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Mikvah Excavation Confirms Observance of Ritual Among Early Jews in America

by Mordechai Lightstone – Lubavitch.com

The Nidhe Israel synagogue (pink) with the mikveh in the foreground (stone building). The building above the mikveh is new and was built to protect the archeological site.

Excavations in Baltimore’s historic Lloyd Street Synagogue, the third oldest synagogue standing in America, have uncovered the oldest mikvah in the country to-date. The mikvah complex is located in the basement of a row-house adjacent to the Greek revival style synagogue.

Jewish Rescuers Graduate

MOSCOW [FJC] — The Moscow Jewish Community Center hosted a graduation ceremony upon the completion of the first Russian training course for the personnel of ZAKA, an international Jewish organization dedicated to rescuing disaster victims and identifying corpses.

Georgian Jews wary of Hezbollah

by Yoav Zitun – Yediot Achronot

TBILISI — Synagogue attendance in Tbilisi drops by 70% Saturday after Israel issues warning against possible attacks by Hezbollah, which threatened revenge recently on third anniversary of Mughniyeh’s death.

Cabbie Fined for Decorating Cab with Personal, Religious Items

The Globe and Mail

Arieh Perecowicz received six tickets for a total of $1,400 from the Bureau du taxi, a municipal agency whose inspectors ordered the cabbie to remove the items. ‘In 43 years, no one has said they were offended or opened the door to take another taxi,’ he says.

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.

Baltimore Community Rallies Behind its Shomrim Volunteers

Baltimore Sun

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.

Thousands Have Tuned In – 632 Called in!

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!

8th Day Produces First Jewish Music Video of its Kind

by Donny Craig

Photos by: Baruch Ezagui

If you happened to be in the mega kosher supermarket Pomegranate this past Tuesday night, you were witness to an unprecedented scene. From 9:00 PM to 9:00 AM, a team of filmmakers descended on the store with sophisticated lights, cameras and equipment, the sort you would find on a Hollywood set. What was all the commotion about?

Pennies Kids Collected for Holocaust Study Stolen

El Paso Times

Beis Rivkah girls ran a similar penny collection campaign. Illustration Photo.

Each penny represents a life. The children at Marion Manor Elementary School have been on a mission since August to collect 6 million pennies representing the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust between 1933 and 1945.