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Architectural rendering of building and parking lot
Posted inNews

Pleasanton ‘excited’ for Chabad rebuild of fire-damaged center

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 30, 2021April 30, 2021
Cynthia Ficsher of Visalia has collected millions of buttons for a new Holocaust memorial in Bakersfield. (Photo/Courtesy Leah Schlanger)
Posted inUncategorized

Millions of buttons collected for Central Valley’s first Holocaust memorial

by Patricia Corrigan February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
Storefront
Posted inNews

From retail shop to Jewish center: East Bay Chabad spruces up new digs

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 6, 2021
The menorah in front of Alameda City Hall was found smashed on the first day of Hanukkah, Dec. 11, 2020.
Posted inHolidays

Alameda City Hall menorah found in pieces on first day of Hanukkah

by Dan Pine December 11, 2020
Snow falls on a Hanukkah Menorah made of ice in Tomsk, Russia, Dec. 8, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Levy Kaminetsky)
Posted inWorld

A Siberian synagogue has a 10-foot menorah made of ice

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA December 11, 2020
(From left)) Rabbi Levi Shemtov, National Economic Director Gary Cohn and Rabbi Abraham Shemtov light the "National Menorah" on the Ellipse near the White House, on Dec. 12, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Al Drago-Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

Jared and Ivanka’s rabbi, Chabad’s top man in DC, is optimistic about the coming transition

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 7, 2020December 7, 2020
Chabad in Houston usually drops pieces of gelt from a helicopter, but social distancing derailed that event this year. (Photo/JTA-Chabad of Uptown)
Posted inU.S.

Across Texas, the show of outdoor Hanukkah festivities must go on

by Jeff Siegel and JTA December 4, 2020
Rabbi Levi Duchman speaking in Dubai in 2019. (Photo/Courtesy Jewish Community of the UAE)
Posted inNews

Live from Abu Dhabi: A look at Jewish life in the UAE and Morocco

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 10, 2020November 10, 2020
UC Berkeley Chabad co-directors Bracha Leeds (left) and Rabbi Gil Leeds (right) hand out Shabbat supplies to students. (Photo/Courtesy UC Berkeley Chabad)
Posted inNews

How Jewish college orgs are keeping students connected during a pandemic

by Dan Pine September 24, 2020September 25, 2020
Jordan Jackson-Clark needs a Black and Jewish bone marrow donor to help him fight his leukemia.
Posted inBay Area

Oakland 24-year-old with leukemia seeking multiethnic bone marrow donor

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

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