Groups Gather Money, Good Deeds for Tragedy

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Quinn Vo, left, donates money to the Virginia Tech Memorial Fund bucket held by Stephen Nordman. Phi Delta Theta aims to raise $2,000 for the victims’ families.

Orion, CA — Students stepped up on campus to show their support for those affected by the Virginia Tech shootings.

Social fraternity Phi Delta Theta and the Chabad Jewish Center tabled April 23 to 26 in front of Glenn Hall to encourage students to donate money or do good deeds.

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Dedication of New Torah in Honor of Daniel Wultz

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Weston, FL — Daniel Cantor Wultz, a 16-year-old Weston, Florida teenager, died on Mother’s Day 2006 after being critically wounded in a suicide attack on a Tel Aviv restaurant. In his memory, family, friends, neighbors and congregants of the Weston Chabad synagogue where he worshipped will gather Sunday to celebrate the arrival of a Torah created in his honor. The Torah was handwritten in Israel over the past year and is being flown to the United States by members of Daniel’s family. The dedication will include a parade from Indian Trace Elementary School in Weston to the community’s Chabad Synagogue, where the final 50 letters of the holy scripture will be written by Daniel’s family, friends and honored members of the local community.

Survivor Lived to Tell Tale

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A former Israeli Olympian and survivor of the 1972 Munich killings, Dan Alon, right, shares his story yesterday at the American Legion in Monroe.

Monroe, NY — For 33 years, Dan Alon didn’t speak about the day back in 1972 when 11 of his fellow Israeli athletes were killed at the Munich Olympics. Alon, Israel’s champion fencer, said he didn’t want to open the wounds.

Jewish Outreach: A Lifelong Calling

R. C. Berman – Lubavitch.com

Voronezh, Russia — It happens often. A young Chabad couple packs their bags and moves out to begin a new life in a new city. Sometimes, the change is extreme. Here, a young couple opted to leave Melbourne, Australia, for an unheard of city in Russia.

New Shluchim to North Carolina

Rabbi Sholom Ber and Elie Estrin will IYH be moving on Shlichus to Raleigh, NC, where they will be directing the youth programs and the Pre-School at the established Jewish Community.

The Estrins will be working under Rabbi Pinny and Helena Herman, were appointed under the auspices of Rabbi Yossi Groner and the Chabad of the Carolinas Regional Headquarters.

May they have much success in all their endeavors!

Thursday – Rally at the Ohel

IYH this Thursday, the 15th of Iyyar, 5767 – May 3, 2007 – there will be a rally at the Ohel for all children ages 5 to 12.

busses leave 770 at 5:00

Every child will receive a bow and arrow set

Full flyer in the Extended Article!

Laurie Zimmet Speaks at Chabad of UNF

Jacksonville, FL — April 29, 2007 — On an unordinary Sunday evening at Rabbi Shmuli Novack’s Chabad house in Southside Jacksonville, University of North Florida students and members of the Jacksonville Jewish community gathered to hear a compelling account—that of an American soldier fighting in the Iraq War, but also the story of a woman persevering as a Jew in the United States Navy. Laurie Zimmet began her lecture with a disclaimer: she in no way intended to speak as a Naval Lieutenant tonight. Rather, she spoke to the Jews gathered at Rabbi Novack’s house as a fellow. Though Zimmet acknowledged her trying and sometimes tragic experience while on her second tour in Iraq, she mainly spoke with a gleam in her eyes and a smile on her face while she led the audience through a year on the Jewish calendar in the Navy.

More pictures in the Extended Article.