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STAMFORD, CT — 246 banks are listed on the FDIC to have closed recently but not one Chabad house has closed during this economic crisis”.

Speaking with great enthusiasm to close to 200 shluchim, these where the words of Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky of Merkos Linyonei chinuch in his address at the banquet of the New York/New England regional kinus hashluchim.

Rabbi Injured at Meat Processing Plant

Star Telegram

Rabbi Peretz Shapiro

If an Orthodox rabbi hadn’t been injured at the Beltex packing plant on the north side last month, we might never have learned that the former horse slaughterhouse that already did a roaring business in wild pig, bison and ostrich now also processes kosher beef.

Beltex’s Frontier Meats operation contracts with Alle Processing Corp. of Maspeth, N.Y., supplying steers to be processed by Big Apple-based ritual slaughterers, known as shochetim, under the supervision of rabbis, including him, said Rabbi Dov Mandel, co-director with his wife of the Orthodox Lubavitch movement’s Chabad House in Fort Worth. Mandel said that while an initial report said a worker’s arm had been amputated, the injured man is a rabbi whose arm was broken, not severed.

We got further details from Jeri Finkelstein, a Dallas friend of the injured rabbi, whom she identified as Peretz Shapiro, a British-born Chabad rabbi who lives in north Dallas. His arm was badly crushed and he underwent a second round of surgery this week, she said.

Rabbi Dov and Shevy Oliver Voted Rockland Jewish Heroes!

MonseyChabad.com

The long anticipated winner of the Rockland Jewish Federation’s “Rockland Jewish Hero” contest was announced last night at the Federation’s annual meeting. The Rockland Jewish Heroes are Rabbi Dov and Shevy Oliver, the directors of the Center for Jewish Life – Hillel – at SUNY Rockland!

Bikur Cholim of CH Selected as Partner in ING Marathon

Team Coach Chaim Backman competing in the ING NYC Marathon of 2008

Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights has been selected as one of New York Road Runners’ Charity Partners for the ING New York City Marathon taking place on Sunday, November 7, 2010. This opportunity enables Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights to provide guaranteed marathon entries to a limited number of runners who pledge to make a donation or to raise funds for Bikur Cholim.

Video: Reb Yoel on Living Torah!

Responding to a renewed effort to interview Mazkirim, senior Shluchim and others with major interaction with the Rebbe, Rabbi Yoel Kahan, the Rebbe’s chief chozer, and Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, the Rebbe’s secretary and secretary of Lubavitch’s three central Mosdos, sat down for a 3-hour videotaped session.

No Parking Near Siberian Shul on Shabbos

IRKUTSK, RUSSIA [FJC] — As a sign of respect for the Jewish community of Irkutsk, the city authorities have prohibited drivers from parking automobiles near the central synagogue in Irkutsk on Shabbat. The new regulation became law at the beginning of this week.

Video: A Single Jew Marches Undaunted!

In the midst of an angry mob of thousands of Muslim and far-leftist, anti-Israel demonstrators, a sole, brave, Jewish high-school student shows-up to counter what he perceived as a Muslim blood-libel against the reputation of the Jewish state of Israel.