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From White Suburban Teenager to Chassidic Reggae Star

Jewish Silicon Valley

Matthew Miller, a self-described “white suburban teenager,” grew up in White Plains, New York, to Reconstructionist Jewish parents. He describes his teenage years as being filled with drugs and treif, (non-kosher food) and listening to hip-hop and reggae.

Today, Matthew Miller is Matisyahu Miller, an observant Chassidic Jew and top-selling artist on the Sony-BMG label. He performs across the country to Jews and non-Jews alike. His most popular song, “King Without a Crown,” made it to number seven in the Billboard charts.

Hummer Parade! – Sukkah Hopping in Style!

Boca Raton, FL – Chol Hamoed Sukkos, four stretched hummers pulled out of the Chabad of Boca Raton’s parking lot with over 75 excited children ready to go sukkah hopping all over the town in style. A special sukkah scavenger hunt was arranged for the children by the youth director, Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick and Tami Cohen. The children followed the clues that lead them to many exciting activities.

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Sukkah Street Fair

Boca Raton, FL – On Thursday Chol Hamoed Sukkos, Chabad of Boca Raton had a specatacular Street fair. A few hundred children and parents attended. They were met by bochurim (Yossi Denburg, Shimmy Korolitzky, Yisroel New, and Sholom Kotlarsky, who benched lulav and esrog with every single person.

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Chabad Conquers Southwest Florida With Mitzvah Lulov and Etrog

Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida under the leadership of Rabbi Yitzchok and Nechamie Minkowicz hosted five Bochrim, Mendy Bronstein, Leibel Greenbaum, Dovid Rachmani, Dov Ber Lewis & Shmuly Karp for Sukkot. The five Bochrim went on Mitzvah Lulov everyday of Chol Hamoed to Offices and Homes. The people were very moved by the dedication, commitment and Joy that the Bochrim brought to them.

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Club Sorry for Attack on Jewish Man

The Australian

Melbourne, Australia — An Australian Rules football club has apologised for an alleged assault on a Jewish man by players who removed his traditional headwear then punched him.

Menachem Vorchheimer, 33, said he was walking with his young children in Melbourne on Saturday when men from the Ocean Grove Football Club who had been at the nearby Caulfield Guineas race meeting yelled taunts including “F… off Jews” and “Go the Nazis”.

Two of the players grabbed his hats before he was punched in the face.

Ocean Grove Football Club president Michael Vines said he did not know the circumstances of the attack but apologised and said the club took the allegations seriously.