Jewish Women Gather in Krivoy Rog

KRIVOY ROG, Ukraine [FJC] — This week, a seminar took place, involving women from the Jewish community of Krivoy Rog – a member of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine – and other nearby communities. The event was attended by about 40 people between the ages of 25 to 50 years.

The seminar was called “Jewish wisdom – The basis of a Jewish home”, the idea of which was put forward by the wives of Chabad Lubavitch emissaries serving in the region (namely, Mrs. Ziva Edery, Miri Strasberg, Michal Zelikson), together with Tatiana Kutz, the Director of the Krivoy Rog Ohr Avner Fund.

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Shliach Says Jewish Community Needs Protection from ‘Hate Crimes’

By Stefanos Evripidou for the Cyprus Mail

Shliach Rabbi Arie Zeev Raskin with the Chabad house in the background.

LARNACA, Cyprus — The island’s chief rabbi, Arie Zeev Raskin, has claimed that the 350 members of the Jewish community in Cyprus have become targets of “hate crimes” and “anti-Semitic offenses”, mainly by Muslims, and that the local authorities are not doing enough to protect them.

Crown Heights Subway Explosion, Worker Injured

CROWN HEIGHTS [NY1] — A transit worker was injured Saturday while doing repairs on the number 3 subway line in Brooklyn.

The accident happened at the Nostrand Avenue and Eastern Parkway station in Brooklyn, where switches are being renewed.

Shomrei Habrith Reborn as Chabad House

By Carol Balinski for the Reading Eagle

Rabbi Yosef Lipsker with the new sign for the Chabad Center, formerly Congregation Shomrei Habrith, 2310 Hampden Blvd.

READING, PA — Faced with dwindling membership and financial challenges, Congregation Shomrei Habrith, Berks County’s only Orthodox Jewish synagogue, has been transformed into Chabad Lubavitch of Berks County.

Fire Displaces Large Jewish Family Last Night

Video of FDNY working inside of the School.

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — An electrical fire broke out in the ceiling of a home on Eastern Parkway. The incident took place at around 9:00pm on Motzoai Shabbos inside of 821 Eastern Parkway between Kingston and Albany on the third floor.

The father of the household first noticed the fire while he was exercising when he smelled the acrid smell of smoke and quickly evacuated the entire house and called 911. FDNY arrived as flames and thick smoke was pouring out of the ceiling of the house and the quickly went to work on dousing the fire.

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