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Michael Kaye of Invei Wines. (Photo/Courtesy Invei Wines)
Posted inWine

In a home garage, two kosher winemakers are crushing it

by Dan Pine February 28, 2023March 13, 2023
Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar delivers a speech during an emergency gathering of rabbis in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 5, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia)
Posted inWorld

In rare rebuke, Russian chief rabbi accuses senior defense official of antisemitism

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA October 26, 2022
Bobby and Fran Lent cut the ribbon on the opening of the Lent Chabad Center in San Mateo. (Photo/Jeff Bartee)
Posted inBay Area

$20M Chabad center opens in San Mateo, Elk Grove welcomes first Chabad

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene October 19, 2022October 25, 2022
Alejandro Crosa (left) and Adam Nash are the founders of Daffy, which as a special $18 chai feature of Jewish organizations.
Posted inPhilanthropy

Synagogues tap into mobile apps like Venmo for collecting tzedakah

by Emma Goss October 18, 2022October 19, 2022
Students congregate around the Yalla food truck, which offers kosher and halal food, at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. (Photo/RNS-Yonat Shimron)
Posted inJewish Life

A food truck at Duke University offers a truce to rising tensions on Mideast politics

Yonat Shimron by Yonat Shimron and RNS October 12, 2022October 12, 2022
Students at Sacramento Jewish Academy in Granite Bay.
Posted inNorthern California

Sacramento-area school fills void for region’s growing Chabad community

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Sue Fishkoff and Rachel Raskin-Zrihen September 20, 2022September 23, 2022
two photos side by side; both show bearded men in black hats; goldstein, on the left, is much younger.
Posted inCalifornia

Chabad of San Diego fires Poway rabbi who refused oversight

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward September 20, 2022
Zhanetta Butenko's house was partially destroyed when a rocket crashed through its roof in early March in Hostemel, Ukraine. (Photo/JTA-Jacob Judah)
Posted inWorld

‘The Jews have arrived’: In Bucha and other decimated towns near Kyiv, a Jewish group distributes sorely-needed supplies

by Jacob Judah and JTA September 14, 2022
Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar delivers a speech during an emergency gathering of rabbis in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 5, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia)
Posted inWorld

In rare and delicate statement, Russia’s Chabad rabbis call to ‘end the suffering’ in Ukraine

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA September 8, 2022September 8, 2022
Prosecutors allege the defendants used the words "challah" and "baker" and "tefillin" to conceal their plans to commit fraud. (Design by Grace Yagel.)
Posted inCalifornia

‘Challah’ and ‘tefillin’ were code words in the Chabad of Poway tax fraud scheme

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA August 22, 2022August 22, 2022

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