New York State Governor David A. Patterson dropped in to Crown Heights as a guest of State Senator Eric Adams, and visited the Jewish Childrens Museum.
CHAMPAIGN, IL [CHI] — Governor Pat Quinn of the state of Illinois, paid a visit to the Sukkah mobile of Chabad at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, headed by Rabbi Dovid and Goldie Tiechtel.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Mendy Fisher hosted a fun and joyous Simchas Beis Hashueva for family, friends and neighbors.
BROOKLYN, NY [CHI] — Unusually strong gusty winds toppled tens of Sukkahs in Crown Heights and around Brooklyn today, Wednesday. Wind speeds reached as strong as 53mph according to the National Weather Service, causing lots of damage.
NEW YORK [CBS] — There’s a new chief in town — and as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s head honcho, Jay Walder says he’s ready take his first fight to the roads.
His first proposal is an idea that he says can dramatically improve bus service.
The World Boxing Association (WBA) has announced that Junior welterweight stalwart, Dmitriy Salita, an observant Jew, is to fight for the WBA light-welterweight title in December. Unbeaten Salita is to fight Amir Khan for the title. Khan is an English-born Muslim who won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.
VANCOUVER — The new year just got a whole lot sweeter for the Jewish community of British Columbia.
On September 30th, the Canadian government bequeathed $633,333 from the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund to Lubavitch BC. A matching grant was provided by the Province of British Columbia. Both hinge on Chabad’s ability to raise an additional $633,333, equaling a grand total of $1.8 million. In the three days since the announcement, Chabad has raised $300,000.
“This volume brings together classical Jewish discussion of Maimonides’ sixth and seventh principles dealing with the phenomenon of prophecy and the prophecy of Moses. Gathered here are the views of classical Jewish thinkers on the issues raised by Maimonides and the detailed discussions of these questions by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of blessed memory. The combination of this material with Rabbi Chaim Miller’s pedagogical, analytical and translation skills presents the reader with an entrée into the lively dialogue on Jewish theological issues that has bridged the difficult gap between rational philosophy and a religion of faith for Jews throughout the ages. Included in the Rebbe’s writings are many discussions of these principles, that are especially characterized by bringing together the contributions of Jewish philosophy and Hasidic thought. Making available the Rebbe’s unique contribution in so beautiful a way is a great accomplishment.”
WILLIAMSBURG — A thief stole the fancy holiday hat off a Hasidic man’s head on Friday night, October 2nd, the first night of Sukkos.
The victim was walking from Shul at around 9:30pm and was near Wallabout Street and Throop Avenue when two young men approached him from behind. One of them lifted the man’s shtreimel, a fur hat with a $1,200 price tag, then both ran off.
SYDNEY, Australia [CHI] — Ten Chabad houses joined for a Family Fun Day in honor of Sukkos at the Luna Amusement Park in Sydney, Australia.
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Two sides of town, two candidates. Mayor Michal Bloomberg played guest in the Sukkah of Sholom Ber Drizin, while mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson dropped in at Crown Heights’s in-reach center Aliyah and later the dancing of Simchas Beis Hashueva.
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