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Ritual Bath to be Adapted for Disabled

Hallandale, FL — For years, Rabbi Raphael Tennenhaus has wanted to bring an ancient Jewish cleansing tradition to his Hallandale Beach synagogue.

Now, his dream is coming true.

Plans to build three mikvahs — or ritual baths — at Chabad of South Broward are in the pipeline.

Departing Diplomat Tells Students to Speak Truth to Foreign Powers

Philadelphia, PA — Perhaps nobody knows better the intricacies of U.S./Israeli relations and the need for Israel advocacy among American college students than Ron Dermer.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and a founding member of Jewish Heritage Programs, Dermer was until recently Israel’s Minister for Economic Affairs, the state’s third-highest-ranking diplomat to Washington. Last month, he offered his own insights on relations between D.C. and Jerusalem before a delegation of students from the Lubavitch House at Penn.

Community Rallies Together in Wake of Tragedy

Students at Arizona State University and the University of Maryland woke to tragic news Monday morning: Two of their own had been gunned down in what Tempe, Ariz. police are calling a murder-suicide.

According to reports, ASU sophomore Carol Kestenbaum, 20, and her good friend Nicole Schiffman, a 20-year-old sophomore at Maryland, were killed by Tempe resident Joshua Mendel, 22, after returning from a birthday party for Kestenbaum early yesterday morning. Schiffman, who grew up with Kestenbaum in Bellmore, N.Y., had flown in for the occasion.

His time to talk Torah – Radio show hits multiple issues

Sometimes the words are for personal growth, other times just for information, or maybe inspiration. But every time, The Best of You radio show infuses talk radio with a Torah twist.

Rabbi Chay Amar, spiritual leader of Chabad of Golden Beach in Miami-Dade, hosts the radio program Monday through Friday from 4 to 5 p.m. on WLVJ (1040-AM). It features Israeli music and lots of talk.

The theme of the program, which began in November, is to “discover your inner spiritual potential.”

“We go into the depths of the secrets of the Torah or reveal our inner potential,” the Orthodox rabbi says. “The Best of You is to discover the best of themselves, which is basically the infinite power of the soul inside every one of us.”

Extreme House Makeovers by Local Teens

San Mateo, CA — Today’s teenagers are probably the single segment of the Jewish population most difficult to engage. Here’s how one Chabad couple, keenly attuned to the interests of local teenagers, have found a way to draw them in, to the benefit of the entire community.