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			<title>Tanya Printed in Antarctica: Photos Meir Alfasi</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:52:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>International Conference of Chabad Women</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While the men were home minding the children  and the house, the women took in lectures and workshops, celebrated with friends and enjoyed a change of pace in the hub of Chabad’s headquarters in Brooklyn, NY.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:41:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Photo Gallery: Kinus Hashluchos 5772</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:59:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Baking Bread Together: A Community Sisterhood Grows</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[When Dina Krasnianski, co-director of Chabad of the Town in the Town-of-Mount-Royal launched Loaves of Love in her home’s kitchen, she had just a few participants. It has since morphed into a strong following of devoted women.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:15:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Autopsies: A Delicate Balance of Law and Religious Freedom</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[On December 12, two days after Grobois’ family reported him missing, his body was recovered and transported to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s office where medical examiner Dr. Thomas Clark called for an autopsy due to the “unnatural” circumstances of Grobois’ death.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:39:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chabad: Oprah explores Hassidic life in Brooklyn</title>
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TV personality Oprah Winfrey toured the neighborhoods of Crown Heights, Borough Park and Brooklyn Heights on Wednesday for a rare glimpse at the lives of Brooklyn's Hassidic Jews, the Chabad organization's website announced on Wednesday.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chabad's 'New Year For Trees' at Back to Nature in Basking Ridge</title>
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The Chabad Jewish Center at Basking Ridge is partnering with their new neighbor, Back to Nature for a joint Tu Bishvat celebration at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8 to mark the "New Year for trees." The public is invited to show up at the Home and Garden Center at 3055 Valley Road, across the street from the Chabad Center.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chabad of Tallahassee Plants Trees in Honor of Tu B'Shvat</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Chabad of Tallahassee and its community members  honored of Tu B’Shvat, the “Jewish Arbor Day” earlier this week. Working with the local Department of Parks and Recreation, Chabad led families and children in planting sapling cherry trees in Lafayette  Park.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:54:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Art Space of Their Own</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[After a year and a half of running programs out of rented space at Center City universities, Chabad House for Students of the Arts is opening its own exhibition and programming space on South Street.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>A deaf Indonesian 12-year-old is not your typical bat mitzvah</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[
It took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, a majority Muslim country with an Jewish community that is thought to number in the double digits.
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:43:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Forging Bonds, Jewish Identity At First Arizona Intercollegiate Shabbat Immersion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some 120 Jewish students converged last weekend at Chabad at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, AZ for the first ever Arizona Intercollegiate Shabbaton.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chabad Unveils Plans for $7 Million Jewish Russian Community Center in South Florida</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Some 350 prominent guests, partnering politicians, and lay leaders attended the Chabad Russian Center of South Florida’s Inaugural Gala at the Surf Club in January, where plans to build a $7.7 million Jewish Russian Community Center in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida where unveiled.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:27:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>'Son Of Hamas' Visits Mt. Kisco, Draws Large Crowd</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybedford.com/news/son-hamas-visits-mt-kisco-draws-large-crowd]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Mosab Hassan Yousef, the author of the acclaimed book "Son of Hamas," came to Mount Kisco this week to speak about his troubled times during his young life. The event was hosted by the Chabad of Bedford on Thursday.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:42:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>EMIH (Chabad) of Hungary To Receive Restitution Funds</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2034477/EMIH-Chabad-of-Hungary-To-Receive-Restitution-Funds.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[The funds, geared towards  revival of communal religious life, will compensate the historic religious establishments in Hungary]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:42:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Former Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn, Head of holocaust task force in Canada Mario Silva, Canadian Ambassador to Israel Paul Hunt at Yad Vashem.</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/gallery/2034471/Former-Chief-Rabbi-Yisrael-Meir-Lau-Rabbi-Chaim-Mendelsohn-Head-of-holocaust-task-force-in-Canada-Mario-Silva-Canadian-Ambassador-to-Israel-Paul-Hunt-at-Yad-Vashem.html]]></link>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:51:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Religious  Freedom In Sweden Under Threat</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2034463/Religious-Freedom-In-Sweden-Under-Threat.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[On January 26, Rabbi Alexander and Leah Namdar, Chabad representatives to Sweden, were served at their home with a notice by Gothenburg’s school authorities]]></description>
			<guid><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2034463/Religious-Freedom-In-Sweden-Under-Threat.html]]></guid>
			<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:06:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Canadian Govt, Chabad Launch MS St. Louis Commemorative Project</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2034455/Canadian-Govt-Chabad-Launch-MS-St-Louis-Commemorative-Project.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Canada’s refusal, back in 1939, to allow landing privileges to the MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 900 Jewish refugees, many of who eventually perished after being forced to return to Nazi Europe.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:17:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Rohr JLI Launches Russian Chapter</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2034179/Rohr-JLI-Launches-Russian-Chapter.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[With the launch of the first Russian language Rohr Jewish Learning Institute course February 6, Jews in formerly communist countries will join the ranks of their brethren everywhere else as they participate in a richer Jewish life experience with the benefit of advanced learning opportunities.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:17:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Rabbi Mordechai Meir Bryski, Chasidic Educator and Community Activist, 88</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2034147/Rabbi-Mordechai-Meir-Bryski-Chasidic-Educator-and-Community-Activist-88.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rabbi Mordechai Meir Bryski, a long-time educator and Brooklyn community activist  passed away on January 8, 2012. He was 88.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:12:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Space to Grow for Krivoy Rog Children</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2034141/Space-to-Grow-for-Krivoy-Rog-Children.html]]></link>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:46:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>The Big Bang or The Big Bust? Calculating the Age of the Universe</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/video/2034127/The-Big-Bang-or-The-Big-Bust-Calculating-the-Age-of-the-Universe.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Darwin scandalized the world when he published On the Origin of Species. Have we reached the perfection of our understanding of life, or has our perception since evolved? An intelligent argument for intelligent design, exploring some of the dramatic flaws in Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, and compelling evidence indicating a creator.
