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Chabad-Lubavitch in the Media

		Celebration Honors Scribe's Completion of Torah Somerset Reporter - NJ, Thursday, October 02, 2008
		Never before has Basking Ridge been witness to such a celebration. Looking like a mini wedding the scribe sat on a stage writing the final words of the Torah scroll with ink and quill. Upon completion the Torah was covered with its beautiful ornaments and silver crown. Carrying torches, banners made by the students, the entire community followed the Torah on its parade to the synagogue.
		Rosh Hashanah: SoCal Jewish Community Ushers In 5769 MSNBC - Los Angeles, CA, Tuesday, September 30, 2008
		Rabbi Simcha Backman of Chabad Jewish Center in Glendale told the Burbank Leader he will use his sermon to focus on the positive elements in people's lives amid the sluggish economy, emphasizing a Yiddish proverb: "If you think well, it will be well." "The Jewish New Year is a time of introspection," Backman said. "It's a time when we look at the year that's past and see what we've accomplished, but more importantly, it's about looking ahead. The main theme is looking forward and being positive."
		Chabad of Glendale and the Foothill Communities – Glendale, CA
		Chabad of Suffern puts Focus on Fun The Journal News - Lower Hudson, NY, Tuesday, September 30, 2008
		In an effort to counter the traditional belief that nobody actually enjoys Hebrew school, Rabbi Shmuel Gancz and his wife, Devorah, sought to put a twist on the traditional model with the Chabad of Suffern's newly created Hebrew school... To celebrate Rosh Hashana - the Jewish new year, which began last night - instead of lectures or worksheets, the Chabad last week brought Grossbaum and his traveling "Shofar Factory" to Viola Elementary School... The Ganczes said they planned to provide much more interactive programming over the year.
		Chabad Jewish Center of Suffern – Suffern, NY
		Island’s Jews Celebrate New Year Kauai Graden Island News - HI, Monday, September 29, 2008
		Another local Jewish group, Chabad Kaua‘i, is hosting more “home-style” services at a rented Kapahi house, offering traditional prayer, communal meals and discussions of faith to those interested. “Everywhere in the world where Jewish people are, we want to have a community, so we offer traditional Jewish learning and a traditional experience,” said Rabbi Michoel Goldman, director of Chabad Kaua‘i. “(We offer) a spiritual dimension and teachings based on Jewish mysticism. We think people on Kaua‘i are looking for something spiritual and something deeper.”
		Chabad Kauai – Kapa'a, HI
		Holiday Sounds Brought to the Sick Baltimore Sun - MA, Monday, September 29, 2008
		Baltimore attracts so many people to its world-class hospitals, "I couldn't do it on my own," said Rabbi Levi Druk, who with his wife, Chani, directs the Chabad-Lubavitch of Downtown Baltimore. The Chabad center is part of an international organization of Hasidic Jews that emphasizes outreach to other Jews. So the rabbi asked some volunteers to join him. "Why not train some lay people and have somebody else be part of this great mitzvah, this great good deed?" said Druk.
		Chabad Lubavitch of Downtown Baltimore – Baltimore, MD
		Torah at Chabad Jewish Center The Somerset Reporter - NJ, Monday, September 29, 2008
		For the last 10 months the Chabad Jewish Center in Basking ridge has been preparing to make history. On Sept. 21, 350 people gathered at the Chabad Jewish Center for a culturally rich historical event. Never before has Basking Ridge been witness to such a celebration. Looking like a mini wedding the scribe sat on a stage writing the final words of the Torah scroll with ink and quill.
		Chabad of Greater Somerset County – Basking Ridge, NJ
		The New Year becomes a Hands-on Experience Greenwich Time - CT, Monday, September 29, 2008
		In preparation of the Jewish new year Rosh Hashana, the Hebrew School at Chabad of Greenwich made the traditional horn used so that God can hear all Jewish people ask for forgiveness for their sins during the holiday, said Rabbi Schneur Wilhelm, who conducted the program... This was a culmination of a week's worth of activities, teaching the children about the holiday and its traditions, said Chani Feldman, director of the Hebrew School "I thought it was great," she said, " The kids were able to answer questions and it showed that they have learned a lot this week."
		Chabad Hebrew School – Greenwich, CT
		'Ask a Rabbi' Web Feature Flooded by Queries Daily News - NY, Monday, September 29, 2008
		On an average day, about 200 questions are fielded by 40 rabbis on the Brooklyn-based Web site Chabad.org... In the weeks leading up to today's celebration of Rosh Hashana, however, the number of questions ballooned to more than 1,000... "You just take it person by person, really," said Rabbi Motti Seligson about the questions fielded by rabbis from across the country, and Brooklyn in particular. "We take as much time as it needs per person," added Seligson. "We don't look at it as a clearinghouse."
		Chabad Lubavitch Media Center – Brooklyn, NY
		Rosh Hashana calls for Introspection S. Petersburg Times - FL, Monday, September 29, 2008
		Many Jews will spend Tuesday and Wednesday in synagogue. While most require membership to attend services during the holidays, there are a few places to go for free. That's how we reconnected two years ago when we weren't affiliated with a synagogue. Chabad of Pinellas with Rabbi Shalom Adler, Chabad of West Pasco with Rabbi Yossi Eber and Chabad of East Pasco with Rabbi Mendy Yarmush offer free High Holiday services to all Jews.
		Rosh Hashanah Naples News - FL, Sunday, September 28, 2008
		Rabbi Fishel Zaklos and Jewish enrichment students prepare gifts for residents of The Carlisle to help spread the word about Rosh Hashanah Sunday at the retirement community. The Chabad Center of Naples, in honor of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, took a group of their students to The Carlisle retirement community as part of their Jewish enrichment program. Students spread the warmth and beauty of the high Jewish holidays and it also helped to familiarize them and Neopolitans with the message of Rosh Hashanah.
