the Rebbe, and in most cases receive smaller salaries than teachers of secular studies. Often they are paid with a postdated check valid several weeks, and sometimes months, hence.

Flashback | Thursday, July 23, 2009

Flashback: It Was the Summer of '61 . . .

With the Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical summer visitation program now in full swing, some 400 rabbinical students are visiting hundreds of cities worldwide under the aegis of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch

Flashback | Thursday, July 16, 2009

Flashback 1950s: A Meeting With the Rebbe

In the summer of 1956, after our return from the Soviet Union, I made a visit to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneirson, better known as the Lubavitcher Rabbi.

Flashback | Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Welcome To A New President

The idea of “e pluribus unum” (out of many - one) that appears on U.S.currency, sums up the American democratic process. A government is installed when the "pluribus," the many, participate in free and true elections, thus ensuring a smooth transition of power from one administration to the next. The entire purpose of any election is the unity that will be its consequence; for once the majority has expressedits choice, even the dissenting minority must unite behind that decision.

Flashback | Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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Two Lesser-Known Jewish Holidays Occur this Week
Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah are the last two festivals during this month of the High Holidays. Shemini Atzeret is an extension of the Sukkot holiday, and will begin this year on Sunday evening, October 22 and is followed the following evening by Simchat Torah.
Sunday, October 20
Meet Hallandale's New CTeen Directors
That’s the winter I met the guy who would, some years later, become my husband. I met Joey at the CTeen International Shabbaton in New York.
Rachel Wilkes Goffstein as told to Mussi Sharfstein | Thursday, October 17
How Can I Make This World A Better Place?
The plethora of biographical books and articles about the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, have typically summarized his impact on the Jewish community by emphasizing his love and care for every individual.
Chana Silberstein | Wednesday, October 16
Celebrating this Year: Sukkot
This week marks Sukkot, the holiday of booths (or huts). The seven-day Festival of Joy comes begins tonight, October 13, at sunset, commemorating the Clouds of Glory that G-d protected the Jewish people with during their travels in the desert following their exodus from Egypt 3,331 years ago.
Sheidle Fogelman | Sunday, October 13
Breaking Ground In Clearwater
One hundred and fifty community members gathered to break ground and lay the cornerstone of the new Feldman Campus for Jewish Life and the Tabacinic Chabad Center at Chabad of Clearwater, Florida
Mussi Sharfstein | Thursday, October 10

Chabad Regains Rights to Krakow Synagogue Before High Holy Days
Judge Jacek Blat of the court of Krakow ruled today that the Izaak synagogue must be returned to Chabad of Krakow and reopened to the Jewish community. Run by Chabad, the Izaak shul has become a hub for the local Jewish community and the thousands of visitors who come daily to pray, study, and procure kosher food, among a host of other community activities.
Mussi Sharfstein | Wednesday, September 25
Fiftieth Chabad in the Lone Star State
In October, Rabbi Sholom and Chaya Block will be packing up the home they’ve lived in since their marriage eighteen months ago and setting out to serve the Jewish communities in Allen and McKinney, Texas. The Blocks will make history as the fiftieth Chabad couple serving the state of Texas.
Ashira Weiss | Friday, October 4
$6 Million Dollar Chabad of Charlotte Grand Opening
Chabad of Charlotte welcomed dignitaries and locals to the “Grandest Opening” of their stately, six million dollar campus on a balmy Sunday evening in September. At its first official event, the Epstein Family Chabad Jewish Center hosted a chic reception for adults and a concurrent children’s carnival. Over 800 people participated.
Dvora Lakein | Monday, October 7
Sixty Three Days
When she was almost two weeks old, Gila and I boarded an early morning Delta flight bound for my mother’s bedside. We repeated the trip twice more, visiting every two weeks like clockwork. I passed my sister and brother in transit during those two months; always someone at her side, as she had always been by ours. When Gila was eight weeks old, I drove my kids halfway across the country for what was unknowingly, and ultimately, goodbye.
Dvora Lakein | Tuesday, September 24
Meet Hallandale's New CTeen Directors
That’s the winter I met the guy who would, some years later, become my husband. I met Joey at the CTeen International Shabbaton in New York.
Rachel Wilkes Goffstein as told to Mussi Sharfstein | Thursday, October 17

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