NEWS: Chabad Telethon Nets Millions, Scribes Conclude Busy Month, and more ...

News about Chabad-Lubavitch Dedicate an email Tishrei 5, 5773 · September 21, 2012 Sarcelles Attack Latest Aimed at French Jewish Community By Joshua Runyan Jewish Ritual Scribes Wrap Up Busiest Month On a recent weekend in Davenport, Iowa, Jewish community members gathered to have their mezuzahs and prayer boxes known as tefillin checked by a ritual scribe. Post Comment  |  Read Story Jurists and Rabbis Debate Ethics of Winning An overflow crowd of 600 attorneys and judges packed The Birchwood Manor in Whippany, N.J., to attend the Chabad-Lubavitch Jewish Center of Madison's annual Jewish Law Symposium on "The Ethics of Winning at all Costs." Post Comment  |  Read Story Chabad Telethon Reaches Millions, Nets Millions Millions of people learned about the High Holidays through a combination of dance, song and liturgical performances courtesy of Chabad-Lubavitch of the West Coast's 32nd annual "Lchaim! To Life!" Telethon. Post Comment  |  Read Story Puerto Rico Abuzz With Sounds of Shofar Factory Chabad-Lubavitch of Puerto Rico was abuzz with the sounds of drilling and sanding recently as Jewish community members young and old gathered to make their own rams' horns, popularly known as shofars.  Photo Gallery Houston Children Make Their Own Shofars Reflecting the Talmudic teaching that the blowing of a ram's horn is vitally important to arousing Divine favor during the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, Chabad-Lubavitch centers across the United States took a hands-on approach in allowing children to fashion their own in advance of the Jewish New Year.  Photo Gallery Talk of the Planet Haifa Rabbi Chosen as Man of Year Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Chaim Shlomo Diskin was chosen as "Man of the Year" in the welfare category by two local media outlets in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Shoham Rabbi Named Person of the Year Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Menachem Greenberg was named "Person of the Year" by a local newspaper serving the central Israeli town of Shoham. More News Briefs   In the Media WXYZ-TV to air Friendship Circle documentary 'The Circle Never Ends' WXYZ-TV - MI  Chabad Telethon raises $4 million Jewish Journal  More Media Stories   Follow Us:   Featured Judaica: Annotated Machzor: Yom Kippur Here's the machzor that you've been waiting for! New clear typeset and easy to follow instructions. Price: $27.95 SALE: $25.15 More from Chabad.org • Society & Living • Lifecycles • Daily Life • Jewish Holidays • Ideas & Beliefs • Spirituality • Parshah • Audio Classes • Video • Women • News • Kids • Calendar • Daily Study • Find A Center • Donate • Ask the Rabbi • Contact Us • Subscribe Be a Part of it Enjoyed this email? Please help us continue to share the study of Torah and Jewish traditions: Dedicate or sponsor an email to mark a special occasion Make a donation to chabad.org.   Subscription Options: Subscribe to more chabad.org email lists Subscription Management Going on vacation? Unsubscribe Your subscribed email address is: iqlalsmile.cara@blogger.com Change email address. Important Tip: To guarantee that your subscription emails continue to be delivered to you, please add subscriptions@chabad.org to your address book, or "whitelist" it in any filters or antispam programs you may have. © Copyright Chabad.org, all rights reserved.   Privacy Policy