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Six Million Reasons to Raid that Old Penny Collection

Denver, CO — “Here, look at this.”

The rabbi dived into a corner of his office Sunday and, with effort, hoisted up a shoebox that felt as if it held 100 cannonballs.

Inside was a grimy, coppery sea of pennies, about 10,000 of them. Under the guise of a kid’s hobby are the kernels of Rabbi Yisroel Engel’s Six Million Penny Project.

Chabad of the Conejo to expand

Conejo, CA — Chabad of the Conejo received approval from the Agoura Hills planning commission to remodel its center and add a new two-story office building on Canwood Street.

Rabbi Moshe Bryski, executive director of Chabad of the Conejo in Agoura Hills, said the Jewish community had outgrown the space. He requested approval to remodel the existing assembly hall with ancillary classes into a 3,320square-foot sanctuary.

New Shluchim To Canada

Rabbi & Mrs. Shloime Wolvovsky of Crown Heights will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Toronto, Canada where they will head the Adult education activities for Chabad of Midtown.

The Wolvovskys were appointed by Rabbi Nechemia Deitsch of Chabad of Midtown, and are from the first group of Shluchim to have been approved for the recently launched Shluchei Torah Grant from the Rohr Family Foundation.

HATZLOCHA RABBA!

The new Shluchim can be reached via e-mail at shlaimeh@gmail.com

Chabad Rabbi Turns Stunt Man To Raise Money For Chanukah Telethon

Rabbi Anchelle Perl, who heads the National Council for the Furtherance of Jewish Education on Long Island and Chabad of Mineola, will star as the first ultra-orthodox stunt man in his annual Chanukah telethon, to air live on Sunday, December 10, 7 PM – 11 PM, on WLNY-TV.

Mall to Make Room for Sacred Amid Shopping

Colonie, NY — It wouldn’t be the holiday season without a dust-up over religious expression in a public space.

This year, once again, that space is Colonie Center.

And, once again, rumors circulating about the mall muzzling religious expression appear to be unfounded.

For emissaries in a crowded field, Friendship Circles become popular

Palo Alto, CA — In the old days, a young Chabad couple “going out” on shlichus — becoming outreach emissaries — usually would be sent to a new city or college campus to set up a Chabad center.

As Chabad outposts proliferated in the late 1980s and into the ’90s, however, the playing field became quite crowded.

Some young couples still can find virgin territory for their rebbe’s message, but more often these young Lubavitch rabbis and their wives are signing on now as second or third couples at established Chabad centers. They fill positions such as preschool teacher, for her, or adult education director, for him.

Special-needs children have a friend in Friendship Circle

Palo Alto, CA — Micah Abraham is standing on a stool in his parents’ kitchen, stirring a bowl of brownie mix.

“Frosting?” the 7-year-old asks Daphna Davidowitz, 16, his Friendship Circle volunteer.

“Not yet,” she cautions.

“When brownies done, we put on frosting?” Micah persists.