Shliach Featured on NY Times – Running Voices

Audio interview and slideshow.

The New York Times features Rabbi Peretz Chein, Shliach to Brandeis University. He is being profiled in a series on people who run marathons. The Shliach decideded to run his first marathon two years ago.

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Hollywood Violated Chabad Settlement, Lawyer Contends

By Breanne Gilpatrick for the Miami Herald

HOLLYWOOD, FL — In a new twist to a Hollywood legal battle many thought was over, the attorney who represented an orthodox Jewish synagogue in its feud with the city is alleging the city violated the settlement — causing problems for yet another religious institution.

Fort Lauderdale attorney Franklin Zemel, who represented Hollywood Community Synagogue Chabad Lubavitch in the five-year legal battle, filed a motion in federal court Friday on behalf of another Hollywood house of worship that aims to open just blocks from City Hall.

The lawyer wants Hollywood officials to explain why they should not be held in contempt of court for violating the settlement agreement reached with Chabad Lubavitch in 2006.

Boruch Dayan Emes – Mrs Lillian Novick OBM

With sadness we inform you of the passing of Mrs. Lillian Novick of Flatbush on Friday night.

She is survived by daughters Roz Sherman (Stamford, CT) and Miriam Sherr (Crown Heights), and her sons Shmuel Novick (Bala Cynwyd, PA) and Mel Novick (Maplewood, NJ).

The Levaya will take place Sunday, 2:00 pm at the Beth David Cemetery in Queens, in the children of Elk Jacob chelkah.

Boruch Dayan Haemes

Young Boy Struck Running Across Street

CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Thursday, Erev Shevuos, a young boy was struck by a car on the corner of Kingston Ave and Crown St. The boy who was running across the street and could not stop on time. He slid under the middle of the car and was run over by the back tire.

Collective Hachana to Gimel Tammuz

As Gimmel Tammuz is rapidly approaching, 4,000 Talmidim in the Rebbe’s Yeshivos around the world, will be uniting in an intense study cycle of Sichos and Maamorim to strengthen their connection to the Rebbe in preparation for the day, with the hope that very soon we will be reunited with the Rebbe leading us to the Geulah Shleimah.

This year the study is devoted to Horo’os of the Rebbe from which Bochurim, besides their study, can apply it with an Hachlota in their day to day lives. The topics will be the Takana of Limud Harambam, Asei licho Rav and Inyonei Geulah Umoshiach.

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Ohr Shalom Benefits Diabetic Jews in Perm

PERM, Russia [FJC] — Since October 2006, the Jewish community of Perm established the “Ohr Shalom” program to honor the memory of Shalom Davidovich Krepak. The objective of this program is to aid Jews who suffer from diabetes and are in need of financial assistance.

This humanitarian program is made possible thanks to the generous sponsorship of Leonid Krepak, the son of Shalom Krepak. Since this initiative got underway, Leonid Krepak has been an enthusiastic supporter of the local community by rendering assistance to the community on several fronts. He continues to provide funds for the purchase of food, medication, and specialized medical equipment. This aid offers a feeling of security to beneficiaries of the Ohr Shalom program.

English Community Prepares for Holiday With Dead Sea Scrolls Lecture

By Chana Kroll

New York University professor Lawrence H. Schiffman addresses the Beis Menachem Community Centre in Manchester, England.

Few if any archaeological finds in the past century have elicited the interest or controversy that has surrounded the Dead Sea Scrolls. With that in mind, Jewish residents of Manchester, England, sat down to learn more about the scrolls, and what they can and cannot tell researchers, from one of the world’s leading scholars on the topic, New York University professor Lawrence H. Schiffman.