FORT MYERS, FL — The entire Southwest Florida Jewish Community was invited to a beautiful evening, A catered cocktail hour, fresh Sushi, full Bar, A Lavish Dinner on the outdoor grounds of Chabad organized by Nechamie Minkowicz the Rabbi’s wife.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Halloween is known among Crown Heights residents as ‘Chag Habaitzim’ [the egg holiday], where groups of youths rove around in groups and pelt eggs at residents.
A group of three Bochurim walking on Montgomery St near Kingston Ave, were confronted by a group of close to 15 youths who pelted them with eggs, and they got physical as well.
RISHON LEZION, Israel — In what has become a tradition, Israeli second graders again began their year of learning the book of Genesis by attending a program run by the Chabad-Lubavitch Youth Organization. Called Chagigat HaChumash, or Torah festival, the now 25-year-old program will welcome over the course of a month some 20,000 seven-year-olds from across the country at Chabad centers and in the village of Kfar Chabad.
Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended on Tuesday, November 6 and Friday, November 9 for Holiday Observance. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
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NEW YORK, NY — State workers at the MTA are taking home a record amount of overtime pay.
An agency spokesperson has confirmed that the MTA paid out about $400 million in overtime last year.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — One thing many shluchim miss while on Shlichus, is their time in Yeshiva. Though no one can turn the clock back, the organizers of the Kinus Hashluchim are offering the next best thing.
WORCESTER, MA — Rabbi Hershel Fogelman and his wife, Rochele, who improbably began an Orthodox Jewish school here 65 years ago that has grown into a Hasidic education center for New England, were honored last night by several hundred school alumni, family and friends with a dinner and memories at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.
“We are their miracle,” said Rabbi Martin Schloss, director of the division of school services for the Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York and an alumnus of the school. “Look at this room. Graduates of the Yeshiva make a difference in the world.”
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz likes to tell about the time he had seven projects on his table, and felt he needed to drop some of them. He wanted the Rebbe’s advice on how to prioritize, as he couldn’t possibly work on them all.
OXNARD, CA — A Jewish scribe, using a feather quill, wrote the final words in a torah Sunday, fulfilling a mother’s dream.
The Liberty Torah, handwritten in tiny letters on a scroll, honors members of the U.S. military, present and past.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] – At around 9:45 last night, Sunday two Bochurim were struck by an SUV on Troy Avenue between Empire and Montgomery. The driver stopped, called 911 and waited on scene for assistance.
People who witnessed the accident immediately alerted Hatzalah, who responded within moments and began treating the Bochurim, one of which sustained a possible broken leg. The Bochurim were transported for Kings County Hospital for more checkups and observation.
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ROCKVILLE, MD [CHI] – It was one year ago when Aron and his wife Mirit Hershkop began the writing of this Safer Torah in Crown Heights, and today it was completed.
Family, friends, supporters and other neighboring Shluchim gathered in the Chabad Israeli Center of Rockville, Maryland and together with the Shluchim, Rabbi Shlomo and his wife Sara Beitsh and Sofer Rabbi Moshe Klein filled in the last letters of the Torah and completing it.
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TZFAS, Israel — Chof Chesvan was celebrated at YNS together with the special Bruchim Haboim for the Shluchim of the yeshiva. A beautiful seuda followed by a heartfelt farbrengen was enjoyed by all.
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BLACKSBURG, VA — In a quaint but spacious bed and breakfast here at the edge of the Virginia Tech campus, the university’s Jewish students and teachers hope to create a place they can call their own.
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