Argentine Jewish Community Welcomed Thousands for Athletic Games

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The series of Maccabi games that annually span the globe aim to highlight more than just Jewish athleticism: They’re in the business of reinforcing Jewish pride. No where was that mission more apparent than in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last week, as a team of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries and rabbinical students cooperated with the 11th Pan-American Maccabean Games to help contestants, their families, friends and fans embrace their Jewish heritage.

From the moment the more than 5,000 Jewish athletes arrived in the South American capital city, they availed themselves of a host of Jewish-enrichment activities, from putting on tefillin to posing questions to any number of the 20 rabbinical students who fanned out among the venues and mobilized a “mitzvah tank.” They even could munch on strictly kosher food supervised by Chabad-Lubavitch of Argentina.

Talmudic Institute Makes the Demonstrate Talmud’s Legal Relevance

NEW YORK, NY — Three lawyers walk into a synagogue.

Don’t wait for a punch line. It’s how a normal operating day begins at the Institute of American and Talmudic Law, which until recently was housed at Chabad-Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan.

Glasgow Gets Kosher

GIFFNOCK, Scotland — Jews in Scotland no longer need to drive hundreds of miles to either Manchester or London to experience kosher eating out as a new restaurant has opened in Glasgow.

L’Chaim’s Restaurant was set up under the auspices of Lubavitch of Scotland and run by Rabbi Chaim Jacobs and his wife Sora and aims to attract local residents as well as tourists travelling to the Scottish capital.

Ceremony to Dedicate Salvaged Torah Scroll

SALT LAKE CITY, UT — A salvaged Torah Scroll, from Holocaust Europe, will be completed by having its final letters handwritten by participants in the dedication ceremony at 6 p.m. Jan. 17 at Chabad Lubavitch of Utah, 1760 S. 1100 East.