HOLLYWOOD, CA, September 14 -- With heartfelt appeals and joyful performances from a diverse group of celebrity guests, the 2008 Chabad "To Life" Telethon generated more than $8 million for the charity. The live, six-hour broadcast prompted viewers around the globe to come forward with donations large and small to support Chabad's nonsectarian educational and social service efforts.
"We are so deeply humbled and inspired by the amazing generosity shown by our community," said Rabbi Boruch S. Cunin, Director of West Coast Chabad. "Especially in these tough economic times, more and more people are turning to Chabad for help -- and thanks to the incredible kindness of our wonderful partners, we can continue our vital mission to serve those in need."
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By Rebecca Rosenthal
LOS ANGELES, CA, December 19 -- It’s expensive to die in the United States, and especially in California, where real estate and population booms have jacked up funeral price tags to the $10,000 mark.
To follow Jewish law that insists on consecrated land as a final resting place -- and prohibits the cheaper cremation option -- is prohibitively expensive for those who die poor or without a family to fend for them. But the same laws also make it a mitzvah, the ultimate good deed, and a communal responsibility to bury the indigent with dignity.
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 Convention Generates Initiatives and Inspiration
By Bradford Wiss
RUNNING SPRINGS, CA, February 18 -- Hundreds of Chabad emissaries serving communities across California and Nevada gathered on February 17 and 18 at the Kiryas Schneerson mountaintop campus for the 2008 West Coast Chabad convention.
Participants in the annual convention -- or Kinus -- engaged in interactive workshops, saw the launch of several initiatives that will expand Chabad’s outreach, and enjoyed a stirring keynote address by best-selling author Michael Gerber.
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