Daily Archives: December 1, 2005

Doughnuts and Oil on Tap at Strip Malls

Giant dreidels, life-sized Judah Maccabeecut-outs and computers loaded up with Chanukah games are coming to strip malls in Montgomery, Chester and Bucks counties.

Chabad Lubavitch’s idea of bringing “Chanukah Wonderlands” to area malls stems from the desire to make the story of the Jewish revolt against the Syrian Greeks come alive for children during a month where all things Christmas are seemingly everywhere.

“If you are a little Jewish boy or girl, it might not be all that comfortable during this month,” said Rabbi Yossi Kaplan of the Chabad Lubavitch of Chester County: Jewish Center in Devon. “We really emphasize the miracle of Chanukah.”

Holocaust Education on Track

Six-part adult-ed course taught here, and throughout the world

Rabbi Efraim Mintz divides the decades following the Holocaust into different stages based on Jewish reaction to its horrors: the shock and silence of the first two decades after World War II, followed by years marked by the urgency to tell, document and, most importantly, never forget.

The most recent period, said the director of the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute, is now coming to an end, with Holocaust memorials in nearly every major city, millions of dollars being poured into Holocaust museums worldwide, and several documentation projects under way.

With that in mind, Mintz and his organization sought a way to begin a new era of Holocaust memorialization, an era of deriving moral lessons for the current generation from the tragedies that befell millions – finding underlying messages in the face of extreme terror.

Construction On Kingston Ave.

For all those of you that are wondering what is going on at the Kingston Ave. and Crown St. intersection. The electric company is replacing an old transformer and its wiring, which spans across the entire intersection and then some.

The construction will have traffic all messed up till the work will be completed.

Here is where I would like to repeat the phrase “you know a city streets pavement is completed, is the first time they drill in it” how true I feel it is.

More pictures in the Extended Article