Daily Archives: October 25, 2007

Matriarch of Philanthropic Rohr Family, 78

Mrs. Charlotte Rohr, a devoted mother and grandmother who nurtured a family with philanthropic interests spanning the globe, died in her hometown of Bal Harbour, Fla., on Monday after a long illness. She was 78.

Known equally for her beauty and charm, Mrs. Rohr had a disarming penchant for displaying an inordinate amount of care and attention to friends and those who came to her for advice. Those who were close to her described a regal figure with an infectious laugh who paid great attention to the details of the lives of those around her.

Bringing Judaism to Guantanamo Bay Entails Doing Whatever’s Necessary

Last month, Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Jacob Goldstein planted the seeds of a Jewish infrastructure in a location most people don’t think of a home to Jews: the U.S. military installation at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The expectation, said the Army colonel and chaplain, is that Jewish life there will only expand.

Rabbis Nourish Crews With Food, Lessons

CHI ED: Massive Kiddush Hashem made by Chabad Shluchim of California recognized by the AP!

RUNNING SPRINGS, CA — Dark beards blowing, black felt fedoras flying off their heads, the four Hasidic rabbis clapped their chests with open palms and cheered as the firefighting helicopter dipped its bucket into their camp swimming pool.

At the Camp Gan Israel, crews fighting devastating blazes in the mountains east of Los Angeles have found more than a source of water. The rabbis have been serving kosher meals, spiced with a dollop of their own spiritual musings.

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Los Angeles Chabad’s Food Truck Feeds Evacuees in S. Diego

The number of displaced Southern Californians climbed to more than 1 million Wednesday as several wildfires continued their warlike march across the state’s arid brush and forests.

Tuesday night saw some 12,000 S. Diego residents bed-in at the downtown Qualcomm Stadium, waiting for word on the fate of their homes and belongings. There to feed about 3,000 of them were Chabad-Lubavitch representatives and a team of volunteers who had driven in a mobile kitchen to supplement the relief efforts of the city’s own Chabad Houses.