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‘Dangerously Cold Temperatures’ in Store for NYC
With temperatures expected to be dangerously cold beginning Tuesday through Thursday, Mayor de Blasio today issued an update on the frigid temperatures, urging New Yorkers to take steps to protect themselves and help others who may be at increased risk of health problems.

In Prison and Desperate, But Not Alone
The photo of a rabbi reaching through the prison bars embracing the inmate on the other side, begs for background.

81-Year-Old Jewish Cartoonist Among 12 Murdered in Paris Terror Attack
At least 12 people died in an attack on the Paris headquarters of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine.
Boruch Dayan Hoemes: Mrs. Leba Chaya Chesney, OBM
With sadness we inform you of the passing Tuesday of Mrs. Leba Chaya Chesney, OBM.
Baby Boy!
Yisroel and Chaya Mushka (nee Goldin) Pekar (Crown Heights)

Video: What Keeps Us in Balance?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Shemos. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: What keeps us in balance?

From Days Gone By: Children’s Rally in 770
A children’s rally is held at 770-Lubavitch World Headquarters, circa early 1970s. Can you identify anyone in the photo? [Enlarged photo in extended article.]

Students Pack the House at Chabad of UVM
Burlington, the largest city in Vermont, was named as the “best college town in America” by Travel and Leisure last year. The city’s numerous bike paths, coffee shops and music venues together with, arguably, the best skiing on the East Coast just a half hour drive away, are clear incentives for prospective students. It is a town that prides itself on its progressive and liberal attitudes—an environment that might seem unlikely for the flourishing and vibrant campus Chabad House that has become a favorite for Jewish students at University of Vermont.
Some NYC Buses to Test ‘Talking’ Turn Warnings
When some New York City public buses announce they’re planning to turn, they won’t just signal – they’ll speak.

Nearly a Year After Pesticides Tragedy, Jerusalem Parents Greet Baby Boy
The parents who lost two young daughters last year in a tragic pesticide poisoning have welcomed a new baby boy.

New ‘Routes’ Program Helps Students Establish Roots
A person’s most important years are his childhood. These are the years in which he builds a foundation and a base upon which his entire life will be lived. The goal of a new program, titled ‘Routes,’ which is being run by Levi Druin, an Oholei Torah Alumnus, is to give all talmidim of Oholei Torah’s 7th Grade, a meaningful, exciting, and personal way to grow and strengthen their own roots in Yiddishkeit.

Photos: Crown Heights Gets Winter’s First Snow
As the northeast plunges into a deep freeze, Crown Heights got its first snow of the season, with the streets and cars getting a light dusting.

Another Two NYPD Officers Shot, Wounded
A manhunt was under way Tuesday for at least two suspects who shot and wounded two New York City police officers responding to a robbery in the Bronx. Both officers were listed in stable condition. [Update: Arrests Made.]

‘The Rabbi at the Boarding Gate Was Our Beshert’
Alix Wall is a columnist at J Weekly, a Jewish newspaper based in Oakland, CA. Her most recent column was about an inspiring and touching encounter she and her husband experienced with a young Chabad rabbi in the airport, while they were en-route to Baltimore to be with his dying mother.
Twin Boys!
Yitzchak and Talya Schwartz (Alon Shvut, Israel)