Photos: ULY 7th Grade’s Year End Trip
Students in Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s 7th grade got to let loose in a year end trip of paintball shooting. The boys exhibited maturity and had a blast, so much so that the park staff complimented them.
Daily Archives: June 19, 2012
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New Shluchim to California
Rabbi Shmulik and Tzippy Freidman will be moving on Shlichus to San Francisco, CA, along with their 2 boys, Moshe and Dovid. They will be working with Rabbi Yosef Langer to further Chabad’s activities in Downtown SF / SOMA, and also to strengthen the Shalom School.
Governor Assists Jewish Community with Burial Issues
File Photo: Rabbi Shneur Oirechman presents Florida Governor Rick Scott with a Menorah.
While the rest of the South Florida Jewish community was preparing for the upcoming holiday weekend, Mark Rosenberg, Dovi Katz and Chaim Markowitz were up in Tallahassee. They were there to make a presentation to the commanders of the Police Departments and Highway Patrols of the State of Florida. Their topic? Jewish death.
Jewish Herald-Voice
An Orthodox Jewish day school in Houston won an award in a national online video competition.
Chabad Day School Wins Award for Video
Jewish Herald-Voice
An Orthodox Jewish day school in Houston won an award in a national online video competition.
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Farmers Market Brings Communities Together
CBS New York
With the bleak central Brooklyn cityscape as a backdrop, you might be surprised what a little color is capable of. Crown Heights, a neighborhood scarred by riots between blacks and Jews in back in 1991, is coming together over something everyone needs — food, WCBS 880′s Alex Silverman reported.
News 12
Broken glass is covering several streets in Williamsburg after authorities say nearly a dozen cars were vandalized with a BB gun. In a separate incident, a car driven by Rabbi Aron Kraus of Williamsburg was traveling southbound on the Harlem River Drive from Monsey when an unknown assailant in a dark colored SUV pulled up next to his car and shot out its windows with a pellet gun.
Vandals Target Jewish Cars with BB Gun
News 12
Broken glass is covering several streets in Williamsburg after authorities say nearly a dozen cars were vandalized with a BB gun. In a separate incident, a car driven by Rabbi Aron Kraus of Williamsburg was traveling southbound on the Harlem River Drive from Monsey when an unknown assailant in a dark colored SUV pulled up next to his car and shot out its windows with a pellet gun.
Stamford Friendship Circle Celebrates Decade
Stamford Advocate
Rabbi Chezy Deren at the Friendship Circle’s Evening of Appreciation Celebrating 10 Years at the Stamford Plaza Hotel in Stamford, Conn., May 13, 2012.
When Emma Caplan learned about the role Friendship Circle of Fairfield County plays in the lives of special needs children during a class at Chabad Lubavitch of Westport, she decided she had to take part.
New York Boys Choir, under the guidance of renowned producer Yitzy Bald and film producer Danny Finkelman, join forces with Kids of Courage, the famed volunteer organization that turns the dreams of children with serious medical conditions into reality by providing them with medically supervised trips, weekends and other events.
Music Video: New York City’s Kids of Courage
New York Boys Choir, under the guidance of renowned producer Yitzy Bald and film producer Danny Finkelman, join forces with Kids of Courage, the famed volunteer organization that turns the dreams of children with serious medical conditions into reality by providing them with medically supervised trips, weekends and other events.
Connecticut Proclaims 3 Tammuz ‘Day of Kindness’
Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy.
The State of Connecticut is joining Jewish communities around the world in commemorating the 18th anniversary of the passing of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, by proclaiming June 22, 2012 as a “Day of Goodness and Kindness.”
by Anonymous
Any day now, the Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on the Affordable Care Act, and whatever your opinion is of the legislation, I think it’s high time we talked about health care in Crown Heights. Anyone who has ever worked here can probably attest to the fact that local businesses rarely offer employees health insurance. While businesses may have many financial reasons for not offering such benefits, I believe those justifications pale in comparison to the harm caused by withholding health insurance.
Op-Ed: Local Employers Should Provide Healthcare
by Anonymous
Any day now, the Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on the Affordable Care Act, and whatever your opinion is of the legislation, I think it’s high time we talked about health care in Crown Heights. Anyone who has ever worked here can probably attest to the fact that local businesses rarely offer employees health insurance. While businesses may have many financial reasons for not offering such benefits, I believe those justifications pale in comparison to the harm caused by withholding health insurance.
Regional Kinus Held in Cancun, Mexico
Shluchim and Baalei Batim from the countries in and around Central American spent a meaningful Shabbos together in Cancun, Mexico.
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