BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Thursday morning, girls from Beis Rivka head start went to visit the fire station on Snyder Ave, [between Rogers and Nostrand Ave], where firefighters from engine 248 and battalion 41 call home. The firefighters showed them around on the fire truck, gave the girls a fire safety lesson and handed out fire safety coloring books.
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BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — The commissioner of the NYPD introduced a new program called the ‘Community Partnership Program’ in a gathering in the SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Crown Heights Thursday, December 13th.
Residents from Crown Heights, East Flatbush and surrounding neighborhoods attended the forum, which was opened by the Hon. Ray Kelly where he introduced the new program and how it’s meant to address areas of concern and complaints that residents have with the police.
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BOCA RATON, FL [CHI] — On Sunday, December 9th, the sixth night of chanuka, Chabad of Boca Raton hosted a Chanukah Family Extravaganza at the Jewish Federation Campus. 1600 men, women, and children participated in the event.
FORT MYERS, FL [CHI] — Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz Director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida said that the Chanukah Celebration was a tremendous success and the community was really inspired by the beautiful program.
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BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Over 25 countries and 75 cities were represented this Chanukah by the 400+ Shluchim who played the ‘Great Chanukah Challenge’ in their communities.
The hit interactive game blended the messages of Chanukah and Moshiach in a contemporary, effective and fun manner.
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In honor of the Shloshim of Reb Shlomo a”h Matusof – Rosh Chodesh Teves 5768
When my uncle, Reb Shlomo Matusof passed away just over a month ago on Rosh Chodesh Kislev, I felt a void that was hard to explain. I had already lost both my parents, my mother 21 years ago and my father fifteen years later, a mere six years ago. I was also equally close to the late Shliach Reb Yehudah Leib a”h Raskin who passed away two and a half years ago, spending countless days and nights visiting him during the last year and half of his life. As well, I lost one of my closest friends in the attacks of 9/11.
As such, I am no stranger to death, but yet, when I walked into the bedroom of Reb Shlomo just minutes after his holy soul departed his body, I was overcome with tears and emotions I had not felt at any previous time.
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CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — At approximately 8:00pm a speeding motorist caused a trail of wreckage and mayhem on Empire Blvd and New York Ave. The speeding motorist was driving a red Toyota and plowed through three cars before coming to a halt after being wedged under a van.
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SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL — In a small storefront synagogue in Sunny Isles Beach, Rabbi Alexander Kaller leads a Jewish-Russian congregation that is bursting at the seams.
The 65 seats at the Chabad Russian Center surely are an upgrade from the rabbi’s living room, where the synagogue humbly started off in 2002, or the meeting room at the Oceania condos, where they moved to after a few months.
BOCA RATON, FL [CHI] — The biggest Menorah parade in the world took place in Boca Raton, Fl. Rabbi Shmuly Gutnick and the Bochrim Yitzchok Yarmush, Mendy Hildeshaim and Mendy Yaffe worked tirelessly putting menorahs on top of cars to prepare for the parade.
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NEW YORK, NY — City residents will avoid a proposed 18% increase in water rates but face stiffer penalties for failing to pay water bills under a new agreement between Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council. Under the new legislation negotiated yesterday, the Department of Environmental Protection will be able to initiate lien sales to force property owners to pay overdue water bills.
QUEENS, NY [CHI] — On Hey Teves, the day that celebrates the liberation of the Rebbe’s Seforim after a long court case, was declared as a day of victory – Didan Netzach, Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky, who was involved in the court case and the victory, Farbrenged in Cheder Tzeirei Hashluchim at the Ohel.
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Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Chana bas Rivka.
Yehoushua Shlomo Zalman ben Feisel.
Menachem Mendel HaLevi ben Margalis Esther.
Yehuda Berl ben Miriam.
Zohara Chaya bas Yakoot.
Ida bas Leah.
Tanya bas Batya.
CHICAGO, IL [CHI] — The Hey Teves Farbrengen in Chicago was held last Thursday evening, at the regional headquarters of Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois, using the talent of local Anash and Shluchim who presented various aspects of Hey Teves, each from their own unique perspective.
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BOCA RATON, FL — There will be no closure for the family of Jonathan Samuels, not with a guilty verdict, not with a life sentence for Marc Benayer, the man convicted of murdering Samuels. Yet Thursday’s sentencing provided an opportunity for them to let the 81-year-old killer know exactly how they feel.
“As for you, Mr. Benayer, you profess to be a religious man. However, you are a disgrace to the Jewish people,” said Caron Samuels, the widow of Jonathan Samuels, testifying during the sentencing hearing. “You claim to be well-educated but look down on others. How disgusting.”
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