OLYMPIA, WA [CHI] — Shliach, Rabbi Zalman Heber of Pierce County, Washington opened the State Senate session this past Friday with a prayer.
JERUSALEM, Israel — It is estimated that one in three young American Jews will go on a Taglit-birthright israel trip, according to Rabbi Hershey Novack of Chabad on Campus. With a $10,000 grant from a private philanthropic foundation, Novack will establish post-birthright israel programs, with the mission of empowering, “birthright israel participants to advance their engagement with Israel and Judaism upon their return to campus.”
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — The intersection of Brooklyn Ave and Lefferts Ave has turned into a big source of income for the City yet again, as unsuspecting drivers are continuing to make the illegal right turn from Brooklyn Ave onto Lefferts Ave.
Monday through Friday between 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM then again between 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM it is illegal to make that right turn. Regardless if it’s a school day or not.
MOSCOW, Russia — The ‘Sharei Tzedek’ Charity Center in Moscow hosted a visit by several top officials of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC). At the invitation of Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar, the delegation included Steve Schwager, JDC Executive Vice President. He was accompanied by Asher Ostrin, the CIS Country Director based in Jerusalem, and Alik Nadan, the Representative for Moscow and Central Russia.
LOS ANGELES, CA — For a long time now, Chabad, along with many others concerned about the subtle and not-so-subtle influences of pop culture, has been unequivocal about television watching as a harmful, mind-numbing pastime. But that didn’t stop the medium from turning its focus on a Chasidic baal teshuva—a secular Jew who chooses to live a Torah-observant life.
According to Nielson Media Research, last Tuesday night’s episode of House, Fox Channel’s top rated medical drama, concerning a baal teshuvah with a unique medical disorder, was the most viewed spot of the evening.
A LETTER FROM A MOTHER…
Dear Nechama’s Closet,
As you may have noticed by now, I am a “regular customer” at Nechama’s Closet. I am writing this letter to thank you for all you have done for me and to tell you a little bit about myself. I am a middle-aged, (seemingly) middle-class Lubavitcher woman – a wife and mother of a (k”ah) large family who is deeply grateful for Hashem’s blessings.
Today, Wednesday, Zayin Adar Rishon at 10:00 PM EST, there will be a Shiur with Rabbi Yossi Jacobson which will be broadcast live over the Internet, on this weeks Parsha..
Click here to watch this weeks Shiur LIVE at 10 PM.
Or you can call 785-686-2400 Access code: 770770#
The Sharfstien family is sitting shiva after the passing of HaRav HaChossid Rabbi Ezriel Zelig Sharfstein of Cincinnatti, OH. They will be sitting at 540 Crown St, [between Kingston and Albany Ave].
They will need 2 Minyonim
Shachris 7:30 AM and 8:15 AM
Mincha 5:00 PM
Maariv Bizmanoi
IYH after Marriv on Thursday night the family will be going to cincinnati where they will be till sitting till the end of shiva.
Hamokom Yenachem eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.
STROUDSBURG, PA — For a fresh approach to food, explore a 4,000-year-old tradition.
This is “Poconos Week of Kosher Awareness.”
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — As snow began falling Tuesday afternoon the accident reports came flooding in, the first in Crown Heights was involving a police car from the 73rd Precinct on Eastern Parkway and another vehicle which collided head on. The reports then came in from across the neighborhood causing treacherous traffic conditions in addition to the treacherous driving conditions.
Pictures from a number of the scenes in the Extended Article.
Could the buzzed-about cutting edge program for single girls in Crown Heights be a cult? I mean, its center is an enormous underground room laden with candles. It has hundreds of fans who constantly spread the word and bring more followers. Many girls come religiously and won’t miss a night. One girl even begs to help clean up.
But, according to guest lecturer Yossi Jacobson, it just can’t be.
Yup, that’s right. In his words, “The food at Nightlife is too good and the couches too comfortable.”
More in the Extended Article! (Photos by Chana Lewis)
Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Brazil announced last week that they were strengthening their focus on a crucial aspect of their outreach: Getting adolescents and young adults aged 10 to 25 more involved in Jewish life.
They made the resolution at the conclusion of the country’s second-ever Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis, held at the Grand Hyatt hotel in S. Paulo. The last such gathering occurred 20 years ago.
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