U of I students to experience Jewish culture in Berlin

FRANKFURT, Germany — In Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, a new Torah scroll will be dedicated to a synagogue and the Jewish community during spring break.

This will be the first Jewish event in the town since the Holocaust, said Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel of Chabad Center for Jewish Life, and it is taking place to honor the arrival of 25 U.S. college students who are traveling from the University to Berlin, Germany this spring break.

Chabad Hebrew Day School Goes Green

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — Soaking up the brilliant California sunshine, 189 new solar panels atop the roofs of Chabad’s Hebrew Academy in Huntington Beach are teaching students a living lesson in going green and cutting the school’s energy bills.

Wounded Israeli Soldiers to Hit the Slopes in Aspen

ASPEN, CO — Aharon Gozlan has always dreamed of hitting the slopes.

Ever the sportsman, the 35-year-old is an accomplished basketball player and championship horseback rider. His athletic prowess, in fact, saved lives in 2002, when the Israeli border policeman jumped a suicide bomber in the French Hill section of Jerusalem.

Chabad’s Purim Bashes Draw In the Shy and Wary

BOSTON, MA — Purim, more than any other holiday, say Chabad-on-campus representatives, brings in crowds of students who otherwise keep a safe distance from anything that feels too Jewish. It’s the time of year to reach the unreachable, like Jewish students living in fraternity and sorority houses.

Kosher Certification: Made in China

BEIJING, China [JTA] — As the sun rises on a crisp March morning, a van from the Hebei Dongfang Green Tree Food Company arrives at Rabbi Nosson Rodin’s home in this Chinese capital city.

During the four-hour journey to the company’s factory in Shenzhou, Rodin calls for abreak to recite his morning prayers. He wraps his tefillin at a rest stop as curious truck drivers look on, then gets back into the vehicle.