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Families and Seniors Mix it Up in Canton, Mass.

Canton Wicked Local

Children from the Chai Center in Canton recently buddied up with seniors from the Simon Fireman House in Randolph. The Chai Center created a Senior Buddy program that links volunteers and families with seniors to enjoy each other’s companionship, participate in activities and develop ongoing relationships.

From Venice with Soul

David Ariel De Guglielmi in his charming gallery in the Jewish ghetto in Venice, Italy. Photo: Algemeiner.

This past summer I had the pleasure of meeting David Ariel De Guglielmi in his charming gallery in the Jewish ghetto in Venice, Italy. Batsheva and I were on vacation visiting the beautiful city of Venice, the place where I studied to be a Rabbi 10 years ago, and have always wanted to return and to share with my wife.

Chabad of Canejo Valley Opens Food Bank

Thousand Oaks Acorn

Rabbi Yisroel Levine, center back, of Chabad of the Conejo joins food bank volunteers as they fill bags with groceries for community members.

Three volunteers methodically advanced from one table to the next, glancing at shopping lists and filling grocery orders in a large room at Chabad of the Conejo in Agoura on a recent Wednesday.

Brooklyn Sees Lowest Murder Rate Since 1963

Prospect Heights Patch

Police guard the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Sterling Place to prevent cars from entering, after a man was shot to death last May..

Over 100 firearms were surrendered to the NYPD during the year’s first gun buy-back program at the Bedford Central Presbyterian Church in Crown Heights on Saturday.

Picture of the Day: Fundraiser in New RT Offices

Shmulie Raskin and Levi Hecht hosted a breakfast fundraiser for Released Time in honor of Yud Shevat. The fundraiser took place in the newly dedicated Released Time offices, which were renovated by Yosef Yitzchok Popack in memory of Nosson Deitsch OBM.

Chabad Consortium Presses Feds for School Funding

The Chabad Consortium of schools, created by the Merkos Chinuch Office to maximize the benefit of Federal educational funding programs at Chabad schools, conducted a series of meetings in Washington DC, on Wednesday and Thursday Jan 25th and 26th. The group was led by Rabbi Nochem Kaplan, director of the Merkos education department and Bryan Kaplan (no relation), a Los Angeles school advocate, who is director and power engine of the Consortium.

An 11-Year-Old Girl Becomes Colonel

by Chanee Grossbaum

It’s not every day that a child gets to serve as a colonel in the army. Then again, not every child is entrusted with any kind of mission. But for Chaya Mushka Lowenthal, along with hundreds of Yaldei Hashluchim and many thousands of Lubavitch children around the world, all this talk of missions and ranks is more than just child’s play.

Info to Be Menachem Avel the Bernstein Family

Rabbi Noach Bernstein of Crown Heights is sitting Shiva after the passing of his mother, Miriam OBM, at 1470 E. 22nd St [between Aves. N and O] in Flatbush.

Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim