Rabbis Call for Day of Fasting, Prayers for Rain
Protocols set for upcoming day of fasting, for those who can, including the order of prayers, and encourage people to fast as much as they can.
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Lay-Offs Ahead of Closure of Kosher Valley Poultry Plant
PLAINVILLE, NY [WSYR-TV] — 98 employees at the former Plainville Turkey Farm in Lysander are officially out of a job tonight. The current owner of the facility has announced their temporary layoffs will permanent.
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Rabbi Avi Richler, a Shliach in Mullica Hill, NJ, composed a new song called “Tomorrow” in memory of the Mumbai Kedoshim - the Jews murdered in the Chabad House in Mumbai on 26/11.
Shliach Writes Song for Mumbai
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Rabbi Avi Richler, a Shliach in Mullica Hill, NJ, composed a new song called “Tomorrow” in memory of the Mumbai Kedoshim – the Jews murdered in the Chabad House in Mumbai on 26/11.
OK Kosher’s 12th Annual Mashgiach Conference
Photos by Chaim Perl
Last Monday, Rosh Chodesh Kislev (November 8) OK Kosher Certification held its 12th annual Mashgiach Conference at the Jewish Children’s Museum in Brooklyn, NY. Over 150 OK personnel and mashgichim were in attendance, including many from around the world.
Secret DOJ Report Details How U.S. Helped Former Nazis
A secret history of the United States government’s Nazi-hunting operation concludes that American intelligence officials created a “safe haven” in the United States for Nazis and their collaborators after World War II, and it details decades of clashes, often hidden, with other nations over war criminals here and abroad.
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BROOKLYN — Police are investigating anti-Semitic messages left on the walls of a Williamsburg apartment building.
Police investigate anti-Semitism in Willliamsburg
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BROOKLYN — Police are investigating anti-Semitic messages left on the walls of a Williamsburg apartment building.
Benny Friedman Single to Benefit Cedarhurst Man
by Sandy Eller
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Singer Benny Friedman is just one of the many artists to volunteer his talents for a new single, entitled Berachamim, being released today. The song, produced and directed by veteran producer Avi Newmark, is being released to benefit Ilan Tocker, a 33 year old father of four and resident of Cedarhurst who suffered a severe brain injury this past summer.
FL Girl Selling Camouflage Skullcaps to Honor Brother
by Jeanette Friedman – Chabad.org
Shaina Agami, 11, displays a camouflaged skullcap her late brother, U.S. Army Spc. Daniel J. Agami, affectionately referred to as a Kombatica.
Eleven-year-old Shaina Agami, preparing to celebrate her bat mitzvah next year, could have chosen any number of fun things to do to infuse meaning into the special day. Instead, the South Florida girl is working to ensure that people will always remember her brother Danny, a vibrant 25-year-old cut down in the prime of life in the middle of Iraq by an insurgent’s bomb.
A Zone of Privacy in the Sheitel
Sheitel macher Chani Wuensch makes wigs for married women in the Hasidic community, who are bound by rules of modesty to cover their hair. By Elisabeth Greenbaum Kasson, special to the Los Angeles Times
By Jake Pearson and Christina Boyle for the NY Daily News
Security was stepped up at synagogues across New York on Saturday and the Jewish community was on alert after authorities intercepted explosives bound for Chicago houses of worship.
Terrror Bomb Scare: NYPD Keeps Closer Eye on Jewish Community
By Jake Pearson and Christina Boyle for the NY Daily News
Security was stepped up at synagogues across New York on Saturday and the Jewish community was on alert after authorities intercepted explosives bound for Chicago houses of worship.
Artist drawing of Sholom Rubashkin taking the witness stand during his financial-fraud trial in federal court in Sioux Falls, S.D. November 5, 2009. By Mark Marturello for the Des Moines Register.
U.S. District Judge Linda Reade issued a ruling on October 27, 2010 denying a motion for new trial for Rabbi Sholom Rubashkin – a former meatpacking executive who was convicted in 2009 of financial fraud following an immigration raid on his family’s Postville, Iowa company, known then as Agriprocessors.
Rubashkin Judge Rules on Her Own Conflict of Interest—Draws Rebuke as “Arrogant”
Artist drawing of Sholom Rubashkin taking the witness stand during his financial-fraud trial in federal court in Sioux Falls, S.D. November 5, 2009. By Mark Marturello for the Des Moines Register.
U.S. District Judge Linda Reade issued a ruling on October 27, 2010 denying a motion for new trial for Rabbi Sholom Rubashkin – a former meatpacking executive who was convicted in 2009 of financial fraud following an immigration raid on his family’s Postville, Iowa company, known then as Agriprocessors.
Tuv Taam’s ‘Nova Lox Salad’ Recalled
Kosher First LLC is recalling Tuv Taam Salads Nova Lox Salad due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
GOP Gains May Cloud Mideast Picture
By James D. Besser for the Jewish Press
Republican wins could produce domestic gridlock, uncertainty for Obama peace plans.
WASHINGTON, DC — A big Republican victory on Nov. 2 could bring the Obama administration’s troubled domestic agenda to a dead stop — but it is unlikely to do the same for its faltering Middle East peace efforts, which some Israelis argue favor the Palestinians.
by Jessica Naiman - Chabad.org
Tyler Hochman was followed by Israeli media as he delivered wheelchairs to organizations and needy individuals this summer.
Tyler Hochman describes his effort to send 280 wheelchairs to Israel with a metaphor.
CA Boy Raises $42k, Sends Wheelchairs Overseas
by Jessica Naiman – Chabad.org
Tyler Hochman was followed by Israeli media as he delivered wheelchairs to organizations and needy individuals this summer.
Tyler Hochman describes his effort to send 280 wheelchairs to Israel with a metaphor.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has denied a motion for a new trial for a former kosher meatpacking plant executive convicted of financial fraud following an immigration raid on the Iowa plant.
Judge Denies New Trial for Rubashkin
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has denied a motion for a new trial for a former kosher meatpacking plant executive convicted of financial fraud following an immigration raid on the Iowa plant.
No Longer Kosher to Bully Jews
A new guidance letter issued by United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) explicitly warns federally assisted schools that they will face punitive actions if they fail to respond to hostile environments that target students because they are Jewish, Muslim or Sikh.
1,000 Mark 20th Anniversary of Kahane’s Assassination
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Nearly a thousand people crowded into the event hall of the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem on Tuesday night for the memorial service marking twenty years since Rabbi Meir Kahane was assassinated, on November 5, 1990.
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