Rabbi Aba David Gurevitch is permitted to return to Uzbekistan, local authorities said Full Story
Shliach “impressed” of Sarah Palin
Alaska’s Chabad Rabbi Yossi Greenberg has only good things to say about John McCain's pick for veep Sarah Palin: "remarkable, energetic, and good person" Full Story
Making headways in rural Alberta
Yossi Matusof of Calgary and Moshe Raices of Postville are touring rural Alberta as part of their Markaz Shlichus - Roving Rabbis, the Calgary Herald called them Full Story
Couple invites town to wedding
A Lubavitch couple invited non-Jewish residents of a Quebec town to attend their Hassidic wedding, a week after an anti-Semitic attack Full Story
Single Issue Candidacies
Naftali Silberberg lost focus when listening to Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech, and that doesn't happen often Full Story
Muslims expected in Kosher deli
The University of Miami opened an 80-seat Glatt Kosher restaurant under Lubavitch supervision. The owners expect a Muslim clientele Full Story
Surrounding the Rebbe on a train
Rabbi Shmuel Butman, Director of the Lubavitch Youth Organization, is back in New York broadcasting his weekly video shiur on COL. This week: What happened when the Rebbe attempted to pray on a Russian train Full Story
Drimmer explains Satmar visit
Upon getting grilled by COL readers, home appliances merchant Shlomo Drimmer answers back about hosting the Satmar Rebbe in his Upstate New York home and donating to their Mikvah Full Story
Beiter Rabbi bans internet
Rabbi Asher Lemil Cohen, Rabbi of the Lubavitch community in Betar Illit near Jerusalem, has joined a local call to ban the internet. Rabbis of the Haredi-populated city have called on schools to evict students whose homes carry internet connection. They cited "the many dangers the internet has caused" for the decision Full Story
Yossi Davidson donates to Kfar
Lubavitch businessman Yossi Davidson visited the Kfar Chabad village in Israel this past Thursday and donated an undisclosed sum to it's development. Davidson and his friend Chassidic singer Yidel Werdiger met with the local 'mayor' Binyomin Lifshitz and prayed in 770 Full Story
Graffiti suspect caught on camera
Authorities in Camarillo, CA, are searching for man caught on video painting swastikas on nine properties, including Chabad school Full Story
Brit students excel in exams
85 percent of the students at the Lubavitch Senior Girls School in London who took 21 exams in mathematics, Biblical Hebrew and religious studies achieved an A or B Full Story
US Airways plans Tel Aviv flight
US Airways will begin flying to the Middle East with year-round service between Philadelphia and Tel Aviv, Israel, next July Full Story
Chabad customs for coming week
Start saying the psalm L'Dovid Hashem Ori on the first day Rosh Chodesh Elul; Hear the Shofar every morning; say additional three chapters of Tehilim Full Story
More Deren’s Join Stamford Chabad
Rabbi Chezkel and Elisheva Deren are joining the staff of Chabad of Stamford, CT, headed by father and father-in-lew Rabbi Yisroel Deren. The young couple was appointed Development Director of Friendship Circle and Youth Director of Chabad’s extensive youth activities Full Story
Bush official visits Friendship Circle
Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services Tevi Troy has visited this week the Life Center of the Friendship Circle in West Bloomfield, MI Full Story
Chabad to Honor Holocaust Survivors
Anna Sorotzkin and Rachel Schwartz will be among the dozen Holocaust survivors residing in Los Angeles to be honored at Chabad of Pacific Palisades' 'Survivors' Honorary Evening' on Tuesday, September 9 at the Riviera Country Club Full Story
Jews Dwindling In Serbia, Bosnia
Bosnian and Serbian Jews see the war crimes trial of former president Radoyan Karadzic, which continues in The Hague this Friday, as a sign their country is moving on toward a more stable future. If only that was the case for war weary Jewish communities in the Balkan region Full Story
Third 770 building up in Israel
Early Monday morning, workers began removing the scaffolding from the new 770 building in the Chalomot Zichron neighborhood of Zichron Yaakov, in northern Israel Full Story
Jon Voight on the Rebbe’s dollar
Hollywood star and Chabad groupie Jon Voight has narrated a short film about the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of blessed memory. In the 4 minute clip product as a segment for the annual Chabad Telethon, he explains the reason behind giving out dollars for hours every Sunday by the Rebbe. Full Story
McCain asks Chabad for support
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain appealed to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement to support his presidential run n In a conference call with some 40 Shluchim, he said: believe this is going to be a tough race" Full Story
Chabad hits political conventions
With the end-of-summer national political conventions just days away, Chabad-Lubavitch centers at each of the host cities are gearing up to provide for the physical and spiritual needs of the thousands of guests intended to arrive. Rabbi Yisroel Endel in Denver and Rabbi Moshe Feller in Minneapolis talk about their plans. Full Story