N. MIAMI BEACH, FL — With badges, Blackberries, uniforms and yamulkes, at any given night a group of beefed-up crime-watchers called the Shmira Patrol has a handful of volunteers cruising the streets in North Miami Beach.
While the Chabad Shliach in Tuscon, AZ, was mum about the shooting in his home town, more recently Rabbi Yossie Shemtov had a lot to say about the fall of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt:
A Montreal cabbie learned on Thursday that his taxi isn’t a vehicle for freedom of expression and religion. Arieh Perecowicz lost his court challenge against Montreal taxi authorities who fined him for filling his cab with an assortment of personal and religious objects.
As supporters and protesters chanted outside, Avi and Eliyahu Werdesheim, members of a Park Heights citizens patrol, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Baltimore Circuit Court to beating a black teenager last fall as he walked through their neighborhood.
A Brooklyn police precinct is under scrutiny after cops told investigators their bosses manipulated crime statistics, sources said. The 77th Precinct, covering Crown Heights and Prospect Heights, first raised a red flag with unusually high numbers of unfounded cases – where cops respond to a report of crime and determine none was committed, sources said.
A new set of trading cards is helping Jewish children keep their foodstuffs straight, teaching them about the world of blessings made before eating.
AUSTRALIA — Under the guidance of Rabbi Aharon Serebryanski and in the presence of communal leaders and diplomats, the US Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency Jeffery Bleich, officially opened Mikvah Chaya Mushka Canberra on Tuesday 15th Febrary 2011, corresponding to 11 Adar 1 5771 in the Hebrew calendar.
Shabbat 1,000 pulls in record numbers of students for multi themed Shabbat dinners across the UK at Chabad on Campus.
MELBOURNE — Rabbi Chaim Herzog the Shliach of Chabad of Melbourne CBD organized a very successful business men & women’s luncheon on a very relevant topic in today’s time and world the topic was, “Taking Action On Climate Change.”
Revitalizing the Jewish Kids Radio paid off in a way we never expected! Over 1000 families have tuned in to our broadcasts, and so far 632 children called in answers to questions that were aired on the show. The show gives Jewish children an hour of kosher entertainment for the long Motzai Shabbosim, and the chance to win exciting prizes!
Jewish residents in Bonita Springs have mixed opinions when it comes to the ouster of Egypt’s president.
Chasidic funny man Mendy Pellin released a new comedy clip, first in a long time, in which he pulls a parody of Ted Williams the homeless man with the silver voice who was ‘discovered’.
Ripple effects do exist. We don’t usually realize it, but we affect our own life and the lives of the people we encounter on a daily basis. There are many small things that we do or see, and they make a difference in our lives. Sometimes those things are in our control, and at other times they are not. Most of the time we cannot see the results, since it takes so long for the results to be yielded, but seldom are there times that do we see an outcome.
Halacha and the Parasha – Parashas Ki Tisa
Photos of the L’Chaim of Yishai Eliefja (Coral Springs, FL) and Rochel Leah Gershon (Chicago, IL) at Beis Levi Yitzchok.
As the cold seeps through to the very bones of Americans everywhere, preparations for the summer are well under way for Taglit-Birthright Israel. Registration for the summer 2011 trips are now open and in full swing.
ISRAEL — The planned city, located near Pardes Hanna, is set to eventually provide homes for an estimated tens of thousands of families.
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