Two student rabbis give up their summer to meet Jews in Oxfordshire

Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 1:36 pm
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

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Oxford University Chabad Society Honours Nobel Prize winner Professor Ada Yonath

Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 9:43 am
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

SAM_1264.JPGOxford University Chabad Society had this past Tuesday the honour of hosting Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Professor Ada Yonath, who discovered the structure of Ribosomes - the cell’s protein factories. Her findings are crucial for developing advanced antibiotics.

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Chabad on Campus UK hosts reception in Central London

Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 9:40 am
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

38024_381179724228_109731039228_3897927_5767192_n.jpgChabad on Campus UK hosted a reception on Monday, 12 July, in Central London for close to two hundred supporters in Chabad on Campus Bloomsbury’s brand new venue in the heart of London.

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Oxford Chabad Society hosts Shabbat Dinner with the first Jewish Speaker of House of Commons in the UK, Mr. John Bercow MP

Sunday, June 06, 2010 - 8:23 pm
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

 

Mr_Speaker_Bercow's_Official_Photograph.JPGOxford Chabad Society hosted a historic Shabbat Dinner celebrating the recently elected first Jewish speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Mr. John Bercow MP, who is also Member of Parliament for Buckingham.... ( Read More » )

Liverpool’s Jewish Students to Get New Center

Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 3:42 pm
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

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World’s leading expert on Jewish medical ethics, Professor Abraham Steinberg, speaks at Oxford Chabad Society

Thursday, June 03, 2010 - 1:39 pm
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

 

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Oxford Chabad Society mourns passing of Lady Jakobovits

Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 6:43 am
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

Lady Amélie Jakobovits, widow of the late British Chief Rabbi Lord Immanuel Jakobovits, passed away on Friday after a short illness at the age of 81.

Known affectionately by the Anglo-Jewish community simply as “Lady J,” she was eulogized by the current British Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, as “an extraordinarily vivid figure of seemingly inexhaustible energy and effervescence.”... ( Read More » )

High attendance for all-night Torah study and cheesecake buffets at Chabad on Campus UK

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 11:09 pm
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

Blintzes1.jpgChabad on Campus UK celebrated the festival of Shavuot in style hosting traditional all-night Torah study sessions ‘Tikun Leyl’ at eleven campuses across the UK, from Edinburgh to Brighton. The higher than expected turn out took place despite the holiday falling out in the middle of exam period for many students.

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Sobibor Survivor Toivi Blatt Speaks at Oxford Chabad Society

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 8:33 pm
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

P1030437.JPGOxford Chabad Society hosts Sobibor Revolt Survivor Thomas Toivi Blatt, 83, to address 500 across the UK

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OU Chabad Society celebrates new PM David Cameron’s Jewish ancestry by viewing of rare Hebrew work at Merton College

Monday, May 17, 2010 - 12:31 pm
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

Oxford Chabad Society has arranged a viewing in Oxford of a rare early printed Hebraic work written by the Jewish ancestor of the new British Prime Minister David Cameron.

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Oxford University Chabad Society launches annual Human Rights Lecture in Oxford and initiative to combat world of hatred

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 7:32 am
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

Baroness Vivien Stern launched an annual lecture for the Oxford University Chabad Society on Human Rights with a lecture entitled ‘Does Britain Still Care about Human Rights’.

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New Chabad of Shoreditch in the heart of the East End of London hosts Wandering Jews for first Shabbat dinner

Thursday, May 06, 2010 - 12:12 pm
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

Chabad of Shoreditch, East End of London, opened its doors a few months ago with a centre on Shoreditch High Street, in the heart of what is considered the most trendy area of London, serving local residents, working professionals and students.

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A Call To Help Sholom Rubashkin

Thursday, April 01, 2010 - 7:03 pm
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

A Call To Help Sholom Rubashkin  

Dear Friend,
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Over 1,000 Students Attend Passover Celebrations at Chabad on Campus Across the UK

Thursday, April 01, 2010 - 7:03 pm
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

More than 1,000 students attended Passover Seders run by Chabad on Campus centers across the United Kingdom. All told, holiday celebrations took place on 11 campuses from Edinburgh to Brighton, despite the fact that winter terms ended last month.

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Record Number of People Attend Oxford Chabad Seder

Thursday, April 01, 2010 - 7:03 pm
Posted by Rabbi Eli Brackman

Oxford Chabad Society hosted a record number of people in vacation period, close to a hundred people, for the first Seder night of Passover and over forty people for the second Seder night at the David Slager Jewish student centre in Oxford.

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