Police to Discuss Crime Concerns with Chabad Community

by Joel Goldenberg – The Suburban

MONTREAL, Canada — An e-mail campaign has been taking place in recent weeks to bring awareness about incidents of crime against the religious Jewish Lubavitch community in the Côte des Neiges area, to prompt more police involvement.

An e-mail from the organization Anshei Lubavitch, which has received numerous responses over several days, charges that police have been “passive” in reacting to several incidents, most recently the robbery of a 12-year-old boy.

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Book Chronicles Bond Between Atheist and S. American Rabbi

by Ronelle Grier – Chabad.org

Dr. Raul Rovner and Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov co-wrote a book after corresponding for two years about issues of faith and Jewish practice.

When a Buenos Aires physician reached out to a Uruguay rabbi for advice, neither of them had any idea that such a simple e-mail would forge an ongoing friendship and provide fodder for a book.

More People Choosing Kosher for Health

NY Times

An ancient diet has become one of the hottest new food trends.

A growing number of supermarket shoppers are going kosher — not for religious reasons, but because they are convinced the foods are safer and better for health.

Thursday: Event Honoring Issac Zellemaier OBM

For many of us residing in Crown Heights for the last 30 years, the International Chocolate and Almond Corp., aka The Kosher Candy Store, was a familiar stop on our, shpatzir (walk) down Kingston Ave.. Mr. Isac Zellemaier, OB”M was often seen outside his store which he ran with his brother Heshy, was always looking to see how he could help improve the neighborhood in general and the lot of those who needed assistance in particular. He did this tirelessly and without fanfare while running the store and raising his family in Boro Park.

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