Chabad-Lubavitch
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Netanyahu dedicates Chabad's 8th mobile mitzvah tank
Netanyahu and his wife attend ceremony to affix a mezuzah in a Chabad mobile mitzvah tank.

Miami Beach Chabad-Lubavitch center vandalized
Orthodox Jewish center in southern Florida vandalized with swastika, upside-down cross.

'Honoring my mother saved my life'
Chabad emissaries visiting Ashkelon after huge rocket barrage astonished by story of man whose life was saved by helping his mother.

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Why did a Brazilian cop name his son Benjamin Netanyahu?
Chabad emissary reportedly convinced Brazilian Interior Ministry to allow a pro-Israel policeman to name his son after Israeli premier.

Watch: Scion of legendary rock family sings Chabad classics
Noam Banai from the legendary Banai family of rockers performs Chabad classic as part of 'Tzama 5' project.

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Watch: Thousands celebrate Chabad's annual 'Shluchim Banquet'
Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and their supporters cap off an inspirational banquet with joyous dancing.

Thousands of Chabad emissaries pray after Pittsburgh massacre
Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries from around the world meet for group photo at 770 in Brooklyn, week after deadly Pittsburgh synagogue attack.

Tens of thousands expected to flood Hevron this Shabbat
Thousands of Israelis, lawmakers, and public figures will throng Hevron as part of annual 'Shabbat Hevron'.

Watch: Chabad students gather at site of synagogue shooting
Chabad youths gather outside of Tree of Life synagogue to show support for Pittsburgh Jewish community, remember 11 victims.

Shaked at Lubavitcher Rebbe's grave: Chabad does holy work
Justice Minister visits Rebbe's grave in New York.

Watch: Shuli Rand covers Chabad classic
Hassidic superstar Shuli Rand covers Chabad classic on album 'Tzama 5'.

Rabbi of Thailand celebrates son's Bar Mitzvah
Rabbi Yosef Haim Cantor's son Efraim reached the age of Bar Mitzvah. Chabad emissaries from the region joined the celebration in Bangkok.

The inner secrets of Chabad Lubavitch
A discovery that shook the academic world.

Russia to expel Israeli-born rabbi accused of espionage
Chabad emissary who has served as Siberia's chief rabbi to be deported from Russia after being accused of espionage.

Chabad couple rides out Hurricane Michael: We're here to help
On Sunday, the rabbi moved to Florida's Panhandle. On Wednesday, Hurricane Michael hit.

Ivanka Trump blesses on four species
Chabad emissary in Washington visits White House with four species and lets dozens of advisers and officials bless on them.

Chabad airlifts kosher food to hurricane-affected Jews
150 pounds of kosher food airlifted to Wilmington, N.C. hours before Yom Kippur.

Italy: Chabad moves synagogue following legal challenges
In an interview with Arutz Sheva, Chabad's Rabbi Wilschansky explains why Chabad would rather move than fight to stay at present location.

Tel Aviv residents versus Chabad hasidim
Residents of northern Tel Aviv demand their neighbors refuse to sell, rent, to Chabad hasidim.

Petition filed against Milan synagogue
Locals file petition against Milan synagogue, hoping to use anti-Islam law in their favor.

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Watch: Akiva Tourgeman praises God
Listen to the new single off the 5th installment of the 'Tzama' series showcasing traditional Chabad songs.

'No reason Lyubavichi shouldn't surmount Uman'
A tiny Russian village of Chabad fame dreams of starting its own Jewish pilgrimage tradition.

Jewish woman brutally mugged in Crown Heights
Assailants punched and kicked her before fleeing with her purse.

Suspect identified in Lyubavichi anti-Semitic graffiti attack
Russian authorities identify suspect, after anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled on Jewish center in village known as cradle of Chabad movement.

ESJF, Chabad unveil preservation project at Lubavitch cemetery
New project launched to preserve Jewish cemetery in village where Chabad movement was based for over 100 years.

Chabad’s got a house on Zanzibar — Cote d’Ivoire, too
Chabad emissaries aim to reach tourists, businessmen, and aid workers in two African countries.

