Daily Archives: August 28, 2007

Chabad Offers CIA’s Chefs A Sampling of Rosh Hashana

DUTCHESS COUNTY, NY — Tomorrow’s chefs and leading foodies tempt their refined taste buds with Jewish food when Chabad of Dutchess County comes to visit the Cunlinary Institute of America.

In the run up to Rosh Hashana, Rabbi Hanoch Hecht is preparing to offer the (Culinary Institute of America) CIA’s Jewish Culture Club a sampling of the holiday’s symbolic foods.

Kostroma Jewish Community Hosts Open House

KOSTROMA, Russia –- Last weekend, the Jewish community celebrated Kostroma Day by holding an Open House for the public. This event marked the city’s 855th anniversary and the 100th anniversary of its historic Synagogue. For one day, the hall was transformed into a museum and numerous guests visited exhibits on Jewish life, clothing, holidays, Shabbat, and books on local Jewish history.

Perm Jewish Community Sets Up Health Fund

PERM, Russia -– The Jewish community of Perm have set up a Health Fund, the objective of which is to provide financial assistance to the needy and medical assistance to community members. While previously, it did what it could in these regards, there is no doubt that with the establishment of this Fund, taking care of local Jews can be taken to a new level.

Minn.’s Summer Growth Owed to Lubavitch Yeshiva

FREEBORN, MN — Freeborn, Minn., doesn’t stick out as a thriving metropolis by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, the southern Minnesota town, population 304, can’t even lay claim to a grocery store, post office or school. But that doesn’t seem to trouble Mayor Mark Rubin, currently serving his third year in the post.

Belarus Community to Restore Historic Synagogue

GRODNO, Belarus -– The Jewish community of Grodno has managed to attract the attention of a perspective donor for the restoration of its historic Synagogue. Chief Rabbi of Grodno Itzak Kofmann has been trying to raise funds for this major project ever since arriving here to serve as a Chabad Lubavitch emissary.

Hawaii Gets a Taste of Yiddishkeit With Kosher Deli

HONOLULU, HI — Growing up in London, Yudi Weinbaum would literally “never be found in the kitchen,” as he tells it. Today, at 25 years of age and half a planet away, he’s in the kitchen six days a week at the helm of his very own deli on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.