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Mendy and Chana Mishulovin (Melbourne, Australia)
Con Edison Rates Highest in the Nation
Consolidated Edison’s 2012 residential electricity prices were the highest of any major U.S. utility, newly released federal data show.
Crime of Silence: Passivity Vs. Political Correctness
Having become increasingly committed to Torah Judaism, a woman once lamented in bemusement: “Rabbi, will my moral conflicts ever end? I had hoped, in embracing Judaism, to no longer struggle with issues of moral substance.” After all, is that not what Judaism is about? Yet, it had not turned out that way in the least,” she proceeded in exasperation, “To the contrary; my struggles have become considerably amplified.”
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Berel and Devorie Gansburg (Crown Heights)
From Days Gone By: First Ever Public Menorah
Rabbi Avraham Shemtov, director of Chabad of Philadelphia, inaugurates the first ever public menorah in an early morning lighting ceremony in 1974, in front of Independence Hall.
Video: Obamacare Operator Works Overtime
Chasidic comedian Shlomo Gombo works long and difficult hours as an operator for Healthcare.gov – AKA ‘Obamacare.’
Chabad Rabbi Slams Norway Anti-Circumcision Law
The war against Bris Milah in Europe continues. Norway will advance a law to “regulate ritual circumcision,” the Scandinavian country’s Health Minister Bent Hoie said following a call by Norway Children’s Ombudswoman Anne Lindboe to ban non-medical circumcision of minors, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) reports.
Pct. Commander Visits Darchei Menachem Following Attack
The commanding officer of the 71st Precinct, Deputy Inspector George Fitzgibbon, visited Darchei Menachem this afternoon, where he met with the school’s administrator, principal and other members of the faculty to discuss yesterday’s rock throwing incident against several students, which left a 9-year-old boy with an eye injury.
Anniversary Gift to the Rebbe and Rebbetzin
Keren Simchas Chosson V’kallah is seeking 130 people who will donate 100 dollars each in the zechus of finding a Shidduch for themselves or for one of their children.
Hate Crimes Rise 30 Percent in New York
Hate crimes in New York grew 30 percent between 2011 and 2012, to a total of 702 incidents last year, state records show.
Education Minister Inspired by Chabad School
Last week, the Israeli Deputy Minister of Education, Mr. Avi Worzman, paid a visit to the Or Avner Chabad Educational Institute in Elmhurst, Queens, run by local Shluchim Rabbi Zalman Zalmanov and Rabbi Yitzchok Wolowik.
Video: A Word on the Parsha with Rabbi Minkowicz
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Vayishlach.
Basketball Fans Get Taste of Kosher Hot Dogs
Aside from soft drinks, there isn’t much at your typical college basketball arena that qualifies as kosher. Not the nachos, and certainly not the hot dogs.
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Sruly and Kiki (nee Deitsch) Baitelman (New Haven, CT)
New Engagement!
Avi Ifergan (London, England) and Riva Goldwasser (Pittsburgh, PA)
Shliach in Ukraine Begs Israeli Government for Help
Chabad shluchim in Ukraine do not feel safe amid growing anti-Semitism, despite increased efforts by local police. Two pig heads were placed in a shul a number of days ago in Sevastopol, a city in Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.
