Alternate Side & Meter Rules Suspended Thursday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) and parking meter regulations will be suspended Thursday, November 23, for Thanksgiving.
TGIS: 161 CTeen Chapters Celebrate Shabbat
CTeeners from around the world recently united at the 6th annual International TGIS Shabbaton. 161 chapters participated in this year’s TGIS—Thank G-d It’s Shabbat— which took place Chof Cheshvan, Parshas Chayei Sarah. Five of the TGIS events took part in large, region wide Shabbatons in the Tri State, Southern California, Colorado, The Northwest, the Midwest and in Manchester, UK.
Great Debates: In the Wake of Expulsion
In the wake of Spanish expulsion came a proposal to reinstate the Sanhedrin, in an effort to herald the messianic era. The idea catapulted the Jewish world into a frenzy: some with jubilation, others with uproar and outrage. Can we force the Divine hand to hasten the redemption? Should we? And what about recent attempts at renewing the Sanhedrin?
150 Released Time Instructors Inspired
Jewish Released time, under the auspices of NCFJE, hosted a conference to address its 150 instructors.
Baby Girl!
Yakov and Odelia Sara (nee Guedj) Kulik (Rehovot, Israel)
New Engagement!
Mendel (ben Dovid) Kugel (Crown Heights) and Hinda Rapoport (Crown Heights)
Photos: Omri Casspi Visits the Rebbe’s Ohel
Israeli Basketball star Omri Casspi paid a visit to the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s gravesite in Queens today, accompanied by Shluchim Rabbi Moshe Gancz of Cleveland, Ohio, and Rabbi Dovid Labkowski of Oakland, California.
Suspected Arms Trafficker Arrested in Crown Heights Raid
Heavily armed agents from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, along with other law enforcement agencies raided a house on Brooklyn Avenue in Crown Heights as part of an ongoing firearms trafficking investigation.
Meet the Newest Shluchim at Syracuse University
The Chabad House at Syracuse University in upstate New York, led by Rabbi Yaakov Rapoport, has welcomed on board Rabbi Zalman and Sarah Ives as its new associate rabbi and program directors. The couple’s sole focus will be on supporting Jewish undergraduate students with their spiritual needs.
Young Jews Trained to Be Leaders in Russia
Almost 100 young Jewish adults, aged 18 to 30, came together in Moscow to learn informal education and leadership skills from the leading regional professionals.
Chabad of Puerto Rico Balances Taking Care of the Needy and Itself
Eight weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Rabbi Mendel Zarchi, Chabad’s emissary in San Juan, still faces a daily challenge: balancing his organization’s needs with those of the community it supports.
Ikea Dresser Again Recalled After Death of 8th Child
Ikea relaunched a recall of 29 million chests and dressers Tuesday after the death of an eighth child.
Video: Everything You Always Wanted to Know
Do you have questions about Judaism that you were never able to ask? This lecture by Rabbi Simon Jacobson, the latest edition of Torah Cafe’s “Retreat Moments” series, will tackle all those things you’ve always wanted to know about but were afraid to ask.
Video: What Are Healthy Boundaries?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha — Vayeitzei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What are healthy boundaries?
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