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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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Limmud FSU Conference Addresses Anti-Semitism
Leading the commemoration for victims of recent anti-Semitic attacks at Limmud FSU’s second annual conference for Jewish Russian-speakers was Rabbi Avi Bukiet, director of the Center for Jewish Life in Arlington-Belmont. Several hundred Jewish young adults attended the event this Sunday, as part of Limmud FSU’s (Former Soviet Union) mission to strengthen Jewish identity for Russian-speakers.
Shaindle Fogelman | Monday, June 17
Hamas Rocket Falls Outside the Chabad Center in Sderot
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on Thursday night fell less than fifteen meters (fifty feet) from the Chabad center in Sderot and hit a neighboring yeshivah building. No students were in the building at the time as they had already left to spend Shabbat with their families.
Frayda Kaplan | Friday, June 14
A Compact Study Routine
On a recent flight somewhere over the Rocky Mountains, Doug Revere pulled out his trusty Chayenu, a weekly compilation of Torah lessons and thoughts. When he noticed his acquaintance’s interest, he passed the publication over the armrest. Then he pulled out a second copy for himself.
Dvora Lakein | Thursday, June 13
Two New Jersey Teens Honored for Meal Program Initiative
It’s not very common for teenagers to be the honorees at a gala event, but that’s exactly what happened on May 22 at Chabad of Southeast Morris County in New Jersey. Oliver Simon and Sophia Smith, a high school junior and senior respectively, were awarded the first Teen Visionary Award at the annual Chabad Cares Gala, alongside three adult leaders.
Mussi Sharfstein | Tuesday, June 11
Union College Chabad Celebrates First Shavuot with a Torah of its Own
When Sara Covelli walked across the stage at Union College last spring and accepted a rolled parchment proclaiming that she had earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Policy and Climate Change, her parents, Robin Laveman and Irwin Krasnow, sat in the audience, poised to give a graduation gift of a different rolled parchment of great significance.
Tzipora Reitman | Thursday, June 6

Itzhak Perlman, Ehud Barak Celebrate Opening of Campus/Community Chabad Center
Jewish college students in Jacksonville, Florida, and the city’s Southside Jewish community celebrated the opening of their new $3.8 million Morris and Lillian Tabacinic Chabad campus and Finker-Frenkel Chabad center earlier this winter, in style. Rabbi Shmuli and Chana Novack, of Chabad Southside, have been family to the area’s 500 Jewish college students and Southside community, and this new space provides a welcoming and more permanent home for them.
Mussi Sharfstein | Monday, May 27
Poway Ceremonies Mark One Month
Last month, darkness made its way into the foyer at Chabad of Poway, California. On Wednesday, it was a scene of joyous celebration.
Ashira Weiss | Thursday, May 30
Union College Chabad Celebrates First Shavuot with a Torah of its Own
When Sara Covelli walked across the stage at Union College last spring and accepted a rolled parchment proclaiming that she had earned her bachelor’s degree in Environmental Policy and Climate Change, her parents, Robin Laveman and Irwin Krasnow, sat in the audience, poised to give a graduation gift of a different rolled parchment of great significance.
Tzipora Reitman | Thursday, June 6
South London's First Kosher Shop Honors Memory of Rabbi's Slain Brother
London's new kosher shop had previously operated informally out of the home of Rabbi Nissan and Sarah Dubov, who founded Chabad of Wimbledon in 1988. An expanded version of the shop, now called Kosher Corner, opened last month at the new Chabad center, and is run by the Dubovs’ son-in-law and daughter, Rabbi Yossi and Leah Zlata Moscowitz.
Tzipora Reitman | Wednesday, June 5
Texting Teens Compete in Jewish Knowledge
For better or for worse, teenagers spend much of their time on their phones—nine hours a day on average—making it an effective way to reach them. At seven o’clock, every Monday and Thursday evening, the cell phones of over 3,000 Jewish teens around the United States and Canada buzz as they receive a text message with a Jewish question and a multiple-choice answer. JText, as the program is called, engages teens using the medium most comfortable to them, offering an opportunity to learn more about Judaism with a tap on their phones.
Mussi Sharfstein | Monday, May 20

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