New Sefer Torah for the Rebbe’s Birthplace
FJC
Hundreds of members from the Jewish community of Nikolayev, Ukraine and its surrounding villages gathered to celebrate the 18th of Elul with a new Torah Scroll donated to the thriving community.
Daily Archives: September 11, 2012
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Crown Heights photographer Chaim Perl focused his lens on the World Trade Center memorial, capturing several 360 degree images in honor of the anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. He also photographed every second of his trip from Crown Heights to downtown Manhattan, and condensed it all into a 1.5 minute time-lapse video.
Video: Ground Zero Memorial Time-Lapse
Crown Heights photographer Chaim Perl focused his lens on the World Trade Center memorial, capturing several 360 degree images in honor of the anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. He also photographed every second of his trip from Crown Heights to downtown Manhattan, and condensed it all into a 1.5 minute time-lapse video.
Last Thursday, Chase Bank kicked off their third annual Chase Community Giving campaign, donating a total of $5 million to deserving charities. Nonprofits nationwide are competing in the Facebook based voting challenge for the chance to be one of 196 winners to receive grants ranging from $10,000 to $250,000.
Two Friendship Circles Enter Chase Competition
Last Thursday, Chase Bank kicked off their third annual Chase Community Giving campaign, donating a total of $5 million to deserving charities. Nonprofits nationwide are competing in the Facebook based voting challenge for the chance to be one of 196 winners to receive grants ranging from $10,000 to $250,000.
Brandeis Alumna Returns to Open Chabad House
by Sam Mintz – The Justice
The newly purchased Chabad House. Inset: Rabbi Ilan and Sarah Fuchs with their two children.
Chabad at Brandeis has opened a second house for this school year to allow students to experience a smaller Shabbat dinner environment, according to an email to the Chabad community from Rabbi Peretz Chein, the director of the original Chabad house at Brandeis.
Chabad Terror Victims Project Marks 9/11 Anniversary
The United States Embassy in Israel held a memorial service today marking the 11 years since the World Trade Center attacks in New York City. Rabbi Menachem Kutner, Director of Chabad Terror Victims Project, opened the ceremony with a moving prayer for the souls of those who lost their lives and to comfort their bereaved families.
Disputing unwarranted water bill charges is an uphill battle. It takes more than having the facts on your side to win. To help with this difficult challenge, the NYC Public Advocate’s office has teamed up with elected officials from across the City to produce a new guide for homeowners and business owners.
Public Advocate Publishes Guide to Dispute Water Bills
Disputing unwarranted water bill charges is an uphill battle. It takes more than having the facts on your side to win. To help with this difficult challenge, the NYC Public Advocate’s office has teamed up with elected officials from across the City to produce a new guide for homeowners and business owners.
Winnipeg Sun
Chabad of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
After two years of delay, the city is poised to allow a non-profit group to put a sign in a back lane in River Heights. The Chabad Jewish Learning Centre has been asking that a new lane near its campus at 1845 Mathers Avenue be renamed Chabad Street.
Winnipeg Street to Be Named ‘Chabad Lane’
Winnipeg Sun
Chabad of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
After two years of delay, the city is poised to allow a non-profit group to put a sign in a back lane in River Heights. The Chabad Jewish Learning Centre has been asking that a new lane near its campus at 1845 Mathers Avenue be renamed Chabad Street.
Former Soviet Acrobat Champion Teaches ULYOP
United Lubavitch Yeshiva of Ocean Parkway brought a professional trainer to create a second-to-none acrobatic team for the students. The yeshiva realized that students needed a good kosher outlet to strive and feel good about themselves. Returning to class from the gym, they feel empowered and more focused than ever before.
Amid the chaos and panic following the airliners slamming into the two World Trade Center towers, men and woman answered a higher calling - instead of running away, they turned and ran towards the burning building in desperate attempts to rescue those trapped in the burning inferno. Among those brave men was a band of Shomrim volunteers from Crown Heights.
Photos: 9/11 Through the Eyes of Shomrim Volunteers
Amid the chaos and panic following the airliners slamming into the two World Trade Center towers, men and woman answered a higher calling – instead of running away, they turned and ran towards the burning building in desperate attempts to rescue those trapped in the burning inferno. Among those brave men was a band of Shomrim volunteers from Crown Heights.
Y.G. Students Get iPads for Note Taking
Yeshivah Gedolah of Melbourne is internationally renowned among mainstream Lubavitch Yeshivos for streaming Shiurim according to learning ability, and not according to age. This model has proven to be incredibly successful, with four levels currently provided separately for Nigleh and Chassidus.
Girls’ Dorm Gets Backing from Coral Springs Board
Florida Sun-Sentinal
Rabbi Yankie Denburg teaches a Jewish approch to contemporary issues class at the Rohr Bais Chaya Academy in Tamarac.
One after another, men in yarmulkes or black hats, some sporting long beards, pleaded with the planning and zoning board to let a Jewish Orthodox school operate a dormitory in the city.
Photos: Slichos in Hallendale Beach, Florida
Congregants of Chabad in Hallendale Beach and from elsewhere in South Florida were greatly inspired by a Farbrengen on Motzei Shabbos with renowned Mashpia Reb Shlomo Zarchi. The farbrengen was followed by a moving Slichos led by Chazzan Yossy Lebovics.
Mamesh Music Holds Open House
Mamesh Music held its first open house Monday night for the girls’ program of 5773. Director of the girls’ division Dana Pestun, along with the other girls’ teachers, Chaya Mushka Goldstein and Chaya Yavitch, hosted the Open House, showed people around the new premises, demonstrated the instruments and answered questions.
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Picture of the Day: Kosher Parsley
A reader sent us this photo of a container of parsley for sale in an Israeli supermarket. Just to be clear, the parsley is very, very Kosher.
News-Press
Sounds all up and down the musical scale emanated from ram’s horns tooted by about 35 boys and girls on Sunday – a precursor to the Jewish high holy days of Rosh Hashanah.
Children Make Own Shofars at Chabad of SW Florida
News-Press
Sounds all up and down the musical scale emanated from ram’s horns tooted by about 35 boys and girls on Sunday – a precursor to the Jewish high holy days of Rosh Hashanah.
Photo Gallery: 278 Rabbis Ordained in Morristown
NJ Star-Ledger
Nestled on a wooded hillside just outside Morristown, the Rabbinical College of America has become an international force in Orthodox Judaism’s Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
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