New York to Have New Tallest Building by Next Week

NY Post

One World Trade Center begins its ascent above the New York City skyline.

One World Trade Center (The Freedom Tower) is poised to become the tallest building in New York City within the next couple of days, officials said today.

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Organization Marks 26 Years Since Chernobyl Disaster

Globe Newswire

As the world marks the 26th anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor explosion, Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl (CCOC) continues the work of saving the disaster’s youngest victims, having just completed its 97th rescue mission bringing 26 more children to safety and commemorating the 26 years since the Chernobyl disaster.

Rebbetzin Chana’s Memoirs: Spreading the Light

In this 27th installment of the series, Rebbetzin Chana describes how her husband Reb Levik‘s self sacrifice to preserve Judaism in the Soviet Union was contageous. A brave young man under Reb Levik’s guidence was caught spreading yidishkeit on a communist collective farm where he enjoyed a comfortable position.

Lieberman Visits Chabad School in Muslim Country

Left: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman accepts a flower bouquet from a young studnet. Top Right: The Chabad Ohr Avner school in Baku overlooking the Caspian Sea. Bottom right: The Chabad synagogue in Baku.

In Azerbaijan to tout his country’s ties with the predominantly-Muslim former Soviet republic, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman toured the Ohr Avner Chabad day school in the capital of Baku, meeting with various Jewish organizations one day after sitting down with President Ilham Aliyev and Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov.

Another Day, Another Hate Message in the Subway

A reader spotted this hate message, which follows many of its kind, on a bench in the Kingston Ave. subway station. It seems some area teenagers got bored of jumping into the tracks, and found another productive way to occupy their time.

Info to Be Menachem Avel the Schtroks Family

The Schtroks family is sitting Shiva after the passing of their father, R’ Avrohom Yeshaya, OBM, at 12 Tikvah Way in Morristown, NJ.

Shachris: 6:45, 8:15, 9:15, 9:45
Mincha: 2:00, 3:00, 7:30
Maariv: Bizmano

Please send memories and condolences to: schtroksfamily@gmail.com

Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim