Daily Archives: September 15, 2005

Son of Hartford Chabad rabbi tells harrowing tale

In the aftermath of Katrina Hurricane, the Chabad-Lubavitch organization has taken a lead role in helping Jewish victims, keeping emissaries in New Orleans until the levees broke, a day after the storm; searching for missing residents, many of them elderly; and bringing food and water to the shelters where some are now staying.

Several recreational vehicles with members of Chabad from Houston appeared in Baton Rouge last week with boxes of food and clothing, and a contingent of yeshiva students from Brooklyn had driven to Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, where they, too, were distributing necessities.

Aliya / Chabad Inreach 3rd Annual Banquet Outstanding Success

Over 200 people filled the hall @ the Jewish Children’s Museum on Monday night to enjoy the Aliya (Alternative Learning Institute for Young Adults) organization’s third annual banquet dedicated to the memory of Reb Leima Levitin Z”L. Chairman of the evening was Reb Leima’s brother in law Mr. Mottel Feiglin who is also the father of director R. Moishe Feiglin.

Dedication speeches were given by Dr. Harvey Lang, close friend of Reb Leima, Dr. Rosen, father of staff member and involved board member, Gary Levine representative of Chabad of Brooklyn Heights (Aliya Yeshivah), Moishe Altman, father of 2 Aliya students and Moishe Feiglin, Director.

Charities Mull How To Divide Donations Among Jewish, Gentile Katrina Victims

After raising almost $10 million in response to Hurricane Katrina, Jewish organizations are facing the tricky question of how to divide the money among explicitly Jewish causes and general relief efforts.

The Reform movement has led the way among Jewish religious groups, raising more than $1.5 million by the middle of this week. In its first round of allocations, it gave $45,000 to Jewish communities in the affected areas, but much larger grants, totaling $500,000, to nonsectarian relief efforts. In contrast, the Orthodox Union, which set up a fund in conjunction with Yeshiva University and the Rabbinical Council of America, says it is concentrating on providing relief to displaced Orthodox Jews. So far, the Orthodox fund has sent $20,000 to an Orthodox congregation in Memphis that has enrolled evacuated Jewish children at its day school.

Protocol Established To Respect Jewish Dead

After “an intense meeting” yesterday with authorities responsible for the recovery and burial of the dead, Rabbi Edgar Gluck, the Chaplain of the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office told lubavitch.com that he was satisfied that Jewish bodies would be treated with absolute regard for Jewish law.

Some More New Colors To Kingston Ave.

As you may have noticed in the past 2 years we have seen quite a few stores go and update that sign/awning’s, the latest one is Apple Drugs.

Roving pothole repair crews in CH

Roving pothole repair crews are a common site in Manhattan and on the major thoroughfares like the FDR and the likes where the roads are in real shambles.

Today one crew was spotted in front of 770 and the Jewish Children’s Museum where the whole road needs a complete redo desperately.

Kabbalist Urges Jews to return Israel
Ahead of Upcoming Disasters

Israel’s leading known Kabbalistic Elder, Rabbi Yitzchak Kaduri called upon worldwide Jewry Tuesday night to return to Israel due to natural disasters which threaten to strike the world.

In a class between the Mincha (afternoon) and Maariv (evening) prayers at his Jerusalem yeshiva seminary, Rabbi Kaduri issued the following call:
”This declaration I find fitting to issue for all of the Jews of the world to hear. It is incumbent upon them to return to the Land of Israel due to terrible natural disasters which threaten the world.

In the future, the Holy One, Blessed be He, will bring about great disasters in the countries of the world to sweeten the judgements of the Land of Israel.

Israel’s chief rabbis to meet with pope Thursday

Israel’s two chief rabbis will meet with Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a landmark Vatican document on relations with Jews, and will likely appeal for his support in fighting anti-Semitism and terrorism, Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See said.

Israel needs the Vatican’s support at “this very dire hour” now that it has completed its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Ambassador Oded Ben-Hur said on Wednesday.

Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi, Yona Metzger, and the Sephardic chief rabbi, Shlomo Amar, will call on the pope at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo in the hills south of Rome, the ambassador said.