2009

Rare manuscripts go on display in New York, and the French consul general tours the historic synagogue in S. Petersburg, Russia.

For the more than 100 people who paraded a new Torah scroll through the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden, the celebration reflected a mix of emotions.

An Israeli backpacker who was visiting the island of Koh Phangan, Thailand, with friends passed away Sunday morning after being electrocuted in a resort pool.

Thousands of people attended the Federation of Jewish Communities annual awards ceremony and celebration of those who have made significant contributions to Jewish life in the former Soviet Union.

"The Diamond in the Crown" has been making the rounds of municipal leaders in around the Israeli Diamond Exchange’s four-building compound in Ramat Gan.

Rabbi Shais Taub, a U.S.-based expert on Chasidic thought, delivered lectures throughout Israel this past week in honor of an historic court case.

Close to 400 people were on hand for a community-wide sendoff of London’s Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva, which is moving to a new location in the city after calling Stamford Hill home for more than 38 years.

A squadron of Israeli Air Force pilots travelled to Masada to witness the historic writing of a new Torah scroll in the ancient fortress’ restored synagogue.

Jewish attendees of climate conference eat kosher, and a rabbi’s birthday prompts pledges of good deeds.

Responding to skyrocketing demand for a new translation of the Five Books of Moses, Moscow’s Lechaim Publishing House has released a new one-volume edition of the Torah.

For Jewish community members in S. Antonio, the recent tearing down of the 22-year-old home of Chabad-Lubavitch of South Texas prompted smiles and cheers, and anticipation of a bigger location for the center’s growing programs.

The torrential rains that pounded the Southeastern United States last week flooded the Chabad-Lubavitch of South Broward synagogue and community center in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

Tuesday’s bulletin suspends a countrywide warning against congregating at Jewish communal sites, but lets stand a previous warning against travel in the disputed territory of Kashmir.

The Toronto suburb of Markham played host to what was believed by residents to be one of the world's largest Lego menorahs.

Chanukah celebrations this year featured thousands of new faces, and a surprising array of unusual menorahs – some edible, others enormous – that graced locations in every time zone.

Chabad-Lubavitch of Hawaii reportedly baked the world’s largest Chanukah cake-menorah last week, kindling the 2.5-foot-high and eight-foot-long candelabra at its “Chanukah in Ancient Israel” event.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper participated in a Chanukah menorah lighting ceremony in his Ottawa office.

A rabbi and an Israeli park administrator opened a new chapter in history by repairing the 2,000-year-old break in the chain between the Jews of modern Israel and those who once lived atop the wind-swept mountain fortress of Masada.

Chabad Lubavitch of Warsaw kindled the Chanukah menorah in the Polish Parliament with senators, deputies and the legislative body’s vice marshal, Stefan Niesiolowski.

After emerging as a finalist and $25,000 grant winner in an online contest for donations from J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, the competition’s sole Jewish organization is setting its sights on a grand prize of $1 million.