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Menorah lighting ceremony and Hanukkah celebration coming up at Lawrence library
The Chabad Center for Jewish Life will light candles on a 9-foot-tall menorah at an annual Lawrence Hanukkah celebration.
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Lawrence Chabad House expands with brand-new facility serving Jewish students
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.
KU Chabad groundbreaking to celebrate new, expanded Jewish student center
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.
Author Doron Kornbluth to lead Lawrence discussion on Jewish approach to end-of-life issues
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.
Lawrence events center on spreading light to celebrate Hanukkah
Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, co-director of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, hosted two events this week at the Lawrence Public Library to celebrate Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights.
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Photos: Lawrence community celebrates Hanukkah with annual menorah lighting
Lawrence community members gathered outside the Lawrence Public Library Wednesday to watch Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life light a 9-foot-tall menorah.
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Kids help rabbi press oil, make wicks for menorah candles at Lawrence library
Families gathered in the Lawrence Public Library auditorium Tuesday to hear Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel tell the story of Hanukkah, snack on latkes and applesauce, and help make olive oil and wicks to use in a menorah.
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Chabad Center for Jewish Life to hold Hanukkah celebrations in Lawrence
The Chabad Center for Jewish Life will host two communitywide Hanukkah celebrations downtown next week, focusing on spreading love and light to counter darkness.
Antisemitic flyers found in Lawrence residential areas; Jewish community center speaks out
Flyers with antisemitic messages were spread in Lawrence this week, prompting a call for support of Jewish community members amid the acts of hate.
Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel: April 12 is Education and Sharing Day (Column)
April 12, Education and Sharing Day, “is a day for us to reflect on how we can be a bit like Moses and care for the spiritual and moral welfare of even one single child,” Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel writes in this column.
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