Alternate Side Parking Rules Suspended Friday
Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended Friday, August 15, for a Christian holiday. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect.
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Center to Serve Growing Community in South Carolina
It’s not a synagogue, not centered around prescribed hours of worship. It’s not about rituals performed within walls. It doesn’t even have a building, not yet anyway. Think more of a Jewish grandmother’s kitchen where the scent of challah bread lingers, the oven never rests and nobody leaves hungry. Even if they want to.
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Students join Matti Banon (right) in her kitchen, where they feel right at home baking challah.
Young French Jews Fleeing to Canada
While most couples establishing Chabad on Campus centers are not much older than the students they serve, Rabbi Shlomo and Matti Banon of Montreal, QC, and their nine children just completed their first year working with the Jewish student body at Université de Montreal (UdeM) and say that they all have been enriched by the experience.
Video: Aspiring Singer Returns with a Surprise
On a recent episode of The Voice, an Israeli singing competition show, a contestant from the previous year named Shai Dibo Cohen returned to try his luck again. While at his previous performance Shai looked like your typical Israeli from Tel Aviv, this time he came dressed differently – and with an added surprise for the audience and judges.
Runners Stop Mid-Race to Put on Tefilin
This Sunday was a big day for Australians as the “City 2 Surf” run took off with 81,000 runners. JEMS (Jewish Education Matters) was there too, manning two tables with water, cookies and Tefilin.
Photos: Benny Performs at CGI-New York
In yet another first, Camp Gan Israel-New York enjoyed a spectacular Benny Friedman Concert this past Sunday.
A mourner attending a memorial service in North Miami Beach, Fla. for Rabbi Yosef Raksin, HYD, had his car defaced with a swastika, reaffirming the prevailing belief that his murder was a hate crime. The local police, however, remain unconvinced.
Anti-Semitic Vandalism at Memorial for Murdered Rabbi
A mourner attending a memorial service in North Miami Beach, Fla. for Rabbi Yosef Raksin, HYD, had his car defaced with a swastika, reaffirming the prevailing belief that his murder was a hate crime. The local police, however, remain unconvinced.
Teens Make Life-Changing Decisions at ‘Xtreme’ Camp
One month of extreme sports, extreme learning and extreme fun came together for the ninety teens, and twenty staff members who made up this year’s CTeen Xtreme travel camp.
Picture of the Day: Tznius Sign Response
In response to the ‘Tznius signs’ that were posted along Kingston Ave. two weeks ago, a member of the Crown Heights community crafted her own sign in response. (See complete photo in extended article.)
14-Year-Old Campaigns to Build Rashi’s Campus
On March 11th, 2014, 10 Adar 5774, Rashi Minkowicz, a 37-year-old mother of eight and Shlucha, passed away suddenly. She was a co-founder and leader of the Jewish community in the northern Atlanta suburbs of Alpharetta and Johns Creek.
New Aspen Chabad Center Opening Reflects Warmth and Beauty of Its Surroundings
The grand opening of the new Chabad Jewish Community Center Aspen Valley reflected a tone similar to Colorado itself: warm, natural, friendly and touched by some of the most well-known mountains in America. And so it was fitting that, early in the event, with the backdrop of those iconic Rocky Mountains, Colorado Congressman Scott Tipton presented Chabad Rabbi Mendel Mintz with a flag that once flew over the nation’s capital.
Campers, Hikers Reach Greater Heights
Even while having fun, the campers of CGI-Simcha Monica don’t forget about their fellow Jews.
Photos: The Rebbe’s Platform Gets Facelift
The platform along the southern wall of 770, upon which the Rebbe would sit during Farbrengens, got a facelift yesterday. Crown Heights repairman Yitzy Vail sanded and buffed the hardwood floor, restoring the revered ‘Bimah’ to its former glory.
Woman Shot on Crown Street Following Argument
An argument between two women on Crown Street near Kingston Avenue turned violent early this morning, when one of the women pulled a gun and shot the other twice in the leg. Both fled the scene, but the victim later walked into the emergency room at Kings County Hospital.
Picture of the Day: Mazkir Comforts Mourners
Rabbi Leibel Groner, veteran secretary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, visits the Raksin family as they mourn the death of their dear father and brother, Reb Yosef Raksin, HYD, who was brutally murdered in North Miami Beach on his way to Shul Shabbos morning.
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