CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — On Monday evening, October 8, 2012, police were called about a man who was sleeping in the lounge of the Aliya Institute on East New York Ave. The caller may have mistakenly believed that the homeless man, Ehud H. Halevi, was loitering on the center’s property without permission.
A fire broke out tonight at a private home on Montgomery St. between Kingston and Brooklyn Ave.
A fire has damaged the historic Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont, but the synagogue’s Chabad Rabbi, who was on the fire scene Sunday morning is grateful two Torahs, a Shofar and a citron box were saved.
When Gina Mulligan of Folsom, Calif., found out that her community would be commissioning a Torah scroll of its own, she called her mother. And now her mother’s got a plane ticket to visit the Sacramento suburb to see the big event for herself.
When US Congresswoman Shelley Berkeley (D. Nevada) met Rabbi Shea Harlig twenty one years ago, she tried to hide her skepticism. New to Vegas and just married, Harlig and his wife Dina were reaching out to local Jews, getting acquainted. Berkeley was then Vice President of Government and Legal Affairs at the Sands Hotel.
As the rabbi left her office, she recalls thinking, “This will never happen.”
Next Sunday, the Jewish community in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine will celebrate the dedication of the world’s largest Jewish community center, named The Menorah.
Crown Heights physician Dr. Rosen spent a few days in Moscow, where he was honored with being Sandek at the Bris of a student in the Mesivta.
A blood drive will take place today, Sunday, October 14 (28 Tishrei) from 2:00pm to 7:30pm at Ahavas Chesed, 271 Kingston Ave. [between Lincoln and St. Johns Pl.].Refreshments will be served. Please bring identification.
Warning: One must wait 56 days between blood donations.
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