For the first time in decades, a large group of Chassidim spent last Shabbos, 9-10 Kislev – the birthday, Yahrtzeit and Chag Hageulah of the Mitteler Rebbe, Rabbi Dovber of Lubavitch – at his gravesite in the Ukrainian town of Niezhin.
Avremi and Deena (nee Abend) Andrusier (Crown Heights)
Yisroel and Aliza Silberstein (Chernigov, Ukraine)
Massachusetts native Ezra Schwartz HYD, who was murdered by a Palestinian Terrorist last week, was honored by his hometown New England Patriots with a moment of silence by the team and some 60,000 fans Monday night.
Mendy and Deena (nee Kashy) Holtzman (Miami, FL)
Schneur Zalman Stern (Crown Heights) and Devorah Leah Margolis (Oak Park, MI)
Yisrael Bachar (Givat Ze’ev, Israel) and Raizy Brownstein (Crown Heights)
Members of the historic New Jersey synagogue Congregation Poale Zedek in New Brunswick, NJ, along with Jews from all around the region, gathered yesterday to bury nine Torah scrolls and hundreds of books that were destroyed in a fire – along with the synagogue itself.
The three-day ‘Babyland Expo’ in Tel Aviv, which was held from Tuesday to Thursday last week, attracted around 30,000 visitors this year. Many of them stopped to do a Mitzvah at Chabad’s ‘Mivtzoim’ stand.
Shloime and Esther Chaya (nee Kupfer) Zellermaier (Boro Park)
HaMesivta is working on another hands-on learning project: This time around, the bochrim are making wine for Pesach, learning step by step all about its intricate process.
Kopel Silberberg (West Bloomfield, MI) and Goldy (bas R’ Yankie) Fellig (Crown Heights)
Police arrested Aaron Akaberi again last week after discovering that he was in possession of a substantial quantity of drugs. He was charged with possession with intent to distribute and other charges.
One of the largest rental car companies has apologized to an Israeli customer for refusing to rent him a car, which the customer felt was because of his Israeli nationality.
Wedding ‘Shtick’ – horseplay with the holy intention of bringing joy to a bride and groom – was brought to a whole new level at a recent wedding in Monsey when an actual horse joined the lively dancers on the ballroom dance-floor.
Yaakov Perman (Santiago, Chile) and Chaya Mushka Kessler (Montreal, Canada)
Two Palestinian teenaged girls, aged 14 and 16, stabbed an elderly man with a pair of scissors in Jerusalem’s Machane Yehuda market this afternoon, thinking he was an Israeli. The 80-year-old victim was later revealed to be a Palestinian resident of Betlehem.
