Sukkos at Chabad of Southgate!

SOUTHGATE, UK [CHI] — Sukkos saw the launch of the Kids Kosher Cooking Club, at Chabad of Southgate. The Sukka was full to capacity, with children rolling pizzas, and then making the appropriate brochos. Outside, children let off steam in the bouncy castle, and calmed down with a variety of exciting crafts.

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People of Postville see a Complicated Picture

DesMoinesRegister

A Somali youth rides his bicycle past Jewish men on their way to evening Yom Kippur services in Postville

POSTVILLE, IA — Imagine this is your hometown, population 2,320, in the middle of hilly Iowa farm country.

The Love That Shines Through

The New York Times

BAR MITZVAH BOY Jarrett Rattner, held by his father, right, clapping along on his big day.

CHAPPAQUA, NY — In the beginning, Brian and Jaclyn Rattner were focused on what their oldest child, Jarrett, could not do.

He could not talk, could not walk, did not play with toys, did not take to toilet training, missed most developmental milestones. Hoping for a diagnosis and cure, they took him to research centers at Harvard and Yale. Thinking it might be some rare genetic disorder like Tay-Sachs, which disproportionately affects Ashkenazi Jews, they had his blood shipped to Israel for analysis, and flew to England to meet with more specialists.

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