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News about Chabad-Lubavitch Adar II 1, 5771 · March 7, 2011 Celebration Marks Two Decades of Central African Jewish Services Residents and central African leaders celebrated 20 years of friendship this week as hundreds of people marked two decades of Chabad-Lubavitch activities in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa. Post Comment  |  Read Story Schools From Texas to Illinois Represented at Spiritual Weekend More than 200 Jewish students from across Texas and neighboring states flocked to College Station for the third-annual Chabad on Campus Texas Shabbaton at Texas A&M University. Post Comment  |  Read Story Ritual Bath in Australian Capital Harbinger of Things to Come The Jewish community in Canberra inaugurated the territory's first-ever ritual bath, with diplomats joining local leaders in celebrating the new Mikvah Chaya Mushka. Post Comment  |  Read Story After Groundbreaking, Long Island Center to Double in Size Set to break ground March 13, a Long Island Jewish center is undertaking a massive expansion project, doubling the size of its current location to better serve a vibrant and rapidly-growing Jewish community. Post Comment  |  Read Story Talk of the Planet Jersey Rabbi Among Top 40 Under 40 Nominated by regional residents and selected by a committee representing the Greater Atlantic City Jaycees and Atlantic City Weekly, Rabbi Avrohom Rapoport directs programming for Chabad-Lubavitch of Atlantic County, N.J. Serbian Boy's Third Birthday a Rare Sight for Belgrade Hotel Belgrade's Continental Hotel was a bustle of activity this week as more than 150 members of Serbia's Jewish community came out to celebrate a three-year-old boy's first haircut. Synagogue Finds a Home on Nun's Island Once home to a community of a decidedly different religious order, Montreal's Nun's Island now has its own Chabad-Lubavitch center. South Florida Families Celebrate First Torah Scroll A South Florida community of some 200 Jewish families welcomed its first Torah scroll at a ceremony celebrating its completion at Chabad-Lubavitch of Bonita Springs. More News Briefs   In the Media Two Torah scrolls saved at Christchurch's Chabad House The Jerusalem Post  Chabad finds permanent home in Franklin Lakes Jewish Standard - NJ  More Media Stories   Click here to dedicate an email Featured Judaica: Beyond All Reason This adaptation of a discourse on Purim originally presented in the classic work, Torah Or, by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe, probes the deeper meaning of this mysterious day. Price: $15.95 On Sale: $14.35 BUY NOW Follow Us:   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