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Advocate for Soviet Jewry Passes Away at 80

by Mordechai Lightstone – Lubavitch.com

Rabbi and Mrs. Silbertstein at the wedding of their daughter Masha, today a Chabad Emissary to Rochester, NY. (Photos courtesy of Chabad of Downtown LA)

Rebbetzin Batsheva Silberstein, a pioneering member of the Chabad-Lubavitch community in Antwerp, Belgium, who fought on behalf of Soviet Jewry for many years, passed away Saturday, November 6 after a lengthy illness. She was 80.

The Lubavitcher Rebbe: Thanksgiving and Chanukah

Imprisoned in Czarist Russia, the Alter Rebbe’s case was at the mercy of the most anti-Semitic officials of the most powerful country in the world. Miraculously, his acquittal was ordered by the Czar himself, and he was freed on Yud-Tes Kislev. Chanukah too, celebrates the victory of light over might — when the small Jewish nation of Israel prevailed over the tyrannical Greek Empire.

Video: In the Bronx Muslims and Jews Live in Harmony

It wasn’t long ago when NY1 featured an interesting story about a Muslim Imam who came to the aid of small Chabad Shul in the Bronx, today Fox News ran a thanksgiving special on the unlikely and amazing story.

Mumbai Renovates Mikvah on Eve of Attacks Ann.

Leah Gechtman inspects the newly restored Jewish ritual bath built by the slain directors of the city’s Chabad House, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg.

As part of a rapid increase in Jewish services in the terror-stricken financial capital of Mumbai, India, community officials are placing the final touches on a restored ritual bath built by the murdered directors of the city’s Chabad House, Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg.

PSA: Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Today

Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations are suspended on Thursday, November 25 for the observance of Thanksgiving Day. Because Thanksgiving Day is a major legal holiday, parking meter regulations are also suspended. On major legal holidays, stopping, standing, and parking are permitted, except in areas where stopping, standing, and parking rules are in effect 7 days a week (for example, “No Standing Anytime”).

The Friday after Thanksgiving, November 26, is not a holiday, and alternate side parking regulations, parking meter rules, and all other parking regulations will be in effect.

The 2010 Alternate Side Parking Suspension Calendar