		Chabad of Naples – Naples, FL
		Synagogue, and ‘Spiritual Starbucks’ The New York Times, Sunday, September 28, 2008
		Starting this evening with Rosh Hashana services, Rabbi Simon Jacobson, a Lubavitcher rabbi from Crown Heights and founder of the Meaningful Life Center — a project known for blending religious teaching with tai chi, introductory kabbalah and Hasidic rap — will become a kind of Jewish mystic-in-residence at the traditional, Orthodox Community Synagogue. Inspired by the movement known as Chabad, a Hasidic sect with a missionary tradition around the world, Rabbi Jacobson said he would offer his programs — which until now he has operated on an itinerant basis around the city — at the Sixth Street synagogue in hopes of creating “a spiritual Starbucks.”
		Kosher Market Opens in Kiev JTA, Sunday, September 28, 2008
		A new kosher supermarket opened in Ukraine’s capital. The store opened in Kiev last week under the auspices of the city's Chabad-Lubavitch community.
		Rosh Hashana The Desert Sun - Palm Springs, CA, Sunday, September 28, 2008
		From the High Holy Days to the feast days, each is an important event in the Jewish month of Tishrei... “Most people miss the idea that all these holidays are connected,” said Rabbi Shimon Posner of Chabad of Rancho Mirage. “It's hard to comprehend it all.” ...Posner, who often talks in metaphors, likened the holidays of Tishrei — especially Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur — as a time “to recharge your batteries.”
		Chabad of Palm Springs – Palm Springs, CA
		Child-friendly Traditions Sweeten Rosh Hashana Cherry Hill Courier Post - NJ, Sunday, September 28, 2008
		New holiday traditions can help, too. Rabbi Yitzchok Kahan, program and youth director of Chabad Lubavitch of Camden and Burlington Counties, takes his "shofar factory" on the road to teach area children how to make and blow their own shofars. A father of four boys, ages 5 to 2 months old, Kahan said the blast from a properly blown shofar is akin to an alarm clock, a wake-up call to prepare for the holiday... "Rosh Hashana is not about today and that's it," Kahan said. "It's all about what's going to happen tomorrow, how the rest of the year is going to function."
		Chabad Lubavitch of Camden County – Cherry Hill, NJ
		Religious Organizations Attract Young People With Facebook First Coast News - FL, Sunday, September 28, 2008
		The Facebook site she uses is run by Rabbi Shmuel Novack and his organization Chabad of Southside. He uses Facebook to reach students, especially this week when he's been sending invitations about services for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year Monday. "Facebook is certainly an excellent tool that we're using to try to make public aware, make the Southside and the Jacksonville Jewish community aware that, guess what, Rosh Hashanah is next week don't forget," says Novack.
		Chabad of Southside – Jacksonville, FL
		The Gift of Giving Florida Today, Saturday, September 27, 2008
		Schmuley Boteach is a writer for the Jerusalem Post who had three of his children spend the summer doing volunteer work. Teenagers doing something for someone else and for no pay. Imagine that! They worked at Chabad Centers, where the rabbi and his family already do full-time volunteer work in whatever city they find themselves around the world. At last count there were almost 4,000 Chabad centers, including the Chabad Jewish Community Center of the Space & Treasure Coasts in Satellite Beach.
		Local Jewish Community Prepares for High Holy Days North County Times - CA, Thursday, September 25, 2008
		"We do celebrate the new year," said Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein of Chabad of Poway, "but it's not a time of partying. It's a time of introspection."
		Chabad of Poway – Poway, CA
		Rabbi Reconnects Jews with Faith and Each Other Queens Chronicle - NY, Thursday, September 25, 2008
		Hearing Rabbi Zev Wineberg blow the shofar, the traditional horn used by Jews for centuries to mark the days until Rosh Hashana, offers a glimpse at an ancient tradition passed from fathers to sons right down to the present day in this Long Island City living room.
		Chabad of Long Island City – Long Island City, NY
		Sound of Shofar to Start Jewish New Year Services Stars and Stripes - Pacific Edition, Thursday, September 25, 2008
		The U.S. military’s Jewish community in South Korea will gather Monday to party like it’s 5769 — which it will be, according to the lunar calendar... Chabad of Korea is also offering services at the Hamilton Hotel in Seoul. For information, contact Rabbi Osher Litzman at olitzman@gmail.com
		Chabad of Korea – Seoul, South Korea
		The Kosher Boom Increases Dining Options in Palm Beach County Palm Beach Post - FL, Wednesday, September 24, 2008
		Keeping kosher is "part of your worshiping as a Jew," said Rabbi Shlomo Ezagui, owner of the new David's deli in Palm Beach Gardens. (His wife, Chani, is in charge of the kitchen.) Which is why the rabbi, a fixture in central and northern Palm Beach County for nearly two decades, felt that establishing the deli was so important. Like any businessman, he hopes to make a profit. But his real goal is to offer observant Jews the opportunity to fully practice their faith, without them having to drive a long way to dine on deli.
		Skinheads Blamed for City Hate Crimes Ventura County Star - CA, Wednesday, September 24, 2008
		After the panelists spoke, Rabbi Aryeh Lang of Chabad of Camarillo, with which the vandalized preschool is affiliated, shared a story. After the preschool was tagged the first time, a non-Jewish family with seven children that lived in the neighborhood helped clean off the paint. To say thanks, "We sent them a nice kosher bottle of wine," Lang said, to which audience members laughed. "This, I believe, is the spirit of most of the people of Camarillo," he said.
		Chabad Jewish Center of Camarillo – Camarillo, CA