Hurricane Lane set to pummel Maui and Oahu
“The guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps," Chabad of Maui tells locals. "Stay safe friends."

Benny Friedman puts Lubavitcher Rebbe's blessing to song
The Chabad singer sings about the traditional blessing the Rebbe would give every newly-engaged couple.

Chabad Chief Rabbi in Norway:
'Any boycott of Judea and Samaria nothing but anti-Semitism'
Rabbi Shaul Wilhelm, Chief Rabbi of Chabad in Norway, visits Cave of Patriarchs and Hevron Jewish community in tour organized by Lev HaOlam.

Kosher food stand opens in iconic Buenos Aires soccer stadium
First kosher fast food stand in a Latin American soccer stadium opens after Chabad initiative.

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Son of executed Rosenbergs celebrates belated bar mitzvah
Chabad hosts Robert Meeropol, 'bar mtizvahs' him in spontaneous celebration.

Tzfat rabbi: Don't bring children to mikvah
Tzfat's Rabbi Bistritsky instructs parents not to send, bring, children to ritual bath, citing safety concerns.

Watch: The song inspired by a Chabad emissary
Zevulun Natanov was inspired to write the song 'Pashut' after meeting many types of Jews while serving as a Chabad emmissary.

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Australian PM visits yeshiva with grandson, prepares challah
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull takes grandson to visit Sydney yeshiva, prepare Shabbat challah bread.

Ex-Neturei Karta rabbi's daughter gets top honors at university
Daughter of former Neturei Karta rabbi who took part in Iranian Holocaust denial conference honored at Belgian college.

Fed Lawsuit: NJ borough discriminated against Orthodox synagogue
Federal government sues New Jersey borough, claiming it discriminated against Chabad congregation, barring it from expanding.

Provocation in Rabin Square
Police repulse demonstrators seeking to enter men's compound in protest against separation at Chabad event in heart of Tel Aviv.

Opinion:
You can't beat Chabad
As if 91 years haven't passed, Chabad willing to give their lives so another Jew will undergo circumcision, put on tefillin, eat kosher.

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Shas praises court for allowing Chabad event
Shas MKs welcome Tel Aviv court's decision to allow Chabad 'Messiah in the Square' event to proceed with men and women separated.

Zandberg: 'We'll propose bill against gender separation'
Meretz disappointed by court allowing separated Chabad event: 'Attempt to darken Tel Aviv, stronghold of liberalism, won't be tolerated.'

Tel Aviv Chabad event will take place - with gender separation
Tel Aviv district court rules on petition to enable 'Messiah in the Square' event in Tel Aviv to be held with gender separation.

$124 fine for Chabad hasid manning Jerusalem tefillin stand
Jerusalem supervisor slaps Chabad hasid with fine, orders him to close his tefillin stand.

'Why is it permitted to exclude women in Yarkon Park?'
Organizer of Chabad event wonders why Tel Aviv bans gender-segregated event only in Rabin Square but nowhere else.

Watch: Israeli Chabad Hasid saves NYC man's life
Member of Chabad movement performs CPR on African American man who collapsed in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

'Attorney General is afraid of women's groups'
MK Smotrich blasts AG's support for Tel Aviv municipality's ban on gender-separated Chabad event.

Watch: 'Rachem' - the Ukrainian version
Vlad and Roman, two non-Jews, sang at the wedding of the Chabad emissary at the Menorah Center in Dnipropetrovsk.

Rabbis in Russia fall victim to anti-missionary law
Russia seeks to force out foreign rabbis as 'national security threat.'

Putting on tefillin at the Kotel is women's empowerment?
Chabad emissary Rebbetzin Esther Piekarski discusses the Rebbe, his relationship to Israel and his thoughts about women's empowerment.

Positively embarrassing

This Shabbat is the Lubavitcher Rebbe's 24th yahrzeit

Connecting young Jews in Diaspora with Israel
Marriage of Israeli-American woman to European football player illustrates need to strengthen Jewish identity in Israel, says Lavi Olami.

Jewish spark in Taiwan:
'Making the desert bloom'
Rabbi Shlomi Tabib, wife Racheli and five children live in Taipei for seven years. They talk about challenge in role they took on.

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