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Lawrence news May 22, 2025 - 12:32 pm

Jewish leaders mourn ‘devastating blow’ after former Kansas student killed in D.C. shooting

by Sherman Smith, Kansas Reflector

The leaders of a Jewish center at KU joined a chorus of sorrow and outrage over the killing of alumna Sarah Milgrim and her partner Wednesday night outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.

Chloe Anderson/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events December 19, 2024 - 1:23 pm

Menorah lighting ceremony and Hanukkah celebration coming up at Lawrence library

by Maya Hodison

The Chabad Center for Jewish Life will light candles on a 9-foot-tall menorah at an annual Lawrence Hanukkah celebration.

Education September 9, 2024 - 1:33 pm

Lawrence Chabad House expands with brand-new facility serving Jewish students

by Maya Smith, Kansas Reflector

Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel and his wife have run the KU Chabad Center since 2006. After being maxed out at a one-story house on 19th Street for years, their dreams of expansion are finally coming true.

Arts & Events September 5, 2024 - 2:15 pm

KU Chabad groundbreaking to celebrate new, expanded Jewish student center

by Lawrence Times

The Chabad Center for Jewish Life at KU on Sunday will celebrate a huge milestone: a groundbreaking for a facility that will quadruple the center’s space.

Education April 20, 2023 - 4:51 pm

Author Doron Kornbluth to lead Lawrence discussion on Jewish approach to end-of-life issues

by Lawrence Times

Internationally recognized author and speaker Doron Kornbluth will be in Lawrence on Sunday to discuss the Jewish approach to burial, cremation and end-of-life issues.

Courtesy of Chabad Center for Jewish Life
Lawrence Life December 15, 2022 - 4:12 pm

Chabad Center for Jewish Life to hold Hanukkah celebrations in Lawrence

by Chloe Anderson

The Chabad Center for Jewish Life will host two communitywide Hanukkah celebrations downtown next week, focusing on spreading love and light to counter darkness.

Lawrence news August 26, 2022 - 4:50 pm

Antisemitic flyers found in Lawrence residential areas; Jewish community center speaks out

by Maya Hodison

Flyers with antisemitic messages were spread in Lawrence this week, prompting a call for support of Jewish community members amid the acts of hate.

August Rudisell / The Lawrence Times
Lawrence news November 28, 2021 - 8:46 pm

Photos: Massive menorah lit at Lawrence Public Library

by Lawrence Times

Continuing an annual tradition Sunday, Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Lawrence invited the community to a special celebration of the beginning of Hanukkah.

Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel/Contributed Photo
Arts & Events November 26, 2021 - 11:54 am

Chabad Center to ‘Light up the Night’ in Lawrence with menorah lighting Sunday

by Lawrence Times

The Lawrence community is invited to the annual lighting of a 9-foot-tall menorah in front of the Lawrence Public Library.

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