Danish and Sderot kids unite in overnight camp

COPENHAGEN, Denmark [CHI] — The Gan Yisroel overnight camp of ChabaDenmark, a two week camp which takes place in both the summer and the winter, hosted 20 children from Sderot.

The Sderot kids coming to Denmark, was organized through chabad of Sderot, Rabbi Pizam and was sponsored by ChabaDenmark through local donors, of both private people and organizations.

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Construction Begins On World’s Largest Jewish Community Center

By R. C. Berman – Lubavitch.com

DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine — Straddling two blocks, a $60 million, 400,000 square foot Jewish Community Center and Holocaust Museum now under construction in Dnepropetrovsk will be a city within a city, a showcase for a Ukrainian industrial backwater waking up to boom times in Jewish and civic contexts.

Starts Today – Summer Reading Club

Celebrate your reading hours with a party of prize-giving, certificates, ice cream and the book review raffle! Decide how many books you will read (a minimum of ten). Record the book titles and hours read on the reading log. Visit the JCM Library to sign up and get reading! Stop by Monday through Thursday during library hours (4-6 pm). $10 Yearly Membership.

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Boruch Dayan Haemes – Mr. Robert D. Gilbert OBM

With sadness we would like to inform our readers the passing of Mr. Robert D. (Reuven Daniel ben Yisroel Isser) Gilbert OBM

The Levaya will be Monday 3 Av, 2:00pm at Mt. Sinai Memorial Par Los Angeles, California.

His daughter Ms. Sheina Gilbert will be sitting shiva at 8838 Saturn St., Los Angeles, CA 90035 from 8:30am – 11:30am and 5:00pm – 8:00pm.

Boruch Dayan Haemes

CERT Activated for the First Time

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Friday afternoon a fire broke out in a building on the corner of Washington Avenue and Lincoln Road in Crown Heights, the fire quickly escaladed all the way up to a 6 alarm fire and forced the evacuation of the entire apartment building, which consists of 84 apartments. When the fire was finally placed under control the building had sustained significant damage and residents were not allowed to return to their homes.

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