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 <img src="http://chabadjewishlife.org/media/images/854/sKkn8547270.jpg" class="logoimg" alt=""> The Center will have office and meeting space where community initiatives can develop, where people with great ideas can get together to brainstorm and organize, and where the programs and services they develop can be housed.</td>
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 <img src="http://chabadjewishlife.org/media/images/854/JhsM8547268.jpg" class="logoimg" alt=""> Spend a peaceful Shabbat in a comfortable and affordable suite situated at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, in the heart of the Jewish community.</td>
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