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Holocaust Victim Remains Finally Get Jewish Burial

Caroline Glasser, a longtime member of the Fraida-Cameron Chabad Center of Wilmette, changed her usual Wednesday morning plans to attend a graveside ceremony at Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie, Ill. But the deceased was no one she knew. In fact, no one on earth knows exactly whose remains were buried that morning, including the dozens who showed up at their interment.

A Floating Home for Jewish Students in Paris

First they purchased a truck, outfitted it as a “Mitzvah Tank,” and parked it near campus, offering students the chance to put on Tefillin, receive Shabbat candles or a mezuzah, or enjoy a kosher bite to eat. Then one Sukkot, they rented a boat for a couple of hours to build a Sukkah.