Seattle, WA — Chabad of Washington University, directed by Rabbi Elie and Mrs Chaya Rochel Estrin, closed a deal on a home in Seattle’s University District. The property is located at 5200 21st Ave NE. They acquired this 5000 square foot property for $870,000 with the generous help of Mr. George Rohr and his family foundation.
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Natick, MA — For Metrowest residents, dish-washing is becoming a more spiritual experience.“The Dish Mikvah,” which opened last month, is the most recent installation of the Mei Menachem Western Well’s community mikveh, a state-of-the-art Natick facility aimed to serve roughly 40,000 Jewish individuals living west of Boston. Rabbi Levi Fogelman and his wife, Chanie, the leadership at the Chabad Center of Natick, spearheaded the initiative with the intent to revitalize the “mitzvah of the mikveh,” as well as to address the importance of making dishes and other utensils kosher for household use.
Lenox, MA — More than 500 people turned out for the second annual Challahpalooza: The Berkshire Jewish Music Festival. Held at the Duffin Theater in Lenox, Mass., smack dab in the middle of Massachusetts’ famous Berkshires vacation and cultural destination, the festival featured Klezmer artist Andy Statman.
Greenwich, CT — This summer marks the 10th year anniversary of Camp Gan Israel of Greenwich, most recently located on Lake Avenue. Founded by Yoseph and Maryashi Deren in 1997, the camp seeks to provide a quality camp experience within a Jewish environment for children 20 months to 13 years old. The camp shares a name with 1,500 national Camp Gans and is one of 3,500 Chabad organizations worldwide.
Sussex County, NJ — At the new members brunch on Sunday, the Jewish Men’s Club of Sussex County had more to offer than sesame bagels, lox and vegetable studded cream cheese. Those who took part defied statistics that say that civic life in America is a relic of a dying past.
Moscow, Russia — A new Mitzvah Mobile will soon become a fixture in the bustling city of Moscow, making good on a pre-Passover resolution made by the community to purchase a mobile Jewish outreach center.
Moscow, Russia — This summer, more than 6,000 children from over 130 cities across 10 countries of the former Soviet Union are enjoying and exciting summer experience at ‘Gan Israel’ camps across the Former Soviet Union. The camps are run by local Jewish communities and coordinated by the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS and Baltic Countries, and Chabad Lubavitch representatives. This year’s camp season witnessed the operation of close to 50 separate summer camps, which involved children from dozens of more communities.
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The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, provided the inspiration for the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known by its acronym, WIC, according to new information gleaned in an interview with a former Senate aide.
Crown Heights, Brooklyn — At around 9:30 PM yesterday, it was a rainy night, a women crossing Eastern Pkwy between New York and Brooklyn Ave, in middle of the street, was hit by a oncoming car.
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