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Stuffed Backpacks Supply Needy Israeli Schoolchildren

Free backpacks await distribution in a Lod, Israel, warehouse belonging to the Yad B’Yad charitable organization directed by Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Yaakov Gloiberman.

With the school year fast approaching, buying all the necessary school supplies and books can be financially overwhelming for some families. But thanks to the help of Kiryat Malachi resident Ephraim Mor and the Israeli city’s Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Yeruslavsky, Georgian-immigrant families in the southern town received new backpacks filled with notebooks and writing utensils.

Joy over Completion of 5th Torah for Jewish Children

Shturem

Hundreds of Rabbanim, Shluchim, Anash and Bochurim, and thousands of children, celebrated the completion of the fifth Sefer Torah for Jewish Children at the Kosel today. The Sefer Torah’s letters were purchased by Jewish children throughout the world, following the directives of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of blessed memory.

College Students Learn Israel Advocacy

Florida Sun-Sentinal

Rabbi David Eliezri uses a video of a Muslim student protest to teach college students from around the country to stand up for Israel.

The video shows Muslim students on the University of California’s Irvine campus in February 2010 shouting anti-Israel epithets at guest speaker Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the United States.

Photos: Over 1,000 Turn Out in Support of RCCS

Over 1,000 men turned out for a barbecue supporting the vital work of the Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society, which provides assistance in the form of medical insurance and doctor referrals for those diagnosed with yenem machlah. The event took place in Flatbush on the closed-off E. 22nd Street and Avenue I, in front of the home of Pinny and Yaffa Rand, who hosted the event.

Chabad of Kiryat Arba-Hebron Dedicates New Center

About one thousand visitors and members of the Kiryat Arba community in Israel joined the dedication of the new Beis Chaya Mushka House, Tuesday, August 7. Perched in the Judean Hills overlooking the Cave of the Patriarchs, it will be the center of activities hosted by Rabbi Rafael and Mushka Brod, new emissaries to the Kiryat Arba-Hebron area. The Brods will be the fourth couple to serve the area, and will focus on youth activities as well as Torah classes.

El-Al to Honor Cheap Tickets Sold in Error. UPDATE: NOT SO FAST..

JTA

Two months ago, Miriam Leichtling’s parents lost their jobs within a week of each other. For several months, Leichtling, a New York designer who has led several organized trips to Israel, had been agonizing over how to scrape together enough money to send her parents, ages 66 and 71, to Israel. But the cost of airfare for three – normally starting at about $1,000 per ticket, with a layover — was prohibitive.