This class was given at the National Jewish Retreat - a yearly event hosted by the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute.  The Retreat is a five day learning and discovery experience with world-class Torah lecturers which offers the opportunity to relax, reflect and refresh one’s spirit in a luxurious setting. For more information about the National Jewish Retreat and to register for this year’s Retreat, check out JRetreat.com]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:07:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Jewish Community of Zaporozhye Celebrates Return of Community Synagogue</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2034125/Jewish-Community-of-Zaporozhye-Celebrates-Return-of-Community-Synagogue.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[The Jewish community of Zaporozhye, Ukraine, celebrated a milestone in the city’s Jewish renaissance with the dedication January 12 of a central synagogue and community center,]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:11:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>A year after quake, new Chabad House opens in New Zealand</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=253995]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[The opening in Queenstown comes just weeks before the Chabad center inChristchurch is razed in the aftermath of last February's quake there that claimed more than 180 lives, including three Israelis.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:13:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Healing When Bet Shemesh Hurts</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2034061/Healing-When-Bet-Shemesh-Hurts.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[After my first visit to Bet Shemesh, when my husband and I were in the contemplation stage of aliyah]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:35:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Glouco rabbi on mend after kidney donation</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20120114/NEWS01/301140022/Glouco-rabbi-mend-after-kidney-donation]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Rabbi Avi Richler was sitting quietly and browsing through some Jewish websites when he came upon mention of an Israeli father of three who was in end-stage kidney failure and was desperately seeking a possible kidney donor]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chabad Rabbi Donates Kidney</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2034001/Chabad-Rabbi-Donates-Kidney.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[A New Jersey Chabad rabbi's kidney donation to an Israeli living on a secular Moshav in central Israel didn’t grab headlines. It wasn't about the tensions between religious and secular Jews, but about a life-giving gesture of indiscriminate love by a Chasidic rabbi for a fellow Jew.]]></description>
			<guid><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2034001/Chabad-Rabbi-Donates-Kidney.html]]></guid>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Forging Friendships, Preserving Memory</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2033993/Forging-Friendships-Preserving-Memory.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Holocaust survivors are a fast dwindling population. But buried with many a survivor who dies is a story of untold suffering and loss, and also, lessons of an extraordinary will for life.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:10:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Statement by Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2033969/Statement-by-Chabad-Lubavitch-World-Headquarters.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Violent behaviors of individuals or groups who abuse, intimidate and insult others are a flagrant offense to Torah and tzniut (modesty), in both letter and spirit, and deserve to be unequivocally condemned.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:29:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Workings of The Jewish Court - Part 1-Rabbi Dr. Michael Broyde</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/video/2033963/Workings-of-The-Jewish-Court-Part-1-Rabbi-Dr-Michael-Broyde.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[As the forerunner of the court systems for much of the civilized world, the Torah’s intriguing system of jurisprudence and adjudication remains as relevant and as applicable today as ever. Join a fascinating tour of the timeless and fascinating legal system of Halacha as you discover how the “Beit Din” system continues to play a vital role in today’s day and age.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chabad Ontario to Open New $6 Million Overnight Camp</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[situated on more than 200 acres of Canadian forest with 6000 feet of lakefront property in time for this summer season.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:52:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Synagogue Opens in S. Petersburg Prison</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The small synagogue is equipped with Torah scrolls, prayer books and other books on Judaism in Russian, donated by members of the S. Petersburg Jewish community.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Silence of Jewish Community of Lithuania Conspicuous</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2033933/Silence-of-Jewish-Community-of-Lithuania-Conspicuous.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[We condemn this news item as a vicious, transparent act of anti-Semitism. We implore readers and watchdog agencies to vigorously protest this dangerous provocation.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:38:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Rabbi Sholom Mendel Kalmenson, Pioneer of Jewish life in Aubervilliers, France, 90</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A Jewish activist in the DP camps after the War and a pioneer of Jewish life in Aubervilliers, France, passed away Monday, December 19. He was 93.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:59:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Unaffiliated Flatbush Jews Now Have a Center</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2033921/Unaffiliated-Flatbush-Jews-Now-Have-a-Center.