Bloomberg Will Not Run Again for Mayor – or Anything Else
My Fox NY
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday he will not run for president or seek a fourth term at the helm of the US’s most populous city.
Daily Archives: June 2, 2011
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Parade Staff & NYPD Thanked at Parade Luncheon
by A. Cohen
A special Luncheon was held today at the Jewish Children’s Museum, to honor those who worked tirelessly to ensure the success of The Great Parade this past Lag B’omer.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe!
CrownHeights.info and the Avner Institute would like present a series of Photos of the Rebbe at Children’s rallies in the mid 1970’s, with special thanks to the Schildkraut and Levin families.
The mundane act of making bread is transformed into a spiritual opportunity when baking challah for Shabbat. Each one of the seven ingredients has mystical and psychological significance. Kabbalists say that the blessings from this mitzvah are so great that every woman should try to make challah at least once a year.
JLI Video: Challah Kabbalah – How to Make Mystical Bread for Shabbos
The mundane act of making bread is transformed into a spiritual opportunity when baking challah for Shabbat. Each one of the seven ingredients has mystical and psychological significance. Kabbalists say that the blessings from this mitzvah are so great that every woman should try to make challah at least once a year.
Picture of the Day: ULY 8th Grade Group Picture!
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Lubavitcher Yeshivas 8th grade students gathered on front step of their school to pose for a grade picture.
Cheesecake and All-Nighters
Children from Chabad of Orange County, N.Y.’s Torah Trooper Preschool Program, along with director Chana Burston and youth director Nechama Jacobs, proudly display their model Mount Sinais they made in preparation for the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.
Ice cream sundaes and cheesecake will take center stage during celebrations of the upcoming two-day Shavuot holiday, which will begin this year on Tuesday evening, June 7. Commemorating the giving of the Torah, which began with the transmission of the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai more than 3,300 years ago, Shavuot is traditionally celebrated with dairy feasts, readings of the Decalogue and all-night study sessions.
NY Times
Between 2001 and 2007, nine children died falling from windows, according to a report the Health Department issued in 2009. An audit by the New York City comptroller’s office has found deficiencies in the city’s window-guard enforcement program, which prevents children from falling through open windows.
City Is to Blame on Enforcement of Window Guards
NY Times
Between 2001 and 2007, nine children died falling from windows, according to a report the Health Department issued in 2009. An audit by the New York City comptroller’s office has found deficiencies in the city’s window-guard enforcement program, which prevents children from falling through open windows.
Siberian City Marks First Bris in 80 Years
FJC
For the first time in more than 80 years, Jews in the capital of Buryatia – Ulan-Ude – marked an important event in the life of the community. An 8-day-old boy of one of the community members entered into the covenant of Abraham our Father through the commandment of Brit Mila.
From the producers of the all star Unity for Justice project comes a new documentary film that will shed light on the chain of events leading up to the imprisonment of meat-packing executive Sholom Rubashkin. A father of ten with no previous convictions, the 52 year old Rubashkin was sentenced to 27 years in Federal Prison on charges of bank fraud.
Trailer: The Untold Truth of Sholom Rubashkin
From the producers of the all star Unity for Justice project comes a new documentary film that will shed light on the chain of events leading up to the imprisonment of meat-packing executive Sholom Rubashkin. A father of ten with no previous convictions, the 52 year old Rubashkin was sentenced to 27 years in Federal Prison on charges of bank fraud.
JTA
Sarah Palin visited New York tourist spots sporting a large Star of David around her neck.
Palin Sports Star of David During NYC Visit
JTA
Sarah Palin visited New York tourist spots sporting a large Star of David around her neck.
Shmuli Tuvel - tuvelphotography.com
Pictures from the Lechaim of Laibel Kessler (Montreal, Canada) and Mushkie Shemtov (Crown Heights) took place in Beis Rivkah in Crown Heights.
Lechaim: Kessler – Shemtov
Shmuli Tuvel – tuvelphotography.com
Pictures from the Lechaim of Laibel Kessler (Montreal, Canada) and Mushkie Shemtov (Crown Heights) took place in Beis Rivkah in Crown Heights.
Many Young Lubavitch families from across Southern California joined together at the picturesque Chabad Running Springs Resort this past weekend, some three hundred men, women and children in total; for the Young Lubavitch Chevra of Southern California's 4th Annual Shabbaton.
Young Chevra Hold Shabbaton in Running Springs
Many Young Lubavitch families from across Southern California joined together at the picturesque Chabad Running Springs Resort this past weekend, some three hundred men, women and children in total; for the Young Lubavitch Chevra of Southern California’s 4th Annual Shabbaton.
14-Year-Old Shot Dead on Troy Avenue
NY Daily News
A 14-year-old Brooklyn boy was shot to death just blocks from his home, police said Thursday.
First Jewish Preschool in Australian Capital
Jewish children work on an art project at the Canberra Hebrew school run by Chabad-Lubavitch of the Australian Capital Territory.
Just three months after inaugurating the Australian capital’s first Jewish ritual bath, Canberra’s local Jewish community is celebrating a new milestone: the purchase of a disused childcare center to house the city’s first Jewish preschool.
Alternate Side Parking Suspended for Thursday
Because of a Catholic holiday, alternate-side street-cleaning regulations will be suspended in New York City on Thursday June 2 2011. Other regulations will remain in effect. Parking meters will be in effect.
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