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Nearly half a million Jews call Brooklyn, New York their home. To some the image of Brooklyn Jewry is young Yeshiva boys]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:16:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>In Photos: Menorah Lighting Ceremony at Utah's Governor's Mansion</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[150 guests from Chabad Lubavitch of Utah for a Menorah Lighting Ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion in Salt Lake City]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:48:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Blog: Fit and Healthy—End or Mean?</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2033909/Blog-Fit-and-Healthy-End-or-Mean.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[From baseball greats Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax to boxers such as Daniel Mendoza and modern-day champ]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:32:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chanukah With Mayor of Royall Borough of Kensington and Chelsea</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Councillor Julie Mills, Mayor of the Royall Borough of Kensington and Chelsea helped a child light the shamash. Professor Nechemia Polen of Boston lit the other menorah lights.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:44:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chanukah in Brooklyn Heights with Borough President</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Several hundred people celebrated outside Brooklyn Boro Hall's Courthouse, Tuesday night, as Brooklyn Boro President Marty Markowitz kindled the first light of the menorah with the help of Rabbi Aaron Raskin, of Chabad of Brooklyn Heights.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>In Photos: National Menorah Draws Thousands</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2033717/In-Photos-National-Menorah-Draws-Thousands.html]]></link>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:49:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chanukah Warmth On Ice In Central Park</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[More than 1300 turned out to celebrate the first night of Chanukah on the ice at the Trump Wollman Rink in Central Park, possibly the largest Chanukah party in New York City.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:31:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Oxford Lights Giant Menorah On Broad Street</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lord Mayor of Oxford, Cllr Elise Benjaminparticipated in a grand menorah lighting on Broad Street,Tuesday evening, thefirst night of Chanukah. More than 150 people joined the celebration organizedby Chabad of Oxford.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:05:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Jewish Symbol of Brighton Beach Lit</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, December 20th 2011, F.R.E.E. of Brighton Beach's annual grand outdoor Menorah Lighting took place drawing hundreds of families with children and many onlookers in honor of the first night of Chanukah.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:44:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>In Photos: National Menorah Draws Thousands</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Thousands joined American Friends of Lubavitch for the National Menorah lighting Chanukah celebration.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:28:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chicago’s First Jewish Mayor Exchanges Chanukah Greetings With Chabad Rabbi</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[As people everywhere usher in the first light of Chanukah, Chicago’s newly elected Mayor,  Rahm Emanuel hosted Rabbi Meir Chai Benhiyoun...]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:34:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>First Solar Menorah Lights Up in Woodstock, NY</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The small hamlet of Woodstock, best known for lending its name to the Woodstock,  now has another mark of distinction: it’s home to the world’s first solar-powered menorah.]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:08:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Economic concern part of message as Hanukkah menorah lit today</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[
This year one of the special features of the celebration in Portland will be the chance to have your picture taken, either with a person dressed as Judah the Maccabee, who led the Maccabean revolt, or with a dreidle costume.

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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Palisades Chabad Builds Hanukkah 'Can-orah'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[
The Palisades Jewish Early Childhood center shines during the holiday season with a Hanukkah celebration for the community.




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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:56:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chabad Jewish Community Center hosts Hanukkah Festival in Riverside</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[
A menorah lighting, lots of food, music and other fun fare are planned tonight during the Chabad Jewish Community Center’s seventh annual Hanukkah Festival.

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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:55:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<title>Chicago School Children Raise Funds, Build Menorah For Israel’s Survivors of Terror</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The rabbi, along with 10 boys in his Cheder class and 14 in his girls class, have gone global. Expanding the volunteer platoon, this year they launched “The World’s Most Caring Menorah.”]]></description>
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			<title>Flashback: First Public Menorah in San Francisco’s Union Square</title>
			<link><![CDATA[http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2033699/Flashback-First-Public-Menorah-in-San-Francisco-s-Union-Square.html]]></link>
			<description><![CDATA[Erected by the late Rolling Stones promoter and Holocaust survivor Bill Graham, it was known as the “mama” menorah because of the thousands of others it inspired globally.]]></description>
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